Location: Selangor, Malaysia.
Malay name: Binti-binti, Pekaka Bintek-bintek, Pekaka Bintik-bintik, and Raja Udang Telinga Biru.
Note: Male has full black beak while in females, the lower beak is reddish orange in color.
The blue-eared kingfisher (Alcedo meninting) is found in Asia, ranging across the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is found mainly in dense shaded forests where it hunts in small streams. It is darker crowned, with darker rufous underparts and lacking the rufous ear stripe of the common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) which is found in more open habitats. A number of subspecies have been described that differ in measurement and colour shade. Adult males have an all dark bill while females have a reddish lower mandible.
Description: This 16 cm (6.3 in) long kingfisher is almost identical to the common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) but is distinguished by the blue ear coverts, darker and more intense cobalt-blue upperparts with richer rufous under parts. The juvenile blue-eared kingfisher has rufous ear-coverts as in the common kingfisher but it usually shows some mottling on the throat and upper breast which disappears when the bird reaches adulthood. Young birds have a reddish bill with whitish tips.
Ecology and breeding: The blue-eared kingfisher is largely resident within its range. They usually perch on branches overhanging densely shaded streams before diving below to capture prey that includes crustaceans, dragonfly larvae and fish. Other insects including grasshoppers and mantids have been recorded.
The breeding season in India is mainly May to June in northern India and January in southwestern India. The nest is a metre long tunnel in the bank of a forest stream where about five to seven white near spherical eggs are laid
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Haha its not swallowing the white bird (its baby). In actuality, the hungry chick is tunneling itself inside mama's neck in search of food.
Description: Oriental darter is a water bird of tropical South Asia and Southeast Asia. It has a long and slender neck with a straight, pointed bill and, like the cormorant, it hunts for fish while its body is submerged in water. It spears a fish underwater, bringing it above the surface, tossing and juggling it before swallowing the fish head first. The body remains submerged as it swims, and the slender neck alone is visible above the water, which accounts for the colloquial name of snakebird. Like the cormorants, it has wettable feathers and it is often found perched on a rock or branch with its wings held open to dry.
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Location: Peninsular Malaysia.
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Location: KL, Malaysia.
Also known as Common Flashwing.
Vestalis amethystina (Common Flashwing) is a damselfly species in family Calopterygidae. In overall, V. amethystina resembles V. amoena (Charming Flashwing) in colour marking, and the male of both species can be distinguished by the shape of anal appendages. V. amethystina has slightly longer inferior anal appendage and the superior anal appendage is more in-curved and less terminally expanded than V. amoena. However, the females of both species are indistinguishable. In addition, V. amethystina has similar habits and habitat to V. amoena, but the former tends to occur on smaller streams in primary forest (Orr, 2005). Common Flashwing is widespread in Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and southern Thailand (Orr, 2005).
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Location: KL, Malaysia
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Location: Perlis, Malaysia.
Update: Today (9th May) all the 3 chicks successfully fledged.
Note: I believe the bird guide practices responsible avian eco-tourism. Bird hide was placed 35-40 feet away to minimize any disturbance. We were told to turn off our phones or on silent mode. Minimize talking while in the hide. No bird calls were used. Photo is highly cropped.
Malay name: Murai Ekor Gading, Sambar Cenderawasih Asia, Sambar Ekor Panjang, Sambar-ekor Gading Blyth.
Male breeders possess long tails (image), which measure nearly twice as long as the body. A dark head, a weak triangular crest, and blue eyering are features shared by the male rufous and white morphs. Females, with a somewhat paler head and a duller thinner blue eyering, females resemble Amur Paradise-Flycatcher, but with a glossier black head and a more distinct demarcation of black-gray chest area.
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