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Video of Red-breasted Parakeet eating seeds of African tulip

on 5th August 2011

Francis Yap videoed a Red-breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri) eating the seeds of the African tulip (Spathodea campanulata). The fruits are long, flattened and erect pods that split to release the many flat seeds attached to a central partition. Each seed is surrounded by a broad white, transparent wing. The parakeet grabbed the seeds with its foot and stuffed them into its mouth. In doing so many of the flattened seeds get dispersed in the wind.

An earlier post shows a photograph of the Red-breasted Parakeet eating these seeds LINK.

Francis Yap
Singapore
August 2011

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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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