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Blue Winged Pitta found dead

YC Wee
on 31st October 2009

On 29th April 2007, Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS found a dead adult Blue Winged Pitta (Pitta moluccensis). It was lying on the grass next his guest bedroom windows at Canning Garden in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. The windows were then closed.

“We have spotted this pitta a number of times in the past six years in our urban garden. This time (in 2007) we were surprised to find an adult bird dead in the garden despite looking in prime of health.

“Some views of the bird (top, above) as well as a few feathers we took to remember the pitta by. We buried it in our garden.

“Fortunately we still see the Blue-winged Pitta in our garden almost every migration season – alive!”

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YC Wee

Dr Wee played a significant role as a green advocate in Singapore through his extensive involvement in various organizations and committees: as Secretary and Chairman for the Malayan Nature Society (Singapore Branch), and with the Nature Society (Singapore) as founding President (1978-1995). He has also served in the Nature Reserve Board (1987-1989), Nature Reserves Committee (1990-1996), National Council on the Environment/Singapore Environment Council (1992-1996), Work-Group on Nature Conservation (1992) and Inter-Varsity Council on the Environment (1995-1997). He is Patron of the Singapore Gardening Society and was appointed Honorary Museum Associate of the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) in 2012. In 2005, Dr Wee started the Bird Ecology Study Group. With more than 6,000 entries, the website has become a valuable resource consulted by students, birdwatchers and researchers locally and internationally. The views and opinions expressed in this article are his own, and do not represent those of LKCNHM, the National University of Singapore or its affiliated institutions.

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4 Responses

  2. I don’t mean to sound insensitive or rude, but I heard the Raffles Museum does taxidermy, and my first thought was that it would be beautiful if they could preserve it.

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  3. Yes, RMBR does take birds that end up dead when they crash against glass windows. However, this pitta crashed in Malaysia, in 2007.

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  4. Pingback: Bird Ecology Study Group » Encounter with a dead Red-legged Crake

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