Borneo pygmy elephant, 婆羅洲侏儒象 | liewwk Nature [update 20240505]

The smallest in size of Asian elephant subspecies, the pygmy elephants of Borneo are baby-faced with oversized ears, plump bellies and tails so long they sometimes drag on the ground as they walk. They are also more gentle-natured than their Asian elephant counterparts.

Some may consider this a a Endemic mammals species …

update 202405

– a “cute” single elephant found on today, amazing feeling while we plan for what option to see one but one just appear infront of us.

– 非常幸运的客人,客人还在讲如何办法可以看看这一只小可爱。尽然我们去看鸟时就遇上。还游泳过河。

202405, Kinabatangan River, Sabah, Malaysia

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update 202402

– wonderful visit even, quite a bit rain but meet up 2 group of Borneo Big in 2 days make everyone smile …
– 虽然很多雨,可是2天内见2群婆羅洲侏儒象。应该没什么投诉吧。

 

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update 202309

– lucky and very lucky moment meet single elephant after heavy rain and got wet. it feed alone and slowly on the river bank – 非常非常幸运遇上单只象在河边吃东西。慢慢的吃

 

update 202307

– another good moment to see this “big creature” just arrive and got the new, it is nearby straight to nearby for some good birding than follow by main target for all.

– 又再次看到这“大家伙”。每次都很兴奋看它。到达这时,知道象在附近。就到附近看看鸟再等这家伙,没等很久就每个人都看到他了。

202307, Kinabatangan River, Sabah, Malaysia

update 202305

– lucky group see This “big” mammal for 2 times single trip to Borneo

– good to see few of them feeding on roadside in the morning.

– 婆罗洲“大”。尽然好运到看到2次。

– 还要看到早上,非常幸运啊。

202305, Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia

update 202206

– lucky morning to have 23 cute elephant playing on river bank, river than swimming across the river. wonderful morning with guests

– captured these with Fujifilm XH2-S and XF 150-600mm handheld on the boat

– 非常幸运的早上,遇上23只婆羅洲侏儒象如何越河。真的是人生最幸运的一刻。看它们在玩水,游过河。

– 摄于富士XH2-S , 150-600mm

update 202205

– a lucky morning where we witness a group 23 Borneo pygmy elephant cross the river and how the young swim over really a best moment in lifetime

– 非常幸运的早上,遇上23只婆羅洲侏儒象如何越河。真的是人生最幸运的一刻。

202205, Kinabatangan River, Sabah, Malaysia

update 2020 March 29

both Danum Valley and Kinabatangan River also good to be sight this

 

 

Otter series | 獭 | liewwk Nature

Due to the Covid-19 lock down for Malaysia from 18-31 March 2020. I finally have time to clear my HDD …. lets do some mammals collection

 

1. Smooth-coated otter, 江獭

not that rare, found Malim Nawar, Kinabatangan River , Putrajaya, etc

 

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Otter series | 獭 | liewwk Nature [update 20230118]

Due to the Covid-19 lock down for Malaysia from 18-31 March 2020. I finally have time to clear my HDD …. lets do some mammals collection

 

1. Smooth-coated otter, 江獭

not that rare, found Malim Nawar, Kinabatangan River , Putrajaya, etc

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update 202301

– a very unlucky month but for wildlife and bird still reasonable good. Saw this cute fellow and stand long for me turn my camera for some picture before running into the river.

