Ashy Drongo (at Keningau)
Field Note in Sabah
Ashy Drongo (at Keningau)
| Date | December 12, 2004 |
| Venue | Kinabalu Park HQ (Kiaw View Trail - Silau-Silau Trail - Bukit Burung Trail - Silau - Silau Trail) |
| Observed Species | 1. Accipiter sp 1 (Besra/Crested Goshawk)
2. Red-breasted Partridge 1 (SST) 3. Crimson-headed Partridge 2 (SST: call)
4. White-bellied Swiftlet 5. Whitehead's
Trogon female1 (BBT) 6. Golden-naped Barbet
(call) 7. Maroon Woodpecker (call) 8. Sunda
Cuckoo-Shrike 9. Grey-chinned Minivet 10.
Ochraceous Bulbul 11. Hair-crested Drongo
12. Black-and-Crimson Oriole 1 13. Bornean
Treepie 14. Short-tailed Green Magpie 15. Velvet-fronted Nuthatch 16. White-browed Shortwing 4 (song) 17.
Sunda Whistling-Thrush (call) 18. Grey-throated
Babbler 19. Chestnut-crested Yuhina 20. Chestnut-capped
Laughing Thrush 21. Yellow-breasted Warbler
22. Arctic Warbler 23. Mountain Leaf-Warbler
24. Mountain Tailorbird 25. Eye-browed
Jungle-Flycatcher 1 (BBT) 26. Indigo Flycatcher
27. Snowy-browed Flycatcher 1 male 28. Little
Pied Flycatcher 29. Blue-and-White Flycatcher
1 male 1 female 30. White-throated Fantail
31. Borean Whistler 32. Temminck's Sunbird
33. Black-sided Flowerpecker 34. Black-capped
White-eye 35. Grey Wagtail 1 |
| Comments | Despite the rainy weather, fairly good number of species, including female Whitehead's Trogon and Red-breasted Partridge were seen. |
| Date | November 28, 2004 |
| Venue | Porling |
| Observed Species | 1. kingfisher sp. 2. Gold-whiskered Barbet (call)
3. Blue-eared Barbet (call) 4. Maroon
Woodpecker
1 5. Pacific Swallow 6. Banded Broadbill
(call) 7. Black-and-yellow Broadbill
(call)
8. Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike 9.
Large
Woodshrike 10. Scarlet Minivet 11.
Common
Iora (call) 12. Greater Green Leafbird
13.
Red-eyed Bulbul 14. drongo sp. 15.
Dark-throated
Oriole (call) 16. Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
17. Grey-headed Babbler 18. Chestnut-winged
Babbler 19. Brown Fulvetta 20. Striped
Tit-Babbler
(call) 21. Flyeater (call) 22. White-crowned
Forktail 1 23. Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
(call)
24. Grey-headed Flycatcher (call) 25.
Black-naped
Monarch 26. Little Spiderhunter 27.
Grey-breasted
Spiderhunter 28. flowerpecker (Yellow-rumped
or Crimson-breasted) 29. Dusky Munia 30. Grey Wagtail 1 31. Black-bellied
Malkoha 1 |
| Comments | @Very few bird calls and views despite many people. |
| Date | November 14, 2004 | |
| Venue | Kinabalu Park H.Q. (Silau-Silau Trail - Bukit Burung Trail - Silau Silau Trail) | |
| Observed Species | 1. Black Eagle 1 2. Crimson-headed Partridge 4 (call) 3. Little
Cuckoo-Dove 1 4. Oriental Cuckoo
1 (Silau-Silau
Trail) 5. White-bellied Swiftlet 6.
Whitehead's
Trogon male 1 female1 (Silau-Silau
Trail)
7. Golden-naped Barbet (call) 8. Grey-chinned
Minivet 9. Ochraceous Bulbul 10. Hair-crested Drongo
11. Short-tailed Green Magpie 12. Borean
Treepie 13. White-browed Shortwing ? 1 (song) 14. Sunda
Whistling-Thrush (call) 15. Grey-throated
Babbler 16. Chestnut-crested Yuhina
16. Yellow-breasted
Warbler 17. Mountain Leaf-Warbler 18.
Mountain
Tailorbird 19. Ferruginous Flycatcher
1 imm? (Silau-Silau Trail) 20. Indigo
Flycatcher
3+ 21. Snowy-browed Flycatcher 1 male
22.
Little Pied Flycatcher 23.Blue-and-White
Flycatcher 1 male 24. White-throated
Fantail
25. Borean Whistler 26. Temminck's
Sunbird
27. spiderhunter? sp. 1 28. Black-sided
Flowerpecker 29.
Black-capped White-eye 30. Tree Sparrow |
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| Comments | Due to Hari Raya holiday, although we predicted hundreds of people in the Park H.Q., somehow, the number of people is even less than normal weekend. Our birding today was started from a soaring Black Eagle, followed by a nice view of male Snowy-browed Flycatcher. An adult Oriental Cuckoo was fantastic view for more than five minutes. A highlight of the day is doubtlessly a pair of Whitehead's Trogon. After we flushed a female (photo below), it had sat down in a same branch for over 10 minutes while a male briefly but well showed the bright scarlet body in the leaves. | |
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| Date | October 24, 2004 |
| Venue | Mt. Kinabalu |
| Observed Species | 1. Crimson-headed Partridge (call) 2. Little
Cuckoo-Dove 2 3. White-bellied Swiftlet 4.
Golden-naped Barbet 5. Crimson-winged Woodpecker
1 6. Pacific Swallow 7. Grey-chinned
Minivet 8. Ochraceous Bulbul 9. Ashy Drongo
10. Black-and-Crimson Oriole 11. Short-tailed
Green Magpie 12. Borean Treepie 13. Chestnut-crested Yuhina 14. Sunda Laughingthrush
15. Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush 16. Yellow-breasted
Warbler 17. Mountain Leaf-Warbler 18. White-crowned
Forktail 2 19. White-throated Fantail
20. Borean Whistler 21. Black-sided Flowerpecker 22.
Black-capped White-eye |
| Comments | @Although many birds' call were heard in the morning, after around 9:00 a.m., birds became inactive because of cloudy weather. |
| No. | English Name | Oct-1 | Oct-2 | Oct-3 |
| Birds | ||||
| 1 | Oriental Darter | 1 | ||
| 2 | Great-billed Heron | 1 | ||
| 3 | Striated Heron | | | |
| 4 | Chestnut-necklaced Partridge | call | ||
| 5 | Crested Fireback | 1 | ||
| 6 | Great Argus | 1 | call | |
| 7 | Crested Serpent-Eagle | call | ||
| 8 | Lesser Fish-Eagle | imm1 | ||
| 9 | Wallace's Hawk-Eagle | 1 | ||
| 10 | White-fronted Falconet | 1 | 2 | |
| 11 | Green Imperial Pigeon | 1 | ||
| 12 | Thick-billed Green-Pigeon | 5 | ||
| 13 | Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot | call | ||
| 14 | Chestnut-breasted Malkoha | 1 | ||
| 15 | Raffles's Malkoha | 1 | ||
| 16 | Brown Wood-Owl | juv1 | juv1 | |
| 17 | White-bellied Swiftlet | | ||
| 18 | Silver-rumped Swift | | ||
| 19 | Whiskered Treeswift | | ||
| 20 | Red-naped Trogon | call 2 | ||
| 21 | Scarlet-rumped Trogon | 1 | call 1 | |
| 22 | Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher | call | | 1 |
| 23 | Common Kingfisher | juv1 | ||
| 24 | Blue-banded Kingfisher | 2 | ||
| 25 | White-crowned Hornbill | i6j | ||
| 26 | Wreathed Hornbill | call | ||
| 27 | Rhinoceros Hornbill | call | 1 | call |
| 28 | Helmeted Hornbill | call | ||
| 29 | Gold-whiskered Barbet | call | ||
| 30 | Blue-eared Barbet | call | ||
| 31 | Brown Barbet | 1 | ||
| 32 | Rufous Piculet | 2 | ||
| 33 | Olive-backed Woodpecker | male1 | ||
| 34 | Buff-rumped Woodpecker | 1 | ||
| 35 | Maroon Woodpecker | 1 | ||
| 36 | Pacific Swallow | | | |
| 37 | Banded Broadbill | call | call | |
| 38 | Black-and-Yellow Broadbill | call | 1 | call |
| 39 | Black-headed Pitta | (1) | call | |
| 40 | Banded Pitta | (1) | ||
| 41 | Blue-headed Pitta | 1 | call | |
| 42 | Giant Pitta | call | ||
| 43 | Large Woodshirke | 2 | ||
| 44 | minivet sp. | 1 | ||
| 45 | Lesser Green Leafbird | | | |
| 46 | Asian Fairy-Bluebird | 2 | ||
| 47 | Spectacled Bulbul | | | |
| 48 | Puff-backed Bulbul | | ||
| 49 | Hairy-backed Bulbul | | ||
| 50 | Grey-cheeked Bulbul | | | |
| 51 | Yellow-bellied Bulbul | | ||
| 52 | Greater Racket-tailed Drongo | 1 | call | |
| 53 | Dark-throated Oriole | | | |
| 54 | Bornean Bristlehead | 10 | call | |
| 55 | Crested Jay | call | call | |
| 56 | Black Magpie | 5 | ||
| 57 | Slender-billed Crow | call | | |
| 58 | Velvet-fronted Nuthatch | | ||
| 59 | Black-capped Babbler | (1) | ||
| 60 | Ferruginous Babbler | 1 | ||
| 61 | Short-tailed Babbler | | ||
| 62 | Horsfield's Babbler | 1 | ||
| 63 | Scaly-crowned Babbler | | | |
| 64 | Rufous-crowned Babbler | | | |
| 65 | Sooty-capped Babbler | | ||
| 66 | Chestnut-winged Babbler | | ||
| 67 | Chestnut-rumped Babbler | call | ||
| 68 | Striped Tit-Babbler | call | call | |
| 69 | Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler | | ||
| 70 | Bornean Wren-Babbler | call | call | |
| 71 | Black-throated Wren-Babbler | 2 | 2 | |
| 72 | Brown Fulvetta | | | |
| 73 | Magpie Robin | | | |
| 74 | White-crowned Shama | | | |
| 75 | Rufous-tailed Shama | 2 | 1 | |
| 76 | Verditer Flycatcher | 1 | ||
| 77 | Asian Brown Flycatcher | 2 | ||
| 78 | Dark-sided Flycatcher | 1 | ||
| 79 | Grey-headed Flycatcher | | | |
| 80 | Spotted Fantail | | ||
| 81 | Hill Myna | call | call | |
| 82 | Crimson Sunbird | 1 | ||
| 83 | Purple-naped Sunbird | 2 | | |
| 84 | Little Spiderhunter | | | |
| 85 | Grey-breasted Spiderhunter | | ||
| 86 | Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker | | ||
| 87 | Orange-bellied Flowerpecker | | ||
| 88 | Dusky Munia | | | |
| mammals | ||||
| 1 | Bornean Gibbon | call | call | call |
| 2 | Maroon Langur | | ||
| 3 | Prevost's Squirrel | | | |
| 4 | Horse-tailed Squirrel | | | |
| 5 | Plain Pygmy Squirrel | 1 | ||
| 6 | Bearded Pig | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Sambar Deer | 2 | ||
| : Observed species@@@call: Only heard@@( ): Observed by other birders | ||||
| Date | September 18, 2004 |
| Venue | Mt. Kinabalu H.Q.(Bundu Tuhan View Trail - Silau Silau Trail) |
| Observed Species | 1. Crimson-headed Partridge (call) 2. Little
Cuckoo-Dove 2 3. White-bellied Swiftlet
4.
Golden-naped Barbet 5. Maroon Woodpecker
(call) 6. Sunda Cuckoo-Shrike 7. Hair-crested
Drongo 8. Black-and-Crimson Oriole
9. Short-tailed
Green Magpie 10. Borean Treepie 11. Mountain Wren-Babbler 1 12. Temminck's Babbler 2 13. Chestnut-crested
Yuhina 14. Sunda Laughingthrush 15.
Chestnut-capped
Laughingthrush 16. Sunda Whistling-Thrush
17. Yellow-breasted Warbler 18. Mountain
Leaf-Warbler 19. Mountain Tailorbird
20.
Eye-browed Jungle-Flycatcher 1 21.
Snowy-browed
Flycatcher 2 male 22. Indigo Flycatcher
23.
White-throated Fantail 24. Borean Whistler
25. Temminck's Sunbird 26. Black-capped
White-eye |
| Comments | @Due to heavy rain last night, trails in the park was very muddy. Despite the bad condition, we enjoyed nice view of Short-tailed Green Magpie, male Black-and-Crimson Oriole, two male Snowy-browed Flycatchers, an Eye-browed Jungle Flycatcher and one Mountain Wren-Babbler. I always wonder why they turn up suddenly after several months' silence. It was first time for us to see Short-tailed Green Magpie after I saw on January 2002! A highlight of the day was a very tame Mountain Wren-Babbler. We were happy to see the tiny dumpy bird within a few metres for five minutes. |
| Date | September 6-7 |
| Venue | Sandakan - Sukau |
| Observed Species | Birds: 1. Oriental Darter 2. Purple Heron 3. Cattle
Egret 4. Little Egret 5. Intermediate Egret
6. Great Egret 7. Striated Heron 8. Jerdon's
Baza 9. Brahminy Kite 10. White-bellied Sea-Eagle
11. Lesser Fish-Eagle 12. Grey-headed Fish-Eagle 13. Crested Serpent-Eagle 14. Great Crested-Tern
15. Green Imerial Pigeon 16. Long-tailed
Parakeet 17. malkoha sp. 1 18. Buffy Fish-Owl
19. swiftlet sp. 20. Blue-eared Kingfisher
21. Stork-billed Kingfisher 22. Collared
Kingfisher 23. bee-eater sp. 24. Black Hornbill
25. Oriental Pied Hornbill 26. Rhinoceros
Hornbill 27. Helmeted Hornbill 28. Blue-eared
Barbet 29. Black-and-Red Broadbill 4 30.
