Chloropseidae series : Leafbird | 绿叶鸟科 | liewwk Nature – 4 [update 20260922]

Green leafbird, as name mention.. mostly greenish look like leaf

1. Bornean leafbird, 婆罗洲叶鹎, 婆羅洲葉鵯, Chloropsis kinabaluensis, ボルネオコノハドリ, BURUNG-DAUN KINABALU

2. Greater Green Leafbird, 大绿叶鹎, 大綠葉鵯, Chloropsis sonnerati, オオコノハドリ, BURUNG-DAUN BESAR

3. Lesser Green Leafbird, 小绿叶鹎, 小綠葉鵯, Chloropsis cyanopogon, コノハドリ, BURUNG-DAUN KECIL

4. Orange-bellied Leafbird, 橙腹叶鹎, 橙腹葉鵯,Chloropsis hardwickii, アカハラコノハドリ, BURUNG-DAUN PERUT JINGGA

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1. Bornean leafbird, 婆罗洲叶鹎, 婆羅洲葉鵯, Chloropsis kinabaluensis, ボルネオコノハドリ, BURUNG-DAUN KINABALU

– lovely leafbird, and this is Borneo Endemic , both male and female lovely beautiful ..

update 202609

Most of our standard tours, time is always tight when searching for Borneo’s sub-montane endemics. However, during this special customized trip, we managed to spot nearly all of our target endemic species. A major highlight was this lovely Bornean Leafbird, which dropped down exceptionally low for an incredible view.

在大多数常规行程中，我们在寻找婆罗洲亚高山特有鸟种时的可用时间都非常有限。但在这次特殊的定制行程中，我们成功观赏到了几乎所有目标特有种。其中包括这只可爱的婆罗洲叶鹎（Chloropsis kinabaluensis），它特地飞到了非常低的枝头，为我们带来绝佳的观赏机会。

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update 202509

It’s not a rare Borneo endemic, but it’s always tricky to photograph since it usually feeds high up or blends in so well that it’s hard to spot.

We were lucky this time—after a long wait, a few of them came down low to feed, giving us a great chance to enjoy and capture this special Bornean species.

这不是稀有的婆罗洲特有种，但总是很难拍到好照片，因为它们通常在高处觅食，或者伪装得很好、不容易发现。

这次我们很幸运，等了很久后，有几只飞下来觅食，让我们有机会近距离欣赏并拍下这婆罗洲特有鸟类的美丽身影。

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update 202402

– after lunch, continue our search and this bird sudden come down low gave everyone very good rather a common “butt” view

– 吃完午饭后，继续我们的找鸟。突然这鸟下来好低，通常都是高高在上。

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update 202309

– a last visit to Trusmadi

Borneo Bird Photography Outing at Borneo Jungle Girl camp …

this special and lovaly leafbird is quite easy to photograph here. Beautiful as usual and feeding with katydid

– 在丛林女孩营地（沙巴）拍这蛮不容易见到的鸟还是容易的。还要看到他捉到食物。

update 2020 Aug

Bornean leafbird, 婆罗洲叶鹎, 婆羅洲葉鵯, Chloropsis kinabaluensis,ボルネオコノハドリ, BURUNG-DAUN KINABALU

update 2017 Oct 2

2. Greater Green Leafbird, 大绿叶鹎, 大綠葉鵯, Chloropsis sonnerati, オオコノハドリ, BURUNG-DAUN BESAR

– common lowland leafbird

– sometime got confuse with lesser, easier check with the female

update 2018 Jan 30

3. Lesser Green Leafbird, 小绿叶鹎, 小綠葉鵯, Chloropsis cyanopogon, コノハドリ, BURUNG-DAUN KECIL

update 202607

An incredible morning out in the field! A small bird flock descended low enough for us to capture some wonderful shots, including this lovely male leafbird.

Their brilliant emerald plumage provides exceptional camouflage deep within the canopy. While the male sports a distinct black face mask, the female does not. Interestingly, when it comes to distinguishing between the Greater Green Leafbird and the Lesser Green Leafbird, identifying the females is actually much easier.

