Fulica atra, the Eurasian coot, are birds which belong to the Family Rallidae. The coots are conspicuous in their range, unlike their cousins (rails, crakes and moorhens) which are normally shy and secretive. The birds are frequently … Continued
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
An article on 14 August 2021, had pictures showing a grey-coloured mother and her grey-coloured baby in close interactions. Subsequently on 22 August 2021, a video showed a reddish mother with a grey- coloured baby. The feature photograph was taken by … Continued
Crimson sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja) Linda Teh was at Thomson Nature Park, Singapore on 29/6/21 and noticed a sunbird nest in the ladies’ washroom. The mother bird brought food to the babies and it was … Continued
Sunda Pangolin (Manis javanica) The Sunda Pangolin is also known as the Malayan or Javan pangolin. They are mammals of the order Pholidota (meaning clad in scale). They are now critically endangered because of poaching and destruction of … Continued
Colugos are difficult to capture as they camouflage themselves high on the trees and glide away to escape dangers. They have not been studied in captivity and gender determination is a difficult exercise. Chasen and Kloss (1929) determined the genders … Continued