– 不是很辛运的一个月。可是鸟/动物运还是很好。见到这么可爱家伙,还站了一会让我拍照。

202301, Klang, Selangor, Malaysia

update 202211

– a raining morning, nothing else beside this family entertain me well

– 一个下雨早上。没什么活动。就这几个家伙陪我。

202211, Kuala Selangor, Malaysia

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Wild Cats 野猫 | liewwk Nature – 2 [update 20240909]

Collection wild cats

 

1. Sunda Leopard Cat, 巽它豹猫, Prionailurus javanensis

2. Bornean clouded leopard, 婆罗洲云豹, Neofelis diardi borneensis

 

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1. Sunda Leopard Cat, 巽它豹猫, Prionailurus javanensis

Found this cute and little cat on 2 night drive at recent Borneo Birding tour, lets share this video before I check out the pictures of the other drive

update 202409

– 3 nights at Tabin, sights more than 15 of this cute little cat. saw 2 of them sit calm looking at us just so excited

– 3天塔宾野生动物保护区,见到不少于15次。还有2次是一对坐那不理搭我们。好兴奋啊

202409, Tabin, Lahad Datu, Sabah

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– wonderful day1 of Mammals searching, this one stay there like inside a cage for long and let us have good view and picture

– 第一天夜观,看到5只这种猫。这一只不是最好的一只,可是在哪很久加上很像在笼中。

202409, Tabin, Lahad Datu, Sabah

 

 

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2. Bornean clouded leopard, 婆罗洲云豹, Neofelis diardi borneensis

– a rare wild cat, largest wild cat in Borneo

– 婆罗洲云豹是马来云豹的2个亚种之一。是婆罗洲岛最大的食肉动物,大小与小型美洲狮相当,头体长61-106厘米、尾长55-91厘米;体重16-23千克。外形以及体表的花纹都与亚洲其他地方地方云豹相似,只是体表的斑纹的色彩要暗很多,其犬齿长度相对于体型来说,居猫科动物之首。据科学家对比后发现,基于外部形态的对比,科学家发现婆罗洲云豹皮毛颜色要比大陆云豹更深更暗,身上的云状斑纹比大陆云豹小些,并出现了双背脊线。而大陆云豹的云状斑纹较大(其中尼泊尔云豹斑块最大),但在斑纹内斑点较少,毛色比婆罗洲云豹更加亮丽,双背脊线不连贯。

update 202305

– another lucky shot of the ~1minute, where the cat turn around moving to bushs. It is such a beautiful animal

– 2023 最幸运的1分钟。这云豹走去草丛前的一刻。

202305, BRL, Danum Valley, Sabah, Malaysia

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– a very lucky moment with this cat 3:57pm at Danum Valley BRL just at the road side. It stay for long for good view, pictures, and video.

– it is just amazing animal to be seen, so beautiful

– 非常可爱,漂亮的野猫。在沙巴,丹绒谷尽然在中午路上见到它。非常幸运的一次婆罗洲之行。

202305, BRL, Sabah, Malaysia
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Red-breasted Partridge “North East (Sabah) vs Center (Sarawak)”

I had recently got very good view of Red-breasted Partridge (or Bornean Partridge) from center of Borneo  island , which @Sarawak . It make me feel I should share this , so we can see the different .

Red-breasted Partridge, Arborophila erythrophrys . the North-East (Sabah) , Crocker Range, KNP

 

Red-breasted Partridge, Arborophila hyperythra (Sarawak , center of Borneo)

 

At center of Borneo (Sarawak) all the birds seen with white or light grey supercilium, brighter throat, chin …. which never seen at Kinabalu National Park, Crocker Range.

again Thanks

Bakelalan Owl House

 

May be we should have more data or pictures …. anyone can share yours thought or pictures ?

 

Borneo Endemic pictures collection

Picture Collection of Borneo Endemic Birds, 婆罗洲特有种鸟 照片集 | liewwk Nature

Borneo Endemic video collection

Video Collection of Borneo Endemic Birds, 婆罗洲特有种鸟 – 视频 | liewwk Nature

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endemicguides Birds Report – 2020 Jan : 2 Targets Photography trip

a 3d2n bird special bird photography tour just target for 2 new bird family recent split – Pygmy Cupwing & Crested Shrikejay. As John & Linda working on collecting bird for each family of the world .

