Birds of Sepilok, Sabah | 西必洛, 沙巴 – 马来西亚 | liewwk Nature – 14 [update 20240413]

collection of Sepilok, Sandakan, Sabah

 

1. Rufous-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher, 棕背三趾翠鸟, 棕背三趾翠鳥, Ceyx rufidorsa, セアカミツユビカワセ, RAJAUDANG-API BIASA

2. Banded Broadbill, 斑阔嘴鸟, 斑闊嘴鳥, Eurylaimus javanicus, アズキヒロハシ, Burung Takau Rimba

3. Rufous-winged Philentoma, 棕翅王鵙, 棕翅王鵙, Philentoma pyrhoptera, チャバネアカメヒタキ, REMBAH-BATU KECIL

4. Banded Kingfisher (Black-faced), 横斑翠鸟, 橫斑翠鳥, Lacedo pulchella melanops, カザリショウビン, KAING-KAING BORNEO

5. Black-and-yellow Broadbill, 黑黄阔嘴鸟, 黑黃闊嘴鳥, Eurylaimus ochromalus, クビワヒロハシ, Burung Takau Hitam Kuning

6. Van Hasselt’s Sunbird, 紫喉蓝肩花蜜鸟, 紫喉藍肩花蜜鳥, Leptocoma brasiliana, アンハッセルトタイヨウチョウ, KELICAP BELACAN BIASA

7. Sabah Partridge, 沙巴山鹧鸪, 沙巴山鷓鴣, Tropicoperdix graydoni, クリチャミヤマテッケイ, SERUK-BUKIT SABAH

8. Bornean Black-capped Babbler, 婆罗洲黑冠幽鹛, 婆羅洲黑冠幽鶥, Pellorneum capistratoides, KEKICAU-TANAH UBUN HITAM BORNEO

9. Bornean bristlehead, 棘头鵙, 棘頭鵙, Pityriasis gymnocephala, ブタゲモズ, TIUNG-BATU KEPALA MERAH

10. Brown-streaked Flycatcher, 褐纹鹟, 褐斑鶲, Muscicapa williamsoni, Muscicapa williamsoni, SAMBAR-KUSAM LOREK MELAYU

11. Black Magpie (Bornean), 婆罗洲白翅鹊, 婆羅洲白翅鵲,Platysmurus leucopterus aterrimus,クロカケス, BURUNG-KAMBING BORNEO

12. Crimson-winged Woodpecker, 红翅绿啄木鸟,紅翅綠啄木鳥, Picus puniceus, モリアオゲラ, BELATUK-HIJAU PARUH KUNING

13. Red-naped Trogon, 红枕咬鹃, 紅枕咬鵑, Harpactes kasumba, アカエリキヌバネドリ, KESUMBA TENGKUK MERAH

14. Diard’s trogon, 紫顶咬鹃, 紫頂咬鵑, Harpactes diardii, バラエリキヌバネドリ, KESUMBA TENGKUK JAMBU

 

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1. Rufous-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher, 棕背三趾翠鸟, 棕背三趾翠鳥, Ceyx rufidorsa, セアカミツユビカワセミ, RAJAUDANG-API BIASA

– a very special different Rufous-backed at Sabah with dark-blue wing

– 与其他棕背三趾翠鸟,很不一样。翅膀是深蓝色。

update 202401

– another good start, after lovely Bornean Bristlehead follow by this cute and beautiful Kingfisher stay calm and long.

– 非常好的2024开始,我们先看/拍到婆罗洲棘头鵙。出来时就看到拍到这么快的“小红”

202402, Sandakan, Sabah

2. Banded Broadbill, 斑阔嘴鸟, 斑闊嘴鳥, Eurylaimus javanicus, アズキヒロハシ, Burung Takau Rimba

normally at low land jungle/forest but it stands high up … and come by more than 1 …

update 202402

– few juvi bird feeding by the adult and managed to see this young bird just stay there but think capture by David Tseu not me .. he poison with the CANON RF200800 😀 ..

