Caprimulgidae series : Nightjar | 夜鹰科 | liewwk Nature – 5 [update 20240919]

another nocturnal bird, nightjar is another bird that have most activities in night .. 

1. Great Eared-Nightjar, 毛腿夜鹰 , 毛腿夜鷹, Lyncornis macrotis, オオミミヨタカ, TAPTIBAU BESAR

2. Savanna Nightjar, 林夜鹰, 林夜鷹, Caprimulgus affinis, シロアゴヨタカ, TUKANG PADANG

3. Large-tailed Nightjar, 长尾夜鹰, 長尾夜鷹, Caprimulgus macrurus, オビロヨタカ, TUKANG BIASA

4. Gray Nightjar, 普通夜鹰, 普通夜鷹, Caprimulgus jotaka, ヨタカ, TUKANG KELABU TIMUR

5. Malaysian Eared-Nightjar, 马来毛腿夜鹰, 馬來毛腿夜鷹, Lyncornis temminckii, Lyncornis temminckii, ミミヨタカ, TAPTIBAU MELAYU

 

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101. Great Eared-Nightjar, 毛腿夜鹰 , 毛腿夜鷹, Lyncornis macrotis, オオミミヨタカ, TAPTIBAU BESAR

102. Sulawesi Nightjar, 苏拉威西夜鹰, 蘇拉威西夜鷹, Caprimulgus celebensis, スラウェシヨタカ, Cabak Sulawesi

 

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– a big bird that with 2 up ear  ~41cm

update 202310

– re-edit old pictures with new denoise here is 3 pictures sample – no denoise, Topaz & Adobe Photoshop Raw denoise. it is captured dusk & dawn which is very limited light

– 从新整理旧的照片,看新的除燥点。过了这么多年还有差吗。这是下午很迟时拍,或早上很早。光不够时拍的。

201707, Penang, Malaysia

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update 2020 April 22

Great Eared-Nightjar , 毛腿夜鷹, Lyncornis macrotis, オオミミヨタカ, Burung Taptibau Besar

update 2017 Aug 2

how this bird calling

2. Savanna Nightjar, 林夜鹰, 林夜鷹, Caprimulgus affinis, シロアゴヨタカ, TUKANG PADANG

– pretty common at open land , urban area

update 2018 March 5

 

3. Large-tailed Nightjar, 长尾夜鹰, 長尾夜鷹, Caprimulgus macrurus, オビロヨタカ, TUKANG BIASA

– widespread Malaysia .. easily found near edge of forest or urban area with some opening

update 202409

– it is a lucky sight, day roost of this common night bird just near the restaurant. It stay quiet and doesn’t move at all.

– 马来西亚蛮普通的夜鸟。多么不可思议,这鸟在我们餐厅旁休息。动都不动。

202404, RDC, Sepilok, Sabah

 

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update 202311

– while we waiting target birds, trying to search this bird and very soon saw it sit there so open. So rare ?

– 在等我们目标鸟时,在附近找找。很快就找到这么一只。朋友讲很稀有?

202311, Selangor, Malaysia

 

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update 202303

– a last location before a 8 days “raining” tour. decided to go to the grassland. the common Savanna seem missing. few of this seem roost at quite open area.

– 8天团。几乎可以讲“雨团”。最后一天到这找林夜鹰,可是不知道为什么。没找到。(前一晚一看到了)。可是这只较少见的,好几只睡在路边。

20230305, Pulau Indah, Selangor, Malaysia

update 202204

– I am sleeping ? not moving does not mean I don’t know what happen

– lucky to have Nocturnal bird in morning …

– 我是睡觉?真的什么都不知道?

– 幸运的又遇上这夜鹰。

202204, Selangor, Malaysia

 

update 202203

– casual morning and found this common Nocturnal. I assume she see me ..