这是一个美好的早晨，一小群鸟儿低飞俯冲，为我们提供了绝佳的拍摄机会，其中包括这只十分迷人的雄性叶鹎。

它们鲜艳的翠绿色羽毛在茂密的树冠中形成了极佳的伪装。雄鸟带有显著的黑色面罩，而雌鸟则没有。不过，若要分辨大绿叶鹎与小绿叶鹎，通过观察雌鸟其实更容易进行识别。

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update 202409

– while migrating my data to bigger hardisc, process some pictures … this is one of good looking “green” bird when look it low it is simply beautiful

– 在搬我的照片到另一个储存硬碟。处理一些我喜欢的照片，这一张是我夜蛮喜欢。好几只鸟都下来很低，近距离看。这鸟好漂亮啊。

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update 202402

– a rushing and long day1, after main target ticked… while leaving saw few birds stay near the flower … decided make a quick stop and luck with us few leafbirds, little cuckoo dove come close for good view

– 忙碌，非常长的第一天。拿下主要目标后就赶着去下个点，看到这花附近停了好几只鸟就停下来也拿下好几只鸟。

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Lesser green leafbird, 小绿叶鹎,小綠葉鵯, Chloropsis cyanopogon, コノハドリ, BURUNG-DAUN KECIL

4. Orange-bellied Leafbird, 橙腹叶鹎, 橙腹葉鵯,Chloropsis hardwickii, アカハラコノハドリ, BURUNG-DAUN PERUT JINGGA

– the green bird with orange front

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August 27, 2017April 28, 2026

Pityriasidae: Bornean Bristlehead | 婆罗洲棘毛伯劳 | liewwk Nature [update 20260428]

a rare and beautiful monotypic Borneo endemic, always canopy level so never got a chance to have a good picture .. last week, finally, it came down slightly lower for feeding.

1. Bornean Bristlehead, 棘毛伯勞, 棘头鵙, Pityriasis gymnocephala, ブタゲモズ, TIUNG-BATU KEPALA MERAH

– very special lowland Borneo endemic.
– overall black under and back. on top Red-Yellow-orange
– won’t miss the call as very weird calling
– male without red flanks where the female has

– 非常特別的婆羅洲特有種。
– 下半身都黑。頭頸部，紅-橙黃。
– 叫聲很特別。吵，有像狗叫。

update 202604

Continuing our birdwatching journey from Peninsular Malaysia to Borneo, we took a short break at the islands near Kota Kinabalu before heading to Danum Valley. Two of our guests were particularly hoping to see the Bornean Bristlehead, a unique endemic species. On our way to Borneo Rainforest Lodge (BRL), we were delayed slightly by a flat tyre. Before meeting our BRL guide, we made a few stops. We were fortunate enough to spot a White-fronted Falconet. Shortly after, I thought I heard the call of a Bristlehead. After waiting a few moments, the bird appeared incredibly close to us, making for a truly lucky encounter.

我们继续从马来半岛前往婆罗洲的观鸟之旅，在哥打京那巴鲁附近的岛屿结束轻松的行程后，我们出发前往丹农谷。其中两位客人特别希望能见到婆罗洲特有鸟种——棘头鵙。在前往婆罗洲热带雨林旅馆（BRL）的途中，我们的车辆因爆胎耽误了一点时间。在与BRL导游汇合之前，我们进行了几次短暂停留。非常幸运的是，我们看到了白额隼。随后，我听到了微弱的棘头鵙叫声（起初还怀疑是否听错），但稍作等待后，它们真的出现了，而且离我们非常近。

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Previous guests had recorded this bird, and this revisit was focused on some other targets along with this lovely Borneo endemic. Since it is currently the off-season with very few sightings, we were under pressure to find one. However, on our second day at the Rainforest Discovery Centre (RDC), we were lucky enough to spot it perched quite low. We enjoyed several great views before it flew off. Truly a lovely encounter.

先前到访的宾客曾记录过这种鸟。这次旧地重返，除了其他目标鸟种外，我们也包含了这只可爱的婆罗洲特有种。由于目前并非旺季，目击记录极少，这让我们在寻找时倍感压力。所幸在热带雨林探索中心（RDC）的第二天，我们非常幸运地发现它停栖在较低的位置。在它飞离消失之前，我们得以近距离观察了好几次。真是令人愉悦的邂逅。

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update 202506

Such an exciting moment! After a long silence, this bird suddenly called out loudly—everyone was thrilled to spot it and watch it for a while. Then, to our surprise, three more showed up! What an amazing way to spend a hot afternoon.

