{"id":69477,"date":"2023-07-05T13:01:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T05:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/?p=69477"},"modified":"2023-07-05T14:08:58","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T06:08:58","slug":"new-food-item-for-ruby-cheeked-sunbird-chalcoparia-singalensis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2023\/07\/05\/new-food-item-for-ruby-cheeked-sunbird-chalcoparia-singalensis\/","title":{"rendered":"New Food Item for Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
I was watching a family of five Ruby-cheeked Sunbirds Chalcoparia singalensis<\/em> on 3rd July 2023, at the Kledang-Saiong Forest Reserve, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia, when I saw the adult male feeding on a new food item.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The adult was feeding on the Glochidion obscurum<\/em> fruit. The Glochidion obscurum<\/em> is a tree that can grow to 15 m tall. It has 0.1 cm long fruit which splits open when mature, revealing 12-14 ribbed capsules which contain seeds with red arils. The adult male stopped at a fruit that has a small opening and proceeded to open it further. The bird then fed on the red arils (see Image 1 and 2). The food item was not offered to the three juveniles that were largely self-feeding.<\/p>\n\n\n