Sittidae series: Nuthatch | 鳾科 | liewwk Nature 2-1 [update 20240110]

a bird that tiny, moving around tree body for food … move fast most of the time …

1. Velvet-fronted Nuthatch, 绒额䴓, 絨額䴓, Sitta frontalis, ビロウドゴジュウカラ, PEPATUK BIASA

2. Blue Nuthatch, 蓝䴓, 藍䴓, Sitta azurea, ズグロゴジュウカラ, PEPATUK GUNUNG MELAYU

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51. Giant Nuthatch, 巨䴓, 巨鳾, Sitta magna, オニゴジュウカラ

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1. Velvet-fronted Nuthatch, 绒额䴓, 絨額䴓, Sitta frontalis, ビロウドゴジュウカラ, PEPATUK BIASA

– common found from lowland up to 1000+- m from SEA level

– move fast around the tree

update 2020 June 6

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch, 絨額鳾, Sitta frontalis,ビロウドゴジュウカラ, Burung Patuk Baldu

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2. Blue Nuthatch, 蓝䴓, 藍䴓, Sitta azurea, ズグロゴジュウカラ, PEPATUK GUNUNG MELAYU

– another bird moving nonstop

– found higher altitude from SEA level so far

update 202303

– a tour with some main target birds, Blue Nuthatch is one of the main target. After 2 days trying, finally had a good look at 3 birds.

– 这一团有些指定目标鸟。这蓝䴓是最重要之一。幸好，在福隆港第2天终于看到这么漂亮的小鸟。

update 20221030

– a lucky morning, due to some reason. Guests decided fly back to home before tour end. But lucky morning before any rain, humid. got This beautiful bird, Lesser Yellownape, Bay Woodpecker and others just not far after we drive.

– as usual fast moving bird but with the new AI AF, most the frame lock focus on the head/eye of this tiny and fast bird.

– 幸运的一个早上。客人因私人原因需要提早飞回澳洲。可是，上天还是让他们见到这特别的鸟。

– 一样小而快的小鸟。幸好新的佳能对焦能力大部分都是对焦到头部/眼部

update 2020 Jul 29

update 2020 March 30

update 2017 Sept 27

update 2017 Jul 19

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51. Giant Nuthatch, 巨䴓, 巨鳾, Sitta magna, オニゴジュウカラ

– a quite big size for Nuthatch, overall grey-blue and long beak. Like other Nuthatch, very active moving bird

– 蛮大的䴓，灰+蓝的鸟，长嘴。与其他䴓一样，非常活跃的鸟

update 202401
– ours last year bird Photography trip, very misty day and found this bird moving fast .. lovely bird to be photograph
– 我们上一年的泰国鸟摄行，记得非常大雾。可是我们还是把它拿下。

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June 26, 2016June 27, 2016

endemicguides Birds Report – 2016 Jun 25

We have a day trip for Photography from USA …. this time, guest pick Fraser Hill for the day tour … we leave KL 515am and arrive Fraser Hill ~730am … and arrived back KL by ~8pm

We begin with Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush, Malayan Laughingthrush, Oriental Magpie-Robin and one of the main target : Malayan Hill Partridge … very soon we have capture all with extra

Large Niltava

Greater Yellownape

Red-headed Trogon

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follow by lovely Red-headed Trogon, Fire-tufted Barbet, Silver-breasted Broadbill and Sultan tit …. all allow guest capture picture within 20feet …

after lunch , we seem have more luck to have Blue Nuthatch stay long and close for us to have good pictures, and it also follow by Black-and-yellow Broadbill, Banded Kingfisher and daytime roosting Buffy Fish Owl ..

