Mandai Hill, Warren 22Apr11

From KH

In the morning, Con, Danny and I birded at Mandai Hill. In the afternoon, Danny and I continued at Warren. For the second time, we were caught in the rain at Warren...

Highlights at Mandai Hill:

1) Chestnut-bellied Malkoha - 3 birds foraging together
2) Greater Coucal - 1
3) Accipiter - 1 too high up to id

The rest are nesting records (also at Mandai Hill):

1) Grey-rumped Treeswift - adult seen feeding mottled chick.
2) CHE - adults (1 dark & 1 pale) in nest + a vocal dark immature perched nearby
3) Large-billed Crow - 1 pair, nest seen
4) Yellow-bellied Prinia - 1 bird seen collecting nesting material
5) Olive-backed Sunbird - Female making nest
6) Baya Weavers - making nests
7) Black-headed Munias - 2 adults with 4 juveniles

Mandai Hill

Warren

1) Changeable Hawk Eagle 3 (1 pair at nest (1 dark, 1 pale), 1 dark immature) 2) accipiter unid 1 3) Brahminy Kite 1 4) White-bellied Sea Eagle 2 subadult 5) Milky/Painted Stork 3 high in flight 6) Red-wattled Lapwing 2 7) Zebra Dove 3 8) Spotted Dove >5 9) Pink-necked Green Pigeon >10 10) Long-tailed Parakeet >5 11) Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot 2 12) Violet Cuckoo 1 male 13) Banded Bay Cuckoo 1 h 14) Chestnut-bellied Malkoha 3 15) Greater Coucal 1 16) Swiftlet spp. 17) Grey-rumped Treeswift 4 (including 1 chick) 18) White-throated Kingfisher 1 19) Blue-throated Bee-eater >5 20) Dollarbird >3 21) Banded Woodpecker 1 h 22) Common Goldenback >2 (including 1 pair) 23) Laced Woodpecker 1 24) Lineated Barbet >1 h 25) Greater Racket-tailed Drongo >3 (including 2 juv) 26) Black-naped Oriole >3 27) Large-billed Crow 1 pair with nest 28) Common Iora >2 29) Asian Brown Flycatcher 1 30) White-rumped Shama 1 31) Asian Glossy Starling >30 32) Javan Myna >20 33) Yellow-vented Bulbul >5 34) Olive-winged Bulbul 1 35) Arctic Warbler 1 36) Dark-necked Tailorbird >1 h 37) Common Tailorbird >2 (including 1 pair) 38) Yellow-bellied Prinia 1 39) Striped Tit-babbler >2 40) Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker >2 41) Brown-throated Sunbird >1 42) Olive-backed Sunbird >1 43) Crimson Sunbird >1 44) Baya Weaver >5 building nests 45) Black-headed Munia 2 adult, 4 juv

1) Red Junglefowl 1 h 2) Changeable Hawk Eagle 1 3) Brahminy Kite 1 4) White-bellied Sea Eagle 1 5) White-breasted Waterhen 1 seen, 1 h 6) Ruddy-breasted Crake 1 7) Red-wattled Lapwing 1 8) Spotted Dove >5 9) Pink-necked Green Pigeon >20 10) Rusty-breasted Cuckoo 1 h 11) Banded Bay Cuckoo 1 h 12) Little Bronze Cuckoo 1 h 13) Asian Koel 1 14) Lesser Coucal 1 15) Swiftlet spp. 16) White-throated Kingfisher 1 17) Collared Kingfisher 1 18) Blue-throated Bee-eater >5 19) Dollarbird 1 20) Common Goldenback >2 (including 1 pair) 21) Laced Woodpecker >2 (including 1 pair) 22) Sunda Woodpecker 1 23) Greater Racket-tailed Drongo >1 24) Pied Triller >2 25) Black-naped Oriole >3 26) Large-billed Crow 1 pair 27) Common Iora >2 28) Oriental Magpie Robin 1 pair 29) Asian Glossy Starling >20 30) Javan Myna >20 31) Pacific Swallow >10 32) Yellow-vented Bulbul >5 33) Straw-headed Bulbul 3 34) Dark-necked Tailorbird >1 h 35) Common Tailorbird >1 h 36) Rufous-tailed Tailorbird >1 h 37) Yellow-bellied Prinia >1 h 38) Oriental White-eye 2 39) Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker >2 40) Brown-throated Sunbird >1 41) Olive-backed Sunbird >1 42) Baya Weaver >5 43) Black-headed Munia 2 44) Scaly-breasted Munia >5

Grey-rumped Treeswifts from Danny

Male with rufous ear coverts, female lacking the rufous.

Juvenile - back and side views