Banded Broadbill (call) 31. Black-and-Yellow
Broadbill (call) 32. Barn Swallow 33. Pacific
Swallow 34. Black-winged Flycatcher-Shrike
35. Straw-headed Bulbul 36. Spectacled Bulbul
37. Yellow-vented Bulbul 38. Slender-billed
Crow 39. White-chested Babbler 40. Striped
Tit-Babbler (call) 41. Oriental Magpie Robin
(call) 42. White-crowned Shama (call) 43.
Asian Glossy Starling 44. Hill Myna (call)
45. Red-throated Sunbird 46. Scarlet-backed
Flowerpecker 47. Tree Sparrow Mammals: 1. Silvered Langur 2. Proboscis Monkey 3. Long-tailed Macaque 4. Pig-tailed Macaque 5. Bornean Gibbon (call) 6. Orang-Hutan 7. Prevost's Squirrel 8. Plain Pygmy Squirrel 9. Flat-headed Cat Reptiles: Esturine Crocodile, Water Monitor, Blood Python |
| Comments | @Comparing to the April's visit, we saw less
species and number of birds. It is interesting
that we saw no Black-naped Monarch, which
was numerous last time. Luckily, we still
saw two pairs of Rhinoceros, some Black,
three Helmeted, a pair of Oriental Pied Hornbills.
Jerdon's Baza seems to be regularly seen
here. We saw one for each day. Two species
of fish-eagles are highlights of the trip.
Lesser Fish-Eagle seems to be more common
than Grey-headed while the tour guide was
only familiar with the Lesser. @Other than birds, a Flat-headed Cat was probably the best. It was seen during the night cruise. @Although we were not satisfied with services provided by Sukau Rainforest Lodge, their attraction, namely night cruise, is highly recommendable while we were able to see Stork-billed Kingfishers, Blue-eared Kingfishers and four Black-and-Red Broadbill in the very close distance. |
| Date | August 7, 2004 |
| Venue | Mt. Kinabalu HQ@iKiau View Trail - Bundu Tuhan View Trail - Silau Silau Trailj@ |
| Weather | Fine / Windy |
| Observed Species | 1. Crimson-headed Partridge 2 male 1 female
(KVT) 2. White-bellied Swiftlet 3. Whitehead's Trogon 1 male (SST) 4. Mountain Barbet (call) 5. Golden-naped
Barbet 6. Maroon Woodpecker 1 (call)
7. Ochraceous
Bulbul 2 8. Hair-crested Drongo 9.
Velvet-fronted
Nuthatch 1+ 10. Grey-throated Babbler
11.
Chestnut-crested Yuhina 12. Chestnut-capped
Laughingthrush 13. Sunda (Grey-and-Brown
Laughingthrush) 14. Sunda Whistling-Thrush
1 (call) 15. Yellow-breasted Warbler
16.
Mountain Leaf-Warbler 17. White-throated
Fantail 18. Bornean Whistler 19. Temminck's
Sunbird 20. Black-sided Flowerpecker
21.
Black-capped White-eye - Brooke's Squirrel |
| Comments | @Finally, I saw a male Whitehead's Trogon! The male was seen at Silau-Silau Trail along a stream. It was seen approx. five minutes within 10-15 metres. It often flicked the tail which is not usually seen in other trogons. The other bonus was three of Crimson-headed Partridges. We encountered them at Kiau View Trail. Although we saw them only less than one minute, it flew down on the trail approx. 5 metre from us! |
Danum Valley July 23-27, 2004
| No. | English Name | 7/23 | 7/24 | 7/25 | 7/26 | 7/27 |
| Birds | ||||||
| 1 | Oriental Darter | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 2 | Great-billed Heron | 1 | ||||
| 3 | Bat Hawk | 1 | ||||
| 4 | Crested Fireback | 11 | 1 | |||
| 5 | Great Argus | call | call | call | call | |
| 6 | Green Imperial Pigeon | 1 | | | | |
| 7 | Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot | | | |||
| 8 | Plaintive Cuckoo | 1 | ||||
| 9 | Drongo Cuckoo | call | call | |||
| 10 | Chestnut-breasted Malkoha | 1 | ||||
| 11 | Red-billed Malkoha | 1 | ||||
| 12 | Raffles's Malkoha | 2 | ||||
| 13 | Greater Coucal | 1 | ||||
| 14 | Buffy Fish-Owl | 1 | ||||
| 15 | Brown Wood-Owl | 1 | ||||
| 16 | Gould's Frogmouth | 2 | ||||
| 17 | Giant Swiftlet | 3 | ||||
| 18 | White-bellied Swiftlet | | | |||
| 19 | Silver-rumped Swift | | | | ||
| 20 | Whiskered Treeswift | | | |||
| 21 | Scarlet-rumped Trogon | 1 call | ||||
| 22 | Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher | 1 | ||||
| 23 | Blue-throated Bee-eater | 3 | ||||
| 24 | Bushy-crested Hornbill | 3 | | |||
| 25 | Wrinkled Hornbill | 1 | ||||
| 26 | Black Hornbill | 1 | 1 | |||
| 27 | Rhinoceros Hornbill | 1 | 5 | | | |
| 28 | Helmeted Hornbill | call | ||||
| 29 | Red-throated Barbet | 1 | ||||
| 30 | White-bellied Woodpecker | call | ||||
| 31 | Pacific Swallow | | | | | |
| 32 | Black-and-Red Broadbill | 4 | ||||
| 33 | Banded Broadbill | call | call | |||
| 34 | Black-and-Yellow Broadbill | 1 | call | call | 2 | call |
| 35 | Black-headed Pitta | call | call | 3 call | 1 call | |
| 36 | Blue-headed Pitta | 1 call | ||||
| 37 | Large Woodshirke | | ||||
| 38 | Common Iora | 2 | ||||
| 39 | Lesser Green Leafbird | | | | ||
| 40 | Greater Green Leafbird | | ||||
| 41 | Asian Fairy-Bluebird | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 42 | Black-headed Bulbul | | | | ||
| 43 | Olive-winged Bulbul | | ||||
| 44 | Red-eyed Bulbul | | | | ||
| 45 | Yellow-vented Bulbul | | | | | |
| 46 | Buff-vented Bulbul | | | | | |
| 47 | Hairy-backed Bulbul | | ||||
| 48 | Grey-cheeked Bulbul | | ||||
| 49 | Slender-billed Crow | | | | ||
| 50 | Scaly-crowned Babbler | | | |||
| 51 | Rufous-crowned Babbler | | ||||
| 52 | Chestnut-winged Babbler | call | ||||
| 53 | Striped Tit-Babbler | | | | | |
| 54 | Brown Fulvetta | | ||||
| 55 | Dark-necked Tailorbird | | ||||
| 56 | Rufous-tailed Tailorbird | | ||||
| 57 | Ashy Tailorbird | | ||||
| 58 | Magpie Robin | | | | ||
| 59 | White-crowned Shama | call | call | 1 | 1 | |
| 60 | White-crowned Forktail | 2 | ||||
| 61 | Verditer Flycatcher | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 62 | Bornean Blue Flycatcher | 1 | ||||
| 63 | Malaysian Blue Flycatcher | 2 | 1 | (2) | ||
| 64 | Grey-headed Flycatcher | call | call | |||
| 65 | Asian Paradise Flycatcher | 1 | 11 | call | ||
| 66 | Maroon-breasted Monarch | 2 | ||||
| 67 | Pied Fantail | | | | ||
| 68 | Hill Myna | 1 | ||||
| 69 | Plain Sunbird | | ||||
| 70 | Ruby-cheeked Sunbird | | 1 | |||
| 71 | Little Spiderhunter | | 1 | | ||
| 72 | Grey-breasted Spiderhunter | | | | | |