for the day trips guest managed to captured

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4 Gray-breasted Partridge (Malayan)
1 Little Cuckoo-Dove
1 Mountain Imperial-Pigeon
2 Raffles’s Malkoha
1 Buffy Fish-Owl
1 Red-headed Trogon
1 Banded Kingfisher
1 Fire-tufted Barbet
2 Black-browed Barbet
3 Greater Yellownape
4 Silver-breasted Broadbill
1 Banded Broadbill
1 Black-and-yellow Broadbill
1 Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
1 White-throated Fantail
3 Rufous-bellied Swallow
1 Sultan Tit
3 Blue Nuthatch
1 Mountain Bulbul
2 Buff-breasted Babbler
5 Mountain Fulvetta
1 Streaked Wren-Babbler
3 Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush
X Silver-eared Mesia
3 Long-tailed Sibia
2 Malayan Laughingthrush
1 Oriental Magpie-Robin
2 Rufous-browed Flycatcher
3 Large Niltava
2 Slaty-backed Forktail
1 Little Pied Flycatcher
3 Blue-winged Leafbird
2 Black-throated Sunbird
1 Streaked Spiderhunter

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June 23, 2016June 23, 2016

NiSi Square Filters System 100mm, 150mm and 180mm are available now

beside Lee Filter and HAIDA filters, now we also have another top quality square filter systems NiSi

We also will start sharing more pictures by NiSi filter solutions

and it consist

1. 100mm System – for all common lens with screw threw up to 82mm

2. 150mm System – for lens without screw thread or Ultra wide e.g Nikon 14-24mm F2.8, Canon 14mm F2.8, Olympus 7-14mm F2.8, Tamron 15-30mm F2.8, Sigma 12-24mm etc

3. 180mm System – for now it is special make for Canon 11-24mm F4

June 15, 2016July 10, 2016

endemicguides Birds Report – 2016 Jun 12-15

We receive a request for 3 days (even it is 12-15 but it is half day for start and end date) … special request RAIL-BABBLER is a must !!! and with a limited bird list to add on his 52xx++ bird count with few tour SEA before ..

Immediate from Airport to our first destination KRAU forest, we got our 1st target : Javan Myna !!!! very soon , we arrive KRAU for our target … and we managed to got full open view of Malaysian Rail-Babbler as 2nd bird and TARGET meet 😀

immediate we continue for other birds target and for day 1 we managed to have 8 lifers and main target meet ..

LANCHANG
12 Jun 2016
9:00 AM
Traveling
15.00 km
360 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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1 Lesser Whistling-Duck
1 Red-wattled Lapwing
2 Asian Koel
1 Scarlet-rumped Trogon
2 White-throated Kingfisher
1 Rufous-collared Kingfisher
1 Gold-whiskered Barbet
2 Banded Woodpecker
2 Black-thighed Falconet
1 Garnet Pitta
1 Common Iora
1 Dark-throated Oriole
1 Malaysian Rail-babbler
1 Yellow-vented Bulbul
1 Yellow-bellied Bulbul
1 Black-throated Babbler
1 Short-tailed Babbler
1 Ferruginous Babbler
1 Oriental Magpie-Robin
1 White-rumped Shama
3 Asian Glossy Starling
2 Common Hill Myna
X Javan Myna

Number of Taxa: 23

We change our plan to Bukit Tinggi instead Taman Negara (original 2nd plan for Rail-Babbler) for more lifers … with very good morning start we managed to got 9 lifers with all good open view of Moutain Peacock Pheasant , Black Laughingthrush , Chestnut-backed Scimitar-Babbler, etc

Bukit Tinggi
13 Jun 2016
7:00 AM
Traveling
5.00 km
180 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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2 Mountain Peacock-Pheasant — 2 male
1 Rhinoceros Hornbill
1 Sooty Barbet
1 Red-crowned Barbet
1 Black-browed Barbet
2 White-bellied Erpornis
1 Black-crested Bulbul
1 Stripe-throated Bulbul
1 Ochraceous Bulbul
1 Yellow-bellied Warbler
1 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
1 Chestnut-backed Scimitar-Babbler
1 Gray-throated Babbler
1 Buff-breasted Babbler
3 Black Laughingthrush
1 Blue-winged Leafbird
1 Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
1 Streaked Spiderhunter

Number of Taxa: 18

Immediate after Lunch we heading Fraser and we managed to get another 8 lifers which include star bird of Malayan Hill Patridge, Bamboo Woodpecker, Rufous-Bellied Swallow.

