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YC Wee
on 24th February 2022

Occasionally we see an odd plumaged adult Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus), one with a dark black on the nape and hindneck – see the image above. Very like the Pied […]

YC Wee
on 21st February 2022

Post 1. Differentiating the female Lesser from the Greater Green Leafbirds is not always that easy. Of the three different birds shown here in 4 images, post 1 and 2 […]

YC Wee
on 19th February 2022

I saw this injured or disabled young male Lesser Green Leafbird (Chloropsis cyanopogon) some distance up. It had lost the ability to use the left leg and as such could not […]

YC Wee
on 10th February 2022

A solitary Black-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus diardi diardi), as is usually seen, foraging for animal prey in trees. Images show it branch-swiping the beak (above) and in flight (below).   Amar-Singh […]

YC Wee
on 9th February 2022

An adult Banded Woodpecker (Chrysophlegma miniaceum malaccense) pair preening and calling out in the early morning. All the calls were given by the female – showing the white speckling on […]

YC Wee
on 8th February 2022

An adult in Banded Bay Cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii malayanus) seen in the early morning at the forest fringe. I was surprised it was not calling out as many birds I […]

YC Wee
on 6th February 2022

For large birds the Chestnut-winged Cuckoo (Clamator coromandus) is not easy to spot. This one seen as it was chased by a Pied Fantail. Other birds seem to recognise parasitic […]

YC Wee
on 3rd February 2022

I was alerted to a pair of nesting Blue-eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meninting meninting) by a colleague and dropped by to watch them for a brief period, using the car as […]

YC Wee
on 28th January 2022

I saw adult female Black-and-crimson Oriole (Oriolus consanguineus malayanus) three times on this trip, which was unusual, twice as a participant of a mixed foraging party (bird wave) with Chestnut-capped […]

YC Wee
on 26th January 2022

The Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus hirundinaceus) is less commonly seen in recent years and considered near-threatened in Peninsular Malaysia (Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive 2020).   Amar-Singh HSS […]

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