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Flowerpecker (11/11) Borneo endemic - Dark-sided Flowerpecker (Lifer 561-688)
One of the common flowerpecker you can shoot in KNP. Very responsive bird and can stay for quite a while for you to shoot. It was a matter of finding the right locale and wait for it to come by. I...
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Avian sighting (Nov 2022) - Golden-throated Barbet
I was up in Genting highland on the eve of Malaysia 15 General election. Since it was the start of the migration period I was hoping to see some arrival like thrushes or flycatchers and also to save...
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Spiderhunter (8/12 ) - Thick billed Spiderhunter (Lifer 562/688)
Not a good photo because of the distance but good enuf for me to record my lifer. I failed to get it in Gunung Nuang Hulu Langat.The thick-billed spiderhunter (Arachnothera crassirostris) is a species...
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Babbler (Bornean Endemic) Oct2022 - Bornean Black-capped Babbler
Here again there is a split in species, but I am not considering as a lifer. The Bornean bird is a distinct thickset brown babbler with a darker crown, an orange breast, and a bright white throat....
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Avian Post Nesting November 2022 - A dozen ducklings
It was a surprise sighting to see that this pair of Whistling Duck can have a dozen duckling. I believe they may be a surrogate parent to other fledglings. Later we also sighted another pair of parent...
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Leafbird (3/4) - Bornean Leafbird (Lifer 563/688) Chloropsis kinabaluensis...
Photo courtesy of AlanT; This is the female birdMy shot was pathetically blurred as I did not expect it to be a separate subspecies. Unlike the female Blue-winged the former have a black throat This is...
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Ground Bird (12/21) Borneo endemic - Red-breasted Partridge (Lifer 565/688)
We were lucky that this other partridge give us a short window opportunity to shoot themat Gunung Alab. At the bird port I was shooting at a distance of 15-20 feet. So it is good if you bring along...
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Groundbird (Bornean Endemic) Pheasant - Bulwer's Pheasant (Lifer 566/688)
Bulwer's pheasant is endemic to the island of Borneo, While the species is locally common in protected areas (e.g. Kayan Mentarang National Park, East Kalimantan) it is rarely found elsewhere. The...
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Avian sighting Jan 2023 - Grey-breasted Spiderhunter
Happy New Year 2023 Spent half a day birding at Ole Gombak road and got to lured this resident beauty into the open to its favorite plant. Passerine migrants of sort have been late coming as the...
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Jungle Flycatcher (4/5) - Fulvous-chested Jungle Flycatcher (Lifer 564/688)
Burly brownish flycatcher with a clean white throat, a warm bib, and a faintly hooked dark bill. Overall plainness and structure separate it from female “blue flycatchers” and migrant “brown...
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Crake (5/7) Jan 2023 - Slaty-legged Crake Lifer 2023 (567/688)
This will be my first lifer for the year 2023 as we Chinese usher the Chinese New year of the Rabbit. I hope to see more lifers and the next target is the Pied Avocet that has arrived in Seberang Perai...
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Owl 8/16 February 2023 (Lifer 568/668) - Brown Fish Owl
This owl is a resident at Gunung Keriang near Jitra Kedah. This was my 4th attempt to see this bird. The MO to get it is to hunt it in the day while it roost amongst horizontal branch of the many tall...
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Avian Sighting Feb 2023 - Banded Pitta (Peninsula)
It was an overnite trip up north with my gang of 4. Birding from Malim Nawar Gopeng to Seberang Perai and then Jitra Wang Kelian and Taman Rekreasi G Keriang. So it was a tight schedule. One of the...
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Waterbird Feb 2023 (Lifer 569/688) - Pied Avocet
News in January 2023 a Pied Avocet was reported sighted in Batu Kawan Penang brought much attention to the bird fraternity. For interstate birding I rely on company before deciding rather to hunt...
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Jungle Flycatcher 5/5 - Rufous-tailed Jungle Flycatcher (Lifer 570/688)
Yes I can close the chapter on Jungle Flycatchers (5 species) of Malaysia. This is a resident bird of Borneo Sabah and more a Sulawesi descent. It is a highland flycatcher where else the Grey-chested...
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PITTA 9/12 - Blue Banded Pitta (Lifer 571/688) Borneo Endemic
I extended 3 weekdays to my diving trip to Tawau -Semporna with Subki. Unfortunately he is a working teacher in a Chinese school and can only spare me his guiding in the afternoon. He has created a...
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DUCK 13/15 - Wandering Whistling Duck (Lifer 572/688) April 2023
In peninsula Malaysia we usually see the Lesser Whistling Duck but in Sabah waters the Wandering Whistling is easily seen at watersheds like flood retention pond, housing estate lakes and abandoned...
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DUCK 12/15 - Sunda Teal (Lifer 573/688)
This is a medium size duck of upto 43cm; I always thought teal is small in size like grebe. The Sunda teal (Anas gibberifrons), also known as the Bebek cokelat or Itik benjut, is a dabbling duck found...
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MAGPIE 4/4 - Bornean Black Magpie (Borneo endemic / Lifer 574)
The Bornean Black Magpie is a Treepie in the family Corvidae.The Bornean (Platysmurus aterrimus) is split from our peninsula Malaysia cousin and can be differentiated by having a patchy crest like...
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Avian sighting Oct 2023 - Changeable Hawk Eagle- Black morph and White morph...
We sighted a pair of Changeable Hawk Eagle copulating near an incomplete nest in middle of October 2023 at RDC Sepilok (Pitta Trail). It was a distance viewing of about 1000m away. As it will not...
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SWIFTLET (6/9)- Black-nest Swiftlet (Lifer 575/688)
Shooting from the Canopy walk you can see this Swiftlet year round. I was never good in BIF shots. Even at 1/4000 or 8000 I still get soft shoot like above. Nevertheless a lifer .Narrated as a small...
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FULVETTA - Brown Fulvetta (3/3) Lifer 577/688
This is my inaugural birding trip for the year 2024 as I was tied down for the past 10 months taking care of my incontinent mummy who is now 89 years old. I recently l managed to employ a caretaker...
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GROUND BIRD - Great Argus (Lifer 576/688)
Most of the time you can only hear them calling in a distance, deep in the jungle. If you do want to spend much money to see this rarity bird in the wild, you can visit the Penang Bird Park which they...
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Avian sighting June 2024 - Barred Eagle Owl
Barred Eagle Owl is a common sighting in suburb parkland and pocket garden in cities in Malaysia. This juvenile bird was seen in my housing estate garden park in the early evening near my house in...
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