A very common bird at Fraser's Hill Malaysia. Some people call it Sky Rat - because of its colour and common presence at that hill station.
Long-tailed Sibia (Heterophasia picaoides)
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15 comments:
Excellent photo. Really nicely done
Thank you for sharing, great photoblog :)
Very sharp and so lovely. You are really good you know!
I like it. There's something very pretty even with seemingly "plain" or "common" birds!
Even if it is called sky rat, it is still magnificent!! Really good picture Tabib. Congrats.
Really nice photos... The bird has such interesting eye color and quite a nice long tail.
You have such interesting birds that I have not seen, very neat to see!!
I will be back.
Excellent shot, it is so sharp and clear. You have so many beautiful bird in Malaysia. In Taiwan, many of them are migrating birds and just passing through.
Flying rats...I really enjoy your photography Tabib.
I browsed through both your Beaver posts, they are awesome and you have used the flash very well to avoid eye-shine.
This shot of the Sibia is no less. Congrats.
hi Tabib. what is it exactly? any chance you could tell us a little bit about the sky rats?
oh, by the way, do you know what a mousebird is? a smallish brown bird in africa with a very long tail and scampers about the trees like mice. very cute.
Dale
http://alpinebirds.blogspot.com
Looks like a lovely bird. A bit different from our "flying rats" (Rock Pigeons).
Lovely photo! Except for the longer tail it looks similar to our Catbird. Yours is a "rat", ours is a "cat" :-)
Great photo. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing them with us.
Thanks ALL for your comments.
They called it "Sky Rats" purely for the grey coloured and socially active move about like a rat.
Feeding on insect and their behaviour are not like the rat or Crow that scavenging for food.
Sky Rat is very appropriate name for it. Yes, I found it rather common at FH
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