The firmiana malayana or mata lembu, remains here in testimony to man's care-less-ness - its tree had since been felled. Let not the birds leave too.

Tuesday, 25 September 2018

Rare sightings of APFC

Last year there was a only one-day sighting of the Amur Paradise Flycatcher in the taman.  When I heard that both the white morph and brown morph were sighted in Bukit Kiara, I just had to walk up that hill for them, also hoping that the pair would venture down to the taman, perhaps, perhaps.
Up the bukit, I was not disappointed as the birds did appear on cue, following a tip-off from a senior birder as to its location and time, and very noisy appearance too.  Unfortunately, being a Sunday with ceaseless hiker traffic, the ability to get satisfactory images were not quite possible as the birds were sensitive to such presence and movement but I did manage a couple of record shots. These birds could be from South-eastern Russia, China, Korea and Japan.
The birds are considered passage migrant, i.e. sighted for a couple of days only before they move on elsewhere and it could be further north like Myanmar or Thailand or even Indonesia, therefore much sought-after for sightings because their transit stops.
9/2018

I believe the brown morph is more widely sighted.



   
I almost missed this white morph if not for taking a chance shot at a flash of white at the upper canopy, and lo and behold it's it!



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