A Singing Flyeater

A short HD video footage of a singing Golden-bellied Flyeater (Gerygone sulphurea simplex, endemic race), filmed in habitat under available light.
Capture info - Canon 7D + 400 2.8 L IS + stacked Canon 2x/1.4x TCs, 1120 mm, f/13, 1/60 sec, ISO 200, 475B/3421 support, manual exposure in available light, captured in 1080/29.97p, Paranaque City, Philippines, May 8, 2010

[@nicolehanmagalong1141]

Oh my goodness! I've been trying for over a decade to find this bird! It's always been my favorite since I was a kid. Another youtube comment led me here. Thank you thank you!

[@piggnant]

I too have been trying to put a face or name to this bird since hearing the song when I was a child. My father heard it too when he grew up in the 1950s and 60s. How and why does it hum the same song generation after generation, across vast lands.
Excellent documentation. Thank you!

[@melissaealdama7091]

Thank you!! This has been a mystery bird for me for decades. 😁 I wait for movements after the song to see which bird makes the tune but always unsuccessful.🙏🏻

[@reginao2342]

We live near the sea in Cebu, and we hear this lovely little bird every morning and during the day too! So cheerful, this bird can really make your day when you hear the joyful singing.. Their nest is very tiny, hanging on a branch of a nearby neem tree.

[@mynahbird20000]

how did you manage to film it? I've listened to the call for decades but have never actually seen the bird singing, though they complained when I took away their parasitic Koel which they raised unknowingly.

[@lui192003]

Thanks.Now I know ,I thought it was a pied fantail singing this song.

[@AlternateIsopod]

finally that one bird who i keep hearing but never saw

[@monopm1512]

In Indonesian is rametuk/sir-sir laut

[@nikehusk3849]

So that’s the owner of the sweet song i hear upon waking up in the morning.

[@chermusca4638]

Same i just figured out now. Verrry sweet bird

[@nikehusk3849]

@@chermusca4638 The female olive-backed sunbird looks similar to this one, so it’s kind of confusing when they’re not singing.

[@contactmeshaan]

appreciate the effort

[@01biboy]

Thank you for this video!!!!

[@AlonerMystake]

birb

[@reginao2342]

Does anyone know the local Visayan or Tagalog name for this bird?

[@dunhillomana2536]

Tamsi maam

[@reginao2342]

@@dunhillomana2536 oohh--I thought that tamsi were the little sunbirds that we have in the yard.. A sweet bird..

[@reginao2342]

Sir--I looked it up, and it said this bird is called bato-bato!