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.

Friday, 11 December 2020

Regular drongo visitor

 The Crow-billed Drongo (Dicrurus annectens) may be a regular annual winter visitor to the bukit but it's not so easy to spot it.  It would be spotted in a bird wave, or occasionally sitting solo quietly at mid-canopy.  

This Drongo takes its name from its distinct broad bill.  Its other characteristic is its forked tail that flares outward, unfortunately not seen here in full.  This one sighted is an immature marked by the whitish speckles on the belly and lower underpart.

I've only sighted it in the bukit and not down at the taman as it's pretty much prefers the forested environment, unlike a rather similar looking square-tailed drongo-cuckoo.

17/2020






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