Watercock

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Low-lying freshwater habitats

Rare passage migrant

Woodcock

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Woodland edge, usually along streams

Rare winter visitor

Black-eared Kite

Class 2 Protected Animal of PRC and Appendix II of CITES

Found in many types of habitats

Common resident

Crested Goshawk

Class 2 Protected Animal of PRC and Appendix II of CITES

Usually found in wooded habitats

Rare resident

Chinese Goshawk

Class 2 Protected Animal of PRC and Appendix II of CITES

Usually in marshes or lightly-wooded hillsides

Rare passage migrant

White-bellied Sea Eagle

Class 2 Protected Animal of PRC and Appendix II of CITES

Hong Kong’s coastal areas, only recorded in Hong Kong and nowhere else in China

Uncommon/rare resident

Bonelli’s Eagle

Class 2 Protected Animal of PRC and Appendix II of CITES

Found in many types of habitats, but usually in lightly-wooded hillsides

Rare resident

Kestrel

Class 2 Protected Animal of PRC and Appendix II of CITES

Found in many types of habitats

Common/uncommon winter visitor

Greater Coucal

All birds are protected in Hong Kong, Class 2 Protected Animal of PRC

Found in many types of habitats

Common resident

Lesser Coucal

All birds are protected in Hong Kong, Class 2 Protected Animal of PRC

Found in many types of habitats

Common resident

Hoopoe

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Found in many types of habitats

Rare winter visitor

White’s Thrush

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Found in many types of habitats

Uncommon/rare winter visitor

Hwamei

Appendix II of CITES

Found in shrubland habitats

Common resident

Grey Bushchat

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Shrub covered hillsides and cultivated lands

Rare winter visitor and passage migrant