HKBWS BBS 香 港 觀 鳥 會 新 聞 組    Discussion Area 討論區    Bird Identification 鳥類辨識 (Moderators: Yat-tung YU, BBS Moderators)    Please help with ID « Previous topic | Next topic » Pages: 1  Reply Send Topic Print    Author  Topic: Please help with ID  (Read 969 times) Griffin BBS Member BBS God     Gender: Posts: 139 Please help with ID « on: Dec 22nd, 2003, 11:35pm » Quote Modify   Taken at Kowloon Park, Dec-18-2003.   Resembles a male koel but the eye is not red nor yellow bill. A drongo, no? It does not look like a blackbird either. Any help would be appreciated.   TIA.     Grifin. « Last Edit: May 28th, 2004, 3:36pm by BBS Moderators » Logged Mike Kilburn Committee Member BBS God     Posts: 334 Re: Please help with ID « Reply #1 on: Dec 23rd, 2003, 8:54am » Quote Modify Hi Koel     It looks to me like one of the Southern African Starlings and therefore a likely escape.   Cheers Mike Logged Mike Kilburn Vice Chairman Chairman - ConservationCommittee HKBWS Griffin BBS Member BBS God     Gender: Posts: 139 Re: Please help with ID « Reply #2 on: Dec 23rd, 2003, 10:19am » Quote Modify on Dec 23rd, 2003, 8:54am, Mike_Kilburn wrote: Hi Koel     It looks to me like one of the Southern African Starlings and therefore a likely escape.   Cheers Mike   Mike,   Thanks for your help. I will check tomorrow if there is any captive SA Starlings in KP first. I could not find it again after that, so I am not sure if the bird is staying. I was tracing a hwamei which led me to this bird. I had a photo containing both.   Happy holiday.   Griffin. Logged Griffin BBS Member BBS God     Gender: Posts: 139 Re: Please help with ID « Reply #3 on: Dec 23rd, 2003, 3:47pm » Quote Modify After a bit of "googling" based on the id from Mike, I think this could be a Cape Glossy Starling  Lamprotornis  nitens.     See also : http://gianfvil.gamersrevolt.it/Sud%20Africa/Glossy%20starling.htm.     Griffin. Logged Mike Leven Guest Re: Please help with ID « Reply #4 on: Dec 26th, 2003, 11:58pm » Quote Modify Remove It is certainly a Lamprotornis starling from Africa. It could be a Cape Glossy Starling but I don't think that some other species in the genus can be ruled out - notably Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling.   Mike Leven Logged carmen BBS Member BBS God Life is Simple. Eat Sleep Bird!!     Gender: Posts: 272 Re: Please help with ID « Reply #5 on: Jan 3rd, 2004, 8:53pm » Quote Modify http://www.geocities.com/harrypottercarmen/birdfine2.JPG Kowloon Park 九龍公園 03/1/2004 Are they the same bird?? I saw it near the Lotus pond around 10 am. It is glossy blue in colour. « Last Edit: Jan 3rd, 2004, 9:25pm by Forrest FONG » Logged Pages: 1  Reply Send Topic Print Forum Jump: ----------------------------- Announcement 簡訊通告 -----------------------------  - Membership Affair 會員事務   - Outings / Activities 戶外活動 / 講座   - Projects 項目計劃   - Crested Bulbul Club 紅耳鵯俱樂部 ----------------------------- Discussion Area 討論區 -----------------------------  - General 一般問題   - Conservation 自然保育 => Bird Identification 鳥類辨識   - Birding Reports & Tips 觀鳥報告及心得   - Photo Gallery 相片分享 I   - Photo Gallery 相片分享 II ----------------------------- Special Topics 特別主題 -----------------------------  - Wild Birds & Avian Flu 野鳥與禽流感   - Sustainable Management Scheme in Long Valley 塱原可持續生態管理計劃   - Black-faced Spoonbill 黑臉琵鷺   - Goodbye Penfold 告別彭福   - Tern Conservation 燕鷗保育   - Black-eared Kite 鳶(麻鷹)   - Swifts and Swallows 燕與雨燕   - China Birdwatching Network 中國觀鳥活動網絡   - Winter Altas Survey 冬季鳥類普查   - Nature Conservation Policy 自然保育政策 ----------------------------- Knowledge Sharing 知識分享 -----------------------------  - FAQ 常見問題   - Archive 資料重溫 « Previous topic | Next topic »

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