– 轻松的早上。遇上了这普通的夜鹰。它应该看到我吧。

202203, Pulau Indah, Selangor, Malaysia

 

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4. Gray Nightjar, 普通夜鹰, 普通夜鷹, Caprimulgus jotaka, ヨタカ, TUKANG KELABU TIMUR

 

– small bird

– common winter visitor (Dec – March)

update 202112

– a day-roosting Nightjar always a good subject to photograph but they know we found it. eye open to monitor us

– 早上的夜鹰是很好的模特儿。虽然站远,可是他还是看到我们。

202112, Selangor, Malaysia

 

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5. Malaysian Eared-Nightjar, 马来毛腿夜鹰, 馬來毛腿夜鷹, Lyncornis temminckii, Lyncornis temminckii, ミミヨタカ, TAPTIBAU MELAYU

– a pretty common at few spot where can see it flying but not easy to find one perch one

update 202310

– arrived owling location earlier, trying for this nightjar .. and YES , it flying really low but today weather just bad .. ISO already up 32000 .. but show the CANON R3 no problem to focus and track .. .. hihi someone Z9 not focus 😀

– 到达拍猫头鹰点早了。试试这夜鹰。可是天气蛮差,没什么光线。去到ISO32000.. 佳能R3 对焦追焦都没问题。(hi hi,Z9没办法追到)

202310, Selangor, Malaysia

update 202305

– a lucky group have a close and low view of this bird before dusk. lovely loud call nightjar

– 幸运的客人,尽然遇上这鸟飞低还要没到夕阳时间就飞来飞去。

202305, Selangor, Malaysia

update 202302

– early morning, meet up this good bird. a wonderful bird. saw it roosting and calling in a bushes. But do not want waste time on this. continue birding .. and after lunch whole forest is quiet decide have check in the bushed and found it with big eye open.

– 一大早,一下车就看到这么一只好鸟。很近的。还看到他飞进灌木丛内。可是天亮了,赶看其他鸟,没进去找它。吃完午饭后,森林很静。决定找找,很快的就找到它,还要大大眼睛看着我。

20230216, Lenggor, Johor, Malaysia

update 202209

– a lovely bird to close our first day of the tour. loud and big birds flying above our head

– 荷兰来的客人第一天。以这鸟结束。5-6只在漂亮夕阳与我们头上飞来飞去。

202209, Selangor, Malaysia

update 202112

– a very cute nightjar with very loud call

– 非常可爱的夜鹰,叫声非常响亮。

202007, Johor, Malaysia

update 2020 Jul

a 2 day bird photography trip, this is 1st bird because of target didnt show up. All my gang excited because I told them it will roost “here” for this rare lifer for them .. it stand long for us back, front and close pictures before we leave it alone …
兩天攝鳥行,這是第一只鳥。主要應為,目標鳥沒出現。 當我說這鳥會在“這”睡,我的鳥友們非常興奮因為它真的下來然後停下。
Malaysian Eared-Nightjar,馬來毛腿夜鷹, Lyncornis temminckii,马来毛腿夜鹰,ミミヨタカ, TAPTIBAU MELAYU


update 2020 Jun 08

Malaysian Eared-Nightjar,馬來毛腿夜鷹, Lyncornis temminckii,马来毛腿夜鹰,ミミヨタカ, TAPTIBAU MELAYU, Taptibau

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102. Sulawesi Nightjar, 苏拉威西夜鹰, 蘇拉威西夜鷹, Caprimulgus celebensis, スラウェシヨタカ, Cabak Sulawesi

– a Sulawesi endemic

– 苏拉威西特有种

A long-tailed, boldly patterned nightjar with extensive gray markings on the upperparts, bold buff, black, and white markings, and a white throat. In flight, shows prominent white patches on outer wings and tail. Inhabits lowland forest, edge, scrub, and mangroves. Confined to Sulawesi and the Sula islands. Distinguished from the montane Diabolical Nightjar by its lowland habitat, paler plumage, extensive white in tail, and lack of a buff collar. Tail is longer than Savanna Nightjar’s. Gives a distinctive, explosive “tok-tok-toktrrtrr” call that speeds up, then decreases in volume at the end. [Ebird]

update 202310

– as usual, looking this endemic just need time to looking around. It is very well camouflage

– 与其他夜鹰一样,不难。可是需要多点时间找找。

201910, Tangkoko, Sulawesi, Indonesia

 

 

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Got it ! White-fronted Scops-Owl , 白额角鸮 !!!

Every year, I set up few target for myself study and find … this year is good I got 3/6 done so far even I was busy for pass few months. Finally I am free up last 2 weeks to go for on and off birding myself with my gang ..  2 of my target birds for 2017 at 2 different location.

