“I was watching a pair of Chestnut-breasted Malkohas (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris singularis) foraging and trying to get flight images, as they glided from tree to tree. My best was a rear […]
Chan Yoke Meng’s image of a Pintail Snipe (Gallinago stenura) with its bill apart (below) provides a rare opportunity to view two uncommon features – part of the bird’s hyoid […]
“A very friendly male Olive-backed Sunbird (Cinnyris jugularis flammaxillaris) with the lovely chestnut-red band across the lower breast. It was in full sun which aided a clear observation of the […]
Our introduction to rhynchokinesis was based on the feeding behaviour of the Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) that was sent in by Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS LINK 1 and LINK 2. […]
“The *Drongo Cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris) aka Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo, is an uncommon resident as well as passage migrant in Singapore. “This cuckoo has an overall black glossy plumage. Although dark, the […]
“A presumed family group of Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja trangensis-siparaja) was feeding on the nectar of these Hibiscus flowers. Two juveniles assuming adult male plumage, one adult male and an […]
“Closer views of the White-rumped Munia (Lonchura striata subsquamicollis) (above). “The lower bluish-white lower mandible in contrast to the upper horn black mandible (above, below). Also the red-brown iris. “The […]
On the morning of 27th November 2014 Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS came across a Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach bentet) in a grassy area near a housing estate in Ipoh, Perak, […]
“An inexplicable encounter, where this Spectacled Spiderhunter (Arachnothera flavigaster) allowed very close observations. “The above is a close up the face and shows the black eyelid-rims, dark brown iris and […]
“Went out looking for migratory Reed Warblers this morning; heard 3 but only saw one. I was surprised that it was the Locustella Warbler (Locustella certhiola) the hardest for me […]
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