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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MKinHK" data-source="post: 1214334" data-attributes="member: 21760">In Hong Kong we have a special category for re-introduced species which have become re-esablished through deliberate release (for religious purposes) or by escape. Almost all of these are babblers:Vinous-throated ParrotbillRufous-capped BabblerRed-billed LieothrixStreak-breasted Scimitar BabblerGreater Necklaced LaughingthrushBlack-throated LaughingthrushWhite-browed LaughingthrushChinese Babax (died out again)Yellow-cheeked TitWe have the same grief over the garbage - introductions through the same sources of genuinely extralimital species:Velvet-fronted NuthatchBlue-winged MinlaSilver-eared MesiaBlack-throated Tit (died out)Chestnut Munia (died out)Baya Weaver (died out)Common MynaYellow-crested Cockatoo (but of major conservation relevance as largest free-flying population anywhere)Rose-ringed ParakeetRock Dove HK birders have traditionally counted A-C, but there is a trend of including Cat D (which I do for the purposes of my HK list on BF, but I feel uncomfortable about the Ds.Likely candidates for cat D:Azure-winged Magpie (not the Iberian one)House Crow (but being vigourously controlled)Its interesting that four supposedly established species from these categories have disappeared again and that two are also under discussion for the UK.  Of the UK species mentioned Common Pheasant is a local extinction with the odd market bird escaping, and we get both wild and escaped Mandarins (which is not that rare - there are lots in Central China) to keep the records committee on their toesCheersMike</blockquote>

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