Found one of my target few months ago , too bad it was very shy and only record the call and saw it flying few times. I do not got good view and picture. Finally I spend few nights and got 1-2 record photo for the bird.

last 3 days ago , we accidentally found another bird which we original plan to go another forest but too bad .. (may be too tired), me and my buddy went to wrong location and found this which allow us capture good photo and video. LUCKY day

update 2017 Jul 30

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Family Portrait – Birds of Malaysia 2017

a year that we have little bit too much rain… many nest failed due various reasons … but there are few doing very well

 

update 2017 Jul 16

– few family of Silver eared Mesia still feeding their “chick”

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– the Malaysian Partridge seem doing well here … multiply another 2 new member

Malaysian Patridge

– it were 6 of them keep surrounding here .. and was lucky got a capture of 4 together

Black & Red Broadbill

– another 3 new members of Ferruginous Partridge

Ferruginous Partridge

– hole too small for family of 7 😀

Black-thighed Falconet

– only one chick make it out of 2 .. but think male still working hard for multiply work

Mountain Peacock Pheasant

– only saw one chick to be feed ..

Pygmy Wren-Babbler

 

some juvenile and old nest that should doing well as not much disturb at the location

– this nest little bit too open and hope new family member doing great now ..

Large Frogmouth

– while we meet it , it is still not really flying . hope it is doing good now

collarded scope owl

 

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endemicguides Birds Report – Peninsular Malaysia 15-18 Jun 2017

We had Japan guests for some target in Peninsular Malaysia .

Day 1 – Kuala Lumpur

We mainly at center of Kuala Lumpur before heading Kuala Selangor for next day Mangrove targets .

we quickly start a day with Barred Eagle-Owl, with very small window but still we got it clear view ..

Barred Eagle-Owl

very soon , another cute bird approaching … black and yellow Broadbill

Black-and-yellow Broadbill

after here , we quickly move to another nearby forest .. here we quickly tick

Rufous-backed Kingfisher

Black-and-red Broadbill

etc

with very short stay time, we rush to west-Kuala Lumpur for Mangrove Pitta and etc .. very fast within 5 minutes, we got the pitta in frame and we would like to try

Savanna Nightjar

with long search, finally we see one …

Savanna Nightjar

……. we got most the targets tick and yet we have some time, we go for earlier dinner … immediate after the dinner, we very soon tick both

Large Frogmouth

Large-tailed Nightjar

Large Frogmouth

Large-tailed Nightjar

Bird list

1 Barred Eagle-Owl
1 Black-and-yellow Broadbill
2 Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike
1 Oriental Magpie-Robin
1 Asian Glossy Starling
2 Javan Myna
1 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker

1 Whiskered Treeswift
1 Rufous-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
1 Banded Woodpecker
2 Checker-throated Woodpecker
2 Black-thighed Falconet
2 Black-and-red Broadbill
1 Black-and-yellow Broadbill
2 Common Myna

2 Little Egret
2 Brahminy Kite
X Red-wattled Lapwing
2 Oriental Pratincole
3 Red Collared-Dove
2 Spotted Dove
2 Zebra Dove
1 Savanna Nightjar
2 White-throated Kingfisher
1 Collared Kingfisher
3 Blue-throated Bee-eater
1 Mangrove Pitta
X House Crow
1 Slender-billed Crow
2 Yellow-vented Bulbul
3 Ashy Tailorbird
2 Oriental Magpie-Robin
2 Common Myna
X Javan Myna
1 Plain-throated Sunbird (Brown-throated) — See only

1 Large Frogmouth
1 Large-tailed Nightjar

 

Day 2 – Pulau Indah – Fraser Hill

We start our day earlier , and with 4 hours walk … we managed to tick all mangrove targets .

both

Mangrove Whistler

Mangrove Blue-Flycatcher

are star of the walk .. good view and picture

Mangrove Blue-Flycatcher

Mangrove Whistler

after good seafood lunch, we move forward to Fraser Hill… for the remaining 3 hours…

Malaysian Hill Partridge

Whiskered Treeswift (eye level and close)

Malayan Laughingthrush

Bay woodpecker

seem to be our stars of the day

Bay Woodpecker female

Bay Woodpecker

Malaysian Hill Partridge

Whiskered Treeswift

bird list

1 Lesser Adjutant
1 Collared Kingfisher
1 Dollarbird
2 Coppersmith Barbet
3 Laced Woodpecker
1 Common Flameback
2 Golden-bellied Gerygone
1 Mangrove Whistler
1 Malaysian Pied-Fantail
3 Cinereous Tit
1 Olive-winged Bulbul
5 Ashy Tailorbird
1 Yellow-bellied Prinia
1 Oriental White-eye
1 Mangrove Blue-Flycatcher
1 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
2 Scaly-breasted Munia