多么令人兴奋的时刻！沉寂许久后，这只鸟突然大声鸣叫——大家都非常激动，兴奋地观赏了一段时间。更惊喜的是，随后又出现了另外三只！在炎热的下午能遇到这样的场景，真是太美妙了！

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update 202412

Another great moment 2024—after missing this bird at RDC, we were fortunate to encounter it up close and low on our way to Danum Valley. It made quite a lot of noise, even while feeding on insects.

2024又一个美好的瞬间——在RDC错过了这只鸟后，我们很幸运在前往达南谷的路上近距离且低处看到了它。即使在捕食昆虫时，它也发出了不少声音。

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update 202410

– a “Black-red” bird that normally moving in group making noisy sound. A bird that everyone wish to see while in Borneo.

– Just another picture to clear, one of the best moment to see it low and still while feeding a katydid

– 一直黑红的鸟，通常群体活动+叫的很吵。来婆罗洲每个鸟人都想看的鸟，虽然不稀有可是还是很靠运气看到他。

– 太多照片要处理，再不处理R3的没机会上场了。。。这是今年最好的一次遇上它。站的蛮低+停了很久吃东西。

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– one of bird that not so rare but just need luck to be see one. Lucky guests have very good view even may not good chance to have good picture this round …

– 来婆罗洲的其中最希望拍到的鸟之一。这一次摄影老师们有点运气，我来个换换点看。竟然让我们拍到这一只鸟，虽然还是高高的。可是运气还是非常好了。

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update 202409

– on progress trying DXO, but seem not every situation better than current Adobe Noise Reduction and Topaz .. but in some case it work much better ..

– anyhow, last tour .. we sight this bird 3 times at different locations (2xDanum Valley and 1x Tabin)

– 在测试DXO ，在我的过去2个月的一些照片。几乎大部分都除噪的较自然，可是还是很多情况还是需要用回之前的ADOBE AI， TOPAZ

– 在上一个团，竟然遇上这鸟3次（3个点）太幸运了。

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update 202408

– finally back from a stress tour, leading 10 (2 cannot make it ) for 3 special monotypic families, we spend 2.5 days for this.. Everyone seem tired but still patient for the process of waiting and looking (thanks for the trust) finally we have very good view of this Borneo endemic for ~2-3 minutes low … lucky group also managed to record 200+ birds (only lowland forest and some amazing species)

– 终于完毕了。这次特别鸟团。这一只是我们3只（棘毛伯勞，冠鸦，白眉长颈鸫）里最麻烦一只。虽然用了2天多，可是还是拿下，还占了很久+低。谢谢大家的信任。最后也在10天团里拿下200+种（都在低海拔）

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update 202406

– we had some hard time to have this main target at RDC due to just very short stop over. Everyone seem stress while we arrive Danum Valley with heavy rain … but lucky with rain slow down and we stop a quick birding .. and not that long, we have good view of the bird ! with some flying action too (may be due to raining)

– 我们在西必洛太短时间。几乎没办法找到这婆罗洲行之主要目标。当我们到丹浓谷时，还要下大雨。大家都非常压力，包括我。可是当雨小下来后。我们的第一停，就看到这鸟然后还下起雨来。可能下雨关系，这鸟还要飞来飞去表演般。

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update 202405

– just another close encounter of this bird, sometime just need some luck for this wonderful looking bird.

– 另一次的近距离拍摄这鸟。

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update 202404

– a wonderful group and trip, even begin with little bit problem where Indonesia Mount Ruang eruption cause us reach Borneo with little be delay .. and group decided travel to Kuala Lumpur than direct to Sabah.

– we start ours day with Spotted Wood Owl and Dusky eagle owl .. follow with many good birds and today we had one of the highly wanted target .. 7 birds show up after 1 day search and day 2 early morning gave us very good picture opportunity

– 非常幸运的一组人，开始就麻烦多多。火山爆发。客人从婆罗洲决定到吉隆坡再飞沙巴。在吉隆坡的一天，我们拿下点斑林鸮，乌雕鸮河红树林八色鸫。过了好几美好的几天拍了130+种好鸟。今天再拿下这一只主要目标。到这第一天几乎没听到这鸟，第二天一大早尽然就高高看到第一只。大家的耐心让我们等来7只，有2-3只还下来很低。让大家拍好好。

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update 202402

– sometime it is just luck, patient will bring luck … patient ……..

