Taman Negara 15-18Apr08

From GC

Highlights – Garnet Pitta, Banded Pitta, Large Wren-Babbler, Spotted Fantail, Brown-chested Flycatcher, Black-throated Babbler, Rufous-bellied Eagle, 10 Crested Fireback, Crested Wood-Partridge

During the 2nd morning, we heard the Pitta calling in the gully at Yong Hide but it just won't show. On the 3rd morning, we tried Jenut Muda as the most recent sighting was from there, but nary a call was heard! After quite a bit of discussion and consideration, we decided to try the Telinga-Blau/Yong hide area in the afternoon. It was a quiet walk to the Telinga Cave and nothing. On the way back to Yong, the distinctive call was heard in the bushes. It was now or never, so we bashed into the forest and i saw it after 20 mins and nailed a pic after another 30 mins of hide and seek!

This Large Wren-Babbler was encountered in a Babbler bird wave.

Crested Firebacks in the open, at the camp grounds.

Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher.

Weather was good throughout. Total 84 Species (63 seen and 21 heard only)

Bold = Lifers (9 for the trip)
Italics = Heard only

1. Little Heron, Kuala Tahan
2. Rufous-bellied Eagle, 1 soaring with a snake in talon, midway on ‘new road’ to Kuala Tahan (from route 64 turn-off)
3. Black-thighed Falconet, 2 perched on bare branch at Mutiara eating small prey.
4. Crested Fireback, 10 at camp grounds !! 6 males and 4 females on an afternoon, 4pm, foraging in the open. Next afternoon, 5pm, 2 males and 3 females flew across camp grounds.
5. Malaysian Peacock Pheasant, heard at Blau/Yong junction and along Jenut Muda Trail, between the 2 streams
6. Spotted Dove
7. Emerald Dove
8. Indian Cuckoo, heard often
9. Drongo Cuckoo, heard often
10. Rusty-breasted Cuckoo, 1 flat Teresek Trail
11. Violet Cuckoo, heard
12. Black-bellied Malkoha, 2
13. Chestnut-breasted Malkoha, 1
14. Raffles’ Malkoha, 1 male
15. Greater Coucal, heard
16. Collared Scops Owl, heard
17. Reddish Scops Owl, heard
18. Brown Hawk Owl, heard
19. Gould’s Frogmouth, heard
20. Javan Frogmouth, heard
21. Large-tailed Nightjar, heard
22. Silver-rumped Swift, Tahan Hide
23. House Swift, Kuala Tahan
24. Diard’s Trogon, male at Blau/Yong
25. Red-Naped Trogon, male at Jenut Muda, heard at Kumbang
26. Blue-eared Kingfisher, flyby at Lubuk Simpon most likely this species
27. White-throated Kingfisher, Tahan Hide
28. Stork-billed Kingfisher, Kuala Tahan
29. Banded Kingfisher, heard at Lubuk Simpon and Kumbang
30. Red-bearded Bee-eater, heard
31. Rhinoceros Hornbill, 2 flying across Tembeling river, many heard
32. Gold-Whiskered Barbet, heard
33. Rufous Woodpecker
34. Buff-necked Woodpecker, 1 female along Yong Hide trail
35. Banded Woodpecker, heard
36. White-bellied Woodpecker, 2 at Blau/Yong junction, also heard elsewhere
37. Black-and-Red Broadbill, 3 along Lubuk Simpon Trail
38. Green Broadbill, 1 male along Lubuk Simpon trail, also heard elsewhere
39. Banded Broadbill, heard
40. Black-and-Yellow Broadbill, heard
41. Banded Pitta, 1 seen, 1 heard along Yong Trail, 1 heard along Blau-Telinga Trail, 1 along Jenut Muda trail, between the 2 streams
42. Garnet Pitta, 1 seen at Blau/Yong junction, 1 heard at Yong Hide
43. Pacific Swallow
44. Straw-headed Bulbul, 1 at Tahan Hide, 1 at Mutaira Jetty
45. Grey-cheeked Bulbul, common
46. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo, common
47. Asian Fairy Bluebird, 1 male at Mutiara
48. Crested Jay, 1 at Bukit Teresek Trail, 1 at Blau-Telinga Trail
49. Black Magpie, 2 at Kuala Trenggan, also heard elsewhere
50. Large-billed Crow
51. Ferruginous Babbler, Jenut Muda Trail, Trenggan-Kumbang Trail
52. Abbott’s Babbler
53. Short-tailed Babbler
54. Sooty-Capped Babbler, heard
55. Large Wren-Babbler, 1 along Jenut Muda, between the 2 streams and 1 along Trenggan-Kumbang Trail
56. Striped Wren-Babbler, 2 along Jenut Muda, above the 2nd stream
57. Black-throated Babbler, 2 near Lubuk Simpon, collecting nesting materials, also along Trenggan-Kumbang Trail.
58. Rufous-Crowned Babbler
59. Chestnut-Winged Babbler
60. Pin-striped Tit-Babbler, heard
61. White-Rumped Shama, common
62. Oriental Magpie Robin, common
63. White-Crowned Forktail
64. Common Tailorbird
65. Rufous-Tailed Tailorbird
66. Yellow-bellied Prinia, heard
67. Rufous-chested Flycatcher, 1 male between Lubuk Simpon and Tabing Hide
68. Malaysian Blue Flycatcher, 1 male and 1 female at Lubuk Simpon
69. Brown-chested Flycatcher, 1 along Trenggan-Kumbang Trail
70. Grey-headed Flycatcher
71. Asian Paradise Flycatcher
72. Black-naped Monarch, 2 pairs
73. Rufous-winged Philentoma, 1 female
74. Spotted Fantail, 1 at Trenggan-Kumbang Trail
75. Common Myna
76. Hill Myna, heard
77. Long-billed Spiderhunter, 1 along Lubuk Simpon Trail
78. Grey-breasted Spiderhunter, 1 along flat Teresek Trail
79. Plain Sunbird, 1 female at Lubuk Simpon
80. Eurasian Tree-Sparrow

Additional birds recorded by BingWen
81. Crested Wood-Partridge, 1 female at Back Loop
82. Hairy-backed Bulbul
83. Black-capped Babbler
84. Temminck’s Sunbird, 1 male

Others
1. Lesser Mousedeer, Back Loop , Lubuk Simpon Trail & Blau-Telinga Trail
2. Horse-tailed Squirrel, Flat Teresek Trail & Mutiara
3. Barking Deer, 1 male with nice antlers at Kumbang Hide
4. Wildboar
5. Common Flying Dragon, Tahan Hide
6. Plaintain Squirrel
7. Long-Tailed Macaque