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: “A female may share a nest with another, and 3 or more adults may take turns incubating the eggs and feeding the chicks.” In Singapore, the White-crested Laughingthrush is widespread despite not being native and has some characteristics of an invasive species ( source ). ” ( source ).

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Fortunately for the honor of the species, the researchers found that kleptoparasitism was practiced at a low rate (4% of observations) while much more often, drongos captured insects disturbed by other species (41% of observations).

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

Another paper reviews information on Oriental Pied Hornbills raiding the nests of various bird species in Singapore and even pet bird cages. In fact, a recent article in the Economist on Singapore’s rewilding states “The oriental pied hornbill (pictured), with its extraordinary ivory casque, had been locally extinct for a century.

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MARCH 25, 2024

One proposed explanation by the researchers for this phenomenon is that similar-looking birds reduce their risk of predation, as predators find it more difficult to focus on and isolate a single target. That species is apparently at risk of extinction in Singapore – not because it is so rare, but because its genetic diversity is so low.

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The Large-billed Crow ( video ) is one of the natural enemies – in the study above, it predated 19 eggs from four pitta nests. The male Asian Koel has a rather distinctive call which for me is almost the sound of Singapore. of researchers looking for chemical contaminants in the environment.

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