endemicguides Birds Report – South Peninsular Malaysia 2017 Oct

too busy to share all reports, am trying to catch up all pending one ..

last assignment was Malaysian Rail-Babbler @South Peninsular Malaysia for 3 days with a England birder with 6000++ bird count and another USA birder .. both of them are really good birder , they are really fast in our tropical forest .

no much picture to be share due to I am injured .. so no camera with me most of the time …

 

Day 1 – Panti

We were lucky have a view of the Rail-Babbler for few second , but it is not a good day for 2nd half and 2nd day of the tour . raining + cloudy day make ourselves … we so make decision moving to another forest for better luck.

overall weather raining , cloudy make the activities really slow but we still have

1 Oriental Honey-buzzard
1 Red-wattled Lapwing
5 Little Green-Pigeon
4 Pink-necked Pigeon
1 Whiskered Treeswift
3 Black Hornbill
2 White-throated Kingfisher
1 Banded Woodpecker
2 Checker-throated Woodpecker
1 Rufous Woodpecker
1 Banded Broadbill
1 Dusky Broadbill
1 Malaysian Rail-babbler
1 Barn Swallow
1 Black-headed Bulbul
1 Red-eyed Bulbul
1 Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
1 Asian Brown Flycatcher
1 Common Hill Myna
3 Javan Myna
1 Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker
1 Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker
1 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker

Number of Taxa: 23

Day 2

raining and cloudy continue …  and we decided to make move to another forest .

Forest 1 – Panti

1 Blyth’s Frogmouth
1 Malaysian Nightjar — Hear
1 Large-tailed Nightjar — Hear
2 Savanna Nightjar
1 Rufous-collared Kingfisher
2 Dusky Broadbill
1 Cream-vented Bulbul
2 Hairy-backed Bulbul
2 Lesser Green Leafbird
1 Blue-winged Leafbird
1 Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker
1 Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker
1 Yellow-vented Flowerpecker
1 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker

Number of Taxa: 14

so after lunch we continue ar Lenggor forest reserve

1 Whiskered Treeswift
1 Scarlet-rumped Trogon
1 Rufous-winged Philentoma
1 Amur/Blyth’s/Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
1 Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
1 Red-eyed Bulbul
1 Hairy-backed Bulbul
1 Finsch’s Bulbul
1 Striped Wren-Babbler
1 White-chested Babbler
1 Asian Brown Flycatcher

Number of Taxa: 11

 

Day 3

we only have almost half day and it was raining in the morning .. again lucky to have another good view of Rail-Babbler and below

1 Raffles’s Malkoha
1 Chestnut-breasted Malkoha
1 Chestnut-bellied Malkoha
1 Red-naped Trogon
1 Rufous-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
1 Buff-rumped Woodpecker
1 Orange-backed Woodpecker
1 Gray-and-buff Woodpecker
2 Rufous-winged Philentoma — Blue moph
5 Scarlet Minivet
3 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
2 Amur/Blyth’s/Indian Paradise-Flycatcher
1 Large-billed Crow
2 Malaysian Rail-babbler — Hear one opposite the trail
4 Barn Swallow
2 Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
1 Cream-vented Bulbul
1 Red-eyed Bulbul
1 Spectacled Bulbul
1 Hairy-backed Bulbul
1 Yellow-bellied Bulbul
1 Buff-vented Bulbul
1 Eastern Crowned Warbler
1 Chestnut-rumped Babbler
1 Chestnut-winged Babbler
1 Moustached Babbler
1 Rufous-crowned Babbler
1 Horsfield’s Babbler
2 White-chested Babbler
2 Asian Brown Flycatcher
1 Javan Myna
2 Greater Green Leafbird
2 Lesser Green Leafbird
1 Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker
2 Purple-naped Spiderhunter

Number of Taxa: 35

 

 

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endemicguides Birds Report – 19 Feb – 6 March 2017

