endemicguides Birds Report – Peninsular Malaysia 15-18 Jun 2017

We had Japan guests for some target in Peninsular Malaysia .

Day 1 – Kuala Lumpur

We mainly at center of Kuala Lumpur before heading Kuala Selangor for next day Mangrove targets .

we quickly start a day with Barred Eagle-Owl, with very small window but still we got it clear view ..

Barred Eagle-Owl

very soon , another cute bird approaching … black and yellow Broadbill

Black-and-yellow Broadbill

after here , we quickly move to another nearby forest .. here we quickly tick

Rufous-backed Kingfisher

Black-and-red Broadbill

etc

with very short stay time, we rush to west-Kuala Lumpur for Mangrove Pitta and etc .. very fast within 5 minutes, we got the pitta in frame and we would like to try

Savanna Nightjar

with long search, finally we see one …

Savanna Nightjar

……. we got most the targets tick and yet we have some time, we go for earlier dinner … immediate after the dinner, we very soon tick both

Large Frogmouth

Large-tailed Nightjar

Large Frogmouth

Large-tailed Nightjar

Bird list

1 Barred Eagle-Owl
1 Black-and-yellow Broadbill
2 Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike
1 Oriental Magpie-Robin
1 Asian Glossy Starling
2 Javan Myna
1 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker

1 Whiskered Treeswift
1 Rufous-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
1 Banded Woodpecker
2 Checker-throated Woodpecker
2 Black-thighed Falconet
2 Black-and-red Broadbill
1 Black-and-yellow Broadbill
2 Common Myna

2 Little Egret
2 Brahminy Kite
X Red-wattled Lapwing
2 Oriental Pratincole
3 Red Collared-Dove
2 Spotted Dove
2 Zebra Dove
1 Savanna Nightjar
2 White-throated Kingfisher
1 Collared Kingfisher
3 Blue-throated Bee-eater
1 Mangrove Pitta
X House Crow
1 Slender-billed Crow
2 Yellow-vented Bulbul
3 Ashy Tailorbird
2 Oriental Magpie-Robin
2 Common Myna
X Javan Myna
1 Plain-throated Sunbird (Brown-throated) — See only

1 Large Frogmouth
1 Large-tailed Nightjar

 

Day 2 – Pulau Indah – Fraser Hill

We start our day earlier , and with 4 hours walk … we managed to tick all mangrove targets .

both

Mangrove Whistler

Mangrove Blue-Flycatcher

are star of the walk .. good view and picture

Mangrove Blue-Flycatcher

Mangrove Whistler

after good seafood lunch, we move forward to Fraser Hill… for the remaining 3 hours…

Malaysian Hill Partridge

Whiskered Treeswift (eye level and close)

Malayan Laughingthrush

Bay woodpecker

seem to be our stars of the day

Bay Woodpecker female

Bay Woodpecker

Malaysian Hill Partridge

Whiskered Treeswift

bird list

1 Lesser Adjutant
1 Collared Kingfisher
1 Dollarbird
2 Coppersmith Barbet
3 Laced Woodpecker
1 Common Flameback
2 Golden-bellied Gerygone
1 Mangrove Whistler
1 Malaysian Pied-Fantail
3 Cinereous Tit
1 Olive-winged Bulbul
5 Ashy Tailorbird
1 Yellow-bellied Prinia
1 Oriental White-eye
1 Mangrove Blue-Flycatcher
1 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
2 Scaly-breasted Munia

3 Gray-breasted Partridge (Malayan)
1 Crested Serpent-Eagle
1 Asian Emerald Dove
1 Whiskered Treeswift
1 Greater Yellownape
3 Bay Woodpecker
1 Large Cuckooshrike
1 Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
4 Mountain Fulvetta
3 Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush
1 Malayan Laughingthrush
1 Streaked Spiderhunter

Day 3 – Fraser Hill

we spend almost whole day at Fraser Hill , but seem like weather getting misty and rain after lunch … which slow down our bird list

but some how most the target got hit and miss few …

Collared Babblerdark Hawk-CuckooFire-tufted BarbetPygmy Cupwingred-headed trogonSultan Tit

bamboo woodpecker

while our visit of Telekom loop, we bumped into few birds wave . and heard Blue Nuthatch but too bad mist just too thick for us to have a view and picture .. but again, lucky to got

Collared Babbler

Bamboo Woodpecker

to close a beautiful day with most the Fraser Hill star birds e.g

Fire-tufted Barbet , Pygmy Cupwing, Sultan Tit , Red Headed Trogon, Dark-Hawk cuckoo etc …

