We receive a request for 3 days (even it is 12-15 but it is half day for start and end date) … special request RAIL-BABBLER is a must !!!  and with a limited bird list to add on his 52xx++ bird count with few tour SEA before ..

Immediate from Airport to our first destination KRAU forest, we got our 1st target : Javan Myna !!!! very soon , we arrive KRAU for our target … and we managed to got full open view of Malaysian Rail-Babbler as 2nd bird and TARGET meet 😀

immediate we continue for other birds target and for day 1 we managed to have 8 lifers and main target meet ..

LANCHANG
12 Jun 2016
9:00 AM
Traveling
15.00 km
360 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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1 Lesser Whistling-Duck
1 Red-wattled Lapwing
2 Asian Koel
1 Scarlet-rumped Trogon
2 White-throated Kingfisher
1 Rufous-collared Kingfisher
1 Gold-whiskered Barbet
2 Banded Woodpecker
2 Black-thighed Falconet
1 Garnet Pitta
1 Common Iora
1 Dark-throated Oriole
1 Malaysian Rail-babbler
1 Yellow-vented Bulbul
1 Yellow-bellied Bulbul
1 Black-throated Babbler
1 Short-tailed Babbler
1 Ferruginous Babbler
1 Oriental Magpie-Robin
1 White-rumped Shama
3 Asian Glossy Starling
2 Common Hill Myna
X Javan Myna

Number of Taxa: 23

We change our plan to Bukit Tinggi instead Taman Negara (original 2nd plan for Rail-Babbler) for more lifers … with very good morning start we managed to got 9 lifers with all good open view of Moutain Peacock Pheasant , Black Laughingthrush , Chestnut-backed Scimitar-Babbler, etc

Bukit Tinggi
13 Jun 2016
7:00 AM
Traveling
5.00 km
180 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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2 Mountain Peacock-Pheasant — 2 male
1 Rhinoceros Hornbill
1 Sooty Barbet
1 Red-crowned Barbet
1 Black-browed Barbet
2 White-bellied Erpornis
1 Black-crested Bulbul
1 Stripe-throated Bulbul
1 Ochraceous Bulbul
1 Yellow-bellied Warbler
1 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
1 Chestnut-backed Scimitar-Babbler
1 Gray-throated Babbler
1 Buff-breasted Babbler
3 Black Laughingthrush
1 Blue-winged Leafbird
1 Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
1 Streaked Spiderhunter

Number of Taxa: 18

 

Immediate after Lunch we heading Fraser and we managed to get another 8 lifers which include star bird of Malayan Hill Patridge, Bamboo Woodpecker, Rufous-Bellied Swallow.

Bukit Fraser
13 Jun 2016
1:00 PM
Traveling
10.00 km
420 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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5 Gray-breasted Partridge (Malayan)
3 Little Cuckoo-Dove
1 Red-headed Trogon — Juvi
1 Black-browed Barbet
1 Greater Yellownape
2 Bamboo Woodpecker
1 Banded Broadbill
1 Gray-chinned Minivet
1 Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
X Rufous-bellied Swallow
2 Mountain Bulbul
2 Golden Babbler
1 Buff-breasted Babbler
1 Mountain Fulvetta
1 Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush
2 Malayan Laughingthrush
1 Long-tailed Sibia
2 Oriental Magpie-Robin
2 Rufous-browed Flycatcher
2 Large Niltava
1 Little Pied Flycatcher

Number of Taxa: 21

 

we have another morning for Fraser Hill , and we continue for more challenge birds target. and with the late lunch we managed to got another 10 lifers .. a good start with Malayan Whistling-Thrush which appear after long wait in the cold morning, it just show up on the road . Follow by Javan Cuckooshrike, Silver-Breasted Broadbill with little challenge … with luck we managed to got Marbled Wren-Babbler & Large Scimitar-Babbler with good view and long enough … last bird before late lunch below to lue Nuthatch.

 

Bukit Fraser
14 Jun 2016
7:00 AM
Traveling
40.00 km
600 Minutes
All birds reported? Yes
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1 Spotted Dove
1 Large-tailed Nightjar
1 House Swift
1 Fire-tufted Barbet
1 Speckled Piculet
1 Silver-breasted Broadbill
2 Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike
2 Black-and-crimson Oriole
1 White-throated Fantail
2 Sultan Tit
1 Blue Nuthatch
2 Large Scimitar-Babbler
1 Marbled Wren-Babbler
1 Silver-eared Mesia
1 Asian Fairy-bluebird
1 Verditer Flycatcher
1 Lesser Shortwing
2 Malayan Whistling-Thrush
3 Slaty-backed Forktail
1 White-tailed Robin

Number of Taxa: 20

after the lunch , we have no luck till next day (raining) and we missed our the other easy target 🙁

for the 3 days birding , Dutch guest managed to have 35 lifers and MAIN target meet