We are familiar with raptors, owls and kingfishers casting pellets (the bits of the prey that cannot be digested that are compressed into a small pellet).
On 25 June 2024 I was watching five Purple-naped Spiderhunter/Sunbird Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum feed on the fruit of the Macaranga bancana. One adult male, two adult females, one dependent juvenile and this bird that was a self-feeding juvenile. I suspect two family groups feeding at the same tree.
While I was watching the self-feeding juvenile cast a small pellet (see composite image of the sequence). It was not possible to find the pellet as the undergrowth was too thick.
Over the years I have seen various Flycatchers, Mynas, Thrushes, etc cast pellets. The International Bird Pellet Study Group listed >300 species of birds that cast pellets, comprising more than 60 families.
