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Gold-whiskered Barbet feeding on fruits and call

on 25th November 2010

“There were five Gold-whiskered Barbets (Megalaima chrysopogon laeta) feeding on two different fruiting ficus (one was a Ficus benjamina) and on the fruit of the MacArthur palm (Ptychosperma macarthurii) at the same loaction.

“The image above (left) shows one of them feeding on the fruit of the MacArthur palm. After harvesting the fruit, it throws it backwards and catches in the mouth (above right).

“One of the barbets had a damaged hind claw. Looks like an old fracture that has healed badly and the claw cannot be brought down. See the picture with a MacArthur palm fruit in the beak (top left) – the claw almost look like a branch of a tree. The left foot (above left) has the damaged claw while the right foot (above right) the normal claw.”

The call of the Gold-whiskered Barbet can be heard HERE.

Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS
Kledang-Sayong Forest Reserve, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
9th September 2010

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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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