3 Gray-breasted Partridge (Malayan)
1 Crested Serpent-Eagle
1 Asian Emerald Dove
1 Whiskered Treeswift
1 Greater Yellownape
3 Bay Woodpecker
1 Large Cuckooshrike
1 Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
4 Mountain Fulvetta
3 Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush
1 Malayan Laughingthrush
1 Streaked Spiderhunter

Day 3 – Fraser Hill

we spend almost whole day at Fraser Hill , but seem like weather getting misty and rain after lunch … which slow down our bird list

but some how most the target got hit and miss few …

Collared Babblerdark Hawk-CuckooFire-tufted BarbetPygmy Cupwingred-headed trogonSultan Tit

bamboo woodpecker

while our visit of Telekom loop, we bumped into few birds wave . and heard Blue Nuthatch but too bad mist just too thick for us to have a view and picture .. but again, lucky to got

Collared Babbler

Bamboo Woodpecker

to close a beautiful day with most the Fraser Hill star birds e.g

Fire-tufted Barbet , Pygmy Cupwing, Sultan Tit , Red Headed Trogon, Dark-Hawk cuckoo etc …

Bird list

1 Little Cuckoo-Dove
1 Sunda Cuckoo
3 Red-headed Trogon
1 Fire-tufted Barbet
1 Black-browed Barbet
2 Greater Yellownape
1 Bamboo Woodpecker
2 Gray-chinned Minivet
1 Large Cuckooshrike
1 Black-and-crimson Oriole
2 Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
4 White-throated Fantail
1 Common Green-Magpie
1 Sultan Tit
1 Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
2 Black-crested Bulbul
2 Ochraceous Bulbul
2 Mountain Bulbul
2 Pygmy Cupwing
1 Golden Babbler
1 Buff-breasted Babbler
5 Collared Babbler
2 Mountain Fulvetta
4 Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush
3 Long-tailed Sibia
4 Silver-eared Mesia
2 Rufous-browed Flycatcher
1 Large Niltava
1 Lesser Shortwing
1 White-tailed Robin
2 Slaty-backed Forktail
3 Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
5 Black-throated Sunbird
2 Streaked Spiderhunter

Day 4 – Bukit Tinggi

we only had 3 hours , so we trying our best and still missed the Ferruginous Partridge & Rail-Babbler. no call at all for the morning. but lucky we had Mountain Peacock-Pheasant family with displaying male and Silver-breasted Broadbill .

Mountain Peacock-PheasantSilver-breasted Broadbill

Bird list

5 Mountain Peacock-Pheasant — One chick , 3 males and 1 female
1 Silver-breasted Broadbill
1 Gray-bellied Bulbul
1 Stripe-throated Bulbul
1 Ochraceous Bulbul
2 Gray-throated Babbler
1 Buff-breasted Babbler
2 White-rumped Shama (White-rumped)
1 Blue-winged Leafbird

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Bornean Orangutan, 婆罗洲猩猩, 婆羅洲猩猩, Pongo pygmaeus

a very cute and smart mammal, one of the must-see on Borneo island ..

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– it is a beautiful morning, and it is first Orangutan of the tour so everyone excited.

– 非常漂亮的早上。我们的第一只罗洲猩猩,大家都很兴奋。

202405, Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia

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update 202402

– another good moment at Kinabatangan river, meet an Orangutan mummy carrying the baby not that high up

– 在京河找鸟时,也有很大机会看到婆罗洲猩猩。这次还遇上妈妈带小孩在吃东西。

202402,
Kinabatangan River, Sabah, Malaysia

 

update 202212

– a very good moment, the mother hug, playing with the young.

– 一大早。就见到妈妈与小孩玩。幸运。

202210, RDC, Sabah, Malaysia

update 202210

– a Borneo tour will not be completed with a wild Orangutan. even it is far and blocking view. But we can see how adorable the young carry by the mum (lily ? )

– 婆罗洲行怎么能少了红毛猩猩。还要这么温馨的一刻。

202210, DANUM Valley, Sabah, Malaysia

update 202207

– one of the cutest creature and always ours’ main target. It can be any where but also can be missing

– 非常可爱的动物,很多表情。通常到婆罗洲的客人都一定要看到它的。

202207, RDC, Sabah, Malaysia

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Mangrove Pitta frighten a Skink

when with Japan guests to photograph this beautiful pitta, when it moving around. a skink come close and the Pitta sudden show this pose trying it best to frighten it away

 

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Bornean Wren-Babbler , 加里曼丹地鹛

just got back from 2017 June Borneo tour ,

this time , we visit both favorite birding spots Danum Valley and Sukau .. even didn’t get any lifer but got few improve picture capture .. one of them

Bornean Wren-Babbler

as usual , this Monotypic species endemic to Borneo move fast .. this time more challenge due to the ground full with mud and leeches so make movement to chase more difficult .. I always enjoy to see and photograph Babblers and Wren-babblers here is some of my favorite Wren-babbler collection

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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 .

