“The adult male Banded Yellownape (Picus miniaceus malaccensis) foraging in the dried leaves of the Sealing Wax Palm (Cyrtostachys renda) (above left). I thought it was for ants but some images show silk fibers in the beak, so possibly for insect pupae.
“Top right shows him intently licking black ants from a dead branch.”
Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS
Canning Garden Home, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
13th December 2011
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