We start 2017 with previous 2 short bird watching tours which with very limited target  . follow by this 14 days tour from Kuala Lumpur-Kuala Selangor-Fraser Hill-Bukit Tinggi-KRAU forest-Taman Negara. Quite a lot of miss due to raining almost every evening especially Bukit Tinggi-KRAU-Taman Negara (think mostly we lost 3-5 days due to rain L)

 

with 2 Switzerland guests , we have very good start from Kuala Lumpur, got few very special target hit and we got first pitta (hooded pitta) and Frogmouth for guests. A lucky day where rain stop ~830pm and we reach there 845pm and got the buffy fish owl, Blyth’s frogmouth and another very special target (guests just saw it flying hmmmm and they mark it count as this is so special owl) .. 54 species for day 1

Hooded Pitta

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Day 1 : 54 species

 

Next morning, we heading to Pulau Indah for another target, struggle a bit but we still finally got the Mangrove Pitta after 3-4 hours tried for few locations.

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Following to Kuala Selangor, spend evening walking nearby mangrove … got most the targets hit again and customer favor is Common Flameback woodpecker … how I wish everyday got such easy target 😀  . it was heavy rain after dinner, but we still try our luck and YES. Got the Spotted wood owl just before another heavy rain hit …

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Day 2 : 46 species

 

Morning, we heading to Natural Park. A long walk , got most the target again but missed out Copper-Throat Sunbird L … after lunch slowly travel to Fraser Hill, on the way… what a lucky under a fruiting tree easily hit few target : Yellow-Crowned Barbet, Gold Whiskered Barbet … follow Chestnut-naped Forktail , Dark-Sided Flycatcher , Temminck’s Sunbird, Scaly-Breasted Bulbul etc …. Ohh forgot Rufous-Bellied Swallow and family of Silver-Breasted Broadbill make our day .

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Day 3 : 50 species

 

For Day 4, very good weather at Fraser Hill … but we missed the Malayan Whistling-Thrush Hill Partridge in the morning !!! But with the half day, we got back some star Birds : Collared Owlet, Malaysian Nightjar, Fire-tufted Barbet, Rufescent Prinia, and very good view of Marbled Wren-Babbler … at night we also got Sunda Slow-Loris .

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

 

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Day 4 : 34 Species

 

Day 5, misty+raining ohhhhh … and we got brief view of Malayan Whistling-Thrush in the morning. Than follow by very good view of Large Scimitar Babbler, Bay Woodpecker, Black-Browed Barbet, Black-and-Crimson Oriole, Black Laughingthrush, Malayan Laughingthrush, Brown Wood-Owl and what surprise Barred Eagle-Owl show off here too …

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Day 5 : 34 Species

 

Day 6, again !!! MISTY+RAINING … but luck is on our site, with limited hours … We managed to got some main target like Yellow-vented Pigeon, Silver-rumped Needletail, Bamboo Woodpecker, Long-Tailed Broadbill + Blue Nuthatch (under the heavy rain !)  … and very lucky to have pair of Collard Babbler stay long for us for very good view and photo …

 

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Columbidae series: Dove, Pigeon | 鸠鸽科 | liewwk Nature

 

Day 6 : 33 species

 

Day 7, we had almost everything we need … but we missing those common bird like mountain Bulbul, little cuckoo dove (joke from customer… it is a must and how can we missed it , lets stay few more days for Mountain Bulbul ) .. no joke we really missed this bulbul for 4 days @Fraser Hill .

Before we heading to Bukit Tinggi, we record Scarlet-Rumped Trogon @890m (think may be little too high but it show up there) and a pair of Banded Kingfisher  …

With the rain and travel

Pellorneidae series: Babblers | 雀眉科 | liewwk Nature

 

Day 7 : 13 species

 

Day 8, from Genting Highland to Krau forest. We didn’t get much target meet but Cinamon-rumped Trogon is our favor of the day .

with 2 fruting trees , we managed to see some barbets, bulbuls, etc but to our surprise. We saw local climb up to a tree may be 30-40m height to hunt for birds !!!!!! L

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Trogonidae series: Trogon | 咬鹃科 | liewwk Nature

 

Day 8 : 46 species

 

Day 9 : full day raining at Bukit Tinggi, guests enjoy red wine 80% of the day

Day 9 : 7 species

 

Day 10 : we have beautiful Moutain Peacock Pheasant displaying 2 hours for us , before we leave. Got a very good view of Rhinoceros and Helmeted Hornbill follow by heading to Taman Negara with raining full 2nd half day.

