Pulau Tekong 9Apr10

From JS

Yesterday was my last day at Pulau Tekong. (Hopefully, I dont have to go back as a private.) Anyway, over the past 2-3 months, I managed to see some birds and hear many more. In the process, I learn the importance of knowing the bird's call and recognizing them. Identifying birds without a bino is really an agonizing task, especially when you have probably a flock of great knots, a black-winged stilt and a Malaysian blue flycatcher in sight.

Still, I managed to id some and came up with a checklist, no photos though. My list of birds is not really complete with much more to be added, given the fact that I did not cover the grasslands, shorelines and mangroves of P. Tekong.

List of birds seen/heard at Pulau Tekong Besar:

1)   Pacific Swallow
2)   Red-rumped Swallow
3)   Barn Swallow
4)   House Swift
5)   Swiftlet spp.
6)   Black-naped Oriole
7)   Common Iora (h)
8)   Dark-necked Tailorbird (h)
9)   Common Tailorbird (h)
10) Ashy Tailorbird (h)
11) Koel
12) Banded Bay Cuckoo (h)
13) Little Bronze Cuckoo (h)
14) Plaintive/Rusty-breasted Cuckoo (h)
15) Crimson Sunbird (h)
16) Purple-throated Sunbird
17) Olive-backed Sunbird
18) Orange-bellied Flowerpecker  (h)
19) Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (h)
20) Asian Glossy Starling
21) Purple-backed Starling
22) Zebra Dove
23) Spotted Dove
24) Emerald Dove
25) Pink-necked Green Pigeon
26) Imperial Green Pigeon (2)
27) Rock Pigeon
28) Whimbrel
29) Common Redshank
30) Common Greenshank
31) Malaysian Plover (2)
32) Lesser Sand Plover
33) Grey Heron
34) Little Heron
35) Pond Heron sp.
36) Great-billed Heron (Highest count: 2)
37) Little Egret
38) Intermediate Egret
39) Pacific Reef Egret (Short-legged, white morph)
40) Changeable Hawk Eagle
41) White-bellied Sea Eagle (Highest count: 4)
42) Brahminy Kite
43) Black Baza (Highest Count: 4)
44) Black-winged Kite
45) Oriental Honey Buzzard? (1)
46) Magpie Robin (More abundant than mynas)
47) White-rumped Shama
48) Black-naped Monarch (h)
49) Malaysian Blue Flycatcher (1 male)
50) Asian Brown Flycatcher
51) Gerygone (h)
52) Stork-billed Kingfisher
53) Collared Kingfisher (h)
54) White-throated Kingfisher
55) Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker (h)
56) Common Flameback
57) Olive-winged Bulbul
58) Yellow-vented Bulbul
59) Yellow-eared Spiderhunter
60) Large-billed Crow
61) Common Myna
62) Javan Myna
63) Yellow-bellied Prinia (h)
64) Large-tailed Nightjar (h)
65) Savanna Nightjar (h)
66) Brown Hawk Owl (h)
67) Spot-bellied Eagle Owl? (h)
68) White-chested Babbler (h)
69) Red-wattled Lapwing
70) Scaly-breasted Munia
71) Eurasian Tree Sparrow