*** all bird list with pictures taken

Day1 – drive ~1.5 hour from KL to Fraser Hill . Foggy and very quick we just wait ~2 minute and got the bird and <10 minutes we are ready to leave …

Pygmy Cupwing

Gray-throated Babbler

so immediate without any time waste , we drove ~4.5 hour to our destination to try Shrikejay. But the forest just too quiet, not much activity.

 

Day2 – we arrive same site, and finally we got the Shrikejay very good view but due to cloudy day. light is not good ….

we wait until lunch time and give a try on 2nd spot . We dont have Shrikejay also ..but a

Crested Shrikejay

Brown-chested Jungle-Flycatcher

Rufous-chested Flycatcher

 

Day3- we repeat the Shrikejay searching in the morning for better picture quality . and immediate we arrive our site. less than 10 min, we got the bird for ~a hour and with better lighting .

after the Shrikejay left , we spend little bit time in the forest and we got

Crested Shrikejay

Blue-winged Leafbird

Black-and-red Broadbill

Red-bearded Bee-eater

Banded Kingfisher

Chestnut-breasted Malkoha

Scarlet-rumped Trogon

we had a pair a trogon before lunch time, and we decide leave earlier and if we arrive KL on time we will visit nearby site for Pitta. Whos dont love PITTA 😀

after 4 hour drive, we arrive KL site .Without much wait we got both Hooded Pitta & Blue-winged Pitta

Blue-winged Pitta

Hooded Pitta

Asian Openbill

Leiothrichidae series : Fulvetta | 噪鹛科 : 雀鹛 | liewwk Nature

Just another collection, which under Leiothrichidae

 

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1. Brown Fulvetta,褐雀鹛, 褐雀鶥, Alcippe brunneicauda, ムジチメドリ, KEKICAU-SAMPAH MELAYU

– quite plain bird with gray head and brown wing

2. Mountain Fulvetta, 山雀鹛, 山雀鶥, Alcippe peracensis, マユグロチメドリ, KEKICAU-SAMPAH GUNUNG

– small and active bird found sub-montane and montane (only at Peninsular Malaysia)

update 202010

 

201204, Fraser Hill, Pahang, Malaysia
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Brown Fulvetta, 褐雀鹛

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2020 lifer 1 : Grey-sided thrush

Very good start of 2020, managed to have Malaysia lifer …. and managed to have picture, video etc

Grey-sided thrush, Malaysia first record ….

 

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Panasonic G9 + CANON EF500mm F4 + Viltrox EF-M2II : TEST2 High Resolution

I am trying the setup for weeks, and I want to try some not quite fast moving bird with the “High resolution” mode which blend 8 RAW to single which make 80 MP image(raw)

Lets share one of the picture today ..

1. Hooded Pitta

Panasonic G9+ Viltrox Booster + Canon 500mm F4 IS2

F3.2, 1/160, ISO500 – High Resolution Mode

(Click the image for Full size 10368 × 7776 – slight crop from original)

 

2. Jambu Fruit dove, 粉頭果鳩

this lovely bird is feeding on a tree, managed to captured few with high resolution mode

Panasonic G9+ Viltrox Booster + Canon 500mm F4 IS2

F3.5, 1/200, ISO400 – High Resolution Mode

 

3. the Normal single RAW convert JPEG vs High Resolution JPEG

Panasonic G9 – High Resolution Mode (click the picture for view Original size)

a crop from Photoshop

Panasonic G9 – Normal Mode (click the picture for view Original size)

4. Blue-winged Pitta at High Resolution Mode crop ~45MP

– BG is a stream , so it should have some movement .. so can see some weird effect on the bird reflection portion and some BG area

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Panasonic G9 + CANON EF500mm F4 + Viltrox EF-M2II : TEST1

I am Canon user for long, and recently I have my Panasonic setup slowly build up. I like my L lens and my G9 ….

one day, someone told me . I actually can use all my L lens on my M4/3 G9 . Due to busy work schedule, I dont have time to look into it until last week. I finally have time purchase one online and test it last 2 days … I did very quick test more testing would like to do

1. AF accuracy

2. AF performance

3. can both Len and Body Image Stabilizer work together as Panasonic Len ?

if all above work well, than I would prefer to use my G9 on my Canon EF500mm F4 IS2 ….

