A few months ago my wife and I identified an urban night roosting site for Java Sparrows (Lonchura oryzivora). I have visited the site a few times and the birds use the site daily. There are about 300-400 Java Sparrows … Continued
Saw a single male Banded Kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella pulchella) at this location in dense primary forest and heard the advertising calls a number of times. The call is described as “chi-wiu” in a variety of literature. I may have missed … Continued
Yellow-Green Parrot On 23 Jan 2021, I saw a strange coloured bird in a tree in Serangoon Gardens area. Can anyone comment? Is it an escapee of the exotic pet trade? Is it a natural feather colour mutation?
Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis Video 1 Bathing in the rain Video 2 Just after bathing in the rain. The Dollarbird belongs to the Family Coraciidae (Rollers).This Family has two genera, Coracias (known as the “true rollers”) with eight species and … Continued
Dr Pary Sivaraman documented a Himalayan vulture in Tras Street, Singapore. It is also known as the Himalayan griffon and is a large carrion feeder native to the Himalayan region and the Tibetan Plateau. They are known to migrate altitudinally … Continued
The Banded Woodpecker (Chrysophlegma miniaceum malaccense) has a ‘classical’ advertising call. This is often heard in wooded neighbourhoods (mine in the past) or locations with some secondary growth. I often hear these advertising calls in the early mornings or late … Continued
Update my personal observation of food sources for the Yellow-vented Flowerpecker (Dicaeum chrysorrheum chrysorrheum). Observed a new food source, the Clidemia hirta (Hairy Clidemia), which is not unexpected as it is a favourite of many Flowerpeckers. Fruit Sources (for bigger fruit it … Continued
On 9 October 2021, Ruth Lister from Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia shared her observations and a photograph of regurgitated seeds in the birdbath and another picture of a bluetongue skink (Tiliqua scincoides) drinking from a water bowl. She was commenting in … Continued
I was able to observe a number of Banded Broadbills (Eurylaimus javanicus pallidus) today (above). One of them had immature plumage and was self-feeding. I was deciding if it was a juvenile or subadult. The breast was pale with a … Continued
These were near impossible images to get, high up in thick foliage and observed in overcast weather with light rain, but worth reporting. Bay Woodpeckers (Blythipicus pyrrhotis cameroni) are noted to forage singly and partners do not forage close to … Continued
