Tuesday, 12 July 2016

ROBIN 2/5 - White-tailed Robin

White-tailed Robin

At first thought it was a Large Niltava after comments from fellow birders and reviewing photos from Oriental Bird Club which have the features and size of the specie but still sceptical cos the coloration of the bird was not true. I do agree with its whitish spots and lame dark feathers it is likely a juvenile or at the stage of moulding to adulthood

And then Tou Jing Yi did a thorough review in his field guide and suggested that it most probably a white tailed robin. It is in the same family of forktails sharmas and nightingale and is common in Montane evergreen and bamboo overgrowth areas above 1000m. It is one of the larger robin 20cm native to Peninsula


UPDATE :

In June 2016 I was in Brincang again to look for lifers. This time I managed to see the Female in the open. It was hunting for dead moths along the road side. The Male is also around. Some what they are very skittish and you have to shoot from afar. Later at the peak saw an orang asli with a lastic (hand catapult) at the stretch where I last saw the Male. I gave him a stare to tell him off.




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