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.

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!



No comments: