Collins, P

Goulding, D

Indrawan, M

Rudyanto, .

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171 1997 Shorts Communications CALL OF THE GREY IMPERIAL PIGEON by David S. Melville (Received 28 May 1996) The Grey Imperial Pigeon Ducula pickeringii is a little known species inhabiting small wooded islands off the north and north east coast of Borneo, islands in the Sulu Sea, Sulu Archipelago, Talaut Islands, east and west Bolod Islands, Loran Island and Palmas Island (Goodwin 1967). The call of this species apparently is unrecorded (Goodwin 1967, MacKinnon & Phiffipps 1993). I observed several Grey Imperial Pigeons on Manukan Island in the Tunku Abdul Rahman Park, off Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, on 23 and 24 August 1995. Also present on the island were several other pigeons including Green Imperial Pigeon D. aenea. Orange breasted Green pigeon Treron bicincta and Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica. The distinctive call of the Grey Imperial Pigeon was noted as a regular 'woo woo woo woo woo woo woo'. The call usually consisted of seven 'woo' notes but at times was shorter, being occasionally only four notes. The 'woo' sound was similar to that made by an object being swung, in an irregular manner, at the end of a piece of string. References Goodwin, D. 1967. Pigeons and doves of the world. British Museum Natural History, London. MacKinnon, J. & K. Phillipps. 1993. A field guide to the birds of Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Ball. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Address: WWF Hong Kong, GPO Box 12721, Hong Kong. RECORDS OF BLACK CAPPED KINGFISHER IN JAVA by1 3 2M. Indrawan , P. Collins, D. Goulding and Rudyanto . (Received 28 May 1996) Recent sight records of the Black capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata were made on the peninsula of Alas Purwo national park in East Java at 8°42'S, 114°28'E, and at the Bogor Botanical Gardens in West Java at 6°36'S, 106''45'E. In both cases, the identification was based on plumage: black 172 Shorts Communications KUKILA 9 cap, white nape, throat and cheek, rufous washed breast, deep blue back, and a red bill, all of which preclude other kingfishers in Java (cf. Try et al. 1992, MacKinnon & Phillips 1993). In Alas Purwo, the bird was seen in the patch of semi deciduous limestone forest on the coast between 'Triangulasi' and 'Sadengan' at 09.53 hours on 30 October 1993. As local people on a path through the forest flushed a group of three drongos noisily from their perch, a kingfisher in reaction to this moved to a new perch in front of the observer (MI), who was standing still. The bird was observed at a distance ofca 7 metres, at a height of 4 metres. Although it appeared tame, it flew off when binoculars were raised. The bird was silent throughout. In the Bogor Botanical Garden, this species was observed repeatedly on 2, 4 and 5 February 1994 (PC and DG, later joined by Rudyanto), involving apparently a single individual using a particular hunting perch on the pond, near the main gates. On the first occasion, the generally quiet bird was seen twice diving to catch small fish. Additionally, a possible sighting was made on Rawa Danau Nature Reserve in West Java at 6°11'S, 105°59'E, an inland swamp forest, on 10 November 1993. A single bird thought to be this species was seen on a shoreline vegetated by sedges, grasses and Phragmites karka, on a river 5 6 metres in width, but no detailed description was taken at the time (Scott Frazier pers. comm.). The Black capped Kingfisher migrates south as far as Sumatra and Kalimantan during the northern winter, but is a very rare migrant on Java; it has never been recorded on Bali (MacKinnon & Phillipps 1993). There are at least five previous records from Java, consisting of four from Dampar in Central Java (Kooiman 1940) and one from Cilacap in West Java (museum type at MZB, reported by Hoogerwerf 1948).All these records were made before the 1950s. Acknowledgement We thank Bas van Balen for drawing our attention to the older records in the literature. References Fry, C H., K. Fry & A. Harris. 1992. Kingfishers, Bee eaters and Rollers of the World. Christopher Helm, London. Hoogerwerf,A. 1948. Nog eens Halcyon pileata (Bodd) op Java. Limosa 21 (2 3): 103. Kooiman, J.G. 1940. Mededelingen over het voorkomen in Oost Java van enkele voor dit gewest nog niet in de literatuur genoemde vogels. Ardea 29:98 108. MacKinnon, J. & K. Phillipps. 1993. A field guide to the birds of Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Addresses: 1. M. Indrawan, IFABS Yayasan Bina Sains Hayati Indonesia, P.O. Box 103, Depok 16401. 2. Rudyanto, BirdLife International Indonesia Programme, P.O. Box 310, Bogor 16003. 

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