“A dream come true to see two Common Kingfishers (Alcedo atthis) together,” wrote Ang Siew Siew. “They seemed to take turns to bob their heads up and down. Or were they simply playing a game of copycat? For two hours, … Continued
Hubert Pak’s images of a Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) with a recently caught sunbird between its mandibles may look gruesome, but it is part of the food chain. Images of birds catching and even tearing away at a fish, for … Continued
The June 2018 sighting of a pair of adult Collared Kingfishers (Todiramphus chloris) feeding a leucistic fledgling caused much excitement among nature photographers LINK. After all, it is not often that we can witness such a scene. A number of … Continued
Bathing in this post includes bathing in open water, leaf bathing, bathing in the rain and sand bathing. Birds bathe to keep their plumage in good condition. Feathers tend to be covered with sand particles, etc., and these need to … Continued
The spotting of a leucistic Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) at East Coast Park on 28th June 2018 caused much excitement among bird photographers. A leucistic Javan Myna (Acridotheres javanicus) can be spotted on and off. Other leucistic species reported in … Continued
“I was surprised recently to see that our good Webmaster had exhumed some notes that we had exchanged almost four years ago and put them together into an article which he published on this website LINK. Upon being queried, he … Continued
“On the morning of 28th October 2017, a pair of Collared Kingfishers (Todiramphus chloris) was perched high up on a sturdy branch (above). “The one on the left then began to preen itself systematically (images 2, 3, 4). “Video footage … Continued
Philip Toh documented a Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) catching a sunbird, killed and de-feathered it before feeding it to its chick. Collared Kingfisher’s diet includes a wide variety of animal like caterpillars, grasshoppers, earthworms and lizards LINK; cockroaches LINK; cicadas … Continued
Raymond Cheng’s image of a White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) swallowing a crab is interesting in that the prey’s exoskeleton will be compacted in the crop to be eventually discarded as an unusually large pellet. It would make an interesting study … Continued
In January 2016, Aviculturist Lee Chiu San wrote on birds eating large cockroaches, based on aviculture and not observations from the wild as follows LINK: “The feeding of cockroaches to aviary birds is something that should only be done by … Continued
