The Crested Goshawk (Lophospiza trivirgata) displays a variety of social behaviours. In courtship the male will offer food to the female as well as perform aerial displays. I have often observed these winnowing flight displays (Wells 1999) where the head is down, wings drooped & fluttered and undertail lowered, tail with undertail coverts fluffed out. […]| Bird Ecology Study Group
Lesser Coucal (Centropus bengalensis) – a video of the common calls made. The deeper, louder, single notes are given with the beak closed, the neck puffed up and the head leaning forward and down. The softer , 2-3 syllable note is given with the beak open and the head held upright. Wells (1999) describes these […]| Bird Ecology Study Group
Treacher Methodist Girls’ School, founded in 1889 was the first girls’ school established in the Malay States. Situated in Taiping, it was founded by the British government in Perak, wi…| Malaysia 1786 - 1957
Kamunting School, founded in 1888, was considered the first English speaking school to be established in the Malay States. While a few other schools existed in Perak at the time, and schools in the…| Malaysia 1786 - 1957
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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.| Bird Ecology Study Group
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| Bird Ecology Study Group
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| Bird Ecology Study Group
I have observed this behaviour by Spectacled Spiderhunters Arachnothera flavigaster a number of times; the latest this week. It is most often seen| Bird Ecology Study Group
I often see Silver-rumped Spinetail Rhaphidura leucopygialis over the forest canopy along the Kledang Saiong Forest fringe, Ipoh, Perak, foraging for insects.| Bird Ecology Study Group