Bird list

1 Little Cuckoo-Dove
1 Sunda Cuckoo
3 Red-headed Trogon
1 Fire-tufted Barbet
1 Black-browed Barbet
2 Greater Yellownape
1 Bamboo Woodpecker
2 Gray-chinned Minivet
1 Large Cuckooshrike
1 Black-and-crimson Oriole
2 Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
4 White-throated Fantail
1 Common Green-Magpie
1 Sultan Tit
1 Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
2 Black-crested Bulbul
2 Ochraceous Bulbul
2 Mountain Bulbul
2 Pygmy Cupwing
1 Golden Babbler
1 Buff-breasted Babbler
5 Collared Babbler
2 Mountain Fulvetta
4 Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush
3 Long-tailed Sibia
4 Silver-eared Mesia
2 Rufous-browed Flycatcher
1 Large Niltava
1 Lesser Shortwing
1 White-tailed Robin
2 Slaty-backed Forktail
3 Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
5 Black-throated Sunbird
2 Streaked Spiderhunter

Day 4 – Bukit Tinggi

we only had 3 hours , so we trying our best and still missed the Ferruginous Partridge & Rail-Babbler. no call at all for the morning. but lucky we had Mountain Peacock-Pheasant family with displaying male and Silver-breasted Broadbill .

Mountain Peacock-PheasantSilver-breasted Broadbill

Bird list

5 Mountain Peacock-Pheasant — One chick , 3 males and 1 female
1 Silver-breasted Broadbill
1 Gray-bellied Bulbul
1 Stripe-throated Bulbul
1 Ochraceous Bulbul
2 Gray-throated Babbler
1 Buff-breasted Babbler
2 White-rumped Shama (White-rumped)
1 Blue-winged Leafbird

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total 94 species birds saw and may be 80 species photograph

*** most the pictures captured during the tour  ..

 

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endemicguides Birds Report – 2016 Sept Borneo

We had USA guests spend 9 days in Borneo from KNP, RDC, Sukau to Danum Valley … good trip, we managed to records ~250 birds and some highlights

1. Giant Pitta for few rounds

2. Bornean bristlehead

3. all Borneo Hornbills

4. Whitehead broadbills

5. Whitehead Spiderhunter

6. Large Frogmouth

7. Black Headed Pitta

8. Bornean Wren-Babbler

9. Bornean Banded Kingfisher

10. Black-throat Wren-Babbler

etc

we have tired walking and river cruise day and light …. lets start sharing some pictures that I managed to capture . (will be slowly update here due to tired to run through all the pictures )

update 2016 Oct 11

Whitehead’s Broadbill, 綠懷特黑氏寬闊嘴

– another endemic for Borneo

update 2016 Sept 25

– a bird we found in a night walk

large frogmouth, 大蟆口鸱 , Batrachostomus auritus

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update 2016 Sept 19

– striped wren-babbler, 纹鹪鹛

a beautiful and singing good wren-babbler

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Pellorneidae series : Wren-Babbler | 雀眉科 : 鹪鹛 | liewwk Nature

 

update 2016 Sept 17

– it look different in term of color and size

Bornean Crested Jay Bird Tour Malaysia Borneo

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update 2016 Sept 16

– when I first found it .. it fly like a raptor !!!! and we found 3 birds keep surrounding us and guests say .. ohhhh may I have other pitta rather than this ? 😀

Giant Pitta liewwk Borneo

– it occasion came down to ground this time

Giant Pitta from liewwk

Bornean Wren-Babbler · Ptilocichla leucogrammica

a good find on last day .. moving fast just like other Wren-Babbler

Bornean Wren-Babbler liewwk Ptilocichla leucogrammica

we have more birds cover for either bird watching or photography but not all birds we have pictures from guests or capture by us ..

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Podargidae series: Frogmouth | 蟆口鸱科 | liewwk Nature 6-2 [update 20240305]

a “night” bird that seldom move on day time …. it normally well Camouflage with environment …

1. Large Frogmouth, 大蟆口鸱, 大蟆口鴟, Batrachostomus auritus, オオガマグチヨタカ, CUCUR BESAR

2. Dulit Frogmouth, 栗颊蟆口鸱, 栗頰蟆口鴟, Batrachostomus harterti, サラワクガマグチヨタカ, CUCUR GUNUNG BESAR

3. Blyth’s Frogmouth, 星喉蟆口鸱, 星喉蟆口鴟, Batrachostomus affinis, コガマグチヨタカ, CUCUR BIASA

4. Gould’s frogmouth, 鳞腹蟆口鸱, 鱗腹蟆口鴟, Batrachostomus stellatus, ウロコガマグチヨタカ, CUCUR BINTIK EMAS

5. Bornean frogmouth, 婆罗洲蟆口鸱, 婆羅蟆口鴟, Batrachostomus mixtus, スマトラガマグチヨタカ, CUCUR GUNUNG KECIL BORNEO

6. Sunda Frogmouth, 巽他蟆口鸱, 巽他蟆口鴟, Batrachostomus cornutus, スンダガマグチヨタカ, CUCUR SUNDA

 