| 73 | Long-billed Spiderhunter | 1 | ||||
| 74 | Yellow-eared Spiderhunter | 1 | ||||
| 75 | Spectacled Spiderhunter | 2 | ||||
| 76 | Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker | | ||||
| 77 | Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker | | ||||
| 78 | Orange-bellied Flowerpecker | | | | ||
| 79 | Dusky Munia | | | | | |
| 80 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | | | | ||
| Mammals | ||||||
| 1 | Oranghutan | i1j | 5 | 6 | ||
| 2 | Bornean Gibbon | | | |||
| 3 | Maroon Langur | | | | ||
| 4 | Pig-tailed Macaque | 1 | | |||
| 5 | Crab-eating Macaque | | | |||
| 6 | Flying Lemur | 1 | ||||
| 7 | Giant Squirrel | 1 | ||||
| 8 | Prevost's Squirrel | | | | ||
| 9 | Bearded Pig | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 10 | Asian Elephant | 1 | ||||
| 11 | Mouse Deer sp | (1) | (1) | |||
| 12 | Sambar Deer | 2 | ||||
| : observed@@: overhead@@call: heard only@@( ): recorded by other people | ||||||
| DVFC: Danum Valley Field Centre@@RFL: Borneo Rainforest Lodge | ||||||
| Danum Valley (July 8-11, 2004j | |||||
| No. | English Name | July 8 | July 9 | July 10 | July 11 |
| 1 | Oriental Darter | 1 | |||
| 2 | Crested Fireback | | 1 | ||
| 3 | Great Argus | 1 | |||
| 4 | Crested Wood Partridge | 1 call | |||
| 5 | partridge sp | call | |||
| 6 | Crested Goshawk | 2 | |||
| 7 | Crested Serpent-Eagle | 1 | |||
| 8 | White-fronted Falconet | i1) | |||
| 9 | Little Cuckoo-Dove | 2 | |||
| 10 | Emerald Dove | 1 | |||
| 11 | Green Imperial Pigeon | | | ||
| 12 | Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot | | call | | |
| 13 | Plaintive Cuckoo | call | |||
| 14 | Drongo Cuckoo | 1 call | call | ||
| 15 | Black-bellied Malkoha | | 1 | ||
| 16 | Red-billed Malkoha | | |||
| 17 | Raffles's Malkoha | 1 | |||
| 18 | Greater Coucal | | call | ||
| 19 | Buffy Fish-Owl | 1 flew | |||
| 20 | Brown Wood-Owl | 1 | 1 | ||
| 21 | White-bellied Swiftlet | | | | |
| 22 | Grey-rumped Treeswift | | |||
| 23 | Whiskered Treeswift | | | | |
| 24 | Red-naped Trogon | 1 | |||
| 25 | Diard's Trogon | 1 | |||
| 26 | Scarlet-rumped Trogon | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 27 | Stork-billed Kingfisher | 1 | 1 | ||
| 28 | Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher | 1 flew | 1 flew | ||
| 29 | White-crowned Horbill | 2 flew | |||
| 30 | Bushy-crested Hornbill | | | ||
| 31 | Oriental Pied Hornbill | 1 | |||
| 32 | Wreathed Hornbill | 2 | 2 | ||
| 33 | Rhinoceros Hornbill | | | | |
| 34 | Helmeted Hornbill | call | call | call | |
| 35 | Gold-whiskered Barbet | 1 | |||
| 36 | Red-throated Barbet | 1 | |||
| 37 | Yellow-crowned Barbet | iPj | |||
| 38 | Blue-eared Barbet | call | |||
| 39 | Grey-and-Buff Woodpecker | 1 | |||
| 40 | Pacific Swallow | | | ||
| 41 | Dusky Broadbill | 3 | |||
| 42 | Black-and-Red Broadbill | 1 | |||
| 43 | Banded Broadbill | 1 | | | call |
| 44 | Black-and-Yellow Broadbill | 1 | | | call |
| 45 | Black-crowned Pitta | 1 call | call | call | |
| 46 | Blue-headed Pitta | 3 call | |||
| 47 | Fiery Minivet | | |||
| 48 | Large Woodshirke | | |||
| 49 | Green Iora | | | | |
| 50 | Lesser Green Leafbird | | | ||
| 51 | Greater Green Leafbird | | |||
| 52 | Black-headed Bulbul | | | ||
| 53 | Scaly-breasted Bulbul | | | ||
| 54 | Olive-winged Bulbul | | |||
| 55 | Red-eyed Bulbul | | | | |
| 56 | Spectacled Bulbul | 1 | |||
| 57 | Buff-vented Bulbul | | |||
| 58 | Hairy-backed Bulbul | | | ||
| 59 | Finsch's Bulbul | 1 | |||
| 60 | Grey-cheeked Bulbul | | | | |
| 61 | Yellow-bellied Bulbul | | | ||
| 62 | Dark-throated Oriole | | | ||
| 63 | Slender-billed Crow | | | | |
| 64 | Borean Bristlehead | call | |||
| 65 | Velvet-fronted Nuthatch | | | 3 | |
| 66 | Short-tailed Babbler | | | ||
| 67 | Ferruginous Babbler | 1 | |||
| 68 | Sooty-capped Babbler | | | | |
| 69 | Black-browed Babbler | 1? | |||
| 70 | Scaly-crowned Babbler | 1 | |||
| 71 | Grey-headed Babbler | | |||
| 72 | Chestnut-winged Babbler | | | ||
| 73 | Bornean Wren-Babbler | 1 call | call | 1 | |
| 74 | Striped Tit-Babbler | | | | |
| 75 | Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler | | call | | |
| 76 | Brown Fulvetta | | |||
| 77 | Flyeater | call | |||
| 78 | Yellow-bellied Prinia | | |||
| 79 | Dark-necked Tailorbird | 1 | | ||
| 80 | Rufous-tailed Tailorbird | | | ||
| 81 | White-crowned Shama | | | | |
| 82 | Verditer Flycatcher | 1 imm | |||
| 83 | Malaysian Blue Flycatcher | | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 84 | Grey-headed Flycatcher | 1 | |||
| 85 | Asian Paradise Flycatcher | | | | |
| 86 | Black-naped Monarch | | | | |
| 87 | Rufous-winged Monarch | 11 | |||
| 88 | Spotted Fantail | 3 | |||
| 89 | Pied Fantail | 1 | 1 | ||
| 90 | Hill Myna | 1 | |||
| 91 | Red-throated Sunbird | 1 | |||
| 92 | Ruby-cheeked Sunbird | 1 | |||
| 93 | Little Spiderhunter | | |||
| 94 | Grey-breasted Spiderhunter | | |||
| 95 | Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker | 1 | |||
| 96 | Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker | | | | |
| 97 | Yellow-vented Flowerpecker | | | ||
| 98 | Orange-bellied Flowerpecker | 1 | |||
| 99 | Everett's White-eye | | |||
| 100 | Dusky Munia | | | | |
| 1 | Oranghutan | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Bornean Gibbon | 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 | Crab-eating Macaque | | | ||
| 4 | Prevost's Squirrel | | | | |
| 5 | Plain Pigmy Squirrel | | | | |
| 6 | Bearcat | 1 | |||
| 7 | Thomas' Flying Squirrel | 2 | |||
| 8 | Long-tailed Giant Rat | 1 | |||
| 9 | Small-clawed Otter | 1 | |||
| 10 | Greater Mouse Deer | 1 | |||
| 11 | Bearded Pig | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12 | Blood Python | 1 | |||
| 13 | Water Monitor | 1 | |||
| Date | July 3, 2004 |
| Venue | Mesilau - Kinabalu Park H.Q. |
| Weather | cloudy |
| Observed Species | 1. Little Cuckoo-Dove 2. Golden-naped Barbet
(call) 3. Checker-throated Woodpecker
1 male
1 female 4. Grey-chinned Minivet 5.
