Skip to Main Content
Bird Ecology Study Group
  • Home
  • Credits & Thanks
  • Contact
  • Blog
  • Subscribe
  • About

Asian Glossy Starling

Asian glossy starling feeding on ripe mango
6 Jan 2022

Asian glossy starling feeding on ripe mango

by BESG | posted in: asian glossy starlings, bird, Feeding | 0

An Asian glossy starling (Aplonis panayensis) was seen feeding on a ripe mango hanging from a mango tree. The same fruit has been eaten earlier by mynahs and orioles before this starling appeared. Serangoon Gardens 25 June 2014 Read the … Continued

Aplonis panayensis, Asian Glossy Starling, feeding, is panayensis, mango, Singapore
Asian glossy starling feeding on salam fruits
30 Dec 2021

Asian glossy starling feeding on salam fruits

by BESG | posted in: asian glossy starlings, birds, Feeding, Syzygium polyanthum | 0

Wong Kais observed an Asian glossy starling (Aplonis panayensis) feeding on salam fruits (Syzygium polyanthum) on 22 October 2015. The salam tree has profuse fruits at different stages of ripening around the month of October each year. Different kinds of … Continued

Asian Glossy Starling, salam, Singapore, Syzygium polyanthum
Asian Glossy Starlings feast on fallen water apple fruits
29 Dec 2021

Asian Glossy Starlings feast on fallen water apple fruits

by BESG | posted in: asian glossy starlings, birds, Feeding | 0

Wong Kais was in the vicinity of Xishan School, Singapore when he heard a cacophony of the shrill calls of Asian glossy starlings (Aplonis panayensis). He observed a lot of starlings feeding on the fruits of Syzygium aqueum. The fruits … Continued

Aplonis panayensis, Asian Glossy Starling, feeding, Syzygium aqueus, water apple
Asian Glossy Starling – nesting behaviour
25 Sep 2019

Asian Glossy Starling – nesting behaviour

by BESG | posted in: Nesting | 0

“I had an opportunity to watch some Asian Glossy Starlings (Aplonis panayensis strigata) nesting. “These birds are able to use a wide variety of locations for nesting – often under the eaves/roofs, in limestone crevices, holes in trees, etc. Many … Continued

Asian Glossy Starling
Asian Glossy Starlings at a garden fountain…
20 Feb 2019

Asian Glossy Starlings at a garden fountain…

by BESG | posted in: Feathers-maintenance, Videography | 0

Earlier I posted Asian Glossy Starlings (Aplonis panayensis) enjoying a garden fountain during hot days LINK 1 and LINK 2. These starlings flew regularly to the glass partition to await their turn at the nearby fountain in the garden. The … Continued

Asian Glossy Starling
More birds visiting Golden Penda tree…
16 Nov 2018

More birds visiting Golden Penda tree…

by BESG | posted in: Feeding-plants | 0

Regularly, Asian Glossy Starlings (Aplonis panayensis) would visit my neighbour’s garden fountain to enjoy the cool sprays LINK. They then would fly to the two Golden Penda (Xanthostemon chrysanthus) trees fronting my house. Here, they would preen vigorously LINK. I … Continued

Asian Glossy Starling, Blue-crowned Hanging-parrot, Rainbow Lorikeet, Yellow-naped Oriole
Asian Glossy Starling feeding on Syzygium aqueum
24 Jul 2018

Asian Glossy Starling feeding on Syzygium aqueum

by BESG | posted in: Feeding-plants | 0

MeiLin Khoo’s video below shows an Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis) taking small pecks from a ripe Syzygium aqueum fruit, commonly known as Water Apple, Rose Apple or Jambu Air. This tree is commonly grown in the tropics for its … Continued

Asian Glossy Starling
MacArthur Palm: Feeding behaviour of birds
14 May 2018

MacArthur Palm: Feeding behaviour of birds

by BESG | posted in: Feeding-plants, Interspecific, Pigeon-Dove, Videography | 2

My MacArthur Palm (Ptychosperma macarthurii) is fruiting again. I only noticed it during the late evening of 5th March 2018. The palm was bearing long bunches of ripening yellow and orange fruits (below). On that evening, I only managed to … Continued

Asian Glossy Starling, Pink-necked Green-pigeon, Yellow-vented Bulbul
Asian Glossy Starlings feeding on Lipstick Palm fruits
6 Mar 2018

