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very cute creatures .. move real slow ..
1. Sunda slow loris, 間蜂猴, Nycticebus coucang
2. Philippine Slow Loris, 菲律宾蜂猴, Nycticebus menagensis
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1. Sunda slow loris, 間蜂猴, Nycticebus coucang
very cute and move slow
– both below got from Fraser Hill, Pahang, Malaysia & Kuala Tahan, Pahang, Malaysia
2. Philippine Slow Loris, 菲律宾蜂猴, Nycticebus menagensis
– another Slow Loris found at Borneo, pretty common at lowland forest
– 婆罗洲蛮普通的蜂猴
one of the cutest creatures …. big eye , move slow …
1. Western Tarsier, 邦加跗猴, Cephalopachus bancanus
found from Borneo lowland forest
update 202409
– another good found while ours’ night drive, this cute fellow make ours day after searching for the Frogmouth without success.
– 我们夜观，其中一只最可爱的。我们找蛙嘴找了很久，也找不到。竟然找到这一只小可爱。
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New mammals collection which will combine Peninsular Malaysia & Borneo
1. Red Leaf monkey, 栗紅葉猴, 栗红叶猴, Presbytis rubicunda
2. Siamang, 合趾猿, Symphalangus syndactylus, フクロテナガザル
3. Bornean Orangutan, 婆罗洲猩猩, 婆羅洲猩猩, Pongo pygmaeus
4. Western Tarsia, 跗猴, Cephalopachus bancanus
5. Sunda Slow Loris, 巽他间蜂猴, 巽他懶猴, Nycticebus coucang
6. Proboscis monkeys, 长鼻猴, 长鼻猴, Nasalis larvatus
7. Long-tailed Macaque, 长尾猕猴, 长尾猕猴, Macaca fascicularis
8. Southern pig-tailed macaque, 豚尾猴, 豚尾猕猴, Macaca nemestrina
9. Dusky leaf monkey, 郁乌叶猴, 鬱烏葉猴, Trachypithecus obscurus
10. White-thighed surili, 白腿叶猴, 白腿葉猴, Presbytis siamensis
11. White-handed Gibbon, 白掌长臂猿, 白掌長臂猿, Hylobates lar
12. Silvery lutung, 银色乌叶猴, 銀色烏葉猴, Trachypithecus cristatus
13. BORNEAN GIBBON, 婆罗洲长臂猿, 婆羅洲長臂猿, Hylobates funereus
1. Red Leaf monkey, 栗紅葉猴, 栗红叶猴, Presbytis rubicunda
– also call maroon langur, maroon leaf monkey, Borneo endemic.. lucky to have rare white morph
update 202309
– after 11 years of first visit with you, and after you left… my first time here again … not really a good visit every step I move remind us .. same accommodation, lake, jungle trail … river …
– 11年前我与他初次到这，你离开后第一次到回这。到这我的心这的很不好受，每一步都想起我们当时在这。
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2. Siamang, 合趾猿, Symphalangus syndactylus, フクロテナガザル
– a noisy big and mainly black, normally moving in a group
– common at Bukit Tinggi, Fraser Hill, even lowland forest
– overall black and when calling the throat to grow (gray)
– a quite common primate, always hear their loud call in the morning
update 202101 #
update 202205
– one of the main target for this trip, not really have good view of any adult but this give good open view for us
– 这次婆罗洲行主要目标，只有这只给我们看，其他都很害羞。
update 202207
– a disadvantage having long prime lens, when this big size mammal come close, but still lucky to have the cute face expression.
