Birds feeding on Sarcotheca monophylla, commonly known as Belimbing Pipit

Sarcotheca monophylla or Belimbing Pipit, with a female Lesser Green Leafbird feeding on the fruits.

Yellow-vented Flowerpecker with *Sarcotheca* *monophylla* fruit.

One of the favourite fruit trees in the forest for many birds is Sarcotheca monophylla, commonly known as Belimbing Pipit. This is a species of plant in the family Oxalidaceae, said to be a tree endemic to Peninsular Malaysia. This tree grows to a height of 30m with bright red oval fruits up to 13 mm in size.

Birds seen feeding on this tree include:

The birds that I have seen feeding on the fruits include:

Yellow-vented Flowerpecker Dicaeum chrysorrheum chrysorrheum

Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus percussus ignicapilla

Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma trigonostigma

Asian Fairy Bluebird Irena puella malayensis

Lesser Green Leafbird Chloropsis cyanopogon

Greater Green Leafbird Chloropsis sonnerati zosterops

Sooty Barbet Caloramphus hayii

Gold-whiskered Barbet Megalaima chrysopogon laeta

Red-throated Barbet Megalaima mystacophanos mystacophanos
Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus plumosus

Yellow Vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier analis
Cream-vented Bulbuls Pycnonotus simplex
Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus
Spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus erythropthalmos
Ashy Bulbul Hemixos flavala cinereus
Buff-vented Bulbul Iole charlottae crypta

“The fruit at 0.6-1cm is a bit large for the Yellow-vented Flowerpeckers (Dicaeum chrysorrheum chrysorrheum) but they will hold it up to get the juice and whittle away at the flesh.”