Sighting report for June 1999
BLACK-WINGED STILT - Himantopus
himantopus
On 22/06/1999 Pulau Mertajam, Penaga, Seberang Perai, 2 birds in the rice
fields. The birds flew in from the direction of the Muda River and started preening
and feeding. The rice stalks were reaching up to the birds' belly. This is the
first sighting report for Seberang Perai.
STREAK-BREASTED WOODPECKER - Picus
viridanus
On 26/06/1999 Air Hitam Dalam, Sungei Dua, Seberang Perai, 2 birds, male and
female. The throat was streaked and dark, the upper breast was unstreaked, the lower
breast and the belly were streaked. The streaks were narrower than the Laced
Woodpeckers which were also observed on another tree.
submitted by Kanda Kumar
see also
sighting report for April 1999 / September
1999 /