Asian Glossy Starlings feeding on Lipstick Palm fruits

by BESG | posted in: Feeding-plants | 0

Fronting my house is a clump of majestic old Lipstick Palms (Cyrtostachys renda), also known as Sealing-wax Palm and Pinang Rajah. This is a popular ornamental palm among the Chinese because of the bright red palm sheaths. And red is … Continued

Asian Glossy Starling, Pink-necked Green-pigeon
Asian Glossy Starling – juveniles and immature
2 Dec 2017

Asian Glossy Starling – juveniles and immature

by BESG | posted in: Morphology-Develop. | 0

“Asian Glossy Starlings (Aplonis panayensis strigata) are underrated birds, having interesting plumage. “The two images above and the one below are of two different juveniles showing the darker brown-red iris, the lack of hackles, with the mesmerising, streaked underparts (and … Continued

Asian Glossy Starling

Posts navigation

1 2 3 4 »

Search



Recent Comments

  • Wilson Tan on Birds and the Indian cherry tree (Muntingia calabura
  • Laurel Clothier on Olive-backed Sunbird: A tragic ending
  • DC on Spotted Dove – food source
  • Amar-Singh+HSS on White-eye observed in Gamuda Gardens
  • BESG on Juvenile Grey-rumped Treeswifts (Hemiprocne longipennis)
  • Vanessa Lim on Juvenile Grey-rumped Treeswifts (Hemiprocne longipennis)
  • Amar-Singh+HSS on White-breasted Woodswallow – feeding
  • Vincent Chow on Red Junglefowl – White Hybrid
  • Ng Di Lin on White-breasted Woodswallow – feeding
  • Adrian Chan on Hornbill, caterpillars and mangrove tree at Pulau Ubin
  • Adrian Chan on White-bellied sea eagle nest
  • Lynn Harding on Olive-backed Sunbird nesting: 1. Judy Raft’s experience…
  • BESG on White-eye for ID – Swinhoe’s White-eye?
  • BMP on Woodpecker-like feeding behaviour of drongos
  • Ng Di Lin on White-eye for ID – Swinhoe’s White-eye?
  • Amar-Singh+HSS on Small ‘Brown’ Flycatcher for identification
  • Rachel on A second attempt at establishing the fledgling period of Javan Myna
  • Ng Di Lin on Small ‘Brown’ Flycatcher for identification
  • Graham Snell on Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis flammaxillaris – pectoral tuft
  • Wu Siew Nam on Three brownish bulbuls that are often unrated…
  • Pattie on Birds and their bathing behaviour
  • Shyamal L. on Greater Racket-tailed Drongo perching on a tree trunk
  • BESG on Red Junglefowl – White Hybrid
  • Ben on Red Junglefowl – White Hybrid
  • Saravanan Palanisamy on Contact
  • BESG on Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum’s Oral History Project
  • Denise on Spotted Dove nesting
  • Vonda on Purple Heron – feeding juveniles
  • Q on Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum’s Oral History Project
  • EK on Brown-throated Sunbird – nesting


Categories

Archives



Links

  • Butterflies of Singapore
  • Connie Khoo Siew Yoong
  • Feeling yourself thr nature
  • Florida Nature Adventures
  • Forestexplorers
  • Habitatnews
  • Nature Spies
  • Nature’s Niche
  • NaturePixels
  • Rojak Librarian
  • Strix Wildlife Consultancy
  • Tabib’s blog
  • The Annotated Budak
  • The Tide Chaser
  • Urban Forest
  • Warblerwatch Blog
  • Water Quality Singapore
  • WildSingapore








Tripbase Travel Reviews


Visitor Statistics


Overall visits (since 2005)
Clustrmaps (since 2016)


Search

Site Announcements

Welcome to our new home: www.besgroup.org

Thanks to your continued support in making the website one of the top bird behaviour blogs around, we now have a dedicated domain.

The blog subscription feed remains unchanged from feeds.feedburner.com/besg.

Categories

Archives

Links

  • Butterflies of Singapore
  • Connie Khoo Siew Yoong
  • Feeling yourself thr nature
  • Florida Nature Adventures
  • Forestexplorers
  • Habitatnews
  • Nature Spies
  • Nature’s Niche
  • NaturePixels
  • Rojak Librarian
  • Strix Wildlife Consultancy
  • Tabib’s blog
  • The Annotated Budak
  • The Tide Chaser
  • Urban Forest
  • Warblerwatch Blog
  • Water Quality Singapore
  • WildSingapore








Tripbase Travel Reviews


  • Home
  • Credits & Thanks
  • Contact
  • Blog
  • Subscribe
  • About

© 2023 Bird Ecology Study Group - WordPress Theme by Kadence WP