1. pre-burst mode for G9

2. Dual IS – IBIS and Len IS

3. internal 4k , 30fps 10bit log (and future I can get GH5 for more)

4. 180fps slow motion

etc

so TEST1 – AF performance

I try both 500mm (outdoor), 1635F4IS (indoor)

BOTH give me very fast AF .. and very accurate (no fine tune done on my adapter). the new eye AF work fine with human , but not really work on big bird (buffy Fish Owl) and small bird .

TEST1 (click the picture for actual size view)

– Adjust contrast, Saturation, noise reduction

update 2020 May

Panasonic G9+Canon 500mm F4IS2

ISO500, F3.5, 1/250

Siberian blue robin, 藍歌鴝,Luscinia cyane, 蓝歌鸲,コルリ, Murai Biru Siberia

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A. Panasonic G9+Canon 500mm F4IS2
ISO640, F4, 1/125

B. Panasonic G9+Canon 500mm F4IS2
ISO640, F5, 1/160

High Resolution Mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

West Papua, Indonesia Bird Photography | 西巴布亞, 鳥攝 | liewwk Nature

For the first time, I skip going for North for autumn … as this special Papua-West Papua Bird Photography tour ..

here is a list of birds

Bird-of-Paradise

1. Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise, 十二线极乐鸟, 十二線極樂鳥, Seleucidis melanoleucus, ジュウニセンフウチョウ, Cendrawasih Mati-kawat

2. King Bird-of-paradise, 王极乐鸟, 王天堂鳥, Cicinnurus regius, ヒヨクドリ, Cendrawasih Raja

3. Lesser Bird-of-paradise, 小极乐鸟, 小天堂鳥, Paradisaea minor, コフウチョウ, Cendrawasih Kecil

4. Pale-billed Sicklebill, 淡嘴镰嘴风鸟, 白嘴鐮嘴天堂鳥, Drepanornis bruijnii, シロカマハシフウチョウ, Paruh-sabit paruh-putih

5. Western Parotia, 阿法六线风鸟, 阿法六線風鳥, Parotia sefilata, カンザシフウチョウ, Parotia Arfak

6. Red Bird-of-paradise, 红极乐鸟, 紅極樂鳥, Paradisaea rubra, ジュウニセンフウチョウ, Cendrawasih Mati-kawat

7. Magnificent Bird-of-paradise,丽色极乐鸟, 麗色極樂鳥, Cicinnurus magnificus, キンミノフウチョウ, Cendrawasih Belah-rotan

8. Magnificent Riflebird, 丽色掩鼻风鸟, 麗色掩鼻風鳥, Ptiloris magnificus, オオウロコフウチョウ, Toowa Cemerlang

9. Wilson’s Bird-of-Paradise, 威氏丽色风鸟, 威氏麗色風鳥, Cicinnurus respublica, アカミノフウチョウ, Cendrawasih Botak

10. Black Sicklebill, 黑镰嘴风鸟, 黑色鐮嘴天堂鳥, Epimachus fastosus, オナガカマハシフウチョウ, Paruh-sabit kurikuri

Other birds

1. Yellow-billed Kingfisher, 黄嘴翡翠, 黃嘴翡翠, Syma torotoro, キバシショウビン, Cekakak Torotoro

2. Papuan Frogmouth, 巴布亚蟆口鸱, 巴布亞蟆口鴟, Podargus papuensis, パプアガマグチヨタカ, Paruh-kodok papua

3. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, 葵花鹦鹉, 葵花鸚鵡, Cacatua galerita, キバタン, Kakatua Koki