Bukit Fraser
13 Jun 2016
1:00 PM
Traveling
10.00 km
420 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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5 Gray-breasted Partridge (Malayan)
3 Little Cuckoo-Dove
1 Red-headed Trogon — Juvi
1 Black-browed Barbet
1 Greater Yellownape
2 Bamboo Woodpecker
1 Banded Broadbill
1 Gray-chinned Minivet
1 Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
X Rufous-bellied Swallow
2 Mountain Bulbul
2 Golden Babbler
1 Buff-breasted Babbler
1 Mountain Fulvetta
1 Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush
2 Malayan Laughingthrush
1 Long-tailed Sibia
2 Oriental Magpie-Robin
2 Rufous-browed Flycatcher
2 Large Niltava
1 Little Pied Flycatcher

Number of Taxa: 21

we have another morning for Fraser Hill , and we continue for more challenge birds target. and with the late lunch we managed to got another 10 lifers .. a good start with Malayan Whistling-Thrush which appear after long wait in the cold morning, it just show up on the road . Follow by Javan Cuckooshrike, Silver-Breasted Broadbill with little challenge … with luck we managed to got Marbled Wren-Babbler & Large Scimitar-Babbler with good view and long enough … last bird before late lunch below to lue Nuthatch.

Bukit Fraser
14 Jun 2016
7:00 AM
Traveling
40.00 km
600 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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1 Spotted Dove
1 Large-tailed Nightjar
1 House Swift
1 Fire-tufted Barbet
1 Speckled Piculet
1 Silver-breasted Broadbill
2 Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike
2 Black-and-crimson Oriole
1 White-throated Fantail
2 Sultan Tit
1 Blue Nuthatch
2 Large Scimitar-Babbler
1 Marbled Wren-Babbler
1 Silver-eared Mesia
1 Asian Fairy-bluebird
1 Verditer Flycatcher
1 Lesser Shortwing
2 Malayan Whistling-Thrush
3 Slaty-backed Forktail
1 White-tailed Robin

Number of Taxa: 20

after the lunch , we have no luck till next day (raining) and we missed our the other easy target 🙁

for the 3 days birding , Dutch guest managed to have 35 lifers and MAIN target meet

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June 9, 2016January 22, 2024

Estrildidae series: Munia, parrotfinch | 梅花雀科: 文鸟,鹦雀 | liewwk Nature – 8+1 [update 20240122]

Estrildidae for Malaysia inlcuded Parrotfinch and Munia ..

1. Pin-tailed Parrotfinch, 长尾鹦雀, 長尾鸚雀, Erythrura prasina, セイコウチョウ, CIAK-HIJAU PERUT MERAH

2. Chestnut Munia, 栗腹文鸟, 栗腹文鳥, Lonchura atricapilla, キンパラ, CIAK-PADI RAWA BIASA

3. White-headed Munia, 白头文鸟, 白頭文鳥, Lonchura maja, ヘキチョウ, CIAK-PADI UBAN BARAT

4. Scaly-breasted Munia, 斑文鸟, 斑文鳥, Lonchura punctulata,シマキンパラ, CIAK-PADI PINANG

5. White-rumped Munia, 白腰文鸟, Lonchura striata, コシジロキンパラ, CIAK-PADI TULI

6. Dusky Munia, 暗栗文鸟, 暗栗文鳥, Lonchura fuscans, コゲチャキンパラ, CIAK-PADI KELAM

7. Java Sparrow, 禾雀, Lonchura oryzivora, ブンチョウ,JELATIK JAWA

8. Red Avadavat, 红梅花雀, 紅梅花雀, Amandava amandava, ベニスズメ,CIAK MERAH

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51. Zebra Finch, 斑胸草雀, 斑胸草雀, Taeniopygia guttata, キンカチョウ, Pipit Zebra

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1. Pin-tailed Parrotfinch, 长尾鹦雀, 長尾鸚雀, Erythrura prasina, セイコウチョウ, CIAK-HIJAU PERUT MERAH

– a bird prefer to feed on bamboo seed

– male with ref bellied and tailed , female without the red

update 202305

– just another good decision to make, we change ours original plan to looking for this beautiful bird and it did show quite well for all of us. Still one of most beautiful bird of Malaysia

– 我们赌了一把，换了原本路线。到这找找这鸟。尽然真的看到，还要蛮久。马来西亚最漂亮鸟之一吧。

update 202209

– a special arrangement for guest, lucky to found this handsome again.

