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Blue-winged Pitta flew into a house in Malaysia

YC Wee
on 11th October 2011

This Blue-winged Pitta (Pitta moluccensis) flew into Kay Hwa‘s house at 0700 hours on 4th October 2011. It was caught and immediately released.

The house is in Bandar Kinrara, Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia (Google map coordinates: 3.035055, 101.648533; +3° 2′ 6.20″, +101° 38’ 54.72). According to Kay Hwa, “My house is 5 rows from the Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve (In Malaysia we also have another Ayer Hitam, at Penang). Yesterday morning the pitta flew into my house on my way out to work at 7am. We caught it and let it go. Guess must be from the forest behind.”

The bird must have lost its way somewhat, flying into the house. Blue-winged Pittas are residents as well as migrants in Peninsular Malaysia.

Kay Hwa
Malaysia
October 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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One Response

  1. More likely a migrant, at 0700 they are probably ending their migration and landed there. Luckily its not a collision like how it usually ends up with when it comes near to urban houses.

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