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Pink-necked Green Pigeon eats petals

on 28th November 2009

According to Lim Poh Bee, there have been many reports of different species of birds including the Pink-necked Green Pigeon (Treron vernans) feasting on the seeds of the yellow simpoh air (Dillenia suffruticosa) (1, 2 and 3).

“But in early November 2009 I observed a pair of Pink-necked Green Pigeons at Bukit Batok Nature Park picking the yellow petals of the simpoh air flowers and swallowing them. It was a surprising sight,” recounts Poh Bee.

“The actions were very fast but were repeated several times. After all the petals from one flower were finished, the pigeons would go to another flower and consumed the petals from there too. As can be seen from the image attached, the birds seemed to be enjoying themselves. The petals must have been very delicious morsels.”

An earlier post shows the Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) eating the flowers of the starfruit tree (Averrhoa carambola).

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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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