Ficus species ?- Fruit in the bulbul's mouth

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Ficus species ?- Fruit in the bulbul's mouth

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Id of fruit in the bulbul's mouth : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 3 authors.

There was a query on the Bngbirds discussion group requesting for the id of the fruit in the beak of this bulbul by ..., hope someone from this group can help out.

There was a following reply in that group:

"Looks like a singapore cherry (crushed). I found that the bulbuls love this fruit.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pxeBKu6Hk08/TJDQftsscFI/AAAAAAAAAdg/RYB0GDaWI_A/s1600/The_fruit_of_muntingia_calabura_tree.JPG"

i think this is some kind of Ficus fruit. branch also looks like ficus sp.

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