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Spotted Dove feeding on crepe ginger seeds

on 9th May 2013

Lena Chow submitted a video and images of a Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis) perching on top of the inflorescence of a ginger plant. In the absence of the large white flowers (left), she was unable to recognise the plant.

However, Jana SKORNICKOVA of the National Parks Board identified the plant as the crepe ginger (Cheilocostus speciosus, also known as Costus speciosus). We thank Chew Ping Ting, also of NParks, who was kind enough to pass around the images to various staff members for an identification.

According to Jana, the Spotted Doves are always around the crepe ginger plants in the Ginger Garden of the Singapore Botanical Gardens LINK eating the seeds (below).

Lena Chow, Jana SKORNICKOVA & Chew Ping Ting
Singapore
May 2013

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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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