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Yellow-vented Bulbul eating Murraya koenigii fruit

on 19th September 2013

This Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier) took some time to pluck a ripe fruit of the Indian Curry Tree (Murraya koenigii), then found it too large to swallow. It proceeded to bash the fruit against the tree branch before consuming it on the ground. The bird returned to the clump of fruit and repeated the actions all over again.

The Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea), with a much wider gape, has no trouble swallowing the fruit LINK.

Teo Lee Wei & K.
Singapore
22nd July 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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