– a very special bird of Borneo

– 有时运气时非常重要的，耐心会给你带来运气的。。。。耐心。。。

– 这鸟很特别哦

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update 202401

– a very good start of 2024, a main target to be photograph of this beautiful canopy bird came down quite good level for photograph. All of us with good smile after first sighting than follow with even lower for 2nd sighting …

– 2024 号的开始，客人主要目标。站的蛮地，大家都笑了。可是第二天再次见到它。站的更低。

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update 202305

– It had been lucky day, while driving we saw a beautiful Blyth’s Paradise-Flycatcher and decided to make a stop. I hard some weird call, but everyone seem interested on the flycatcher as we already seen the Bristlehead. But one of the guest just spot it and they are low and nearby. Bingo ! The lucky just continue, the car opposite us told us there are many elephant on the road !!!, we just stop looking at the Bristlehead and drive for the Elephant and we did see ~12 of them and this is 2^nd sight for the Borneo pygmy elephant

– 非常幸运的一天，还以为只是坐车到目的地后就休息。希望在路程可以看些普普通通的鸟就过了这么一天。可是，在半路中我看到了中南寿带。就停了下来，客人们都看到高高兴兴的。可是我听到奇怪的声音，我说可能是棘头鵙。可是他们都没什么兴趣，因为大家都看过了。可是在找寿带间，其中一位客人尽然看到了好几只棘头鵙就在不高/远处。就让我拍下来了。可是我们的运气还是很好，对头车。让我们知道前方尽然有象！我们二话不说立刻前往，也第二次看到婆羅洲侏儒象

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– a Borneo trip without Birstlehead, it going to be tough. We were worry so much but what a good view for everyone 2 times and low and near !!! lucky, as no one actually ask when we going to see the bird. everyone patient and with patient and luck we seen this one and immediate after with Pygmy Elephant !

– 婆罗洲行没看到这鸟，会觉得很对不起客人。这次非常幸运的客人，看了2次都很低+久。第2次还要拍了这鸟后立刻看到象！幸运+耐心。

update 202211

– a lucky day to heard and seen this bird in the early morning. Target Ticked.

– but raining coming everyday make ours plan just screw

– 幸运与天时。一大早遇上这么好的鸟，可是雨终是下不停啊。

update 202210

– not really active like last few weeks ago, but only can see it bit far away but still one of the star bird to been see

– 比起几个星期以来。不很活跃。虽然有点远，可是客人们还是看的高兴的

update 202208

– even it is very active recently but luck still needed to have this bird. After a day searching for it (half a day raining). Finally heard and found this bird to make our day

– 虽然，近来都非常活跃。可是我们也用了一天（后半天都下雨）找这家伙。非常幸运，吃饭前我还是决定要多走一段小路。尽然让我听到它的叫声，很快的就找到他了。客人们都非常高兴。

update 202207

– what a lucky group who got this bird in close (~10 feet) feeding with various food.

– a very special Borneo endemic which almost all birders #1 target. But for the lucky photography group, after Whitehead’s Trogon, Broadbill, Fruithunter, Bulwer’s Pheasant, Black-crowned Pitta and many more follow by this with real good moment and pictures. (and not the end yet with better endemic after this)

– 非常幸运的客人，看到这鸟2次还在近距离见这鸟吃东西还拍下很好的一些照片。

– 除了这每个鸟人的主打鸟，在这前还近距离拍到

黑头八色鸫，灰胸咬鹃，黑喉绿阔嘴鸟，食果鸫, 鳞背鹇等。

– 客人的运气还没完，这鸟后还拍到另几种婆罗洲稀有特有种

update 202101

update 2020 May 11

update 2020 May 8

Bornean bristlehead, 棘毛伯勞,Pityriasis gymnocephala, ブタゲモズ, Burung Jambul

update 2018 June 13
lucky guests 2018 May have this amazing bird for so good view for more than 20min

update 2017 Aug 27

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June 11, 2017March 23, 2021

endemicguides Birds Report – Borneo 1-6 June 2017

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 ..

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May 27, 2017March 23, 2021

Whiskered pitta , Philippines Endemic

afters years , am back for another rare endemic for Philippines …

with few guests and friends … we managed to got the target early in the morning with super good view and pictures .