– 大家都注意紫顶咬鹃时,我见到好几只小鸟。很快见到小鸟们在等爸爸妈妈喂。这一只站好好,照片DAVID 拍的,他应该定了佳能的RF200800 吧。

202402, Sepilok, Sabah

 

 

3. Rufous-winged Philentoma, 棕翅王鵙, 棕翅王鵙, Philentoma pyrhoptera, チャバネアカメヒタキ, REMBAH-BATU KECIL

– common lowland forest bird

– male with blue head and female with gray

update 202402

– a bird that often heard but not seen here, but it just pop us after ours walk out from the trail.

– 这鸟在这都是听多看少。可是,这一次。自己跳出来让我们看看拍拍。

– 好美的鸟。

202402, Sepilok, Sabah

4. Banded Kingfisher (Black-faced), 横斑翠鸟, 橫斑翠鳥, Lacedo pulchella melanops, カザリショウビン, KAING-KAING BORNEO

Banded Kingfisher (Black-faced)

– depend on the checklist this split from Banded Kingfisher (if split it is Borneo endemic)

update 202404

– another good bird seen while waiting for target bird, this bird just came not that high and making some call .. beautiful male bird

– 沙巴另一只低海拔的主要目标鸟。在等其他鸟,这鸟飞在我们附近不高。

202403, Sepilok, Sabah

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update 202402

– while we waiting for ours target, a pair of this special Borneo endemic came really low while the target also came close to us… make everyone of us so busy to look for 3 of them 。。 this such a beautiful girl

– 当我们等着目标时,这鸟突然出现。站的很低。。。突然目标鸟也出来,我们很忙的看3只鸟。母鸟还是很美丽。

202402, Sepilok, Sabah

 

 

5. Black-and-yellow Broadbill, 黑黄阔嘴鸟, 黑黃闊嘴鳥, Eurylaimus ochromalus,  クビワヒロハシ, Burung Takau Hitam Kuning

The Black-and-yellow Broadbill (Eurylaimus ochromalus) is a species of bird in the Eurylaimidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

*** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-and-yellow_Broadbill

a bird that beautiful, and with beautiful call ..

update 202402

– it is so hot here, the weather look same like previous Chinese New Year… hot .. hot .. hot .. I am just like this cute little fellow want to shower and shower

– 有如之前华人新年一样,非常热。就热热。。。我就如这小可爱,要冲凉啊。

202402, Sepilok, Sabah

 

 

6. Van Hasselt’s Sunbird, 紫喉蓝肩花蜜鸟, 紫喉藍肩花蜜鳥, Leptocoma brasiliana, アンハッセルトタイヨウチョウ, KELICAP BELACAN BIASA

– one of the most beautiful Sunbird of Malaysia, it wont be wrong if you see reddish+purple

– 马来西亚最漂亮花蜜鸟之一吧。远远看红+紫。

update 202402

– quite hot and humid afternoon, heard the bird call… and very soon saw it stand at top of the tree. lovely and beautiful bird as usual

– 蛮闷热的一个中午。听到鸟叫,很快就找到。站在树顶上,漂亮吧

202402, Sepilok, Sabah

 

7. Sabah Partridge, 沙巴山鹧鸪, 沙巴山鷓鴣, Tropicoperdix graydoni, クリチャミヤマテッケイ, SERUK-BUKIT SABAH

– also call Sabah Partridge, the look slightly different on the chest & head.

– behavior, environment very similar

– comparative common or more sighting compare to the Arborophila Charlton

update 202402

– after got the Bornean Bristlehead, this bird soon come and make loud call for us .. really beautiful and loud call

– 看到棘头鵙后,这鸟就来很近+叫的很大声。这鸟也很漂亮虽然叫的大声恐怖。

 

8. Bornean Black-capped Babbler, 婆罗洲黑冠幽鹛, 婆羅洲黑冠幽鶥, Pellorneum capistratoides, KEKICAU-TANAH UBUN HITAM BORNEO

– a newly split from Black-capped Babbler.

