Aegithalos caudatus 北長尾山雀

Common name: Long-tailed Tit
Scientific name: Aegithalos caudatus 北長尾山雀
Genus: Aegithalos 長尾山雀屬
Family: Aegithalidae 長尾山雀科, the long-tailed tits 長尾山雀 or bushtits 短嘴長尾山雀, 叢山雀 family
Order: Passeriformes 雀形目

Remarks: 

Status: Fairly common resident.

Date: 14th Jan

[007_1] Black and dull pinkish-white. Black stripes beside crown blend into dark back; pink 'shoulders'.

[013_1] Pinkish underparts; long, slim, white-sided black tail.

Periparus ater 煤山雀

Common name: Coal Tit
Scientific name: Periparus ater 煤山雀
Genus: Periparus 煤山雀屬
Family: Paridae 山雀科, the tits 山雀, chickadees 北美山雀* and titmice* family
Order: Passeriformes 雀形目

Remarks: *chickadees and titmice are native to North America.

Status: Common, widespread resident.

Date: 29th Aug

Parus major 歐亞大山雀, 大山雀

Common name: Great Tit
Scientific name: Parus major 歐亞大山雀, 大山雀
Genus: Parus 山雀屬
Family: Paridae 山雀科, the tits 山雀, chickadees 北美山雀* and titmice* family

Order: Passeriformes 雀形目

Remarks: *chickadees and titmice are native to North America.

Status: Common, widespread resident.

Date: 14th Jan & 29th Aug 

[024] Black head with oval white cheek. Pale yellow or buffish-yellow beneath.

[030] Green above with bluer wings and white wingbar.

[029] Black stripe down centre of belly. It is a male as the black stripe widens between legs. (vs black narrows towards legs)

Chloris chloris 歐金翅雀

Common name: Greenfinch, European Greenfinch
Scientific name: Chloris chloris 歐金翅雀
Genus: Chloris 綠金翅雀屬
Family: Fringillidae 雀科, 燕雀科, songbird family

Order: Passeriformes 雀形目

Status: Common resident.

Date: 29th Aug

Spinus spinus 黃雀

Common name: Siskin
Scientific name: Spinus spinus 黃雀
Genus: Spinus 黃雀屬
Family: Fringillidae 雀科, 燕雀科, songbird family
Order: Passeriformes 雀形目

Status: Locally fairly common resident.

Date: 29th Aug

Male.

Fringilla coelebs 蒼頭燕雀

Common name: Chaffinch
Scientific name: Fringilla coelebs 蒼頭燕雀
Genus: Fringilla 燕雀屬
Family: Fringillidae 雀科, 燕雀科, songbird family
Order: Passeriformes 雀形目

Status: Very common resident.

Date: 29th Aug

Male.

Female.

Anthus pratensis 草地鷚

Common name: Meadow Pipit
Scientific name: Anthus pratensis 草地鷚
Genus: Anthus 鷚屬*
Family: Motacillidae 鶺鴒科, the pipits 鷚 and wagtails 鶺鴒* family
Order: Passeriformes 雀形目

Remarks: * '鷚' is pronounced as '謀' in Cantonese. 鶺鴒 is pronounced as '炙(zik3) 令(ling4)' in Cantonese.

Status: Locally common resident; migrant; winter visitor

Date: 12th June

[20251] Slimmer bill (vs  slightly stronger bill in tree pipit, Anthus trivialis 林鷚)

[20256]

[20260]

[20263]

[20265]

[20267]

[20270] Breast buff white, streaked black; long, thick black streaks on flank. (vs sparse thin black streaks on flank in tree pipit, Anthus trivialis 林鷚)

[20259] Singing: 'sip sip' sound (vs 'teeess' or 'speeze' or 'spiz' in tree pipit, Anthus trivialis 林鷚)

Carduelis carduelis 紅額金翅雀

Common name: Goldfinch
Scientific name: Carduelis carduelis 紅額金翅雀
Genus: Carduelis 金翅雀屬
Family: Fringillidae 雀科, 燕雀科, 雀科 the finches 雀類, euphonias 歌雀 and allies family
Order: Passeriformes 雀形目

Remarks: 

Status: Common resident.

Date: 3rd July

[30321] Buff-white below with dark brownish breast patches.

[30322]

[30330] Red, white and black face. Yellow band on the wing.

