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Raffles’s Malkoha – calls

on 28th September 2017

MalkohaR-m forage [AmarSingh]

“Came across another nesting pair of Raffles’s Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus) and documented their ‘mournful’ calls. Above shows a male foraging.

“Wells (1999) & Robson (2002) describes them as ‘kiaow’ and ‘kiau’ respectively. Payne & Kirwan in HBW (2017) states ‘a soft mournful, cat-like ‘miaow’, ‘mew’ or ‘kiau’, 3–6 notes on descending scale’.

“The number of notes can be longer and I have recorded 8 notes in single episode of call.

“Above is a brief audio recording of calls (had to edit out all the insect sounds as they were louder than the bird calls). Below a waveform and sonogram of calls.”

MalkohaR-sonogram [AmarSingh]

Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS
Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
19th August 2017

Location: Ulu Kinta Forest Reserve, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Habitat: Ex-logging trail through mixed secondary and primary forest

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YC Wee

Dr Wee played a significant role as a green advocate in Singapore through his extensive involvement in various organizations and committees: as Secretary and Chairman for the Malayan Nature Society (Singapore Branch), and with the Nature Society (Singapore) as founding President (1978-1995). He has also served in the Nature Reserve Board (1987-1989), Nature Reserves Committee (1990-1996), National Council on the Environment/Singapore Environment Council (1992-1996), Work-Group on Nature Conservation (1992) and Inter-Varsity Council on the Environment (1995-1997). He is Patron of the Singapore Gardening Society and was appointed Honorary Museum Associate of the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) in 2012. In 2005, Dr Wee started the Bird Ecology Study Group. With more than 6,000 entries, the website has become a valuable resource consulted by students, birdwatchers and researchers locally and internationally. The views and opinions expressed in this article are his own, and do not represent those of LKCNHM, the National University of Singapore or its affiliated institutions.

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