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Red-breasted Parakeet: Rambutan and chiku

on 8th June 2016

In an earlier post on Red-breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri), Lee Chiu San commented:

Nephelium lappaceum fr 1003-1 (1)

“This species is popular in aviculture because it is not fussy about food. Our local population is not native, but is descended from escaped and released pets. They are seasonally plentiful in various parts of Singapore. Around my house, they come around when the rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum) (above) and chiku (Manilkara zapota) (below) trees are fruiting, and help themselves.”

Manilkara zapota br-fr, PUbin 1103 (1)

Lee Chiu San
Singapore
1st May 2016

Note:
These two common fruit trees add to the list of food plants that the Red-breasted Parakeet feeds on – see BESG’s Plant-Bird Relationship’s List of Plants and List of Birds.

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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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