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51. Sumatran Frogmouth, 苍头蟆口鸱, 苍头蟆口鸱, Batrachostomus poliolophus, スマトラガマグチヨタカ

101. Sri Lanka Frogmouth, 领蟆口鸱, 領蟆口鴟, Batrachostomus moniliger, セイロンガマグチヨタカ

 

 

 

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1. Large Frogmouth, 大蟆口鸱, 大蟆口鴟, Batrachostomus auritus, オオガマグチヨタカ, CUCUR BESAR

– very big bird making loud call

– in day time it look like dry leaf

 

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update 202309

– Matthew had this last few years ago with me at KL  so this not the tour target, but it calling so close just try to look for it and very soon (less than 2-3 minutes) it just sit there …

– Matthew 已在几年前在吉隆坡拍到了。(希望那鸟还健在)所以这不是我们目标鸟,可是它叫的很近我们就随便找找。没几分钟我们就找到他了。

202309, Sabah, Malaysia

update 202306

– another good end of this big bird plus a small owl. Just never bore to see this bird guy again and again

– 美好的一天,最后拍到这只大家伙与一只小猫头鹰。这鸟,百看不厌。

202306, Sukau, Sabah, Malaysia

this is an nesting picture capture and it can non move for a day ….

update 2019 March 21

– another nest discover and just 2 day before it fledged

update 2017 Oct 2

– a very surprise found .. in a wrong environment and location

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Large Frogmouth,大蛙嘴夜鹰

 

2. Dulit Frogmouth, 栗颊蟆口鸱, 栗頰蟆口鴟, Batrachostomus harterti, サラワクガマグチヨタカ, CUCUR GUNUNG BESAR

– look very similar to Large Frogmouth

– sight at sub-montane ~600-1250m

– a rare Borneo Endemic , lucky to be there to see, monitor, capture image of this frogmouth

 

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update 202308

– no one checking and no one disturb, it should be have new generation for this rare Borneo endemic. Fount the nest ~2 months ago and managed to make another trip there last month and the bird sitting on nest and sleeping

– 应该有新的小鸟,没人知道,也没人去拍。我也找到后去了一次,大家都很快的离开。因为这鸟非常稀有。谢谢。。

202307, Sarawak, Malaysia

update 202306

– a lucky dawn for all, went to the side. the bird make call once, and managed to locate it less than 10 minutes and everyone got their lifer.

– a bird than look similar to large frogmouth

– 幸运的一天, 到鸟点后。只听到一声叫声,可是很快的就找到它了。

202306, Bakelalan, Sarawak, Malaysia

update 2019 Nov 23

  • just got back from another amazing birding tour for both rareness Borneo Endemic .. Black Oriole and this Dulit Frogmouth. As usual, never fail us . This bird let us wait less than 5 min ….and give us very good view of 15min

 

update 2018 Oct 1

update 2017 Oct 2

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Dulit frogmouth, Batrachostomus harterti

 

more Borneo Endemic

Picture Collection of Borneo Endemic Birds, 婆罗洲特有种鸟 照片集 | liewwk Nature 60 [update 20240229]

 

3. Blyth’s Frogmouth, 星喉蟆口鸱, 星喉蟆口鴟, Batrachostomus affinis, コガマグチヨタカ, CUCUR BIASA

– common at lowland from urban, orchard, forest, sub-montane forest

– making a few different calls

update 202205

– lucky to have 2nd chance to photograph the same bird with my buddies. not a easy one but worth all the effort

– 非常幸运再次找到它。这次与几个好朋友。虽然有点不容易可是大家都高兴了

202205, Selangor, Malaysia

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– it is not first time but definitely not common this Nocturnal bird make call in the day time

– 不是第一次听到这夜鸟在早上叫。可是非常幸运听到再找到。

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– when we have our casual walk and I hear a weird call. Than walking a bit into the forest to locate the bird

– 下了场雨,我们慢慢的走着。突然我听到怪声,慢慢的走向声音的方向。这可爱的鸟就站的这么可爱。

202205, Pahang, Malaysia
update 202101

- a common, small frogmouth with many different call 

- 蠻小的蟆口鴟/蛙嘴。之前屬爪哇蟆口鴟.現在是另一種。它可是會叫很多不一樣的叫聲。 

update 2017 Feb 12

4. Gould’s frogmouth, 鳞腹蟆口鸱, 鱗腹蟆口鴟, Batrachostomus stellatus, ウロコガマグチヨタカ, CUCUR BINTIK EMAS

– another bird that you do not want to miss … it call softly in night . stay like dry leaf

update 202403

– Thanks for trust, let us have very good view of this bird… sometime a full trust give us a good opportunity

– 感恩客人的信任,才让大家试试新的地方。才让我们看到这么可爱的鸟。

202402, Pahang, Malaysia

 

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update 202305

– this time cannot locate the day roosting, so look for it night time and stand high up.