[30334]

[30323] Singing

Passer domesticus 家麻雀

Common name: House Sparrow
Scientific name: Passer domesticus 家麻雀
Genus: Passer 麻雀屬
Family: Passeridae 麻雀科, the Old World sparrows, snowfinches and relatives family
Order: Passeriformes 雀形目

Remarks: 

Status: Common resident.

Date: 5th May & 29th Aug

[50002] Male breeding. Grey band on crown, red-brown hindneck, pale grey cheek, black throat and bib. Underparts unmarked pale grey. Bill thick, triangular, black.  (vs brown crown, white cheek with black spot, small black bib, almost complete white collar in Passer montanus 麻雀, 樹麻雀, 歐亞樹麻雀, tree sparrow) [5th May]

[29th Aug]

[50005] Singing.

Certhia familaris 旋木雀, 歐亞旋木雀

Common name: Treecreeper 爬樹鳥, tree mouse
Scientific name: Certhia familaris 旋木雀, 歐亞旋木雀
Genus: Certhia 旋木雀屬
Family: Certhiidae 旋木雀科, the treecreeper family
Order: Passeriformes 雀形目

Remarks: 

Status: Common resident.

Date: 30th Nov

[0019] Brown-backed 'creeper' with white underparts.

[0008]

Cyanistes caeruleus 藍山雀, 藍冠山雀

Common name: Blue Tit
Scientific name: Cyanistes caeruleus 藍山雀, 藍冠山雀
Genus: Cyanistes 藍山雀屬
Family: Paridae 山雀科, the tits 山雀, chickadees 北美山雀* and titmice* family
Order: Passeriformes 雀形目

Remarks: *chickadees and titmice are native to North America.

Status: Common, widespread resident.

Date: 29th Aug, 15th and 30th Nov

[50134] Blue cape, white forehead (vs black forehead in Parus major 歐亞大山雀, 大山雀, great tit), dark eye strip, white face, yellow breast and blue and white wings.

[50133] Blue cap.

[29001, 30th Nov]

[29th Aug]

Turdus merula 烏鶇

Common name: Blackbird
Scientific name: Turdus merula 烏鶇
Genus: Turdus 鶇屬
Family: Turdidae 鶇科, the thrushes 鶇* family
Order: Passeriformes 雀形目

Remarks: 鶇 is pronounced as "東" in Cantonese.

Status: Very common resident.

Date: 15th Nov

[50132] Adult male

[50129] All black except for a yellow eye-ring and bill.

[50130]

Sturnus vulgaris 歐洲椋鳥、歐洲八哥、紫翅椋鳥

Common name: Starling, Common Starling, European Starling
Scientific name: Sturnus vulgaris 歐洲椋鳥、歐洲八哥、紫翅椋鳥
Genus: Sturnus 椋鳥屬
Family: Sturnidae 椋鳥科, starlings, mynas 八哥、鷯哥, oxpeckers 啄牛鳥、牛椋鳥
Order: Order: Passeriformes 雀形目

Remarks: previously known as Corvus monedula, belonged to Corvus 鴉屬. 

Status: Locally common resident. Red in UK conservation status. Protected by The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

Date: 28th July

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245 A juvenile in the middle.

Note the juvenile on the right.

A flock of starlings perching on the seacoast.

Corvus monedula ssp. spermologus 西歐寒鴉

Common name: (Western Eurasian) Jackdaw
Subspecies name: Coleous monedula ssp. spermologus 西歐寒鴉
Scientific name: Coleousmonedula 寒鴉、慈鳥、小山老鴰*
Genus: Coleous 寒鴉屬
Family: Corvidae 鴉科, the crow family, corvids
Order: Order: Passeriformes 雀形目

Remarks: previously known as Corvus monedula, belonged to Corvus 鴉屬. 

Status: Common resident. Green in UK conservation status. Protected by The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

Date: 8th June

Erithacus rubecula 歐亞鴝, 知更鳥

Common name: Robin
Scientific name: Erithacus rubecula 歐亞鴝, 知更鳥
Genus: Erithacus 歐亞鴝屬
Family: Muscicapidae 鶲科, old world flycatcher family
Order: Passeriformes 雀形目

Remarks: Green in UK conservation status. Protected by The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

Status: Very common resident.

Date: 17th March