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Merops philippinus (Blue-tailed Bee Eater)

Merops philippinus, commonly known as the Blue-tailed Bee Eater, is a colourful bird from the order Coraciiformes and the family Meropidae.

Noraliawani Atan & Ms. Nur Aina Amira Binti Mahyudin • 26 September 2025 • 13327 views

Coccinellid beetles as Predators of Plant Pests

One promising biological control agent is ladybird beetles or coccinellids. These beetles are a subfamily of the family Coccinellidae and can be found on every continent in the world, except Antarctica. This family comprises 6,000 species worldwide, ...

Mr. Mohd Yusri Bin Zainudin & Nurhannah Abdul Halim • 30 August 2024 • 31547 views

Phaenicophaeus curvirostris (Shaw, 1810)

Phaenicophaeus curvirostris, known as the Chestnut-breasted Malkoha, is a cuckoo belonging to the family Cuculidae (Avibase, 2018). The Chestnut-breasted Malkoha measures approximately 46 cm, including a 26 cm tail. It has a dark oily-green ...

Nurfahana Binti Mo`in & Ms. Nur Aina Amira Binti Mahyudin • 30 November 2023 • 33988 views

Agropsar sturninus (Pallas, 1776)

Agropsar sturninus, commonly known as the Daurian starling or Purple-backed starling, is a fascinating small bird in the Family Sturnidae. This species is known to inhabit secondary forests, forest edges, open areas and plantations including...

Ms. Anis Zafirah Binti Zam Beri & Mr. Mohammad Shahfiz Azman • 31 July 2023 • 31259 views

Calyptomena hosii (Sharpe, 1892)

Calyptomena hosii, commonly called Hose's Broadbill, is a bird classified under Family Calyptomenidae. It is an endemic species in Borneo. The distribution of this species is restricted to the hill and submontane mixed dipterocarp fores...

Ms. Noor Faradiana Binti Md Fauzi & Mr. Mohammad Shahfiz Azman • 31 March 2023 • 32818 views

Buceros bicornis Great hornbill

The Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) is also known as the concave-casqued hornbill or great pied hornbill. It can be found in south-west India, south China and Indochina south to Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra (Indonesia). The Great Hornbi...

Mr. Muhammad Faris Bin Mohd Ridza & Mr. Tan Kok Kiat • 31 January 2023 • 36501 views

Pitta moluccensis (Statius Muller, 1776)

Pitta moluccensis or Blue-winged Pitta is a passerine bird under the family Pittidae. Pittas has stout bills, short tails and long legs with no visible scaling (Robson, 2015).

Ms. Nur Aina Amira Binti Mahyudin & Mr. Kaviarasu Munian • 30 September 2022 • 36726 views

Microhierax fringillarius (Drapiez, 1824)

Microhierax fringillarius, commonly called Black-thighed Falconet, is one of the smallest birds of prey in the family Falconidae. It occurs in Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. The bird can be found in...

Ms. Noor Faradiana Binti Md Fauzi & Mr. Mohammad Shahfiz Azman • 30 August 2022 • 36439 views

Sitta frontalis (Swainson, 1820)

Sitta frontalis or Velvet-fronted Nuthatch is one of the most attractive birds in the Sittidae family (Del Hoyo et al., 2008). The Velvet-fronted Nuthatch is also known locally as Pepatuk Dahi Hitam (Jeyarajasingam, 2012).

Mrs. Manoshini A/p Appanan & Mr. Mohammad Shahfiz Azman • 15 June 2022 • 35283 views

Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758

Compared to other egret groups, this species has a much larger body size. The wingspan of this bird can reach up to 145 cm, and the body length ranges from 94 cm to 104 cm.

Ms. Nur Aina Amira Binti Mahyudin, Ms. Nur Athirah Binti Fauzi & Mr. Kaviarasu Munian • 02 August 2021 • 33791 views

Troides helena (Linnaeus, 1758)

Troides helena, locally known as the Common Birdwing, with its distinctive black and yellow wings, is among the most beautiful butterflies in Malaysia.

Mrs. Aziemah Binti Kinan • 10 October 2020 • 34050 views

Zosterops palpebrosus Temminck, 1824

The Oriental White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus) is a relatively small bird measuring 10.5-11 cm long, in the Zosteropidae family.

Mrs. Nur Alwani Binti Zakaria, Mr. Mohammad Shahfiz Azman, Ms. Nor Hazwani Binti Ahmad Ruzman, Mr. Kaviarasu Munian & Ms. Noor Faradiana Binti Md Fauzi • 30 June 2019 • 31688 views

Kittacincla malabarica (Scopoli, 1786)

The White-rumped Shama (Kittacincla malabarica), also known as murai batu, is one of the most popular birds because of its beautiful melodious songs and long beautiful tails.

Ms. Nor Hazwani Binti Ahmad Ruzman & Mr. Mohammad Shahfiz Azman • 15 December 2017 • 31924 views

Ixonanthes icosandra Jack (Ixonanthaceae)

Ixonanthes icosandra is a common tree in Malaysian forests. The genus Ixonanthes was described by William Jack, a Scottish botanist, in 1822 based on the two species, I. reticulata and I. icosandra.

Mrs. Sarah Nabila Binti Rosli • 30 August 2017 • 29645 views

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