A Minivet on a Hong Kong Winter’s Day: a spot of red in a blue sky
Malcolm Peaker (noreply@blogger.com)
AJP saw this minivet while having a 6-hour walk in the New Territories of Hong Kong last month ‘from Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve up to Leadmine Pass, up to Grassy Hill, then along and up to Needle Hill and down down down to Shing Mun Reservoir’.
On a clear day in Hong Kong minivets are a stunning sight. This one is a male Grey-chinned or Grey-throated Minivet, Pericrocotus solaris. The female is yellow. The scientific name is remarkable since it has not been changed since its description by...