![FlamebackC-moving egg [JonChia]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/FlamebackC-moving-egg-JonChia-q8dg67erztgv1etd413fbo3qztk3nbgbj7fet6d6r4.jpg "FlamebackC-moving egg [JonChia]")
Jon Chia’s two images of a Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense) leaving a nest cavity with a white egg between its mandibles pose a question of exactly what the flameback was […]
“It was a scorching afternoon and a male Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense) knew just the place to beat the heat. He perched upon the rim of a treehole, in eager […]
![FlamebackC-oil palm fr [MeiLinKhoo]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/FlamebackC-oil-palm-fr-MeiLinKhoo-1-q8dfd0j7r1iahd7tkeuiw1aev1fqlpkeuq2k9tnbzk.jpg "FlamebackC-oil palm fr [MeiLinKhoo]")
MeiLin Khoo encountered a Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense) feeding on the fruits of the Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) in Pasir Ris Park on 30th September 2017. This observation increased the […]
![FlamebackC-anting tree [ThongChowNgian].jpg](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/FlamebackC-anting-tree-ThongChowNgian-q8dffc6unaot6nuazx0bjy6fqbzemrsiu84rzg7als.jpg "FlamebackC-anting tree [ThongChowNgian].jpg")
“On 18th September 2016, I was able to record on video, the female Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense) woodpecker performing anting at Pasir Ris Park, mangrove boardwalk. “Thanks to Lena Chow’s […]
![Flameback f-oil palm fr [EdmundTeoWeiPin]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Flameback-f-oil-palm-fr-EdmundTeoWeiPin-q8dgl7vz5k0qh70ag0pwndpskdk5la1z9ijlra3tdc.jpg "Flameback f-oil palm fr [EdmundTeoWeiPin]")
Edmund Teo Wei Pin photographed a female Common Flareback (Dinopium javanense) feeding Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) fruits. “I thought Common Flamebacks are insectivorous,” he wrote. This is what most people […]
![FlamebackC [LeongTziMing]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/FlamebackC-LeongTziMing-q8dg439um8kmwzvygm6n7pbevlzdbu228ql2xri2r4.jpg "FlamebackC [LeongTziMing]")
“On the morning of 18th August 2015, a male Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense) was perched on a high branch and sunning itself, with feathers visibly wet from a recent bath […]
![FlamebackC-rambutan [JWee] - 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/FlamebackC-rambutan-JWee-1-q8dfcwruzpd56xda6d80m28khhy9qx5hi7gmcpswog.jpg "FlamebackC-rambutan [JWee] – 1")
Johnny Wee photographed a Common Flameback (Dinopium javanense) pecking into the ripe fruit of the rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum) in his garden in July 2014. Although woodpeckers eat mostly insects, they […]
![FlamebackC-confrontation [JasperLim] - 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/FlamebackC-confrontation-JasperLim-1-q8dgbha6ccos6n5kbb62bc6uznk8u6e3lb7hr2jnu8.jpeg "FlamebackC-confrontation [JasperLim] – 1")
“I was tracking a pair of Common Flamebacks (Dinopium javanense) this morning (26th June 2014) and was fortunate enough to observe three episodes of their behaviour; one of which was […]
![Dalbergia oliveri [LenaChow] - 1](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Dalbergia-oliveri-LenaChow-12-q8df2p8yrhe13e74sgcw14zc7u9r59mfrodrpixu9c.jpg "Dalbergia oliveri [LenaChow] – 1")
Anting is the phenomenon where birds make use of ants to rid their feathers of ectoparasites LINK. The ants release formic acid when aggravated, in this case when they are […]
![FlamebackC [KhngEuMeng]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/FlamebackC-KhngEuMeng-q8dg9t4i6yefjlky2l5xvrdcyzsr5jra11gf1d0uwg.jpg "FlamebackC [KhngEuMeng]")
The above image by Khng Eu Meng shows the chick of the Common Flameback’s (Dinopium javanense) looking out of the nesting hole entrance in anticipation of the adult’s arrival with […]
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