Top Ten HK birds

Submitted by DocMartin on 7 June 2006 - 3:17am
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Here's a definitive list of the top ten Hong Kong birds.
(Well, ok, this is subjective; but ten top species for sure.)

Criteria include global status, appearance, relationship to HK.

Black-faced Spoonbill

Black Kite

Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher

Black-capped Kingfisher

Blue Magpie 

Fork-tailed Sunbird

Aleutian Tern

Oriental Magpie Robin

Chinese Francolin

 

Also considered:

Asian Koel, Black-faced Laughingthrush

Also sought-after:

Nordmann's Greenshank, Asian Dowitcher, Saunders' Gull,
 

 

 

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