
Hong Kong Butterflies 2
Blue-spotted Crow (藍點紫斑蝶) can also be easily found in the Hong Kong Park. It has mainly blackish brown wings with dark blue scales on the forewings. [藍點紫斑蝶的翅膀主要是黑褐色,前翅翅上泛著的紫藍色光澤,黑褐色的翅膀腹面亦泛著紫藍色,後翅腹面的外緣部分有兩列白點,雄蝶前翅上有閃褐色長條狀性標,後緣部分微微向外凸出,雌蝶則向內凹入。] Last week I also took a few pictures of the Blue-spotted Crow in the park.

Hong Kong Butterflies 1
According to The Hong Kong Leisure and Cultural Services Department, 48 butterfly species can be found in the Hong Kong Park . The common tiger (虎斑蝶 Danaus genutia), is one of the common butterflies there. It belongs to the “crows and tigers”, that is, the Danainae group of the brush-footed butterflies family. Both sexes of the butterfly have tawny wings with veins marked […]

Oriental Magpie Robin 2
This morning I took a few pictures of the Oriental Magpie Robin using the Nikon F-S Nikkor 300mm F/4E PF VR.

Black-throated Laughing-thrush
A Common resident of Hong Kong, widely distributed in woodland and shrub land throughout Hong Kong. This morning (26.10.2018) around 7 am when walking along Bowen Road, we saw a few of these in flocks popped up waiting for people passing by to feed them with nuts or crumbs of bread. Here are a few […]