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Arrived Taman Negara Dusk, both Great Hornbill and Great Argus welcome us at lobby area

 

 

Day 10 : 21 species

 

Day 11-16 : we spend few days at Taman Negara but 40% of the time raining or cloudy make the whole birding slowing. But within few days of tracking in the mud, pond etc . We cover a lot of Bulbuls, barbet, parrot, hornbill but the 10 star birds over days

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Eupetidae series: Rail-Babbler | 白眉长颈鸫 | liewwk Nature

 

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  1. Garnet Pitta
  2. Crested Partridge
  3. Rail Babbler
  4. Blue Winged pitta
  5. Diard’s Trogon
  6. Crested Jay
  7. Crested Fireback
  8. Reddish Scops Owl
  9. Gould’s Frogmouth
  10. Large Wren-Babbler

 

Trip total : 272 species

 

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Malaysian Rail-Babbler fever

after long wait, finally got very good improvement photo for this very shy bird …

[some of my previous capture … RAIL-Babbler series 白眉长颈鸫 | liewwk]

now the dream is get one from Borneo .. 😀

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update 2017 Feb 8

– lucky to see it again here … as usual walking pass slow and hiding

update 2016 May 25

– from the date you coming for display well .. it is less than 2 weeks … and many birder will going to miss you

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a clip show how it calling

 

1. my dream post of this bird with open .. and it calling

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2. it still same walk very carefully

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3. beautiful blue throat show when it is calling

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Eupetidae series: Rail-Babbler | 白眉长颈鸫 | liewwk Nature [update 20231006]

this is a monotypic bird

1. Malaysian Rail-babbler, 白眉长颈鸫, 白眉長頸鶇, Eupetes macrocerus, クイナチメドリ, GEMBALA-KERA

 

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1. Malaysian Rail-babbler, 白眉长颈鸫, 白眉長頸鶇, Eupetes macrocerus, クイナチメドリ, GEMBALA-KERA

– a bird that told me weeks to just have few look, few seconds for picture ….

– walk non stop inside canopy

– when it call, the throat “blue” appear

– 3+1 locations, multiple visits ……

– VERY SHY bird ….

update 202310

– it is amaze that outs’ main target just walk Infront us ~10 feet away .. it walk so beautiful and record with CANON R3 4k 100fps – 这么神奇,我们的主要目标鸟。在我们还没准备前提下。就在我们面前10尺走猫步

update 202309

– it is another good year to have many view and photo of this bird. This particular experience simply amazing where bird just infront of us walking pass

– 2023 还没过完,已看/拍到这鸟很多次了。算是很好的一年。这一次,有点不一样的感觉。这一只鸟完全没理会我们就在我们面前走过。(我们是透明的?)

202307, Johor, Malaysia

 

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– a special targets tour begin with first target bird – Malaysian Rail-babbler. All of us have very good view of this bird

– 目标鸟团。第一天第一只目标-白眉长颈鸫。 每个人都看得很好。

202309 – Bukit Tinggi, Pahang, Malaysia

update 202308

– are you looking for me ? amazing moment with the special group. have a great time on day1. so close and so long for us

