Blue Winged Pitta found dead
Posted by BESG on 31 October 09, Saturday
Contributed by Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS
On 29th April 2007, Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS found a dead adult Blue Winged Pitta (Pitta moluccensis). It was lying on the grass next his guest bedroom windows at Canning Garden in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. The windows were then closed.
“We have spotted this pitta a number of times in the past six years in our urban garden. This time (in 2007) we were surprised to find an adult bird dead in the garden despite looking in prime of health.
“Some views of the bird (top, above) as well as a few feathers we took to remember the pitta by. We buried it in our garden.
“Fortunately we still see the Blue-winged Pitta in our garden almost every migration season - alive!”
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Comment by Howard Banwell
Made Saturday, 31 of October , 2009 at 11:25 am
What beautiful colours this Pitta has
Comment by Kitt
Made Tuesday, 10 of November , 2009 at 11:53 pm
I don’t mean to sound insensitive or rude, but I heard the Raffles Museum does taxidermy, and my first thought was that it would be beautiful if they could preserve it.
Comment by YC
Made Tuesday, 10 of November , 2009 at 11:59 pm
Yes, RMBR does take birds that end up dead when they crash against glass windows. However, this pitta crashed in Malaysia, in 2007.
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