Feeding-plants

YC Wee
on 13th April 2022

Poikilospermum suaveolens is a woody hemi-epiphytic liana (woody vine or climber) found in the rainforest of India, southeast China, most of South-East Asia including Malaysia and Singapore. The tiny pink flowers […]

LW Teo
on 6th April 2022

Kau Poh Moi observed some Plain Tiger Butterfly (Danaus chrysippus) caterpillars on a Stapelia plant.  The caterpillars were already at late instar stages when photographed.  They fed on the flower […]

YC Wee
on 6th April 2022

A small flock of 20-25 Hume’s White-eye (Zosterops auriventer tahanensisbirds) was feeding on the fruit of the Macaranga heynei (Blue Mahang) and black seeds and orange stalks (arils) of the […]

YC Wee
on 5th April 2022

A new species to add to the birds seen feeding on the fruit of the Macaranga bancana. Saw a male and female Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia at the tree feeding […]

YC Wee
on 31st March 2022

Saw a number of birds feeding today, 31st March 2022, at a fruiting Macaranga bancana in a forest at the outskirts of Ipoh, Perak. A number of juveniles were fed […]

YC Wee
on 28th March 2022

Three new species of birds were seen feeding on the fruit of the Giant Mahang (Macaranga gigantea) on this day. Verditer Flycatchers (Eumyias thalassinus thalassoides), Green-backed Flycatchers (Narcissus Flycatcher, Ficedula […]

YC Wee
on 21st March 2022

Post 1. I observed a pair of Jambu Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus jambu) in March 2022 in Perak, feeding on the fruit of the Vitex pinnata (Malayan Teak, local name “Leban”) – […]

YC Wee
on 19th March 2022

There is a very tall flowering tree at this site that attracts Spiderhunters, Sunbirds, Flowerpeckers to its nectar. It is difficult to observe all the birds visiting as the tree […]

YC Wee
on 17th March 2022

Wells (2007) indicates that in Peninsula Malaysia, direct evidence of Ruby-cheeked Sunbird (Chalcoparia singalensis interposita) feeding on nectar is lacking and suggests that they eat mainly arthropods and insects. Cheke […]

YC Wee
on 14th March 2022

It was a very wet morning today and I returned home to watch Olive-backed Sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis flammaxillaris-ornatus intergrades) feeding on nectar. There is a wonderful Malvaviscus arboreus (Wax Mallow […]

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