– 你在找我?非常特别的组,特别来找这鸟。第一天就找到这么乖的。让我们看很久也很近

202307, Lenggor, Johor, Malaysia

update 202307

– a quick check before few Rail-babbler groups, arrived welcome by rain (YES, raining again) after Malaysian-Eared Nighjar, Crested Shrikejay… begin my Rail-babbler quick tour. very soon I arrived my friend “spot” put a hide and wait. not long wait the bird calling but it keep quiet after few call. Not a long wait, it stand near the bush edge. – 为了接下来的“白眉长颈鸫”团,到了马来西亚最好的点之一(其实还是觉得吉隆波的鸟点比较有把握)。一大早到了,可是没办法出去。(下雨,对又下雨) 先看到马来毛腿夜鹰,可是没停。之后很快与5只冠鸦玩了一会。就开始慢慢找这非常高需要的鸟。先到朋友给我。等没多久,鸟叫了。可是很快又没声音了。可是我也不大意。周围看看,很快看到这鬼鬼祟祟的站那看我。

202307, Lenggor, Johor, Malaysia

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– a special Rail-Babbler tour, lucky to have it present 4 times show. last appear is like walk left and right for more than 3 minutes. 100+ species first day..

白眉长颈鸫特别团。其实给我选地点,是没什么压力。可是太多Ebird 记录在南部。客人都觉得那比较容易。。。还好,第一天就看到还拍到。见到4次,最后一次还走了3分钟。

202307, Lenggor, Johor, Malaysia

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– it is a hot day, this bird is calling any where… only 1 bird willing to give good show and cat walk for me

– 炎热的一天。很多只在叫,可是就只有一只出来走走让我拍拍。

202307, Lenggor, Johor, Malaysia

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– a quick check before few Rail-babbler groups, arrived welcome by rain (YES, raining again) after Malaysian-Eared Nighjar, Crested Shrikejay… begin my Rail-babbler quick tour. very soon I arrived my friend “spot” put a hide and wait. not long wait the bird calling but it keep quiet after few call. Not a long wait, it stand near the bush edge.

– 为了接下来的“白眉长颈鸫”团,到了马来西亚最好的点之一(其实还是觉得吉隆波的鸟点比较有把握)。一大早到了,可是没办法出去。(下雨,对又下雨)

先看到马来毛腿夜鹰,可是没停。之后很快与5只冠鸦玩了一会。就开始慢慢找这非常高需要的鸟。先到朋友给我。等没多久,鸟叫了。可是很快又没声音了。可是我也不大意。周围看看,很快看到这鬼鬼祟祟的站那看我。

202307, Lenggor, Johor, Malaysia

update 202306

– what a lucky group to sighted 4 rail-babbler and last one even stay long and close for us to capture some picture with all have good view

– 非常幸运的客人,尽然在同一行程里见到这鸟4次。最后一次还站了很久与很近让每个人都看到。

202306, Paya Maga, Sarawak, Malaysia

202112

– another surprise found at this “urban area”, as usual i having my casual birding and all of sudden I heard a long missing sound and by waiting and finally saw it and got a split second picture..

– 非常兴奋,在这么近人类的地点忽然的·听到这熟悉而久仰的声音。等了一会很快的见到。也等一会拍到这么一刻。

202111, Selangor, Malaysia

update 2020 Jul

– very first attempt to have good picture of this bird @2013

Malaysian Rail-babble,白眉长颈鸫r,白眉長頸鶇,Eupetes macrocerus,クイナチメドリ, Burung Gembala Kera

 

 

 

update 202105

– seem like no more chance to have a better view of this rare and shy bird in the near future.
– years ago, I told my buddy I got this bird in this location but he never believes until he got leeches to bite, and record a shot of the bird.

– 非常害羞的稀有鳥。在這個點,我的鳥友。不相信我在這拍到這鳥。可是當他見到於拍到,他也被馬蟥咬了喝多口。

202104, Selangor, Malaysia

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update 2020 March 23


update 2016 May 12

update 2015 Sept 30

running path

update 2015 Sept 29

Rail-babbler, 桔褐胸善飞鸫

update 2015 Aug 25

– still walking nonstop

Rail-babbler, 桔褐胸善飞鸫

update 2015 April 7

Malaysian Rail-babbler 桔褐胸善飞鸫

update 2015 March 28

Malaysian Rail-babbler 桔褐胸善飞鸫

update 2014 Nov 14

Rail-babbler, 桔褐胸善飞鸫

 

 

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