Burung Serindit di Pokok Durian

Serindit dan Merbah Kapur

Blue-crowned hanging parrot (Loriculus galgulus)

male above and female below

Juvenile bird eating Oil Palm Fruit by Francis Yap

Birds at Durian Tree

Coppersmith Barbet (Megalaima haemacephala)

Coppersmith Barbet and Yellow-vented Bulbul
Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot (Loriculus galgulus) - male

Parakeet at Hari Raya - Bayan Nuri

Burung Bayan Nuri
Just back from short raya holiday, and start working today.
Hari Raya Aidil-Fitri never stop me from bird photography. I got this at 10.08am, just after raya prayer at my mother-in law's backyard.
This Long-tailed Parakeet always show-up during Raya holiday (the same species I captured last raya holiday)

Long-tailed Parakeet (Psittacula longicauda), female (left) and male (right).

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Long-Tailed Parakeet , SkyWatch Friday

Burung Bayan Nuri

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Common Myna chased away by Female Long-tailed Parakeet

Long-tailed Parakeet (Psittacula longicauda), male (left above) and female (right).

male Parakeet with bright coloured beak

Long-tailed Parakeet (Psittacula longicauda) my LIFER during Raya Holiday

Burung Bayan Nuri

Long-tailed Parakeet (Psittacula longicauda) ~ Male in commanding position

Chasing the Common Myna away

Male looking at Female

Courting ritual
Finally the kiss

The same ritual as observe by Yen Loong Lean-
"The male bird, standing in front of the female bird would turn its head around rapidly (about 4 to 8 turns), then they would engaged in a passionate kiss for about 3 seconds (as in the attached pic). After pausing for a few seconds, the whole procedure would be repeated several times before they flew off"

click here for another example of same species (from Oriental Bird Club)

Local name: Bayan Nuri, Malayan Red-cheeked Parakeet

Habitat Forests, forest edge, wooded areas
Size (cm) 41

Serindit - Hanging Parrot feeding Mistletoe flowers

Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot - Serindit
(Loriculus galgulus) ~ female.



This 'dedalu' (mistletoe) grew on top of mango tree. Here my old post about this dedalu.






Blue-crowned hanging parrots mainly eat fruits, nectar, buds, flowers, seeds, and occasionally small insects.
Example of fruits: - Chiku by Ken Poh, guava by Lam Chun See.








This is a male species, picture by themonnie. I think this bird must be in captivity, so sharp with only the normal lens (50mm at f2.2) used.
Image taken from Wikipedia.

Cage Birds and Hamster

We just have a looked at a pet shop a few days ago.





Albino budgies








Opaline budgies
More info about this bird here.
(Reference: Wikipedia)









Actually my sons (and daughter), wanted to keep this species as a pet. Firdaus like this "Si-Gebu" very much. Alas, their mother would not allow it. She is afraid of that little hamster, actually not afraid but 'geli' (tickled) on seeing that thick fur thingy.

Serindit

Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot - Serindit
(Loriculus galgulus)











My late grandfather used to keep the serindit as a pet. He reared it in a rolling cage. The serindit will walk the wall and the cage will roll at the axis. I remembered the beak was yellow in colour ~ maybe a juvenile species.









All this picture shows the female species.
The male's colour is more striking, with red on the throat and blue on the head









This is the male species by ANG - taken from birdinginmalaysia.com (without permission)