4. Sulawesi Pitta, 苏拉威西八色鸫, 蘇拉威西八色鶇, Erythropitta celebensis, スラウェシヤイロチョウ

5. Feline Owlet-nightjar, 大裸鼻鸱, 大裸鼻鴟, Aegotheles insignis, オオズクヨタカ, Atoku besar

6. Frilled Monarch, 饰颈皱鹟, 飾頸皺鶲, Arses telescopthalmus, エリマキヒタキ, Kehicap Biku-biku

7. Hook-billed Kingfisher,钩嘴翠鸟, 鉤嘴翠鳥, Melidora macrorrhina, カギハシショウビン, Raja-udang paruh-kait

8. Vogelkop Bowerbird, 褐色园丁鸟, 褐色園丁鳥, Amblyornis inornata, チャイロニワシドリ, Namdur Polos

9. Common Paradise-Kingfisher, 普通仙翡翠, 普通仙翡翠, Tanysiptera galatea, ラケットカワセミ, Cekakak-pita biasa

10. Beautiful Fruit-Dove, 深红顶果鸠, 深紅頂果鳩,Ptilinopus pulchellus, ノドジロヒメアオバト, Walik Elok

11. Shining Flycatcher, 辉阔嘴鹟, 華麗闊嘴鶲, Myiagra alecto, テリヒラハシ, Sikatan Kilap

12. Lesser Frigatebird, 白斑军舰鸟, 白班軍艦鳥, Fregata ariel, コグンカンドリ, Cikalang Kecil

13. Golden Monarch, 金王鹟, 黑黃王鶲, Carterornis chrysomela, キイロカササギビタキ, Kehicap Emas

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Is a long journey from Malaysia – Sulawesi – Jayapura (~26 hours without a bed, too much coffee and waiting) …for the day1 when we arrive, we give Magnificent Riflebird a try but failed to have any photo .. but the bird was well seen above our “hide”

Day2 – Nimbokrang

We start our drive, walk ~430am, 15 min drive and ~20min walk … the first Bird-of-paradise is waiting for us .. before we walk into our “hide”. The bird keeps calling, trying to attract female … but seem it is not attractive enough. only one female comes close and fast. The male trying to “show off” with some action but the female flew off just immediate it trying to show his “dance”

I am mostly recording video, so this picture I share is a Jpeg extract from Canon Digital Photo Professional software …

1. Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise, 十二线极乐鸟, 十二線極樂鳥, Seleucidis melanoleucus, ジュウニセンフウチョウ, Cendrawasih Mati-kawat

– one of the most easier, walk not that far and the birds just there without any waiting

– first Bird-of-Paradise of the trip and amazing beautiful

非常漂亮的天堂鳥。

update 202105

– let’s share some old pictures and video
– this was 2019 Oct, our West Papua Bird Photography trip first Birds-of-Paradise and one of the most easier.
– special of this bird is the tails

– 還有蠻長的封城。看看一些久照片與攝頻,懷念。
– 我們2019,西巴布亞的第一隻極樂鳥。也是最容易的一隻。走不遠,不用等,站很久。

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Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise, 十二线极乐鸟

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2. King Bird-of-paradise, 王极乐鸟, 王天堂鳥, Cicinnurus regius, ヒヨクドリ, Cendrawasih Raja

BoP #2 which is my target #1 for this tour, was just about 20min walking after Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise, but this is so much smaller, higher & active makes only a very limited angle to get the full view. I am lucky to have this just ~5min wait.

King Bird-of-paradise, 王极乐鸟

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3. Lesser Bird-of-paradise, 小极乐鸟, 小天堂鳥, Paradisaea minor, コフウチョウ, Cendrawasih Kecil

– The only BoP we didn’t see much and dancing .. just hear most of the time … the location we wait seem not the really correct location for “dancing” … but it did flying across and let us record

– 在非常高的樹上叫不停,就見到它們飛來飛去。幸運都停了一會。

4. Pale-billed Sicklebill, 淡嘴镰嘴风鸟, 白嘴鐮嘴天堂鳥, Drepanornis bruijnii, シロカマハシフウチョウ, Paruh-sabit paruh-putih

– another not so obvious Bird-of-Paradise got from Irian Jaya.