Flavescent Bulbul 6. Ochraceous Bulbul 7. Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
2 8. Grey-throated Babbler 9. Chestnut-capped
Laughingthrush 10. Sunda Whistling-Thrush
11. Everett's Thrush 1 12. Yellow-breasted Warbler 13. Mounain
Leaf Warbler 14. Sunda Bush Warbler 15. Indigo Flycatcher 16. flycatcher sp.
1 (juv: Snowy-browed?) 17. White-throated
Fantail 18. Bornean Whistler 19. Temminck's
Sunbird 20. Black-sided Flowerpecker
21.
Black-capped White-eye |
| Comments | @This is the first visit to Mesilau. Although not so many species were observed, we were happy to see two lifers there. It was surprising to see Checker-throated Woodpecker and Velvet-fronted Nuthatch in so high elevation. A Everett's Thrush was seen near the entrance of Silau-Silau Trail. |
| Date | June 20, 2004 |
| Venue | Porling |
| Weather | Cloudy |
| Observed Species | 1. Raffles's Malkoha 2. Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher
3. Gold-whiskered Barbet (call) 4. Buff-rumped
Woodpecker 1 5. Crimson-winged Woodpecker
1 6. Black-and-Red Broadbill 4 7. Black-and-Yellow
Broadbill (call) 8. Banded Broadbill 1 (juv)
9. Green Broadbill 1 male 10. Banded Pitta
2 11. Puff-backed Bulbul 1 12. Red-eyed Bulbul
13. Spectacled Bulbul 14. Grey-cheeked Bulbul
15. Crow-billed Drongo 16. Dark-throated
Oriole 1 male 17. Crested Jay 18. Abbott's
Babbler 1 19. Rufous-crowned Babbler 1 20.
Grey-headed Babbler 21. Magpie Robin 22.
White-crowned Shama 3+ juv 1 23. Sunda Whistling-Thrush
1 24. Yellow-bellied Warbler 1 25. Plain
Sunbird 2 26. Little Spiderhunter 27. Long-billed
Spiderhunter 28. Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker
1 29. Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker 1 male 30. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker 31. Dusky
Munia 32. Tree Sparrow + palm civet sp. 1
(babyj |
| Comments | @Another cool morning. We found generally cool morning is more productive. Highlights of the day are Green Broadbill and Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker. Green Broadbill was found along the path near the entrance together with two Black-and-Red Broadbill! The emerald green was so distinctive in the jungle. An endemic flowerpecker, Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker is less distinctive. It is so similar to the relative, Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker but has very clear yellow rump. Other birds we enjoyed are, juvenile Banded Broadbill, juvenile White-rumped Shama with so many adults and a Puff-backed Bulbul. A pair of Banded Pitta was seen from the canopy walk only very briefly. A bonus was a baby civet, which was found by the other tourilsts. It was less than ten centimetre and likely still cannot see yet. I wonder why the baby civet was left on the trail and strongly hoped it is able to survive. |
| Date | June 13, 2004 |
| Venue | Mt. Kinabalu HQ |
| Weather | Cloudy |
| Observed Species | 1. Little Cuckoo Dove 2 2. White-bellied
Swiftlet 3. Golden-naped Barbet 4. Sunda
Cuckoo-Shrike 5. Ochraceous Bulbul 6. Ashy
Drongo 7. Hair-crested Drongo 8. Black-and-Crimson
Oriole 9. Bornean Treepie 10. Grey-throated
Babbler 11. Chustnut-crested Yuhina 12. Chestunt-capped
Laughing-thrush 13. Magpie Robin 14. Sunda
Whistling Thrush 2 15. White-crowned Forktail
(call) 16. Yellow-breasted Warbler 17. Mountain
Leaf-Warbler 18. Mountain Tailorbird 19.
Indigo Flycatcher 20. Little Pied Flycatcher
(call) 21. White-throated Fantail 22. Bornean
Whistler 23. Temminck's Sunbird 24. Black-sided
Flowerpecker 2 25. Black-capped White-eye
26. Black-headed Munia |
| Comments | @Because of rain in the last night, it was cool morning. Since many trees are full of fruits, we enjoyed more birds than usual. Particularly, we were excited with a Golden-naped Barbet was sitting nearly eye level about five metre from us. Sunda Whistling-Thrush was another highlight of the day since we were able to see so closely. |
| Ο@ϊ | June 6, 2004 |
| κ | Porling (including on the way) |
| Vσ | cloudy, later fine |
| Ο@ν | 1.raptor sp. 1 2. Little Cuckoo-Dove 3. Blue-crowned
Hanging-Parrot 4. Chestnut-breasted
Malkoha
5. trogon sp. 1 (Diard's ?: heard only)
6.
Gold-whiskered Barbet (call) 7. Blue-eared
Barbet (call) 8. Buff-rumped Woodpecker
2
9. Black-and-Yellow Broadbill female
1 &
juvenile 2 10. Bar-winged Flycatcher-Shrike
2+ 11. Black-winged Flycatcher-Shrike
12.