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October 14, 2016March 23, 2021

Borneo Whitehead’s trio endemic

3 out of the borneo endemic , whitehead’s trio always main target for birders … we were lucky to photograph all 3 whitehead’s which include Spiderhunter, broadbill & Trogon by 2016 sept.

the beautiful colors of the trio attract attention easily

1. Whitehead’s Spiderhunter , 怀氏捕蛛鸟 [Arachnothera juliae]

Nectariniidae series: Spiderhunter | 太阳鸟科: 捕蛛鸟 | liewwk Nature – 10 [update 20240306]

2. Whitehead’s Broadbill, 綠懷特黑氏寬闊嘴 [Calyptomena whiteheadi]

Eurylaimidae series: Broadbill | 阔嘴鸟科 | liewwk Nature – 9 [update 20240320]

3. Whitehead’s trogon,灰胸咬鹃 [Harpactes whiteheadi]

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September 16, 2016October 11, 2016

endemicguides Birds Report – 2016 Sept Borneo

We had USA guests spend 9 days in Borneo from KNP, RDC, Sukau to Danum Valley … good trip, we managed to records ~250 birds and some highlights

1. Giant Pitta for few rounds

2. Bornean bristlehead

3. all Borneo Hornbills

4. Whitehead broadbills

5. Whitehead Spiderhunter

6. Large Frogmouth

7. Black Headed Pitta

8. Bornean Wren-Babbler

9. Bornean Banded Kingfisher

10. Black-throat Wren-Babbler

etc

we have tired walking and river cruise day and light …. lets start sharing some pictures that I managed to capture . (will be slowly update here due to tired to run through all the pictures )

update 2016 Oct 11

Whitehead’s Broadbill, 綠懷特黑氏寬闊嘴

– another endemic for Borneo

update 2016 Sept 25

– a bird we found in a night walk

large frogmouth, 大蟆口鸱 , Batrachostomus auritus

update 2016 Sept 19

– striped wren-babbler, 纹鹪鹛

a beautiful and singing good wren-babbler

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Pellorneidae series: Wren-Babbler | 雀眉科: 鹪鹛 | liewwk Nature 9-2 [update 20240324]

update 2016 Sept 17

– it look different in term of color and size

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update 2016 Sept 16

– when I first found it .. it fly like a raptor !!!! and we found 3 birds keep surrounding us and guests say .. ohhhh may I have other pitta rather than this ? 😀

– it occasion came down to ground this time

– Bornean Wren-Babbler · Ptilocichla leucogrammica

a good find on last day .. moving fast just like other Wren-Babbler

we have more birds cover for either bird watching or photography but not all birds we have pictures from guests or capture by us ..

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June 15, 2016July 10, 2016

endemicguides Birds Report – 2016 Jun 12-15

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

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June 30, 2015March 23, 2021

Dulit Frogmouth a rare Borneo Endemic ..

I was lucky to visit , monitor, study and capture another rare Borneo Endemic , Dulit Frogmouth . A real great tour which need to transit flights, 4 wheel, walking over the bamboo bridge ..

我是幸运的见到/观察另一种罕见婆罗洲特有，Dulit Frogmouth。另一很充满挑战的拍摄，这需要中转航班，4轮，过竹桥..

update 201910

still clearing my old pictures .. 2018

I also have Frought mouth collection here

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Falconidae series: Falconet, Falcon | 隼科 | liewwk Nature – 3-1 [update 20260528]

Falconet, the smallest bird of prey … it moves fast and stands high …

Malaysia only has 2 Falconet :

1. Black-thighed falconet, 黑腿小隼, Microhierax fringillarius, モモグロヒメハヤブサ, RAJAWALI-BELALANG MELAYU

2. White-fronted Falconet, 白额小隼, 白額小隼, Microhierax latifrons, ボルネオヒメハヤブサ, RAJAWALI-BELALANG DAHI PUTIH

[Bornean Falconet, 婆罗洲小隼，婆羅洲小隼]

3. Peregrine Falcon, 游隼, 遊隼, Falco peregrinus, バアバリアハヤブサ, RAJAWALI KEMBARA

3i. Peregrine Falcon (Indo-Pacific), 游隼, 遊隼, Falco peregrinus ernesti, バアバリアハヤブサ, RAJAWALI KEMBARA TROPIKA

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101. Collared Forest-Falcon, 领林隼, 領林隼, Micrastur semitorquatus, クビワモリハヤブサ

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1. Black-thighed falconet, 黑腿小隼, Microhierax fringillarius, モモグロヒメハヤブサ,RAJAWALI-BELALANG MELAYU

– normally stand on top of dry tree

– move fast and prey dragonflies, small insects

update 202502

The female remained in the same position for days, made a brief stop, and was quite vocal. Eventually, the male arrived, and the mating session took place—it was a lengthy one, lasting over two minutes in total.

