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Greater Green Leafbird

Lesser and Greater Green Leafbirds feeding…
9 Sep 2019

Lesser and Greater Green Leafbirds feeding…

by BESG | posted in: Feeding-plants | 0

“A female Lesser Green Leafbird (Chloropsis cyanopogon) feeding on fruit of the Buchanania arborescens (Gooseberry Tree or Sparrow’s Mango) (above). The Greater Green Leafbird (Chloropsis sonnerati zosterops), also a female, was also feeding in the same tree (below). Dato’ Dr … Continued

Greater Green Leafbird, Lesser Green Leafbird
Greater Green Leafbird and Macaranga bancana – another record
17 Sep 2015

Greater Green Leafbird and Macaranga bancana – another record

by BESG | posted in: Feeding-plants | 0

Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS has added the Greater Green Leafbird (Chloropsis sonnerati zosterops) to the long list of species that feed on the fruits of the Common Mahang (Macaranga bancana). This images reproduced here were photographed along a trail by … Continued

Greater Green Leafbird
© Go Carambolas With Wild Birds in Sepilok – N.Borneo
23 Jul 2015

© Go Carambolas With Wild Birds in Sepilok – N.Borneo

by BESG | posted in: Feeding-plants | 0

“A tropical, succulent fruit when matured grows to about 10cm in length. When ripened, tastes sweet with an astringent finish. Shaped like a 5-pointed star when sliced cross-sectioned, is known to locals as Starfruit (Averrhoa carambola) and is also commercially … Continued

Greater Green Leafbird, Orange-bellied Flowerpecker, Red-eyed Bulbul, Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker
Poikilospermum suaveolens and birds
22 May 2013

Poikilospermum suaveolens and birds

by BESG | posted in: Feeding-plants, Sunbirds | 1

Goh Juanhui was at the Jelutong Tower in Central Catchment Reserve in May 2013 where he was attracted by a flowering epiphytic climber, Poikilospermum suaveolens (Family: Urticaceae). This appears to be the period when this plant is in flowers. There … Continued

Greater Green Leafbird, Scarlet Sunbird

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