Lesser Green Leafbird 13. Red-eyed
Bulbul
14. Spectacled Bulbul 15. Hairy-backed
Bulbul
16. Crow-billed Drongo 17. Brown Fulvetta
18. White-bellied Yuhina 19. Magpie
Robin
20. White-crowned Shama (call) 21.
Flyeater
22. Grey-headed Flycatcher (call) 23.
Maroon-breasted
Monarch 1 female 24. Black-naped Monarch
2 25. White-breasted Woodswallow 26.
Paddyfield
Pipit 27. Plain Sunbird 28. Purple-naped
Sunbird 29. Little Spiderhunter 30.
Orange-bellied
Flowerpecker 31. Everett's White-eye
+ Plain
Pygmy Squirrel, Prevost's Squirrel |
| Comments | Because of current dry climate, bird's call was very few.... Brown Fulvetta was bit confusing (as we firstly confused with Melacopteron babblers or bulbuls while the proportion is very unlikely other fulvettas. Highlight was a female Maroon-breasted Monarch. |
| Date | June 1, 2004 |
| Venue | Sungai Klias |
| Weather | Cloudy, later rain |
| Observed Species | 1.Oriental Darter 2. Striated Heron 3. Brahminy
Kite 4. Pink-necked Pigeon 5. Blue-cronwed
Hanging-Parrot 6. House Swift 7. swiftlet
sp. 8. Oriental Dwarf-Kingfisher (Rufous-backed
Kingfisher) 9. Collared Kingfisher 10. Dollarbird
11. Pacific Swallow 12. Magpie Robin 13.
White-breasted Woodswallow 14. Asian Glossy
Starling 15. sunbird sp. 16. flowerpecker
sp. + Proboscis Monkey |
| Comments | Probably, the nearest spot for the Proboscis Monkey from K.K. However, it is not so outstanding spot for birding since surrounded area is disturbed much. |
| Date | May 31, 2004 |
| Venue | Inobong |
| Weather | cloudy, later rain |
| Observed Species | 1. Changeable Hawk-Eagle 1 2. Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot 3. Greater Coucal (call) 4. swiftlet s.p. 5. White-rumped Swiftlet 6. Brown-backed Needletail 7. Gold-whiskered Barbet (call) 8. Blue-eared Barbet (call) 9. woodpecker s.p. 1 10. Banded Broadbill (call) 11. Black-and-Yellow Broadbill (call) 12. Pacific Swallow 13. Red-eyed Bulbul 14. Yellow-vented Bulbul 15. Magpie Robin 16. Ashy Tailorbird 17. Asian Glossy Starling 18. Red-throated Sunbird 19. Little Spiderhunter 20. Everett's White-eye 21. Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker ? 22. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker 23. Dusky Munia 24. Black-headed Munia 25. Black-headed Bubul |
| Comments | Because of the heavy rain, we were obliged to stop birding after 10:00 a.m.. It was first time for me to visit Inobong. Since trees around the area are still not matured, it would be difficult to expect purely forested species. However, it would be a good spot for observing barbets, leafbirds and minivets since panoramic view helps scoping birds on the canopy. |
| Ο@ϊ | 2004N523ϊ |
| κ | Porling |
| Vσ | °κXάθκJ |
| Ο@ν | 1. Blyth's Hawk-Eagle 1 2. White-breasted Waterhen 3. Spotted Dove 4. Banded Bay Cuckoo ? 1 5. Indian Cuckoo (call) 6. Drongo Cuckoo (call) 7. swiftlet sp. 8. Gold-whiskered Barbet (call) 9. Blue-eared Barbet (call) 10. Maroon Woodpecker 1 male 11. Buff-rumped Woodpecker 1 12. Black-and-Yellow Broadbill 4 (male 1, female 1, chick 2) 13. Pacific Swallow 14. Green Iora 15. Lesser Green Leafbird 16. Scaly-breasted Bulbul 17. Yellow-vented Bulbul 18. Streaked Bulbul 19.Hairy-backed Bulbul 20. Ashy Drongo 21.Crow-billed Drongo 3 22. Dark-necked Oriole 2 (1 juv) 23.Crested Jay 2 24. Short-tailed Babbler 1 25. Rufous-crowned Babbler 2 26. Striped Tit-Babbler (call) 27. Magpie Robin 28. White-crowned Shama 29. Ashy Tailorbird 30. Rufous-tailed Tailorbird (call) 31. Verditer Flycatcher 1 imm. male 32. Grey-heaed Flycather 1 33.Black-naped Monarch 1 female? 34. Maroon-breasted Monarch 1 female 35. White-breasted Woodswallow 36. Crimson Sunbird 1 male 37. Brown-throated Sunbird 38. Little Spiderhunter 39. Long-billed Spiderhunter 2 40. Yellow-eared Spiderhunter 1 41. Grey-breasted Spiderhunter 1 42. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker 43. Dusky Munia 44. Tree Sparrow |
| Comments | As we firstly went to canopy walk, we were able to see more middle strey - canopy species today. We were impressed with two chicks of Black-and-Yellow Broadbill in the short distance. It is surprising to see Rufous-crowned Babbler so high up at the canopy walk. |
| Date | May 16, 2004 |
| Venue | Porling |
| Weather | Mainly fine |
| Observed Species | 1. Little Cuckoo-Dove 2. Spotted Dove 3. Indian Cuckoo (call) 4. Raffles's Malkoha 5. Chestnut-breasted Malkoha 6. White-bellied Swiftlet 7. Gold-whiskered Barbet (call) 8. Buff-rumped Woodpecker 1 female 9. Buff-necked Woodpecker 1 male 10. Maroon Woodpecker 2 11. Crimson-winged Woodpecker 2+ 12. Banded Woodpecker 1 male 13. Yellow-vented Bulbul 14. Red-eyed Bulbul 15. Hairy-backed Bulbul 1 16. Crow-billed Drongo 1 17. Bronzed Drongo 2 18. Black-capped Babbler 2 19. White-chested Babbler 20. Short-tailed Babbler 21. Grey-headed Babbler 2+ 22. Striped Tit-Babbler (call) 23. Magpie Robin 24. White-crowned Shama 25. forktail s.p. (call) 26. Rufous-tailed Tailorbird (call) 27. Black-naped Monarch 1 female 28. Grey-breasted Spiderhuter 29. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker 30. Black-and-Yellow Broadbill (call) 31. Banded Broadbill (call)@ |
| Comments | Because of continuous rain during last week, birds were so active. Five species of woodpeckers were observed. While male Maroon and Crimson-winged Woodpeckers were drumming a same hole, they seem to be trying to take one's nest hole. Black-capped Babblers were seen in the same stream. They seem to be common there. |
| Date | May 9, 2004 |
| Venue | Kota Belud |
| Weather | cloudy |