– this is so far away, and somehow it still belongs to BoP .. we got it record ..

– 鳥不是特別出色,還要在遠遠的。

– 攝於伊里安查亚

 

 

 

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After 5 days of “enjoy”, reasonable food, easy walk (flat), air-cond room, not far from airport and bird spots .. we finally move to 2nd destination Arfak Mountain..

After got the information before, we get ready with some extra food … sleeping beg, insect repellent, etc .. just before we going into a “no Phone” (only a particular spot can get a phone signal which is a bit distance from our “homestay”. After ~2 hours of offroad travel, we arrive at our homestay a little bit late and with rain .. so we call this a day and enjoy our cold stay

Here, we need to split into a few groups to decide on different BoP hide due to limited “hole” for photography …

Day1 at Arfak Mountain

5. Western Parotia, 阿法六线风鸟, 阿法六線風鳥, Parotia sefilata, カンザシフウチョウ, Parotia Arfak

– lucky to have this amazing, lovely bird for bird #1 .. we walk a very steep hike ~45-60 degree uphill for ~500m … we saw the bird-eating, calling for the whole morning but just not dancing … at ~9 am, we almost give up … the female came to the dancing group, followed by the male than the moment begin …

update 202105

– a big overall blackbird, with a colorful throat depends on the angle and also have a Blue eye

– the male famous with ballerina dance displaying to attract female

– 非常特别的天堂鸟。大,黑,喉会变黄绿。为吸引母鸟会跳草裙舞

201910, Mount Arfak, West Papua, Indonesia

update 2020 Jul

Western Parotia, 阿法六線風鳥, 阿法六线风鸟, Parotia sefilata

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6. Red Bird-of-paradise, 红极乐鸟, 紅極樂鳥, Paradisaea rubra, ジュウニセンフウチョウ, Cendrawasih Mati-kawat

actually, this is the last BoP of the tour but I really like it so much when I process the pictures …. can’t wait to share this great moment with you all. Endemic, common but somehow I really like this

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Red Bird-of-paradise, 紅極樂鳥, Paradisaea rubra,ジュウニセンフウチョウ, Cendrawasih Mati-kawat

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one of my favor photo .. when this Red BoP decide make noise face to face to me

2019最喜歡的照片之一。這紅極樂鳥,面對面的叫真的很好看。

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7. Magnificent Bird-of-paradise,丽色极乐鸟, 麗色極樂鳥, Cicinnurus magnificus, キンミノフウチョウ, Cendrawasih Belah-rotan

– another BoP that really amazes us, it keeps cleaning the “dancing” ground and displaying (dancing) to attract a female. make a lot of photo opportunity

– 唯一不冷場的鳥,從早上到中午。下午都一直清理它的舞場,叫不停。

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Magnificent Bird-of-paradise, 麗色極樂鳥,Animalia, Chordata, キンミノフウチョウ, Cendrawasih Belah-rotan

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8. Magnificent Riflebird, 丽色掩鼻风鸟, 麗色掩鼻風鳥, Ptiloris magnificus, オオウロコフウチョウ, Toowa Cemerlang

– one of the amazing Bird of Paradise

– too bad missed the displaying but when it making a call just amazing so loud in the forest

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9. Wilson’s Bird-of-Paradise, 威氏丽色风鸟, 威氏麗色風鳥, Cicinnurus respublica, アカミノフウチョウ, Cendrawasih Botak

– one of the easiest and beautiful Bird-of-Paradise

– every morning, it will come to “dance” ground clearing and calling the female – this is a moment after an hour clearing, no female is approaching so it is resting and preening nearby

