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I saw a Spectacled Spiderhunter Arachnothera flavigaster today, 28 November 2024, at Perak, Malaysia, feeding on the nectar of a mistletoe Dendrophthoe incarnata. The bird’s forehead was heavily stained with pollen and it probably […]
New Food Item for the Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki The diet of the Mugimaki Flycatcher is not well known but it includes small invertebrates, seeds and fruit (Clement 2020; Wells 2007). […]
The Java Sparrow (Padda oryzivora), introduced in Malaysia due to the bird cage trade, have a large diet that I have observed; predominantly of a variety of grass seeds and […]
Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis are not uncommon birds in the forest around Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. Looking back at my records (40) I usually see two to four birds at a time (mode […]
I saw two new bird species feeding on the fruit of a Macaranga gigantea (Giant Mahang) that was located at the fringe of primary forest. The Macaranga gigantea is a towering tree when fully […]
I have found the Malaysian Pied-Fantails Rhipidura javanica to be resilient and adaptive birds when it comes to nesting. Over the years I have seen numerous nests, many in our garden. In […]
The ivy gourd belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family that includes cucumber, bitter melon, various gourds and sweet melons. The young leaves and fruits (young and ripe) are popular in the […]
There are limited records of nest construction and breeding of the Plain Sunbird Anthreptes simplex (Cheke & Mann 2020). Previously I had seen a completed nest that sadly failed (Amar-Singh HSS 2022). […]
I have observed a number of Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis nests over the years. For a common bird, it is interesting that there is no information on incubation and nestling periods (Wells […]
I have observed this behaviour by Spectacled Spiderhunters Arachnothera flavigaster a number of times; the latest this week. It is most often seen at a feeding sources, fruit or nectar tree, with […]
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