Bird watching in Thailand: the Javan snapper (Eurylaimus javanicus) and the black and yellow snapper (Eurylaimus ochromalus)
The Javan hapbird (Eurylaimus javanicus)
Today no fewer than two beautiful birds that are related to each other: The Javanese hapbird (Eurylaimus javanicus), a songbird from the Eurylaimidae family (broad-billed and snappers) and the black-and-yellow snapbird (Eurylaimus ochromalus), also a songbird.
The Javan hapbird is found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
It is a fairly large bird (21,5–23 cm), with purple, yellow and black plumage. The animal mainly eats insects, including grasshoppers, crickets, various beetles, caterpillars and larvae.
The Javanese hapbird has 4 subspecies:
- Eurylaimus javanicus pallidus: from southeastern Myanmar to southern Vietnam and Malaysia.
- Eurylaimus javanicus harterti: Sumatra, Riouwarchipelago, Bangka and Billiton.
- Eurylaimus javanicus javanicus: Java.
- Eurylaimus javanicus brookei: Borneo and the northern Natuna Islands.
The black-and-yellow hapbird (Eurylaimus ochromalus)
the black-and-yellow hapbird
The black-and-yellow hapbird (Eurylaimus ochromalus) is a passerine bird belonging to the suborder of screaming birds (suboscines). Like the other broad-billed birds, this is a plump bird of about 16 cm in length with a large, broad beak. The bird lives in tropical rain forest.
The adult black-and-yellow bite bird is, as the name suggests, black with yellow. The upper head, back and wings are black. There are yellow spots on the wings and also the rump and the underbelly are yellow. Also striking are a clear white collar and below that a narrow (sometimes interrupted) black chest band. The chest is light pink.
The bird is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Burma and Thailand. The habitat consists of tropical rain forest in the lowlands and hills up to 1200 m above sea level.
Beautiful pictures. Of all the birds you've posted, I only see the pesky Asian Koel Bird, a screamer first class. I have never seen these beautiful birds in Bangkok, and I live in a very green area.
For these birds you really have to go to the National Parks of which Thailand has more than 100.
Nope, nothing national park. Here in Si Sa Ket in our village, which borders on a large piece of forest, you can spot this Javanese bite bird! And if you don't see him, you can hear him. They are quite rare because you don't see many….but they are there
As long as birds are eaten in Thailand, the number of birds will decrease. We can enjoy this splendor. But for some cultures it is sometimes sheer necessity to fill your stomach.
Not only the colorful feathers make these birds unique.
But their names are also amazing.
I enjoy time to time.
Thailandblog is very alert in these matters.
So they are real existing Dutch names?
I don't make up the names myself. But you can easily check that yourself, right? Just google it.
What a beautiful bird, beautifully described.