– 一隻蠻普通+漂亮的風鳥,天堂鳥。

– 每天它都會到這清理,呼叫。希望母鳥的到來。

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– one of the most seen, photograph BoP, but still like this bird very much. the body contains so much color and the chest “green” can changing depend on lighting and angle to “purple”

– 應該是天堂鳥,被拍到最多的一種。可是還是我們最喜歡的一種。他的身上充滿色彩。胸上的青,還會轉紫。(角度,光線)

201911, Waigeo Island, West Papua, Indonesia

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10. Black Sicklebill, 黑镰嘴风鸟, 黑色鐮嘴天堂鳥, Epimachus fastosus, オナガカマハシフウチョウ, Paruh-sabit kurikuri

– a very special BoP but somehow we missed the male which big difference from the female.

– female is big and overall brown with a curvy bill

– 很普通的天堂鳥。公鳥是很長的鳥。

– 母鳥,棕色+彎嘴。

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201911, Mount Arfak, West Papua, Indonesia
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Besides BoP, other birds very lovely too

 

1. Yellow-billed Kingfisher, 黄嘴翡翠, 黃嘴翡翠, Syma torotoro, キバシショウビン, Cekakak Torotoro

a small tree Kingfisher, make a lot of noise while we waiting for our BoP.

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– a small, cute yellowish with blue back kingfisher, like stand near the canopy

– 小,黄-蓝背的可爱翠鸟

201911, Waigeo, Indonesia

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My other Kingfisher collection

Alcedinidae series: Kingfisher | 翠鸟科 | liewwk Nature 15-4

 

2. Papuan Frogmouth, 巴布亚蟆口鸱, 巴布亞蟆口鴟, Podargus papuensis, パプアガマグチヨタカ, Paruh-kodok papua

Frogmouth is one of my favorite bird family .. and I like to see them at night .. this frogmouth is huge !!! average 53cm !!!! We do not really look for it but on the way to our BoP saw it on the wire, road site so I decided to walk down shoot it with handheld .. yes handheld 😀 to reduce time waste …

蟆口鴟是我最喜歡的鳥種之一。這鳥很大,真的很大見到它時。我也嚇到,~53公分 !!!在去拍紅極樂鳥路中,我們停了一會把他拿下。我可是手持拍的。

Malaysia Frogmouth series

Podargidae series: Frogmouth | 蟆口鸱科 | liewwk Nature

3. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, 葵花鹦鹉, 葵花鸚鵡, Cacatua galerita, キバタン, Kakatua Koki

– Big size, common and not easy to miss but difficult to have a good picture as always perch high up

– 蠻普通的,大型。不容易錯過。可是總是站高高。

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4. Sulawesi Pitta,苏拉威西八色鸫, 蘇拉威西八色鶇, Erythropitta celebensis, スラウェシヤイロチョウ

– We expand our last day back to Malaysia from Makassar for this Pitta and Black-Headed Kingfisher

– as usual lovely and beautiful Red-Bellied Pitta .. now split as Sulawesi Pitta which is endemic to Sulawesi island

– 這是特別在回程的特別安排。我們的回程到了蘇拉威西南部。

– 紅腹八色鶇分出來的其中一種。

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5. Feline Owlet-nightjar, 大裸鼻鸱, 大裸鼻鴟, Aegotheles insignis, オオズクヨタカ, Atoku besar

– one of the main target bird family for the trip

– what a bird when we first see this bird

– 我麼團的主要目標鳥種。見到時多麼的興奮。

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Feline Owlet-nightjar,大裸鼻鸱, 大裸鼻鴟, Aegotheles insignis

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Feline Owlet-nightjar, 大裸鼻鴟, Aegotheles insignis

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6. Frilled Monarch, 饰颈皱鹟, 飾頸皺鶲, Arses telescopthalmus, エリマキヒタキ, Kehicap Biku-biku

– One of the most beautiful Monarch seen so far …this male just lovely with a blue eye-ring.

