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“The Golden-bellied Gerygone (Gerygone sulphurea) (above) has been previously documented hosting chicks of the Little Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx minutillus), which is its known brood parasite. In two previous cases known […]
![KoelA f [SunChongHong]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/KoelA-f-SunChongHong-q8dfw9a9nxum5z9k78akfoh4o0l96myl5yveyr46ls.jpg "KoelA f [SunChongHong]")
“While I have no particular liking for the Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea), I am always fascinated by their behaviour. Being a brood parasite and by selecting the House Crow (Corvus […]
“The Malaysian Honeyguide (Indicator arachipelagicus) is a rare little known, rather overlooked resident and near-threatened species of mainly lowland plains forest edge habitat. Being one of the 15 species of […]
![GerygoneGB-CuckooLB ch [ChongWengChun] - 2](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/GerygoneGB-CuckooLB-ch-ChongWengChun-2-q8df6zehwb91zfz7sazpe22xn15y7mmf0vdeewl9ww.jpg "GerygoneGB-CuckooLB ch [ChongWengChun] – 2")
Cheong Weng Chun from Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia, located the nest of the Golden-bellied Gerygone (Gerygone sulphurea) high up in a tree in Taman Wetland Putrajaya in July 2005. The […]
Prakash Garde of Pune, India, documented the activities of a pair of House Crow (Corvus splendens) building their nest within a short period of seven days. The female then laid […]
![IoraC-feed-CuckooBB jv [FrancisYap] - 06](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/IoraC-feed-CuckooBB-jv-FrancisYap-06-q8dgen0nbb0h7gkcv6bx71hmv9znpjxmcy58tjv0xc.jpg "IoraC-feed-CuckooBB jv [FrancisYap] – 06")
Our earlier post by Francis Yap documented a Banded-bay Cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii) fledgling being fed by an adult Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia) in photographs LINK. Francis has now documented a […]
![CrowH ad [KwongWaiChong]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/CrowH-ad-KwongWaiChong-q8dfqstzzkdorh6x2ddjgk1sihhjhwaoqyixnx7gq8.jpg "CrowH ad [KwongWaiChong]")
The Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea) is a cuckoo and brood parasite. In Singapore, it makes use of the House Crow as its host; laying eggs in its nest and leaving […]
In mid-March 2011, Francis Yap a.k.a. fryap encountered a male Banded-bay Cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii) perched in a tree calling out for its mate. The cuckoo has a distinctive call, most […]
![Cuckoo-GreygoneGB [JWee] - 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Cuckoo-GreygoneGB-JWee-1-q8dfqm94nq4oi7gh4sj5h3pkcsdz00kke1yjazh7xs.jpg "Cuckoo-GreygoneGB [JWee] – 1")
Johnny Wee was at Singapore’s Pasir Ris Park recently where he came across a single large chick literally filling up a smallish nest (above left). When a smallish bird arrived […]
![IoraC feed CuckooBB jv [AbhijeetAvate] - 3](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/IoraC-feed-CuckooBB-jv-AbhijeetAvate-3-q8dfwt0vnglmxsgvzytqe1ht53vyoa4y8okm1kawz4.jpg "IoraC feed CuckooBB jv [AbhijeetAvate] – 3")
Abhijeet Avate from the state of Maharashtra, India wrote after viewing our earlier post on a juvenile Banded Bay Cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii) being fed by adult Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia). […]
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