– 现在,与西马的分类了。

update 202402

– this bird simply odd, it follow us walking in the trail .. it just walk few feet from us .. for quite a distance. Another cute little endemic

– 这是一只非常奇怪的鸟,一只跟着我们走。。。还走了一段路。还在我们几尺内。可是还是很可爱的特有种。

202402, Sepilok, Sabah

 

9. Bornean bristlehead, 棘头鵙,棘頭鵙, Pityriasis gymnocephala, ブタゲモズ, TIUNG-BATU KEPALA MERAH

– very special lowland Borneo endemic.
– overall black under and back. on top Red-Yellow-orange
– won’t miss the call as very weird calling
– male without red flanks where the female has

– 非常特別的婆羅洲特有種。
– 下半身都黑。頭頸部,紅-橙黃。
– 叫聲很特別。吵,有像狗叫。

update 202402

– sometime it is just luck, patient will bring luck … patient ……..

– a very special bird of Borneo

– 有时运气时非常重要的,耐心会给你带来运气的。。。。耐心。。。

– 这鸟很特别哦

202402, Sepilok, Sabah

10. Brown-streaked Flycatcher, 褐纹鹟, 褐斑鶲, Muscicapa williamsoni, Muscicapa williamsoni, SAMBAR-KUSAM LOREK MELAYU

– a very Asian Brown like bird, but upper chest seem have brown streak

update 202403

– not my first time seeing this bird here, but few occasion and this time we saw it carry nesting material went into a canopy tree.. but not able to have record picture

– 在几年前就发现这鸟有点不一样。在过了北冬季还是在那+胸部事有点不一样。这一次很肯定他是在马来西亚筑巢。看到他带草回同一树上好几次。

202403, Sepilok, Sabah

 

11. Black Magpie (Bornean), 婆罗洲白翅鹊, 婆羅洲白翅鵲,Platysmurus leucopterus aterrimus,クロカケス, BURUNG-KAMBING BORNEO

update 202403

– another bird that use to be not so common at RDC but recently it become almost cannot miss bird .. a black bird that look similar to Peninsular Malaysia species but here without the white patch on wing

– 这鸟在Sepilok 几年前几乎很难见到。可是现在,几乎很难见不到的。这鸟与西马的几乎一样,体型,样子,叫声。就翅膀没白斑。

202403, Sepilok, Sabah

 

12. Crimson-winged Woodpecker, 红翅绿啄木鸟,紅翅綠啄木鳥, Picus puniceus, モリアオゲラ, BELATUK-HIJAU PARUH KUNING

– common lowland-submontane medium size

– mostly red and special with a blue eye ring

update 202402

– another very close encounter of the lovely woodpecker, the story behind is the bird only have certain angle to have better view but it is always good to tolerate to have every got chance to have a good picture or view

– 在沙巴行,这是另一只很近距离的鸟。都看得很好与近。可是,当我们见到这鸟时。有几个人在拍+看,可是在哪蛮久。可是只有1-2个位置好看+拍。真的大家礼让还是很重要的。

202402, Sepilok, Sabah

 

13. Red-naped Trogon, 红枕咬鹃, 紅枕咬鵑, Harpactes kasumba, アカエリキヌバネドリ, KESUMBA TENGKUK MERAH

update 202403

– this bird getting less sighting compare to years back but at Sepilok.. it is still a common seen bird .. it always together with Diard’s trogon.

– 这几年来,这鸟几乎越来越难见到。除了在西必洛, 沙巴 还是蛮容易的。

202403, Sepilok, Sabah

 

14. Diard’s trogon, 紫顶咬鹃, 紫頂咬鵑, Harpactes diardii, バラエリキヌバネドリ, KESUMBA TENGKUK JAMBU

update 202404

– a “purple” head trogon than wont be missed, and pretty common bird to be seen at Sepilok, Sandakan.

