Taman Rimba Kiara is a little green gem located in a corner of the TTDI residential area. The above flowering tree, the firmiana malayana or mata lembu, flashes in testimony to man's care-less-ness - it's one of only two trees in the park that had flowered, since then the tree had been chopped down.

Thursday, 25 May 2017

First sighting

It was thrilling to have another first sighting, this time of the Little Bronze Cuckoo.  I have been told that it has been seen around ponds here.

This is the world’s smallest cuckoo, only 16 cm or 6 in long.  It is found in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam and Thailand.  It is a lowland bird that prefers mangrove forest but can be seen regularly in secondary forest too.






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