with Australia guests , this report only cover up to Kinabatangan river .

for day 1 arrive Danum Valley , arrived Borneo Rainforest Lodge late evening. so we do not have much activity for today .

we join the night drive, managed to see Colugo , flying squirrel and Sambar deer .

Day 2 , we start our morning walk nearby lodge area .. Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker is the first endemic tick … very soon with Dusky Munia follow by both White-crowned Forktail & Chestnut-naped Forktail. Very soon , 4 Bornean Bristlehead spotted far but good and long view with scope so a big relief after got this special endemic

than nearby a Black-headed Pitta calling and very soon everyone got good view of the pitta too .. first Pitta of the tour 😀

a tough walk in the trail with leeches keep track us non stop .. we do heard Blue Banded Pitta, Rail-Babbler etc but too bad bird is slow compare to the leeches. Very soon, we decided to move out from the trail without got any view of those birds . 2 Trogons show us good view : Diard’s Trogon & Scarlet-rumped Trogon

with the afternoon visit fruiting tree, we had fruitful bulbuls … which include black and white bulbul .

while walking for other birds without going into the trail (scare of leeches) , but lucky we managed got another rare endemic .. Bornean Chestnut-necklaced Partridge

at night when we plan for night activity, too bad it start rain ~6pm until 11pm …

1 Chestnut-necklaced Partridge
3 Green Imperial-Pigeon
2 Raffles’s Malkoha
1 Whiskered Treeswift
1 Diard’s Trogon
3 Scarlet-rumped Trogon
1 Helmeted Hornbill — Heard from far
2 Rhinoceros Hornbill
5 Bushy-crested Hornbill
1 Blue-throated Bee-eater
1 Rufous Piculet
1 Gray-capped Woodpecker
1 Green Broadbill — Heard only
2 Banded Broadbill
2 Black-and-yellow Broadbill
2 Black-crowned Pitta
1 Blue-banded Pitta — Heard from far and not come close
2 Giant Pitta — Heard 2 birds loud at 2 location
3 Bornean Bristlehead
2 Spotted Fantail
1 Slender-billed Crow
1 Malaysian Rail-babbler — Heard only but not come close
1 Puff-backed Bulbul
2 Black-and-white Bulbul
2 Gray-bellied Bulbul
1 Cream-vented Bulbul
2 Red-eyed Bulbul
1 Spectacled Bulbul
4 Hairy-backed Bulbul
2 Gray-cheeked Bulbul
3 Yellow-bellied Bulbul
1 Buff-vented Bulbul
1 Streaked Bulbul
1 Chestnut-rumped Babbler
1 Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler
1 Chestnut-backed Scimitar-Babbler
1 Sooty-capped Babbler
2 Bornean Blue-Flycatcher
2 Verditer Flycatcher
1 White-crowned Forktail
2 Chestnut-naped Forktail
1 Rufous-chested Flycatcher
2 Greater Green Leafbird
2 Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker
1 Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker
1 Yellow-vented Flowerpecker
1 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
1 Bornean Spiderhunter
2 Dusky Munia

Day 2

We start our early birding just before light come in ,  we were lucky to saw 4 Orang Utan and a Straw-Headed Bulbul .. than our Targets look for more Pitta, wren-babblers etc ..

Again, soon we got Blue-Headed Pitta with clear view and picture ~10-20m

very soon , we also spotted Bornean Wren-Babbler and Black-throat Wren Babbler not far from the pitta

before rain hit, we were lucky to had Bornean Banded Kingfisher . too bad the male is way too high to get reasonable good picture ..

…. after dinner, rain stop and we decided to look for minimum one frogmouth or owl for the tour .. within 1km walk  and less than 10 seconds wait, the Large Frogmouth stand at the usual perch again for long for us to good view and pictures

1 Chestnut-necklaced Partridge
1 Red-naped Trogon
1 Helmeted Hornbill — Heard only
3 Banded Kingfisher
1 Blue-throated Bee-eater
2 Brown Barbet
1 Green Broadbill — Heard only
1 Black-and-yellow Broadbill
1 Dusky Broadbill
1 Black-crowned Pitta — Heard only
1 Giant Pitta — Heard at same location previous day
1 Blue-headed Pitta
2 Lesser Cuckooshrike
2 Black-naped Monarch
1 Black Magpie
1 Pacific Swallow
1 Black-and-white Bulbul
1 Straw-headed Bulbul
1 Scaly-breasted Bulbul
2 Gray-bellied Bulbul
1 Yellow-vented Bulbul
2 Red-eyed Bulbul
1 Spectacled Bulbul
2 Hairy-backed Bulbul
1 Finsch’s Bulbul
2 Gray-cheeked Bulbul
2 Buff-vented Bulbul
1 Streaked Bulbul
1 Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
1 Bold-striped Tit-Babbler
1 Rufous-fronted Babbler
1 Chestnut-rumped Babbler
1 Bornean Wren-Babbler
2 Striped Wren-Babbler
2 Black-throated Wren-Babbler
1 Rufous-crowned Babbler
1 Scaly-crowned Babbler
1 Horsfield’s Babbler
1 Sooty-capped Babbler
1 Asian Fairy-bluebird
1 Malaysian Blue-Flycatcher
1 Bornean Spiderhunter
1 Dusky Munia