– 有如其名,紫顶。在山打根RDC蛮普通的。

202403, Sepilok, Sabah

 

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2013 Jul Tawau Hill , Sabah | liewwk

I spent 3d3n on this beautiful jungle … worth a visit as

– this place is not expensive

– with cafe which open from morning till night time

– plenty of macro, wild lifes subject for photograph

– waterfalls for relax

but few things need to take note

– many leeches .. iinclude tiger leech

– need walk , most of the spot need ~1km walk from the chalet

#####below are list able to be capture into frame

1. Asian paradise flycatcher (white)
2. Rufous-tailed shama
3. Blue-heade pitta
4. Black-headed pitta (sleeping)
5. Blue-banded kf
6. Chestnut-rumped babbler
7. Maroon-breasted philentoma
8. Stork-billed kf
9. Borneon spiderhunter (streaky-breasted spiderhunter)
10. Greater green leafbird
11. Buffy fish owl
12. Spectacled bulbul
13. Large billed flycatcher
14. Black-backed kf
15. Pacific swallow
16. Rufous piculet
17. Pied fantail
18. White-chested babbler
19.  Wallace’s hawk eagle juv
20. Serpent eagle
21. Grey-header babbler

22. Greater angel head lizard
23.  Red leaf monkey white morph and red
24. Bat

and some able to see but failed to capture

Rackets tailed drongo
Bushy-crested hornbill
Rhinoceros hornbill
Helmeted hornbill
White-crowned hornbill
Borneo gibbon
Scarlet-rumped trogon

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I will slowly share some pictures capture here …

update 2013 Aug 1

Blue-headed Pitta, 藍頭八色鶇

—> Blue-headed Pitta call

 

update 2013 Jul 31

… Asian Paradise Flycatcher, 壽帶鳥 (white morph) …

—> Asian Paradise Flycatcher call

update 2013 Jul 30

Blue-banded Kingfisher,蓝带翠鸟

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Semporna , Sabah | liewwk

a place we like to go but may not revisit …. but it is good to be there once 😀

*** Semporna just mainland but we need to get boat to outside Islands to capture the beautiful … every trip could range from 30min – 2hr ++ e.g. near Island Maiga, Sibuan .. etc

few words to describe this beautiful place blue, clear, hot, appreciate ….

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5 years passed and suddenly my best Photokaki remind of here ..

2017 Dec 1

to share … wonder how they build their house without any land

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update 2012 Nov 23

… close to colors …

update 2012 Aug 27

… the Edge …
Singh-Ray RGND 2 stops

update 2012 Aug 7

 

… Balcony | Semporna …
how much you pay for your balcony ?
– Lee Filter GND .6s

 

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Bajau Kids …

 

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clear … CPL is a must

 

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ready to go ..
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Singh-ray RGND 2 stops

 

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clear sky at night

 

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face East | Semporna

since I start my Landscape photography … I start enjoy sunrise (the fresh light, air … ) and the warm sunset … and love to have a house face sunrise and sunset without blocking one day …

 

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… face East …

worth the risk ?

Sibuan Island

just back from Semporna, Sabah… a beautiful place where I think all photographer will love it ….

thanks our Bintulu friends share this outing with us and my gang to make this happen .. a wonderful trip even not much pictures but a trips with many good and fantastic memories …

we looking for opportunity to shoot the nightscape and sunrise on the island and managed to arrange one on 3rd day of our trip .. we decide to go to a small Island (recommended by the boatman) to have beautiful Milkyway and sunrise shot …. so we have to start leaving from ground 330am … and with small boat (that carry max 6ppl) toward a “small Island” that took us ~1hr ++ to reach … and it is almost TOTAL DARK while we travel … !!!! and it was rain too … it was so scary while we traveling to the island ..  … and no one is dare to repeat 2nd trip on next 2 days … … think back .. how could we manage to travel with small boat 1-1.5hr at total darkness … with strong wave !!!!!

and the 1st picture I capture …

Millky way under the dream house ?

 

still remember how dark when we travel to the Island … SCARY !!!!