– 没找到早上的。晚上它又站高高。气死人

202305, Kuala Tahan, Pahang, Malaysia

update 202304

– guests had specify species to look for but dint mentioned frogmouth before meet up. But the route make us difficult to arrange. But we tried few locations still can’t have any frogmouth until day 8. We went a trail for birding just before it rain, we saw this bird shaking just ~10 feet from us. what a lucky moment for guests and immediate after this bird we also saw a female Malaysia Peacock-Pheasant too than follow by heavy rain for next 2- hours. Today highlights for customer: Gould’s frogmouth, Malaysia Peacock-Pheasant, Large Wren-Babblers, Red-naped Trogon, Crested Shrikejay

– 客人这次来是为了指定目标来的。可是来到后,非常渴望看到蟆口鸱。可是路程已安排,不容易有机会看到。可是我们也尽量尝试,在第8天下午。我们还以为在酒店度过因为乌云密布。可是我们还是去了一个步道,到不10分钟这鸟在我们前放10尺摇动。天啊!这么幸运。可是幸运之神还没离去。在看到这鸟后。尽然也把凤冠孔雀雉拿下。今天,尽然拿下凤冠孔雀雉, 冠鸦, 鳞腹蟆口鸱, 大鹪鹛等。

202304, Taman Negara, Pahang, Malaysia

update 2017 Aug 29
day roosting , but calling !!! 4K recording

update 2017 March 7

5. Bornean frogmouth, 婆羅蟆口鸱, 婆羅蟆口鴟, Batrachostomus mixtus, ボルネオガマグチヨタカ, CUCUR GUNUNG KECIL BORNEO

– a Borneo endemic (depend checklist some consider sub species of Short-tailed frogmouth)

– found near submontane

update 202311

– one of the cute Borneo Endemic, it is small and confuse

– the Dawn picture captured with one of young photographer from Taiwan @葉哲亨 . He has my respect, even much younger than me .. the way he like and enjoy the nature. He also never go and want to go any “feeding” station for bird

– 婆罗洲很可爱的特有种。

– 接下来的一张是天亮前我们听到它叫才找到他的。还有这照片摄于@葉哲亨 。我们分公把很难的角度拿下这鸟。他可是一位我认为,值得学习的小朋友。他对自然的享受,热爱,还从未去鸟喂食点。加油

202007, Paya Maga, Sarawak
201709, Bakelalan, Sarawak

 

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update 202211

– working on video for Borneo, and saw this picture. Still remember best time with my buddies. Best bird, best buddies

– 今年要上交一部关于婆罗洲的视频。看到这张照片,也分享一下。

201709, Bakelalan, Sarawak, Malaysia

update 2019 Nov

 

update 2017 Sept 26

6. Sunda Frogmouth, 巽他蟆口鸱, 巽他蟆口鴟, Batrachostomus cornutus, スンダガマグチヨタカ, CUCUR SUNDA

– only at Borneo but not Peninsular Malaysia

– sometime confuse with Blyth’s

update 2018 Aug 22

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51. Sumatran Frogmouth, 苍头蟆口鸱, 苍头蟆口鸱, Batrachostomus poliolophus, スマトラガマグチヨタカ

– as other frogmouth it should be nocturnal and always good to meet one in day time look cute.

– 蟆口鸱是夜行鸟,早上见到他绝对是兴奋的一克

update 20240108

– one of ours main target, but missed the night and morning version on day1. But got it on day 2 for both night and day version. It really look like Bornean Frogmouth with “short” tailed

– 我们主要目标鸟之一。可是我们在这鸟点,尽然晚上+早上都没看到。可是在第2天晚上+早上版都拍到。可爱

202312, Mount Kerinchi, Sumatra, Indonesia

 

101. Sri Lanka Frogmouth, 领蟆口鸱, 領蟆口鴟, Batrachostomus moniliger, セイロンガマグチヨタカ

a cute and small frogmouth why call very similar to Blyth

 

update 202312

– a special day to look for owl which need cross river, and leeches attack.. owl no calling but this cute fellow instead .. lovely as usual to see it in the morning

– still on Sri Lanka tour… have many more to share soon

– 安排一个早上去招鸮可是鸮没叫。可是还是找到这小可爱+蚂蝗攻击(超多)

– 还在斯里兰卡, 还有很多照片。。。。

202312, Sri Lanka

 

 

 

 

 

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