Birds from North Borneo: University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966 — John Shaqi
Birds from North Borneo: University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966Thompson, Max C.
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Birds from North Borneo: University of Kansas Publications, Museum of Natural History, Volume 17, No. 8, pp. 377-433, October 27, 1966
Thompson, Max C.
Birds -- Malaysia -- Sabah
This common bird lived in the secondary and primary forest and
cocoa. I saw it at all localities. At least two calls were given by
this species. One was a simple _took_ with a long pause between
calls; the other was as described by Smythies (1960:323).
The birds fed from high in trees down to nearly ground level. This
species like _M. chrysopogon_, clung to the sides of trees and
pecked at dead wood.
_=Megalaima australis duvauceli=_ (Lesson): Little Barbet.--_Specimens_,
3: Cocoa Research Station: [Male] testis 7 x 5 mm., 35.2 gm., August 1,
1962, MCT 2692; [Male] testis 9 x 5 mm., August 1, 1962, MCT 2699;
[Female] ovary granular, 33.0 gm., August 1, 1962, MCT 2704.
I was unable to make detailed observations on this species. All
specimens were taken from a high feeding tree, where it was
impossible to identify them before hand.
_=Indicator archipelagicus=_ Temminck: Malaysian
Honey-guide.--_Specimens_, 2: Cocoa Research Station: [Female] ovary
minute, 29 November 1962, MCT 3394. Tenom: [Male] testis 3 x 2 mm.,
January 5, 1963, MCT 3580.
The specimen from the Cocoa Research Station was taken in a net in
the cocoa and the Tenom bird was taken in a net in the middle of
Tenom, both in garden areas. These two specimens differ in
coloration from Bornean birds in the U. S. National Museum; I think
the difference results from "foxing" of the older specimens.
Specimens have been taken previously in North Borneo on the
Bengkoka River, Lumbidan, and on the Mengalong River (Smythies,
1957:669). Mary Norman saw this honey-guide once at the Quoin
Estate in 1962 (Smythies, 1963:279).
_=Sasia abnormis=_ (Temminck): Rufous Piculet.--_Specimens_, 13: Cocoa
Research Station: [Male] testis 3 x 2 mm., molting, July 10, 1962, MCT
2612; [Female], September 24, 1962, MCT 2940; [Female], December 1,
1962, MCT 3411; [Male], July 9, 1963, ADG 177; [Male], July 7, 1963, ADG
166; [Male], June 14, 1963, ADG 135. 12 mi. N Kalabakan: [Female],
October 17, 1962, MCT 3061. 5.5 mi. SW Tenom: [Male], December 19, 1962,
MCT 3470; [Female], December 23, 1962, MCT 3517; [Male], December 24,
1962, MCT 3529; [Female], December 27, 1962, MCT 3541. Oil Palm Research
Station: [Female], August 24, 1963, ADG 257; [Male], August 15, 1963,
ADG 242.
The piculet was common in the secondary undergrowth near the Cocoa
Research Station, and was taken once in the primary forest. One
bird was seen sitting on a small branch about 10 feet up at a right
angle to the branch. It did not ascend the tree like a woodpecker.
This species was also taken in the moss forest near Tenom.
_=Picus puniceus observandus=_ (Hartert): Crimson-winged
Woodpecker.--_Specimens_, 2: Cocoa Research Station: [Female], 65.8 gm.,
July 27, 1962, MCT 2671; [Male], September 27, 1962, MCT 2973.
This woodpecker was observed twice, both times in primary forest at
the Cocoa Research Station.
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