Just as I was reminded by Facebook that five years ago in Oct 2019, the Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher, migrant, (Ceyx erithaca) was sighted in TRK, who but one would be perching down the slope as I walked past, and promptly caused it to flee. Fluke!?
However, it's not unusual to find this kingfisher in the hill forest as it's considered a forest bird, may be found near water source but more often heard than seen as it speeds through the vegetation, only to reveal its presence by its sharp and thin calls as it flies. And indeed that was its tease as I tried unsuccessfully to spot it thereafter but could only stood exasperated listening to its occasional piercing calls.
Although this bird is deemed a common winter visitor, it's a passage migrant as it would normally not stay in the same place the duration of the migratory season.
Order - Coraciiformes
Family - Alcedinidae
Genius - Ceyx
Specific epithet - erithaca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common name: Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher, Black-backed Kingfisher, Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher, Oriental Dwarf-Kingfisher, Pekaka Api, Pekaka Kerdil, Pekaka Rimba, Pekaka Sepah
Status: Near Threatened (source: eBird)
The sighting on the first day in Oct 2019 that was to start an onslaught of birders to TRK, all keen to photograph this tiny gem of a kingfisher that only stayed for less than a week then in the taman.
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