– 客人的特别要求，安排到这。幸运的见到几只很近的距离。

update 202205

– never get bore to see this lovely and colorful bird and it was a lucky day it show up to us in the early morning

– 谁看到这鸟会不喜欢？幸运的一个早晨，一对在我与客人的面前出现。

update 202106

– normally moving in group, male with brighter color (blue face, yellow, red) belly and longer tail

– this is a special morph, Yellow or Golden which is more rare

– 通常群体活动

– 公鸟，颜色较鲜艳。头部较多蓝，腹部红，尾巴较长。

– 这是较特别个体，尾部鱼腹部都是黄的。比较稀有。

update 2020 Sept

update 2016 Nov 1

– as usual the season is coming .. it show actively now

update 2016 Jun 9

2. Chestnut Munia, 栗腹文鸟, 栗腹文鳥, Lonchura atricapilla, キンパラ, CIAK-PADI RAWA BIASA

– previously name as Black0headed

– black head, rufous wing, front part

3. White-headed Munia, 白头文鸟, 白頭文鳥, Lonchura maja, ヘキチョウ, CIAK-PADI UBAN BARAT

– as name, white head always mix up with Scaly-breasted Munia, Chesnut

4. Scaly-breasted Munia, 斑文鸟, 斑文鳥, Lonchura punctulata,シマキンパラ, CIAK-PADI PINANG

– chest with scarly mark, mostly brown

5. White-rumped Munia, 白腰文鸟, Lonchura striata, コシジロキンパラ, CIAK-PADI TULI

– near forest edge

6. Dusky Munia, 暗栗文鸟, 暗栗文鳥, Lonchura fuscans, コゲチャキンパラ, CIAK-PADI KELAM

– as name, mostly dusky dark

– Borneo lowland endemic

Picture Collection of Borneo Endemic Birds, 婆罗洲特有种鸟照片集 | liewwk Nature 59 [update 20240322]

Video Collection of Borneo Endemic Birds, 婆罗洲特有种鸟 – 视频 | liewwk Nature 46 [20240323]

7. Java Sparrow, 禾雀, Lonchura oryzivora, ブンチョウ,JELATIK JAWA

– introduce species , only few specify areas

8. Red Avadavat, 红梅花雀, 紅梅花雀, Amandava amandava, ベニスズメ,CIAK MERAH

– introduced species

51. Zebra Finch, 斑胸草雀, 斑胸草雀, Taeniopygia guttata, キンカチョウ, Pipit Zebra

– the pale overall and “orange-red” beak make it so beautiful bird

– 斑胸草雀(学名:Taeniopygia guttata)，又名金山珍珠，是雀形目梅花雀科的小型鸟类。该鸟全长10厘米左右，胸和尾羽有黑白斑纹，雄鸟胁部棕红色有白色点斑，除原色种外羽色全白的亦较常见;主要以禾本科植物的种子为食，鸣声低，原产于印度尼西亚和澳大利亚，是世界上许多国家普遍饲养的观赏鸟

update 202401

– a very beautiful appear at a very weird place where just near beach, dry area and strong wind. A small little pond attract so many of this bird keep coming.

– 非常漂亮的鸟，可是出现在这种地方就有点怪。（大风，干，路旁，就一个小水潭）风非常大，鸟一直来。公鸟的颊带橙。

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June 5, 2016March 23, 2021

Large Wren Babbler 大鹪鹛 | liewwk

Another bird into my frame (picture lifer) , beside Marbled Wren-Babbler .. this is another big wren-babbler .. and again it behave like other Wren-Babbler , skittish, flying around, calling non stop , calling laugh .. etc ….