雌

雌性在同一个位置停留了几天，短暂停留后发出了很大的声音。最终，雄性出现并进行交配，这次交配时间较长，整体持续了超过两分钟。

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update 202411

– The only species in Peninsular Malaysia which also one of the world’s smallest raptors, often seen perched high, watching for prey.

– While testing the new Canon R1’s Pre-continuous Shooting and AF performance, I captured one of many frames. I’ll share more from the full sequence in the near future.

– 在马来西亚半岛唯一的物种，同时也是世界上最小的猛禽之一，经常被看到栖息在高处，观察猎物。

在测试新款佳能 R1 的连续预拍摄和自动对焦性能时，我捕捉到了众多画面中的一个。不久后我会分享更多完整的拍摄序列。

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update 202402

– it came so close, have a close view and low view for this bird just simply awesome. lovely

– 这鸟下来太低了。在这么好角度看，这鸟太漂亮了。

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update 202211

– lovely morning with lovely small raptor.

– 美好的每一天。这小猛禽还是很可爱。

update 202206

– months monitor the cute little raptor, finally fledged

– captured with the pre-production camera and lens

– 几个月的观察，这小猛禽终于出巢了。

– 摄于这套富士的工程机。

update 202103

– one of the smallest raptor of the world and it fly real fast

– 世界上最小的猛禽之一。飛的很快。

update 202101

- feeding a bird? lucky to see this world's smallest raptor feeding and show some face rection 

世界最小猛禽，在吃小鳥？

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update 2020 Aug

update 2015 Feb 25

black-thighed falconet 黑腿小隼 “Microhierax fringillarius”

2. White-fronted Falconet, 白额小隼, 白額小隼, Microhierax latifrons, ボルネオヒメハヤブサ, RAJAWALI-BELALANG DAHI PUTIH

[Bornean Falconet, 婆罗洲小隼，婆羅洲小隼]

– special to East-North Borneo Endemic

– almost same behavior of black-thighed falconet, small, stand high

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update 202605

This bird is the White-fronted Falconet (Microhierax latifrons). It is indeed a Bornean endemic, with its range almost entirely restricted to the northern and eastern parts of the island, primarily within Sabah.

Interestingly, while you mentioned a “bright rufous” forehead, this is actually a key identification feature for females and juveniles of this species; adult males have a pure white forehead.

沙巴最特别的鸟类之一！白额小隼（White-fronted Falconet）是婆罗洲特有种，其分布范围几乎仅限于岛屿东北部的沙巴地区。

虽然它们是凶猛的猛禽，但正面看向我们时，那酷似熊猫的脸庞显得格外呆萌。我们非常有幸地目击到了一个六只小隼组成的家族：其中包括两只成鸟和四只幼鸟(额头上都带有该品种标志性的鲜艳棕红色)。

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update 202508

It was a hot afternoon, and we were just trying our luck to see some target species—nothing came close. But we were lucky to spot this Borneo endemic. Even though it wasn’t the best angle, we’re still happy to see it.

这是一个炎热的下午，我们只是碰碰运气看能不能遇到目标鸟种，但一直没有鸟靠近。幸运的是，这只婆罗洲特有种出现了，虽然角度不是最好，但能看到它还是很开心。

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update 202405

– a very tiny special Endemic of Sabah. Cute and normal stand high up to look for prey

– another lucky came to this spot normally just for “bird seeing” which the small bird just stand 30-40m above from ground .. but when we arrive and looking for this bird just for bird watch. But after I walk around, I call everyone down it is low !!!! and 2 together ..

– 非常小，可爱的特别的沙巴特有种。通常站高高为了看猎物。

– 这一次，因为迟了行程。没办法的到看鸟的点看看这鸟。拍个记录，可是当我走下车找这鸟时。看到一对战的非常的很不错，立刻叫大家下来。

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update 202309

– it is weird this bird seem disappear from all common sites, especially almost not found at Danum Valley BRL, Kinabatangan River and etc… but this family found quite near to KK town ..any how, due to location, not all visit can be make there but for last special targets tour. We special arrange to be there and award with 2 in one frame