– male Blue-white and female is orange-rufous

– 非常特別與漂亮的王

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– when I first saw the female, I was like wow this Monarch is just gorgeous. then we spent quite some time getting the male into the frame too.

– as other Monarch, active and noisy bird

– 當我們見到母鳥時真的不能相信這麼漂亮的王鶲

– 讓後我們都決定用一點時間把公鳥拍下。 

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7. Hook-billed Kingfisher,钩嘴翠鸟, 鉤嘴翠鳥, Melidora macrorrhina, カギハシショウビン, Raja-udang paruh-kait

– heard this bird calling many places but just too shy to show

– obvious bill shape

– 很多點都能聽到它叫。就是很難見到。

8. Vogelkop Bowerbird, 褐色园丁鸟, 褐色園丁鳥, Amblyornis inornata, チャイロニワシドリ, Namdur Polos

– one of the amazing birds, how this bird behaves… we spend our rest time to monitor this bird for 2 evenings.. it just amazing collect and put the same color “rubbish” to decorate the house.

– while we hiking for other birding sites, I actually notice some colorful rubbish been hide in some hole …think the bird knows how to keep the “rubbish” in another location if it is not required.

– 蠻大,沒什麼顏色的鳥。

– 非常特別的鳥,會把不一樣的”垃圾“。顏色分類。真的很厲害。

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9. Common Paradise-Kingfisher, 普通仙翡翠, 普通仙翡翠, Tanysiptera galatea, ラケットカワセミ, Cekakak-pita biasa

– Blue-white, red bill & long-tailed

– this bird is common especially at Raja Ampat,  but it just too active and shy ..

– 印尼拉賈安帕群島蠻普通的鳥,可是很害羞。不容易拍照片。

Common Paradise-Kingfisher, 普通仙翡翠, 普通仙翡翠, Tanysiptera galatea
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10. Beautiful Fruit-Dove, 深红顶果鸠, 深紅頂果鳩, Ptilinopus pulchellus, ノドジロヒメアオバト, Walik Elok

– as the name state, it is a very beautiful dove

– pink crown, green black-white breast- orange-yellow belly

– 非常漂亮的果鳩

– 粉紅頭冠,灰白臉與胸,綠背。

– 非常害羞。

Beautiful Fruit-Dove, 深红顶果鸠, 深紅頂果鳩,Ptilinopus pulchellus
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11. Shining Flycatcher, 辉阔嘴鹟, 華麗闊嘴鶲, Myiagra alecto, テリヒラハシ, Sikatan Kilap

– very beautiful birds especially male and female both have their attractions

– male full dark blue and female dark blue head, white underpart and rufous upper

– interesting to see their mouth, shinning yellow

很美麗的鳥。公鳥與母鳥都有不一樣的美。 公鳥-暗藍。母鳥-暗藍頭部,白胸,棕背。它們叫的的時候,可以見到它們的嘴裡可是光亮的嘴。

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- this bird very active and beautiful for both male and female

- captured our stay at our hotel at Raja Ampat

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12. Lesser Frigatebird, 白斑军舰鸟, 白班軍艦鳥, Fregata ariel, コグンカンドリ, Cikalang Kecil

– one of the least common in this region with the Greater

– male is easier to distinct but females sometimes confuse.

– LF which refers has obviously the extended spurs which absent from Greater Frigatebird. some angles may confuse with Christmas Island Frigatebird.

update 202101

- captured this at our hotel near the beach while our stay at Raja Ampat, Indonesia

- the spurs extend from the center white breast

- blackhead, the white breast should be an adult female?



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13. Golden Monarch, 金王鹟, 黑黃王鶲, Carterornis chrysomela, キイロカササギビタキ, Kehicap Emas

– active and beautiful bird, overall yellow-black

– 非常活躍的鳥。黃-黑

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