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, 1 October 2024

Warbler of the 'cold'

 And so the second of the most common warblers has arrived, the Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis).

Refresher (extract mybis):
Order - Passeriformes
Family - Phylloscopidae
Genus - Phylloscopus
Specific epithet - borealis (Blasius, 1858)
Common name: Arctic Warbler, Artic Warbler, Cekup Arctik, Cekup Artik, Cekup Daun Artik
Status: Least Concern

06/2024

Typical belly images when it kept to higher canopy but easy to identify when its lower mandible was clearly visible.



And then allow it to take one for a rollercoaster of spot-me-if-you-can as it flitted about foraging.



It's a bird that's more inclined to hop than fly during foraging.





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