| 25th September 2010, Kemensah, Selangor |
| A young female preparing her food ( a leaf insect), banging it against the tree branch before swallowing it whole.
I’m wondering why the eyering on this female Blue-winged Leafbird is so prominent like that of a female Greater Green Leafbird? |
A great set of pictures Madi. Just shows how ell camouflaged the bird (and the prey) is in the canopy. I bet it wasn't so easy to get those photos.
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ReplyDeleteAn interesting bird!
Hi Madi,
ReplyDeleteI asked Dr David Wells to take a look at your pics and this was his comment (passed on with permission): "This is a juv. Blue-winged, evidently a male as only males can have a yellow eyering. This is not a common feature in the south of the Peninsula, and the strength of the yellow is certainly out of the ordinary for this species."
So thanks for the educational set of pics!
Dave
Hi Dave,
ReplyDeleteSo that's what it is, a juv male! I was quite puzzled when trying to ID this bird.Thanks Dave for your effort and thanks to Dr Wells for looking at these pics and providing the correct info.
madi
Thanks for sharing MB, and the reply by digdeep on Dr. David Wells's comment is educational indeed.
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