Nature and Trees- Common Iora - Rose - ringed Parakeet & Orange - breasted Green Pigeon
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Channel: Menora James · 2012 · Pets & Animals
I was able to film these amazing three kinds of birds during my nature holidays. It was a great pleasure for me to be able to film the pair of Common Ioras. I filmed this pair at the holiday resort premises. I found them when I heard some unusual calls of birds and upon following it saw them on top of a tree in lush greenary surroundings. There were about another 7-8 birds and it was with difficulty that I managed to film this pair as they move very quickly.You will hear in the background their unusual calls. However at 1 min.40 sec. you can see the unusual calling by a male. In the Rose - ringed Parakeets you can see the rose ring at the back of its neck.The prominent sound you hear in the background of the parakeets is of the Jungle Fowl. The sounds in all of my videos are the original sounds that was heard while I was filming. Common Iora =========== The Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia) is a small passerine bird found across the tropical Indian Subcontinent with populations showing plumage variations.some of which are designated as subspecies. A species found in scrub and forest, it is easily detected from its loud whistles and the bright colours.During the breeding season, males display by fluffing up their feathers and spiral in the air appearing like a green, black, yellow and white ball. Ioras have a pointed and notched beak with a culmen that is straight. The Common Iora is sexually dimorphic. Ioras forage in trees in small groups, gleaning among the branches for insects. They sometimes join mixed species feeding flocks. The call is a mixture of churrs, chattering and whistles, and the song is a trilled wheeeee-tee. They may sometimes imitate the calls of other birds such as drongos. Two to four greenish white eggs are laid in a small and compact cup-shaped nest made out of grass and bound with cobwebs and placed in the fork of a tree. Ioras moult twice in a year and the plumage variation makes them somewhat complicated for plumage based separation of the populations. Rose-ringed Parakeet ================= The Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri), also known as the Ring-necked Parakeet, is a gregarious tropical Afro-Asian parakeet.Rose-ringed parakeets are popular as pets. Its scientific name commemorates the Austrian naturalist Wilhelm Heinrich Kramer. This non-migrating species is one of few parrot species that have successfully adapted to living in 'disturbed habitats', and in that way withstood the onslaught of urbanisation and deforestation. In the wild, this is a noisy species with an unmistakable squawking call. The Rose-ringed parakeet is sexually dimorphic.The adult male sports a red neck-ring and the hen and immature birds of both sexes either show no neck rings, or display shadow-like pale to dark grey neck rings. In the wild, Rose-ringed parakeets usually feed on buds, fruits, vegetables, nuts, berries and seeds. Both males and females have the ability to mimic human speech. First it listens to its surroundings, and then it copies the voice of the human speaker. Some people hand-raise Rose-ringed parakeet chicks for this purpose. Such parrots then become quite tame and receptive to learning. They can also show emotions similar to human beings and adjust easily to family life. Orange-breasted Green Pigeon ======================== The Orange-breasted Green Pigeon (Treron bicinctus) is a pigeon found across tropical Asia south of the Himalaya across the Indian Subcontinent and extending into parts of Southeast Asia.This is a species of forest. Orange-breasted Green Pigeons usually occur singly or in small groups. Its flight is fast and direct.They eat seeds and fruits of a wide variety of plants often joining other frugivores at fruiting figs, foraging by slowly walking along branches. They are known to feed on Strychnos nux-vomica, the fruits of which are toxic to mammals. They are sometimes seen on the ground. Their call is a low subdued series of modulated wandering whistles. Males fight with each other during the breeding season, slapping each other with their wing and pecking each other. The nest is the typical flimsy platform of a few twigs in which two white eggs are laid. Both sexes incubate and eggs hatch in about 12 to 14 days. Music By Thomas Katerkamp at Jamendo.com