– 疫情后，很奇怪。这鸟几乎消失在之前的鸟点。在几个蛮出名的森林保护区都不容易见到。可是，几个比较稳的点都在城市/小镇附近。因为地点问题，我们不是每次都会去看/拍这鸟。这一次，特别目标鸟图包含这只小猛禽。我们特别安排时间去拍。去到不久就看到2只站一起的画面。。。。。。

update 202305

– after missed the Crimson-Headed partridge at common spot (after wait of ~1 hour), decided to continue to KNP and found this lovely tiny raptor. only with 500mm so it is a bit heavy crop but love to see it doing good and with lovely butterfly

– 在普通的红头林鹧鸪点等了～1个小时，鸟没出现。我们直上神山，幸运的我们尽然看到这鸟捉了蝴蝶去喂小孩。因为没准备好，只用了500 焦段。裁截了蛮多的。

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– it is surprise to see it at this elevation again and this time not that high up at canopy, but backlit with quite a lot of shadow and highlight recovery.

– very cute bird as usual. look like a Panda

– 第二次在这么高海拔见到它还要站的不是太高。。可是背光太厉害，后期用了点时间。

– 非常可爱的小熊猫。

update 2020 Oct

update 2017 Sept 7

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3. Peregrine Falcon, 游隼, 遊隼, Falco peregrinus, バアバリアハヤブサ, RAJAWALI KEMBARA

– fastest bird of the world

– Found across the globe; considerable plumage variation across subspecies

(ebird)

update 202104

– we were actually searching the shorebirds near the beach and all of sudden all birds take off and we found this world’s faster bird dive down and trying to hunt the Lesser Sand Plover but it failed… and again it trying to hunt for another 2x Curlew Sandpiper but it failed again and leave without any success.

– it really dives down and flying all direction fast and make many frames out of focus. It can reach over 320 km/h while diving for hunting.

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrine_falcon

– 我们在看水鸟。突然间，全部鸟都起飞。我们看到这世界上飞最快的鸟来了个突袭可是连捕捉3只鸟都不成功。

– 这鸟飞的真快。我又用了较长的焦段，错过很多很好的一幕。在追捕猎物时，速度可以到达 320km/h.

update 202012

3i. Peregrine Falcon (Indo-Pacific), 游隼, 遊隼, Falco peregrinus ernesti, バアバリアハヤブサ, RAJAWALI KEMBARA TROPIKA

– a rufous front, almost full dark head

update 202110

101. Collared Forest-Falcon, 领林隼, 領林隼, Micrastur semitorquatus, クビワモリハヤブサ

update 202604

This is a truly unique falcon. It has a very fixed routine when leaving its nest. We visited twice, and it followed the exact same method and path both times. It is absolutely amazing to see. This was my first time learning that falcons can nest in tree holes.

这是一只长相奇特的隼。它出巢的路线非常固定。我们去了两次，它都以同样的方式和路径出现。真是太神奇了。这也是我第一次知道隼会在树洞里筑巢。

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August 13, 2014March 23, 2021

Pitta Collection , Malaysia all 12 species | 八色鶇全馬來西亞12種| liewwk Nature

pitta – a bird normally long leg, short tailed, hopping around on forest floor for food , shy ….

many of the bird photographers just enjoy this bird very much and spend years, months, days, hours .. stay inside hide just to view, photograph this forest gem ..

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八色鸫 – 通常都长脚，短尾，害羞的在森林的地面，到处乱窜乱跳的找食物…

我们观/拍鸟人都很喜爱这种鸟。有些更会用上几年/月/星期/天躲在帐篷里等它的出现 ….

1. giant pitta,大蓝八色鸫

update 2018 Oct 4

update 2018 Aug 24

another good found, birds nearby there for months .. just need patient and luck to see it

update 2016 Oct 1

– one of my favor … saw how it behave different

2. Rusty-naped pitta 栗头八色鸫

update 2016 Oct 1

update 2015 Nov 17

3. Hooded pitta, 绿胸八色鸫 (Borneo)

update 2020 May 19

Hooded pitta, 綠胸八色鶇, Pitta sordida,ズグロヤイロチョウ,Burung Pacat Hijau

update 2020 May 18

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4. Mangrove Pitta, 红树八色鸫

update 2020 May 23

Mangrove Pitta, 紅樹八色鶇,Pitta megarhyncha, マングローブヤイロチョウ, Burung Pacat Bakau,

update 2020 Jan 16

a missing or shy “Kuala Lumpur Mangrove Pitta” for almost whole year 2019 birding season … it finally return 2020 hope the small left over Mangrove can be protect for it