26 August, 2009

White-Rumped Munia

16 August 2009, Kemensah, Selangor

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A White-Rumped Munia (Lonchura striata) local name: Ciak Tuli busy collecting nesting material. 

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5 comments:

  1. I wonder why they called it "tuli" meaning deaf. This bird sure not deaf and dumb.

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  2. tabib, maybe it looked dumb as in the right pic. hmm maybe tuli also means dumb(bodoh)

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  4. Probably because they act deaf (tuli) without moving a muscle, even when you are peeping into the nest entrance hole. Dia buat 'Derd aje'!This is my theory lah.

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