A lone, juvenile blue-crowned hanging parrot, Loriculus galgulus, was seen biting into the base of many Tabebuia rosea (rosy trumpet tree or pink poui, family Bignoniaceae) flower buds. The photographer […]
Jeremiah Loei’s video clip shows a Blue-crowned Hanging-parrot (Loriculus galgulus) feeding on a ripe mango fruit (Mangifera indica). An earlier post on this hanging-parrot eating mango is illustrated by an […]
![LorikeetR-GoldenPenda fl [yc]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/LorikeetR-GoldenPenda-fl-yc-q8dfbreymzsj031cvvcfkcoacjm4c8laoir98ji8a8.jpg "LorikeetR-GoldenPenda fl [yc]")
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 […]
Chuah Yeow Chong observed a very interesting behaviour of the Blue-crowned Hanging-parrot (Loriculus galgulus). The hanging-parrot was cutting off bits of mango (Mangifera indica) leaves with her beak and tucking […]
Loke Peng Fai photographed a male Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot (Loriculus galgulus) among the flowers of the semi-parasitic Malayan Mistletoe (Dendrophthae pentandra) plant (below). The enlarged images below are in sequence. […]
![HangingParrotBlCroil palm [AmarSingh] 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/HangingParrotBlCroil-palm-AmarSingh-1-q8df5ll1u3cuw3zkv7gh7wni5lzhvo4n60snz8n52o.jpg "HangingParrotBlCroil palm [AmarSingh] 1")
“…we saw many birds coming to one site to feed. This is an abandoned oil palm estate now converted to eco-tourism and has significant secondary growth. “Many birds were coming […]
![HangingParrotBlCr-GoldenShower fl [Chung Wah Weckherlin]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/HangingParrotBlCr-GoldenShower-fl-Chung-Wah-Weckherlin-q8dfgcuk1u2zrgd21uurr6xewcypyyu1z9kpp8oxv4.jpg "HangingParrotBlCr-GoldenShower fl [Chung Wah Weckherlin]")
Chung Wah Weckherlin’s image of the Blue-crowned Hanging-parrot (Loriculus galgulus) shows the parrot eating the flowers of the Golden Shower (Cassia fistula) for its nectar. This hanging-parrot has also been […]
“On 26th January, three of my 40 years old Alexandra Palms (Archontophoenix alexandrae) (above) were similarly chopped down following the collapse of one of my Ceram Palms (Rhopaloblaste ceramics) and […]
![HangingParrotBlCr jv-Macaranga gigantea fr [AmarSingh] - 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/HangingParrotBlCr-jv-Macaranga-gigantea-fr-AmarSingh-1-q8dg2s9x4isashs831var16d6cf0myvhe9ysxxfre8.jpg "HangingParrotBlCr jv-Macaranga gigantea fr [AmarSingh] – 1")
“Returned to the same tree today and spotted 2 Blue-crowned Hanging Parrots (Loriculus galgulus) feeding on the fruit of the Giant Mahang (Macaranga gigantea) (above). This was not unexpected as […]
One evening in May 2015, a strange sound caused me to rush outside into my garden. There, clinging around the whitish inflorescence branches of one of my Alexandra palms (Archontophoenix […]
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