Not sure how many Verditer Flycatchers (Eumyias thalassinus thalassoides) were present (post shows a male). The Verditer Flycatchers would take fruit by fly-by snatches as well as exploring the thick sections of the tree and picking off fruits while perched. Wells 2007 does not note local frugivory but I have previously seen it feeding on the Common Mahang (Macaranga bancana) [https://besgroup.org/2015/08/02/immature-verditer-flycatcher-feeding-on-common-mahang-fruits/]. Handbook of the Birds of the World 2019 states that “food not well known; …… also ripe berries of Macaranga and Mallotus”. A Google image search showed an additional fruit feeding episode from Thailand.
Bird observed feeding on the fruits:
Little Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia ruficeps malayana)
Black-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus atriceps)
Red-eyed Bulbul (Pycnonotus brunneus brunneus)
Spectacled Bulbul (Pycnonotus erythropthalmos)
Scaly-Breasted Bulbul (Pycnonotus squamatus webberi)
Cream-vented Bulbuls (Pycnonotus simplex)
Buff-vented Bulbul (Iole charlottae crypta)
Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus)
Blue-winged Leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis)
Lesser Green Leafbird (Chloropsis cyanopogon)
Everett’s White-eye (Zosterops everetti tahanensis)
Fire-breasted Flowerpecker (Dicaeum ignipectus dolichorhynchum)
Bird present but unsure if feeding on fruits:
Blue-eared Barbet (Megalaima australis) & other barbets
Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus picatus intermedius)
Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica)
Temminck’s Sunbird (Aethopyga temminckii)
Little Spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra cinereicollis)
Grey-breasted Spiderhunter (Arachnothera modesta modesta)
Amar-Singh HSS (Dato’ Dr)
Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
18th February 2019
Location: Taiping, Perak, Malaysia
Habitat: 500-600 meter ASL, primary jungle
Equipment: Nikon D500 SLR with Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3 Di VC USD, handheld with Rode VideoMic Pro Plus Shotgun Microphone