– 这家伙来的太近。只有长定焦只有拍一些不一样的。还好，他满脸都是可爱的表情。
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update 2021 Lucky moment to see this young orangutan close and eating "rambutan" (a local fruit). 幸運的這麼近的見到小婆羅洲猩猩吃野生紅毛丹。 #
Orangutans, 人猿
update 202101 an adult wild Orang Utan come close to Lobby at BRL Danum Valley
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4. Western Tarsia, 跗猴, Cephalopachus bancanus
– a big eye, bear-like and with long-tailed
– very cute
– 大眼睛，有点像熊，长尾巴
update 202106
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5. Sunda Slow Loris, 巽他间蜂猴, 巽他懶猴, Nycticebus coucang
– bear-like, move really slow and active at the night
– 有点像熊，动作很慢。
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6. Proboscis monkeys, 长鼻猴, 长鼻猴, Nasalis larvatus
– a special Borneo endemic
– tame, mostly light brown. Male with a big nose
– 婆罗洲特有种。
– 通常很乖，容易接近。
– 雄带有大鼻子。
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7. Long-tailed Macaque, 长尾猕猴, 长尾猕猴, Macaca fascicularis
– very common “monkey” at Malaysia and Borneo
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– 马来西亚与婆罗洲很普通的猴
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8. Southern pig-tailed macaque, 豚尾猴, 豚尾猕猴, Macaca nemestrina
– another common “monkey” Malaysia and Borneo. bigger than Long-tailed, normally small group and aggressive. Short or “pig” tail
– 很普通的猴。短尾（猪尾），较少群活动。
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9. Dusky leaf monkey, 郁乌叶猴, 鬱烏葉猴
– a black-gray leaf monkey which normally found hill area
– a white eye-ring make it distinct
– 体重5-9千克，头体长42-61厘米。尾长50-85厘米，眼睛又圆又大，眼周有一圈白色，就像是戴了一副白框眼镜，亦称“眼镜叶猴”。体色灰黑色，腹部稍浅，尾部深灰色，比体色稍浅，尾巴的根部是白色的，冠毛棕色直立，脸部灰色。唇周和眼周内侧有明显的白色斑。
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10. White-thighed surili, 白腿叶猴, 白腿葉猴, Presbytis siamensis
– a not so common hill, overall black-gray and white chest, side face
– 不很普通的猴，通常在山边。全黑灰白。胸-肚白。脸黑，脸边白。
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11. White-handed Gibbon, 白掌长臂猿, 白掌長臂猿, Hylobates lar
– a rare, sight this small group at Panti, Johor
– face with white outer and “white-hand”
– 体长为50-76厘米，体重4.2-6.8千克。手、足白色或淡白色，故称白掌长臂猿。背毛长11-15厘米。两性均有暗、淡两种色型。不同亚种之间色泽有所变化。此外自眉的边缘经面颊到下颌有一圈白毛形成的圆环，把脸部勾勒得十分醒目。
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12. Silvery lutung, 银色乌叶猴, 銀色烏葉猴, Trachypithecus cristatus
– overall black with silver on edge
– normally found near mangrove, river side
– 黑银，通常在红树林。
update 202309
– a special target tour, heavy rain before we go out for river cruise. When rain stop, we went out and got many good sight and finally got the Wrinkled Hornbill. When we trying for other, saw this weird looking Silvery Lutung.
– 特别目标鸟团，来到京河时。下了大雨，等了一会看到红毛猩猩后。就出去了。没很久也看到第一只目标-皱盔犀鸟。然后，尽然遇见这一只“很特别的叶猴
update 202208
– special date Aug 25-26. My special one always .. she
– 特别的日子，我的宝贝永远都是我的宝贝。
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13. BORNEAN GIBBON, 婆罗洲长臂猿, 婆羅洲長臂猿, Hylobates funereus
– a not so common seen Primate. Normally will heard in most of the lowland forest in Sabah.
– 通常都在沙巴低海拔的森林听到它的叫声。非常不容易见到。
update 202309
– a special trip to Tawau for specific Photography target, but the bird does not show up last evening, so morning we decided to have casual birding and for me this guy show up is better than any other. it move fast but I manage to got few shots of the beautiful primate.
– 专到斗湖为了拍一只鸟，可是没出现。我们觉得走走后才再寻找目标。可是一大早，这家伙在我们腹肌叫的很大声。也跳来跳去很快。
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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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update 202405
– 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。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
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We start 2017 with previous 2 short bird watching tours which with very limited target . follow by this 14 days tour from Kuala Lumpur-Kuala Selangor-Fraser Hill-Bukit Tinggi-KRAU forest-Taman Negara. Quite a lot of miss due to raining almost every evening especially Bukit Tinggi-KRAU-Taman Negara (think mostly we lost 3-5 days due to rain L)
with 2 Switzerland guests , we have very good start from Kuala Lumpur, got few very special target hit and we got first pitta (hooded pitta) and Frogmouth for guests. A lucky day where rain stop ~830pm and we reach there 845pm and got the buffy fish owl, Blyth’s frogmouth and another very special target (guests just saw it flying hmmmm and they mark it count as this is so special owl) .. 54 species for day 1
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Day 1 : 54 species
Next morning, we heading to Pulau Indah for another target, struggle a bit but we still finally got the Mangrove Pitta after 3-4 hours tried for few locations.
