Siperiankurmitsa Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva transient plumage
Lisätty: 23 Kesäkuu 2011
Avainsanoja: Hong Kong Mai Po April 2011
Västäräkki Wagtail Motacilla alba ssp leucopsis male
Lisätty: 3 Heinäkuu 2011
Avainsanoja: Hong Kong April 2011
Siperiankurmitsa Pacific Golden Plover in winter or transient plumage
Lisätty: 5 Heinäkuu 2011
Kuvaus: Note the variation of intensity of grey axillaries..so depending on amount of light. Also note typical shape: sharp wings and tail.
Avainsanoja: Mai Po Hong Kong April 2011
Isokirvinen Richard´s Pipit Anthus richardi
Lisätty: 13 Heinäkuu 2011
Avainsanoja: Hong Kong April 2011
Harmaapääsirkku Emberiza spodocephala Black-faced Bunting male
Lisätty: 15 Heinäkuu 2011
Kuvaus: This is tricky individual. Apparently it is male (black area in lores). According to Byers et al (Buntings and Sparrows)even non-breeding adult males seldom look like this (having more male-like pattern in head). It could be 2cy male. According to Svensson,in spring primary coverts of 2cy males are worn, pointed and wing and tail feathers are also worn. In another photo..tail feathers are worn in this individual. Another problem is subspecies. In Hong Kong mostly two races are typical (Viney et al The Birds of HK and South China): ssp spodocephala and sordida (commoner). Also personata is possible. In sordida underparts are approxinately more yellowish and in ssp spodocephala whiter. Also striking is blacker in sordida in flanks. This individual could be ssp sordida.
Avainsanoja: Hong Kong China April 2011