Sambar deer
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

Bornean Bristlehead
Bornean Bristlehead

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

Black-Headed Pitta
Black-Headed Pitta

 

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

Scarlet-rumped 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

Bornean Chestnut-necklaced Partridge
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

Blue-Headed Pitta
Blue-Headed Pitta

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

Bornean Wren-Babbler

 

Black Throated Wrenbabbler 8 Bird Tour Malaysia Borneo

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

Bornean Banded Kingfisher

…. 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

Danum Valley
Danum Valley

Danum Valley

 

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

Gold-faced Barbet

Maroon-breasted Philentoma

 

Chestnut-backed Scimitar-Babbler

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

Storm's Stork

wrinkled hornbill

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

proboscis monkey

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

Oriental darter

Brown-wood Owl

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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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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endemicguides Birds Report – 10-13 March 2017

We had 4 Beijing, China guests for this customize bird photography tour. On the arrival pick up, seem like each of everyone has different target … but all have common interest on raptor and owl … than immediate fine tune the location again to try to cover most the possible owls

We are lucky enough to have most the plan targets picture except a missed on Silver Breasted Broadbill .. missed the good chance while looking for another target 🙁

almost can conclude this is a owl tour where we search for owls almost every night and day time 😀 , guests really enjoy to see and photograph the owls ..

 

This trip, we follow KL-Kuala Selangor-Fraser Hill-Bukit Tinggi

DAY1

for start , we tried to search for Buffy-Fish Owl… we got 2 in the day time but too bad they are bit shy and playing hide and seek with us

buffyfishowl fb

very soon , we also found another Owl day roosting . where we got 2 in same tree .. a Brown-Hawk Owl

brownhawkowl fb

with extra effort at night , we were lucky to have another 2 owls ; Barn Owl and Spotted Wood-Owl…

in same day make it 4

BarnOwl fb swoodOwl fb

When we almost end our day, Large-tailed Nightjar stand still for us for a good view

LargeTailed Nightjar

 

DAY 2

we spend morning inside a mangrove .  lucky to have Crested Goshawk, little late for Crested Serpent-Eagle feeding when we stop our car. We actually saw the male bring the snake to the female .

CserphatEagle 1 fb CserphatEagle fb

we also got various woodpeckers nearby mangrove e.g. Rufous Woodpecker ,Common Flameback+Greater Flameback fighting for same stand

rufous woodpecker fb woodpecekrs fb

after morning walk, we heading Fraser Hill… on the way we got various bird like Whiskered Treeswift, Red-bearded Bee-eater stand close and long for us

RB beeeater fb

 

immediate arrive Fraser Hill, we actually got Malaysian Hill Partridge family

Malayan Hill Partridge fb

 

as usual , we tried quick night walk for owl again.. very lucky we got our 5th owl : Brown Wood-Owl in less than 30minutes

brownwoodOwl fb

we end our day with laugh and smile 😀

 

DAY3

in the Morning, we had our Red-headed Trogon displaying for us ~1 hour make guests fill up almost card for single beauty

red headed trogon fb

we also had our Fire-tufted Barbet fill up guests another card again

ftuftedbarbet fb

 

beside the 2 star birds, we also have pygmy Wren-Babbler, lesser short wing, long-tailed sibia , SIlver ear mesia etc .. but we still missing our SIlver Breasted Broadbill.

at Night , we managed to see another Brown-Wood Owl and also a gray nightjar

GrayNightjar fb

 

DAY 4

we rushing from Fraser Hill to Bukit Tinggi. we able to had Mountain Peacock-Pheasant displaying and Ferruginous Partridge in pair …

FerPartride fb MPP fb

 

Banded Kingfishers (both male and female), Rufous-Collard Kingfisher,Blyth’s Hawk-Eagle etc seem show customer good view

BlythsHawkEagle fb rCollardKF fb

 

most the pictures captured using handhled .. and am too busy sharing all .. and birding season here seem getting active .. let’s birding

 

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