JOGI PHOTOGRAPHY: ORANGE-BELLIED LEAFBIRD

CHLOROPSIS HARDWICKII

( BURUNG DAUN BUKIT)
19 cm

DESCRIPTION

Bright sage-green abve and subtale orange below, with black side to face and throat, and long purplish-back panel along wing. Female grass-green with an orange flush on lower belly and under-tail coverts, limited blue on wing coverts and inner secondaries.

DISTRIBUTION

Resident from W Himalayan foothills trough S China to Hainan, and Southeast to the mountains of Peninsular Malaysia

HABITS and HABITAT

Found in the region only in the montane forest at c. 900 - 1900 m, in the canopy and mid levels of upper and lower montane forest and along forested roadside; occasionally down to 820 m in hill forest. Surprisingly, considering that the hill stations are so well visited by watchers, its nesting behavior is unknown. The male and female both sing a wide range of beautiful notes, including imitations of other species..

Source : A Naturalist's Guide to the BIRDS OF MALAYSIA including Sabah and Sarawak

ABOUT THE BELOW PHOTOS

I quite disappointed during the first shoot on Saturday 20 October, even I also need share with public my previous photo. At the first photos some of them I deleted from my album. Many of my previous photos, I don't have a choice I had to delete them. Firstly as a whole bird's detail are blur and in fact te face and throat area is missing the detail. From this first review and at the first glance, the main problem is a back lit and the birds are very much hidden behind the branch and leaves. For the main problem which a back lit issue, no other device except my Canon Speedlite 580EX II I have to use it and this Speedlight will helps me also to tackle the second issue of hiding behind the leaves.

PHOTO LOCATION AND DATE TAKEN

The birds as below photo are located at Awana Genting Resort however it may located other mountain at Peninsular of Malaysia. The photo were taken in two days session Saturday 20 October and Sunday 21st. As above explanation not much good birds picture, I have to show in here, in fact I have deleted on my album