{"id":25832,"date":"2012-06-04T18:39:15","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T10:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/?p=25832"},"modified":"2023-06-24T17:25:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T09:25:04","slug":"pipturus-argenteus-and-the-birds-it-attracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2012\/06\/04\/pipturus-argenteus-and-the-birds-it-attracts\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Pipturus argenteus<\/em> and the birds it attracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lee Chiu San<\/strong> submitted a list of birds that are attracted to the fruits of the Australian mulberry (<em>Pipturus argenteus<\/em>), a non-native plant, whose fruits are widely consumed by animals in its home country.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a small tree (about 5 meters high) and somewhat sparse. The branches are brittle and break easily. It seems to spread readily as quite a number of seedlings have sprouted in the vicinity. The birds that I have seen in this tree so far are:,&#8221; noted Chiu San.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/111311.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/111311.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"111311.jpg\" width=\"259\" height=\"255\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4554\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yellow-vented Bulbul(<em>Pycnonotus goiavier<\/em>)<br \/>\nBlack-naped Oriole (<em>Oriolus chinensis<\/em>)<br \/>\nAsian Glossy Starling (<em>Aplonis panayensis<\/em>)<br \/>\nAsian Koel (<em>Eudynamys scolopacea<\/em>)<br \/>\nJavan mynah (<em>Acridotheres javanicus<\/em>)<br \/>\nCommon mynah (<em>Acridotheres tristis<\/em>)<br \/>\nRed-breasted Parakeet (<em>Psittacula alexandri)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Added to this is the Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (<em>Dicaeum cruentatum<\/em>)  <a href=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2009\/11\/30\/scarlet-backed-flowerpecker-pipturus-argenteus\/\">LINK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We are currently compiling lists of birds that are attracted to the various plants growing in Singapore. Contributions are more than welcome.  <\/p>\n<p>The image of the fruits of <em>Pipturus argenteus<\/em> is courtesy of KF Yap <a href=\"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2008\/01\/24\/food-of-the-asian-koel-pipturus-argenteus\/\">LINK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lee Chiu San<\/strong><br \/>\nSingapore<br \/>\nJune 2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lee Chiu San submitted a list of birds that are attracted to the fruits of the Australian mulberry (Pipturus argenteus), a non-native plant, whose fruits are widely consumed by animals in its home country. &#8220;This is a small tree (about 5 meters high) and somewhat sparse. The branches are brittle and break easily. It seems [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25832"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}