HKISCNC - Hong Kong South

This guide has been collated as a supplement to the Hong Kong Inter-School City Nature Challenge though can be used by anyone.

This guide represents 20 species that are universal in Hong Kong and 4 species that have been more prevalent in the Southern District.

All 24

Eurasian Tree Sparrow - 麻雀 ¹
Passer montanus

Red-Whiskered Bulbul - 紅耳鵯 ²
Pycnonotus jocosus

Spotted Dove - 珠頸斑鳩 ³
Streptopelia chinensis

Chinese Banyan - 細葉榕 ⁴
Ficus microcarpa

Largeflower Pink-Sorrel ⁵
Oxalis debilis

Feral Pigeon - 野鴿 (原鴿 / 白鴿) ⁶
Columba livia domestica

Oriental Magpie-Robin - 鵲鴝 (豬屎渣) ⁷
Copsychus saularis

Chinese Hibiscus - 朱槿 (大紅花) ⁸
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Black-Jack - 白花鬼針草大花咸豐草 ⁹
Bidens pilosa

Creeping Ox-Eye - 三裂葉蟛蜞菊 (南美蟛蜞菊) ¹⁰
Sphagneticola trilobata

Pale Grass Blue - 酢漿灰蝶 (酢醬灰蝶) ¹¹
Pseudozizeeria maha

Punchinello - 波蜆蝶 ¹²
Zemeros flegyas

Common Mormon - 玉帶鳳蝶 ¹³
Papilio polytes

Indian Cabbage White - 東方菜粉蝶 ¹²
Pieris canidia

Yellow-Spotted Stink Bug - 麻皮蝽 ¹⁴
Erthesina fullo

Blue Marsh Hawk - 黑尾灰蜻 ¹⁵
Orthetrum glaucum

Eastern Honey Bee - 東方蜜蜂 ¹⁶
Apis cerana

Asian Common Toad - 黑眶蟾蜍 ¹⁷
Duttaphrynus melanostictus

African Giant Snail - 褐雲瑪瑙螺 ¹⁸
Lissachatina fulica

Pallas's Squirrel - 赤腹松鼠 ¹⁹
Callosciurus erythraeus

Black-Collared Starling - 黑領椋鳥 ²⁰
Gracupica nigricollis

False Tiger Moth - 豹尺蛾 ²¹
Dysphania militaris

Adanson's House Jumper - 花哈沙蛛 ²²
Hasarius adansoni

Giant Golden Orb-Weaving Spider - 斑絡新婦 (大木林蜘蛛) ²³
Nephila pilipes

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