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Black-bellied Malkoha - Amar-Singh HSS
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Location

Ipoh (general area)
Perak, Malaysia
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Map
Map Coordinates: 4.5919921, 101.0902345
Age and sex
Adult, Unknown sex - X

Media notes

Adult. Remarks: Black-bellied Malkohas are very approachable in the field and I watched this one forage in thick foliage. While hunting for prey it uttered a low frequency (2-3 kHz) single call, repeated every 1-3 seconds; I counted 36 per hour. There was a soft response call in the distance and after a short while the partner turned up later to forage together. I suspect these are the common calls, used as contact calls while foraging. A call recording can be heard here: https://www.xeno-canto.org/607155 - Amar. Date added to OBI: December 06, 2020.

Collection

Oriental Bird Club Image Database (OBI)

Technical information

Dimensions
660 pixels x 434 pixels
Original file size
72.85 KB