Sunbirds and Macaranga heynei

Posted by BESG on 5 December 09, Saturday
Contributed by Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS

“There are a few trees of blue mahang (Macaranga heynei), some growing to 30 feet tall in full sun at the edge of the forest at the Ulu Kinta Forest Reserve in the Malaysian state of Perak.

“This is the favourite fruit tree with the Plain Sunbird (Anthreptes simplex). I have seen it at almost every visit to the Forest Reserve, more than 20 times in the past two years. They usually come in mid-morning to feed on the small fruits of this large tree.

“It is hard to take pictures here as they feed high up (above).
.
“They also like to feed on the semi-parasitic mistletoe plants that grow on the branches of the trees.”

Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS
Kledang-Sayong Forest Reserve, Perak, Malaysia
10th October 2009

Related Posts:

Macaranga bancana and sunbirds The fruits of the common mahang (Macaranga bancana), a smallish... Macaranga bancana and spiderhunters A number of accounts of Macaranga bancana attracting sunbirds, bulbuls... Crimson Sunbird feeding at spider’s web “The Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja siparaja) is described as more... Scarlet-backed Flowerpeckers and mistletoes Some years ago, Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS introduced the... Macaranga bancana and bulbuls Four species of bulbuls have been documented feeding on... Starling and bulbul feeding on Macaranga sp. Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS was at the fringe of... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Email Post

Categories: Feathers-maintenance, Feeding-plants, Sunbirds

Name (required)

Mail (will not be published) (required)

Website

XHTML: You can use these tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <strike> <strong>

Anti-spam word: (Required)*
To prove you're a person (not a spam script), type the security word shown in the picture. Click on the picture to hear an audio file of the word.