| Observed Species | 1. Purple Heron 2. Cattle Egret 3. Little Egret 4. Great Egret 5. Cinnamon Bittern 1 male 6. Yellow Bittern 1 male 7. Lesser Whistling Duck 8. Brahminy Kite 9. Black-winged Kite 1 10. White-browed Crake 11. White-breasted Waterhen 12. Purple Swamphen 13. Oriental Pratincole 14. Spotted Dove 15. Peaceful Dove 16. Collared Kingfisher 17. Blue-throated Bee-eater 18. Pacific Swallow 19. Pied Triller 20. Yellow-vented Bulbul 21. Magpie Robin 22. Striated Grassbird 1 23. Yellow-bellied Prinia 24. White-breasted Woodswallow 25. Asian Glossy Starling 27. Crested Myna 28. Olive-backed Sunbird 29. Scaly-breasted Munia 30. Black-headed Munia 31. Oriental Darter |
| Comments | An extensive wetland system lies about ten kilometre north of Kota Belud. Together with paddyfields near the marsh, the area would be a good birding spot in winter. A highlight was Striated Grassbird which perched very consipicuously for a while. White-browed Crakes were seen only very briefly. |
| Date | 2004N53-4ϊ |
| Venue | Mt. Kinabalu, Park HQ - Porling |
| Weather | Fine/cloudy (during the trip) |
| Observed Species | 1. Cattle Egret 2. Little Cuckoo-Dove 3. White-bellied
Swiftlet 4. Grey-rumped Treeswift 5. Wreathed
Hornbill 3 (May 4, HQ) 6. Golden-naped Barbet
7. Maroon Woodpecker 1 (May 3, HQ) 8. Rufous
Piculet 1 (Pl, May 4) 9. Black-and-Red Broadbill
1 (Pl, May 4) 10. Black-and-Yellow Broadbill
(call, Pl, May 4) 11.Sunda Cuckoo-Shrike
1 male (HQ, May 4) 12. Grey-chinned Minivet
13. Lesser Green Leafbird 1 male (Pl, May
4) 14. Yellow-vented Bulbul 15. Ochra ceous Bulbul, 16. Ashy Drongo 17. Hair-crested
Drongo 18. Bornean Treepie 19. Velvet-fronted
Nuthatch 2 (HQ, May 4) 20. Temminck's Babbler
(HQ, May 4) 21.White-chested Babbler 1 (Pl,
May 4) 22. Grey-throated Babbler 23. Chestnut-crested
Yuhina 24. Grey-and-Brown (Sunda) Laughingthrush
3 (HQ, May 3) 25. Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush
26. White-browed Shrike 1 male (HQ, May 4),
27. Magpie Robin 28. White-crowned Shama
1 (call, Pl, May 4) 29. Yellow-breasted Warbler
30. Mountain Leaf Warbler 31. Rufous-tailed
Tailorbird (Pl, May 4) 31. Dark-sided Flycatcher
1 imm? (HQ, May 3) 32. Indigo Flycatcher
33. Snowy-browed Flycatcher 1 male (HQ, May
4) 34. Little Pied Flycatcher 35. White-tailed
Blue Flycatcher 1 male (Pl, May 4) 36. White-throated
Fantail 37. Bornean Whistler 38. White-breasted
Woodswallow 39. Temminck's Sunbird 40. Little
Spiderhunter 41. Spectacled Spiderhunter
42. flowerpecker s.p. 43. Black-capped White-eye
44. Dusky Munia 45. raptor sp. 2 (Blyth's
Hawk-Eagle?) 46. Sunda Whistling Thrush |
| Comments | Because of so many tourists, park HQ was
too noisy and busy for birding. Apparently,
some species, such as Short-tailed
Green
Magpie and Sunda (Grey and Brown) Laughingthrush,
which used to be common, are less easier
to observe. At Porling, we had a very nice view of a male White-tailed Flycatcher. The blue flycatcher's short tail and heavy bill is good identification points from similar Indigo, Pale Blue and Blue-and-White Flycatchers. |
| Date | April 17, 2004 |
| Venue | Kinabalu Park (Porling - HQ) |
| Weather | fine/cloudy |
| Observed Species | 1. Crested Serpent Eagle 2. Black Eagle 3. Little Cuckoo-dove 4. White-bellied Swiftlet 5. Gold-whiskered Barbet (call) 6. Blue-eared Barbet (call) 7. Maroon Woodpecker 8. Black-and-Yellow Broadbill (call) 9. Banded Broadbill (call) 10. Pacific Swallow 11. Black-capped Babbler 11. Abbott's Babbler 12. Chestnut-crested Yuhina 13. Chestnut-capped Laughing Thrush 14. Magpie Robin 15. White-crowned Shama 16. White-crowned Forktail 17. Yellow-breasted Warbler 18. Mountain Leaf Warbler 19. Mountain Tailorbird 20. Little Pied Flycatcher 21. White-tailed Flycatcher 22. Indigo Flycatcher 23. White-throated Fantail 24. Bornean Whistler 25. White-tailed Woodswallow 26. Purple-naped Sunbird 27. Temminck's Sunbird 28. Spiderhunter sp 28. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker 29. Black-capped White-eye 30. Dusky Munia 31. Tree Sparrow. |
| Comments | The surrounded area seems to be more disturbed comparing to two years ago. A highlight of the day was definitely a bathing Black-capped Babbler. |
| Date | April 9-11, 2004 |
| Venue | Gomantong Cave, Sukau, Sepilok |
| Weather | mainly fine during the period |
| Observed Species | BirdsF@1. Purple Heron 2. Cattle Egret 3. Little
Egret 4. Great Egret 5. Storm's Stork 6. Oriental Darter 7. Jerdon's Baza 8. Brahminy Kite 9. White-bellied Sea-eagle
10. accipter hawk s.p. 11. Crested
Serpent
Eagle 12. Mountain Serpent Eagle 13. Crested Fireback 14. White-breasted
Waterhen 15. treron pigeon s.p. 16.
Pink-necked
Green Pigeon 17. Green Imperial Pigeon 18. Spotted Dove 19. Peaceful Dove 20. Green-winged
Pigeon 21. Long-tailed Parakeet 22.
parrot
s.p. 23. Indian Cuckoo 24. Drongo Cuckoo
25. Plaintive Cuckoo 26. Chestnut-breasted
Malkoha 27. Greater Coucal 28. aerodramus
swiftlet s.p. 29. White-bellied Swiftlet
30. Blue-eared Kingfisher 31. Collared
Kingfisher
32. Stork-billed Kingfisher 33. Dollarbird
34. Black Hornbill 35. Oriental Pied
Hornbill
36. Rhinoceros Hornbill 37. Helmeted
Hornbill
38. Blue-eared Barbet (call) 39. Banded
Woodpecker
40. Maroon Woodpecker 41. Black-and-Red
Broadbill
42. Black-and-Yellow Broadbill 43.
Banded
Broadbill (call) 44. Blue-winged Pitta 45. Pacific Swallow 46. Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike
47. Pied Triller 48. Fiery Minivet
49. Common
Iora 50. Black-headed Bulbul 51. Olive-winged
Bulbul 52. Yellow-vented Bulbul 53.
