Shanghai, China, today (1 Viewer)

[lockbreeze926]

No photo, but just a very general question: was looking out of the hotel window and saw a very brief flash of what looked like an Oriental Magpie-Robin. Is that feasible in Shanghai?

Should add - on a civilian holiday, no field guide.

 

[PYRTLE]

There are a few scattered records from Shanghai, moreso the South and West of the metropolis I understand.

 

[01101001]

Quite a few April records on eBird:

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[Patudo]

I have no idea about the presence of this species in Shanghai but it's definitely found in park-type urban habitat in Singapore and can turn up in some pretty surprising places - I was certainly surprised to see one hopping about near Raffles Place MRT station late at night one night, about as built-up an area as one could imagine!

 

[lockbreeze926]

Update: got into the hotel gardens and there are at least two pairs of definite OMR consorting there. Also found another pair at least in uber-urban Shanghai city, so the species seems quite regular in obvious and easy locations.

 

[johnallcock]

It's one of the commonest species in urban areas of Hong Kong, so I'm not surprised that it's also common in urban Shanghai.

 

[Kong Qi]

They are very common in urban Shanghai.