The white-crowned hornbill Berenicornis comatus is also known as the long-crested hornbill or white-crested hornbill. Art Toh and his friends photographed this female hornbill at Chek Jawa, Singapore on 16 April 2023. This hornbill is a denizen of Peninsula Malaysia, … Continued
The Malayan Banded Pitta, Hydrornis irena, is also known as the blue-tailed pitta, the Irene’s pitta, the banded pitta and Van den Bosch’s pitta. It was formerly referred to as Pitta irena. It is distributed in Malaysia, Thailand and Sumatra. … Continued
Sim Chip Chye and a group of friends went birding in Palawan, Philippines in April 2023. He documented many birds and this post showcases a series of five photos he took of the Pitta sordida palawanensis. Here is his reaction on … Continued
The Abbott’s Babbler (Malacocincla abbotti olivacea) is said to take insects and invertebrates. There is no mention of fruit (frugivory) in their diet. Wells (2007) notes one observation that suggests a fruit item may have been brought to nestlings. The … Continued
The photograph and two short videos below were captured by Dave from a pedestrian bridge spanning Braddell Road that links Block 147 Bishan to Block 219 Toa Payoh. The red line indicates position of the pedestrian bridge. The Oriental Pied … Continued
On 17th April 2023 I was in Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia and had an opportunity to observe the courtship behaviour of the Orange-bellied Leafbirds (Chloropsis hardwickii malayana). Images posted here were taken from quite some distance and improved using image … Continued
On 17th April 2023 I was in Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia saw quite a number of Little Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia ruficeps), some were expressing courtship behaviour. The composite image 1 shows the classical courtship behaviour of the pair. They would disengage … Continued
Grey-rumped Treeswift family at open car park next to Queenstown Primary School at 7.30am. Singapore. The Grey-rumped Tree Swift (Hemiprocne longipennis) chick sat comfortably in its bowl nest, strained its behind and out dropped a white sac (at the … Continued
Jeremiah Loei was at Mount Faber on 1 April 2023 when he captured the following video footage of a Laced Woodpecker mother feeding its chick. The chick begged at the nest entrance and the mother fed the chick a couple … Continued
Over the past few decades, I have been observing an increased presence of the Oriental Magpie-Robins (Copsychus saularis) in Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia. In the past 10-15 years they have become commonplace up to altitudes of 1,700 meters ASL. On … Continued
