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 1 December 2023

It's a 'sun-bird'

 I could have missed it, solitary and quiet, and disappearing as soon as spotted, or so.

The Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus)(Burung-Matahari Kelabu Biasa) is a song bird, alerting its presence with incessant trilling calls, always in a flock, rarely alone.

What's in a name?
It's a grey sun-bird, 'burung-matahari' going by its local name, and once upon a time was also known as Burung Mas Padang, 'field gold-bird'.





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