Bee Choo Strange visited Capella@ Sentosa with her husband on 3 May 2022 and they saw 2 Oriental Pied Hornbills (Anthracoceros albirostris) raiding the nest hole of the Dollarbird (Eurystomus […]
Wong Kais captured these videos of a dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) taking delight in the drizzle that eventually turned into a downpour. The bird was seen on 23 January 2018 at […]
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, […]
“I heard and recorded a number of Dollarbirds (Eurystomus orientalis orientalis) calls and observed their relationship to family interactions. One call that has not been mentioned in most sources is […]
![Dollarbird-jv [AmarSingh]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Dollarbird-jv-AmarSingh-q8df4h5zo7tj0vmaf7ziqouom1ipooo6ogqsccb2i8.jpg "Dollarbird-jv [AmarSingh]")
“The image above shows a juvenile and that below a juvenile (at right) with an adult. The juvenile bill is usually black, with an orange tip. These two juveniles I […]
“I had an opportunity to watch a family of Dollarbirds (Eurystomus orientalis orientalis) this morning from 7.15 to 9.00am. They comprised an adult and two juveniles. We were unfortunately interrupted […]
Flush-pursuit foraging is defined as startling prey which is then chased down and eaten (Hill, 2010). The prey can be pursued and captured on the ground or in flight. This […]
During the documentation of the pair of Dollarbirds (Eurystomus orientalis) that were defending their breeding territory at the TV antennae LINK, the video clips showed two instances of a Dollarbird […]
![Dollarbird-antenna [yc]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Dollarbird-antenna-yc-1-q8dfx9xz2h8sqrsb9650mx83u1kkiu04b0bcojltv4.jpg "Dollarbird-antenna [yc]")
For more than a few weeks I have been hearing a series of calls sounding like kej-kej-kej-kej-kej in rapid succession. The calls came in the early evenings and lasted minutes […]
![Dollarbird-CarpentedBee [BasilChia]](https://besgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Dollarbird-CarpentedBee-BasilChia-q8dflw4capns4sblq8zofsn4u1ojast5envnfwhh80.jpg "Dollarbird-CarpentedBee [BasilChia]")
The above image by Basil Chia shows a Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) with a carpenter bee (Xylocopa sp.) clamped between its mandibles. An earlier post can be viewed HERE. Dollarbirds usually […]
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