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Chestnut-cheeked Starling – nesting site

on 29th August 2019

“We saw a pair of Chestnut-cheeked Starlings (Agropsar philippensis) using a woodpecker’s hole (most likely a Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major) as nesting site; male shown in the image (below).

“Kotaka and Matsuoka who studied secondary users of Great Spotted Woodpecker nest cavities in Hokkaido state that of five avian secondary cavity users, the ‘Tree Sparrows and Chestnut-cheeked Starlings were the dominant cavity breeding species’ especially in urban forests – see: Nobuhiko Kotaka, Shigeru Matsuoka. Secondary users of Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) nest cavities in urban and suburban forests in Sapporo City, northern Japan. Ornithological Science, 2002, 1(2):117-122].

“Of interest is an observation by Stuart Price in Hokkaido in June 2008 that showed a female Chestnut-cheeked Starling appearing to rear/feed a juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker – see: HERE

Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS
Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
10th June 2019

Location: Nemuro Peninsula, East Hokkaido,

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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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