As usual, saw this bird in the forest but most the time without camera or just flip seconds ..

另一只令人又爱又恨的鸟。总是跳来跳去，见人飞，也喜欢叫。就如其他鹪鹛

– it calling non stop while we waiting for other birds nearby .. and when we try trace it for photo no success for ~1hour .. end up we chase it with handheld !!!! … in the dark forest

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June 2, 2016July 29, 2023

Platylophidae series: Shrikejay | 冠鸦 | liewwk Nature – 1 [update 20230729]

Only one but both Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo having 2 different colors, size same species of bird

**1. Crested Shrikejay, 冠鸦, 冠鴉, Platylophus galericulatus, カンムリカケス, BURUNG-MENJERIT**

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For Peninsula Malaysia a blackbird that loves to moving fast in the forest …. we make a trip just for this bird .. but found out it is not really active but was lucky it appear for food just 10-15min before we leaving … ~33cm

For Borneo ~28cm , smaller . Brownish color but behave same, moving fast and making a lot of noise.

1. Crested Shrikejay, 冠鸦, 冠鴉, Platylophus galericulatus, カンムリカケス, BURUNG-MENJERIT

update 202307

– a special Rail-Babbler tour, and what a bonus of so many special birds included this cool looking, active bird.

– 白眉长颈鸫特别团，也看到很多很特别的鸟。包括这只稀有，害羞，有形有款的黑鸟。

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– an early morning with quite heavy rain, while I am waiting in the car a group of 5 birds keep flying around and making calls. I still walking out to captured some pictures and 2 sg Bird Photographers join me the raining chasing fun

– 一大早，天下着雨。可是这么稀有的鸟竟然在我停车的地方飞来飞去。我也不理什么雨，下车与2位新加坡鸟人在雨下玩追追。

update 202302

– a black bird, use to be very active and shy. But not this time, very friendly to us.

– a very special bird to be seen and it was a 2nd bird of the day and it make our good day and trip 2 hour travel. It stay for very long for us to have very good view, pictures, videos.

– 一只非常活跃，害羞的鸟。这次非常的友善。站了很久很近，让我们拍的好好的。

update 202105

– just another 2017 archive picture, never get bored to see this special bird which really noisy in the forest and active moving around

– 旧照片。没什么人会不喜欢这鸟。非常特别，活跃，婆罗洲的更是漂亮。

201708, Danum Valley, Lahad datu, Sabah, Malaysia

update 2020 March 28

update 2017 Aug 30

Borneo

update 2016 Jul 17

Peninsula Malaysia

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June 2, 2016June 2, 2016

Another Super ND filter … 15 stops ND – Super Stopper from LEE Filters …

sometime , we complaint we need darker … when ??? why ???

in the noon, under bright sun exposure what if we need more stop down ? and we can have option combine more ND filters e.g. 10 stops and 6 stops filter or now we have option to have single filter in 15 stops down …

e.g. under hot sun out setting for no ND is ISO100 , F2.8 (to have bokeh for some effect) , SS 1/1000

with Big Stopper or ND 3.0/10 stops ND … we can have 1s exposure .. but than the 1s may be not good enough … and what a 15 stops ND (Super Stopper) can do for us

it will give you 30s even the original shutter speed is 1/1000 … !!!!!

few eg. with Big Stopper , combine of Big Stopper and Little Stopper .. so now with single filter we can get longer exposure 😀

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4. Scaly-breasted Munia, 斑文鸟, 斑文鳥, Lonchura punctulata,シマキンパラ, CIAK-PADI PINANG

5. White-rumped Munia, 白腰文鸟, Lonchura striata, コシジロキンパラ, CIAK-PADI TULI

6. Dusky Munia, 暗栗文鸟, 暗栗文鳥, Lonchura fuscans, コゲチャキンパラ, CIAK-PADI KELAM

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