Red-eyed
Bulbul 54. Yellow-bellied Bulbul 55.
Grey-cheeked
Bulbul 56. Crow-billed Drongo 57. Greater
Racket-tailed Drongo 58. Slender-billed Crow 59. White-chested Babbler 60. Striped Wren-babbler 61. Striped Tit-babbler 62. Magpie Robin
63. White-crowned Shama (call) 64. Common
Tailorbird (call) ? 65. Ashy Tailorbird 66.
Rufous-tailed Tailorbird 67. Mugimaki Flycatcher
68. Malaysian Blue Flycatcher 69. Asian Paradise Flycatcher 70. Black-naped
Monarch 71. Pied Fantail 72. White-breasted
Woodswallow 73. Glossy Starling 74.
Javan
Myna? 75. Hill Myna 76. Tree Sparrow
77.
Orange-bellied Flowerpecker MammalsF 1. Proboscis Monkey 2.Crab-eating Macaque 3. Pig-tailed Macaque 4. Malayan Palm Civet ReptilesF 1. Python curtus? 2. pit viper s.p. |
| Comments | Although we simply participated in an arranged
tour by the Wildlife Expeditions, we
enjoyed
birding very much during the tour.
Some interesting
birds were as below.  1. Storm's Stork: It seems farely common along the Kinabatangan River. We saw three on April 10. 2. Jerdon's Baza: We luckily saw one this reratively uncommon raptor on April 10. 3. Mountain Serpent Eagle: It was perching on a tree along the road to the Gomantong Cave. Although we firstly thought it should be Crested Serpent Eagle, because of distinctive white bar on the tail, darker lower parts and much larger size, we finally identified as Mountain Serpent Eagle. 4. Black-and-Yellow Broadbill: Quite common around the area. 5. Blue-winged Pitta: We had a very good view at the night walk. It was sleeping on an exposed branch about five meter hight from the ground. A very nice full view was probably one of the highlights of the trip. 6. Stirped Wren-Babbler: A poor little bird was disturbed by our lights during the night walk. It was sitting on a grass about one meter hight! So, all of us had a very nice view. 7. Malaysian Blue Flycatcher: This relatively shy flycatcher seems to be common along a stream at Sukau. We saw one male on the log but heard more calls. |
| Ο@ϊ | March 21, 2004 |
| κ | Kinabalu Park (HQ) |
| Vσ | fine/cloudy |
| Observed Species | 1. White-bellied Swiftlet 2. Mountain Barbet 3. Golden-naped Barbet 4. Barn Swallow 5. Red-rumped Swallow 6. Yellow-vented Bulbul 7. Hair-crested Drongo 8. Bornean Treepie 9. Grey-throated Babbler 10. Chestnut-crowned Yuhina 11. White-crowned Forktail 12. Yellow-breasted Warbler 13. Mountain Leaf Warbler 14. Mountain Tailorbird 15. Indigo Flycatcher 16. Blue-and-White Flycatcher (imm. malej@17. White-throated Fantail 18. Bornean Whistler 19. White-breasted Wood Swallow 20. Temminck's Sunbird 21. Black-capped White-eye |
| Comments | Less birds comparing to a week before. In the late beforenoon, we had a good view of two barbet species. A male Blue-and-White Flycatcher has still brownish feather. It is probably a second year immature. |
| Date | March 14, 2004 |
| Venue | Kinabalu Park (HQ) |
| Weather | fine/cloudy |
| Observed Species | 1. Indian Cuckoo icallj@2. White-bellied Swiftlet 3. Collared Kingfisher 4. Golden-naped Barbet icallj@5. Barn Swallow 6. Red-rumped Swallow 7. Grey-chinned Minivet 8. Ochraceous Bulbul 9. Ashy Drongo 10. Bornean Treepie 11. Grey-throated Babbler 12. Chestnut-crested Yuhina 13. White-bellied Yuhina 14. Chestnut-capped Laughing-thrush 15. Sunda Laughing-thrush 16. Magpie Robin 17. White-crowned Forktail 18. Yellow-breasted Warbler 19. Mountain Leaf Warbler 20. Little Pied Flycatcher 21. Blue-and-White Flycatcher (female) 22. White-throated Fantail 23. Bornean Whistler 24. Brown Shrike 25. Temminck's Sunbird 26. Black-capped White-eye |
| Comments | Unlikely Peninsular Malaysia, White-crowned Forktail is montane species here in Sabah and relatively common. |
| Date | March 10-11, 2004 |
| Venue | Sandakan, Sepilok |
| Observed Species | 1. Cattle Egret 2. White-bellied Sea-Eagle 3. White-breasted Waterhen 4. Pied Imperial Pigeon 5. Spotted Dove 6. Peaceful Dove 7. Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot 8. Indian Cuckoo (callj 9.@Plaintive Cuckoo (callj@10. Drongo Cuckoo (callj 11. Greater Coucal 12. Giant Swiftlet 13. Collared Kingfisher 14. Oriental Pied Hornbill 15. Rhinocros Hornbill (callj 16. Gold-whiskered Barbet (callj@17. Bornean Barbet ? (callj@18. Black-and-Red Broadbill 19. Black-and-Yellow Broadbill (callj@20. Banded Broadbill icallj@21. Striped Tit-Babbler icallj@22. Magpie Robin 23. Yellow-bellied Prinia 24. White-breasted Woodswallow 25. Asian Glossy Starling 26. Olive-backed Sunbird 27. Brown-throated Sunbird 28. Crimson Sunbird 29. Thick-billed Spiderhunter 30. Little Spiderhunter 31. Grey-breasted Spiderhunter 32. Dusky Munia 33. Black-headed Munia 34. Tree Sparrow @@ |
| Comments | For business purpose, I was able to visit Sandakan & Sepilok. A Black-and-Red Broadbill always sit on a same tree during my stay in the Sepilok Jungle Lodge. Thick-billed Spiderhunter was a lifer for me while I was finally able to see Dusky Munia. |
| Date | March 7, 2004 |
| Venue | Kota Kinabalu City Bird Sanctuary |
| Weather | cloudy |
| Observed Species | 1. Purple Heron 2. Great Egret 3. Little Egret 4. Striated Heron 5. Yellow Bittern 6. Brahminy Kite 7. White-breasted Waterhen 8. Common Greenshank 9. Pacific Golden Plover 10. Common Sandpiper 11. Spotted Dove 12. Asian Palm Swift 13. Blue-eared Kingfisher 1 14. Stork-billed Kingfisher 15. White-throated Kingfisher 16. Collared Kingfisher 17. Pacific Swallow 18. Common Iora 19. Yellow-vented Bulbul 20. Magpie Robinn 21. Pied Fantail 22. Glossy Starling 23. Brown-throated Sunbird 24. Olive-backed Sunbird 25. Tree Sparrow |
| Comments | Although it was not a nice view, we impressed with nice blue color of Blue-eared Kingfisher. |