Following to Kuala Selangor, spend evening walking nearby mangrove … got most the targets hit again and customer favor is Common Flameback woodpecker … how I wish everyday got such easy target 😀 . it was heavy rain after dinner, but we still try our luck and YES. Got the Spotted wood owl just before another heavy rain hit …
Day 2 : 46 species
Morning, we heading to Natural Park. A long walk , got most the target again but missed out Copper-Throat Sunbird L … after lunch slowly travel to Fraser Hill, on the way… what a lucky under a fruiting tree easily hit few target : Yellow-Crowned Barbet, Gold Whiskered Barbet … follow Chestnut-naped Forktail , Dark-Sided Flycatcher , Temminck’s Sunbird, Scaly-Breasted Bulbul etc …. Ohh forgot Rufous-Bellied Swallow and family of Silver-Breasted Broadbill make our day .
Day 3 : 50 species
For Day 4, very good weather at Fraser Hill … but we missed the Malayan Whistling-Thrush Hill Partridge in the morning !!! But with the half day, we got back some star Birds : Collared Owlet, Malaysian Nightjar, Fire-tufted Barbet, Rufescent Prinia, and very good view of Marbled Wren-Babbler … at night we also got Sunda Slow-Loris .
Pellorneidae series: Wren-Babbler | 雀眉科: 鹪鹛 | liewwk Nature 9-2 [update 20240324]
Day 4 : 34 Species
Day 5, misty+raining ohhhhh … and we got brief view of Malayan Whistling-Thrush in the morning. Than follow by very good view of Large Scimitar Babbler, Bay Woodpecker, Black-Browed Barbet, Black-and-Crimson Oriole, Black Laughingthrush, Malayan Laughingthrush, Brown Wood-Owl and what surprise Barred Eagle-Owl show off here too …
STRIGIFORMES series: Owl | 鸮形目 : 猫头鹰| liewwk Nature 16-8 [update 20240319]
Picidae series: Woodpecker | 啄木鸟科 | liewwk Nature – 25-5 [update 20240228]
Day 5 : 34 Species
Day 6, again !!! MISTY+RAINING … but luck is on our site, with limited hours … We managed to got some main target like Yellow-vented Pigeon, Silver-rumped Needletail, Bamboo Woodpecker, Long-Tailed Broadbill + Blue Nuthatch (under the heavy rain !) … and very lucky to have pair of Collard Babbler stay long for us for very good view and photo …
Columbidae series: Dove, Pigeon | 鸠鸽科 | liewwk Nature 20-9 [update 20240313]
Day 6 : 33 species
Day 7, we had almost everything we need … but we missing those common bird like mountain Bulbul, little cuckoo dove (joke from customer… it is a must and how can we missed it , lets stay few more days for Mountain Bulbul ) .. no joke we really missed this bulbul for 4 days @Fraser Hill .
Before we heading to Bukit Tinggi, we record Scarlet-Rumped Trogon @890m (think may be little too high but it show up there) and a pair of Banded Kingfisher …
With the rain and travel
Pellorneidae series: Babblers | 雀眉科 | liewwk Nature – 16 [update 20240213]
Day 7 : 13 species
Day 8, from Genting Highland to Krau forest. We didn’t get much target meet but Cinamon-rumped Trogon is our favor of the day .
with 2 fruting trees , we managed to see some barbets, bulbuls, etc but to our surprise. We saw local climb up to a tree may be 30-40m height to hunt for birds !!!!!! L
Trogonidae series: Trogon | 咬鹃科 | liewwk Nature – 7+1 [update 20240323]
Day 8 : 46 species
Day 9 : full day raining at Bukit Tinggi, guests enjoy red wine 80% of the day
Day 9 : 7 species
Day 10 : we have beautiful Moutain Peacock Pheasant displaying 2 hours for us , before we leave. Got a very good view of Rhinoceros and Helmeted Hornbill follow by heading to Taman Negara with raining full 2nd half day.
Arrived Taman Negara Dusk, both Great Hornbill and Great Argus welcome us at lobby area
Day 10 : 21 species
Day 11-16 : we spend few days at Taman Negara but 40% of the time raining or cloudy make the whole birding slowing. But within few days of tracking in the mud, pond etc . We cover a lot of Bulbuls, barbet, parrot, hornbill but the 10 star birds over days
Eupetidae series: Rail-Babbler | 白眉长颈鸫 | liewwk Nature [update 20231006]
Podargidae series: Frogmouth | 蟆口鸱科 | liewwk Nature 6-2 [update 20240305]
Trip total : 272 species
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Sunda slow loris, 间蜂猴, Nycticebus coucang
very lucky to have this mammal while we trying to find owl … it move slow allow us talk some picture with torch …
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