婆罗黑鹊与”图腾“ Of Bornean black magpies and totems

在于青年的人生当中，所有的声音对我来说只是一般。可是自从查到一种鸟的叫声后，这个声音成为了我的人生中的一个开始点，听了这声足以让我有精神面对新的一天，虽然这鸟的叫声说来说去其实没有很好听，有时候可能听了会让人觉的诡异。可是无论如何，听久了我自己把该鸟认为一半是我自己给的吉祥物，有时候可能比较为图腾物。


婆罗黑鹊，或称婆罗白翅鹊，英文称 Bornean black magpie，(学名 Platysmurus aterrimus), 是婆罗洲地方性的物种，该鸟仅住在婆罗洲的树林里，虽然它也会进入附近的公园与农区。属于乌鸦科，婆罗黑鹊与名字虽然是与喜鹊相同，可是其实它是一种树鹊。它时常在树中寻觅昆虫，虽然水果也偶尔成为食物。全身长于 40厘米左右，说了其实也不是一只小型的鸟。其鸟全身虹彩蓝黑，唯独双眼是血红色的（比较前绘图，照片为参考记录罢了）。

其叫声奇怪，时候是空响的口哨声，时侯是苛刻的笑声。

比较婆罗黑鹊的叫声：

总而来说，该鸟虽然时不时出现，可是毕竟给了我很大的影响，成为我人生一个不缺的点子，它是我开始录鸟音的一个立志，成为我其中一个最常录的鸟声，同时给我精神应对新的一天，也发给我立志要跑遍人少的地方，人少，甚至无人的地方就这样成为了让我心情最好的地方。

During my youth times as of now, all sounds to me are just seemingly mundane and dull. However there is this exception ever since I chanced across this bird call, and it becomes a key starting highlight in my life, and that sound is enough to motivate me to face life and the start of every new day, although this bird doesn't have a melodious call, and downright unearthly at times. But after chancing upon this sound from time to time, I even see that bird as akin to a mascot, even almost akin to a totem.

The Bornean black magpie, scientifically known as Platysmurus aterrimus, is a bird endemic only to Borneo, and inhabits mostly rainforests, although it does venture into nearby parklands and plantations from time to time. It is a member of the family Corvidae (family of crows, magpies, jays), however despite its common name is known as a magpie, it is more related to treepies. It forages the trees for insects with an occasional snack consisting of fruits, and grows to about 40cm in length, not exactly a small bird, then again. Its plumage coloration is iridescent bluish-black, except for the eyes being bloodshot red (as seen with my illustration in the front).

It has a weird call, at times being a weird hollow creaking whistle, at times its calls being harsh grating laughing calls.

Reference call here:

To sum it all, this bird is not a frequently sighted bird, yet it gives me a profound implication, a chunk of my life that cannot be removed, it is the milestone that marks my resolve to go around recording birdcalls, and it boosted my resolve to face every new day with enthusiasm, and to soak in the feeling of being in a place where there is no humans, any place where it is devoid of human activity or remotely any presence of them, is the only place where my feelings are the fullest.