Day 3

We still working hard for other pitta … but too bad we only able to see Black-Headed and Blue-Headed (flying) pitta .

but we still had good view Gold-faced Barbet, Maroon-breasted Philentoma, Thick-billed Spiderhunter and etc

only spent 3 hours, we need pack to leave …

3 Green Imperial-Pigeon — Flying
1 Helmeted Hornbill — Heard only
5 Wreathed Hornbill — Flying
1 Gold-faced Barbet
1 Buff-necked Woodpecker
1 Green Broadbill — Heard only
1 Blue-headed Pitta — Heard and saw it fly across road
2 Maroon-breasted Philentoma
1 Dark-throated Oriole
1 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
2 Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
1 Spectacled Bulbul
2 Finsch’s Bulbul
2 Gray-cheeked Bulbul
2 Buff-vented Bulbul
1 Chestnut-backed Scimitar-Babbler
2 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
2 Thick-billed Spiderhunter
1 Little Spiderhunter
4 Dusky Munia

drive ~4-5 hours, we decided stop by Gomantong Cave

walk to the cave and just before the entrance we meet Orang Utan again ! inside the cave see all the target swiftlets

1 Crested Serpent-Eagle
X Glossy Swiftlet
X Mossy-nest Swiftlet
X Black-nest Swiftlet
X White-nest Swiftlet
2 Rufous Piculet
2 Rufous-tailed Tailorbird

another ~2 hour drive , we reach Sukau… immediate we go birding to get more target

with limited time on boat ~ 1.5hours , we managed to have 5x hornbills , Storm’s Stork etc

before we drive back, beside proboscis monkey we also meet another Orang Utan

1 Storm’s Stork
1 Lesser Adjutant
1 Oriental Darter
2 Purple Heron
1 Crested Goshawk
2 Brahminy Kite
1 White-bellied Sea-Eagle
5 Green Imperial-Pigeon
4 White-crowned Hornbill
2 Rhinoceros Hornbill
2 Black Hornbill
X Oriental Pied-Hornbill
2 Wrinkled Hornbill
1 Stork-billed Kingfisher
1 bee-eater sp.
1 Dollarbird
1 Black-and-red Broadbill

Day 4

start early trip and hope for many species but rain came so we had to spend time in canteen instead .

without any big surprise , at night we try to get Brown Wood owl and Large Frogmouth again as both calling near our hotel

1 Storm’s Stork
1 Lesser Adjutant
1 Purple Heron
2 Little Egret
2 Crested Serpent-Eagle
2 Bat Hawk
1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle
1 Wallace’s Hawk-Eagle
1 Lesser Fish-Eagle
2 Little Green-Pigeon
2 Pink-necked Pigeon
2 Greater Coucal
1 Raffles’s Malkoha
1 Red-billed Malkoha
1 Chestnut-breasted Malkoha
1 Fork-tailed/Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
1 Glossy Swiftlet
1 White-crowned Hornbill
7 Bushy-crested Hornbill
3 Black Hornbill
1 Wreathed Hornbill
1 Blue-eared Kingfisher
1 Blue-throated Bee-eater
1 Rufous Piculet
2 Rufous Woodpecker
1 Buff-rumped Woodpecker
1 Orange-backed Woodpecker
5 White-fronted Falconet
5 Long-tailed Parakeet
4 Black-and-red Broadbill
1 Hooded Pitta
4 Bornean Bristlehead
2 Common Iora
2 Malaysian Pied-Fantail
1 Black-naped Monarch
2 Ashy Tailorbird
1 White-chested Babbler
1 Oriental Magpie-Robin
3 Malaysian Blue-Flycatcher
2 Common Hill Myna
2 Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
1 Plain-throated Sunbird (Brown-throated)
2 Crimson Sunbird
1 Dusky Munia

Day 5

only morning birding without anything what we hope for 🙁

1 Chestnut-breasted Malkoha
6 Oriental Pied-Hornbill
1 Blue-eared Kingfisher
1 Stork-billed Kingfisher
2 Brown Barbet
1 Slender-billed Crow
1 Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
1 White-chested Babbler
1 Plain Sunbird

I am leaving the group and it continue to RDC and KNP ..

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