Taman Negara 22-28Jun14
From KH
Con, Danny and I went to Taman Negara, not through the Kuala Tahan entrance,
but through the Merapoh and Kuala Koh entrances.
The highlights:
1) A pair of Large Frogmouths at Merapoh at day roost.
2) Large Green Pigeons, Bamboo Woodpeckers and Large Wren Babblers at Kuala Koh
3)
Great Eared Nightjar at Merapoh, apparently a first for Taman Negara.
4) Long-billed Spiderhunter, one at Merapoh and one at Kuala Koh.
5) Jungle Mynas at Tasik Kenyir.
5) Gold-whiskered Barbet at Merapoh.
6) A raptor at Merapoh along Rentis Negeram is most likely a Wallace's Hawk Eagle.
7) A group of munias at Kuala Koh restuarant area are most likely White-bellied Munias.
Merapoh
On Day 1, we reached Merapoh early in the afternoon. My first lifer was a
Gold-whiskered Barbet shortly after the chalet. ©Tan KH
The
Green Broadbill is a common bird here. This juvenile was
making a lot of noise, most likely begging for food. ©Tan KH
We got a pair of
Large Frogmouths at day roost on Day 2 morning!
Although a known spot (Sungei Relau bridge), people have mostly been seeing the
bird at dawn or dusk. This pair stayed on the same perch throughout the day. ©Tan KH
The
Black-naped Monarchs were still nesting. Left male,
right female. ©Tan KH
The resident
Blyth's Paradise-flycatcher were also showing
well, including a white morph male. Below is the female. ©Tan KH
A pair of
Oriental Honey-buzzards over-staying. ©Con Foley
Banteng! This herd was released at Merapoh. The dark one is
the male, the rest females and juveniles. ©Tan KH
Prevost's Squirrels can be found right at the chalet area. ©Tan KH
While Con was having a siesta, we heard a wail. Then we saw this - a monitor
with a frog in mouth. ©Tan KH
Kuala Koh
This is the third entrance to Taman Negara. The specialties here were
Bamboo Woodpeckers at the resort.
Besides
Large Wren Babbler, the other lifer that we got here was
Large Green Pigeon, including this male. ©Danny Lau
A
Long-billed Spiderhunter showed up at the chalet area ©Tan KH
This weird looking
crow had us scratching our head - Large-billed or Slender-billed? ©Tan KH
Tasik Kenyir
"Tasik" means "lake". We dropped by Lake Kenyir Resort which is outside Taman Negara
National Park. Part of the lake is in the national park, but a boat ride is necessary to get
to that part (the fourth and last entrance). Danny and I got a lifer - Jungle
Myna! We only stopped for a few hours in the morning and then it was time to
head back to Singapore.
Trip list
KJ = Kuala Juram, RN = Rentis Negeram
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Merapoh |
Kuala Koh |
Lake Kenyir |
| 1 |
Crested Partridge |
2 |
1 pair (RN) |
1 |
female |
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|
| 2 |
Red Junglefowl |
1 |
male |
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| 3 |
Malaysian Peacock Pheasant |
1 |
heard |
1 |
heard |
|
|
| 4 |
Great Argus |
4 |
heard |
2 |
heard |
|
|
| 5 |
Black-thighed Falconet |
1 |
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| 6 |
Oriental Honey Buzzard |
2 |
1 pair |
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| 7 |
White-bellied Sea Eagle |
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2 |
|
| 8 |
Lesser Fish Eagle |
1 |
(KJ) |
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| 9 |
Crested Serpent Eagle |
1 |
|
1 |
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| 10 |
Changeable Hawk Eagle |
2 |
1 dark, 1 pale |
|
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| 11 |
Wallace's Hawk Eagle |
1 |
1 at (RN) is probably this species |
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| 12 |
White-breasted Waterhen |
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1 |
oil palm |
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| 13 |
Spotted Dove |
>3 |
oil palm |
1 |
oil palm |
|
|
| 14 |
Zebra Dove |
1 |
oil palm |
|
|
|
|
| 15 |
Large Green Pigeon |
1 |
male |
21 |
1 male perched and a flock of 20 |
|
|
| 16 |
Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon |
1 |
(KJ) |
|
|
|
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| 17 |
Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot |
>5 |
|
>6 |
|
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| 18 |
Moustached Hawk Cuckoo |
1 |
heard (RN) |
|
|
|
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| 19 |
Malaysian Hawk Cuckoo |
1 |
juvenile heard |
|
|
|
|
| 20 |
Banded Bay Cuckoo |
1 |
|
1 |
heard |
|
|
| 21 |
Plaintive Cuckoo |
1 |
heard |
1 |
|
|
|
| 22 |
Rusty-breasted Cuckoo |
1 |
heard |
1 |
|
|
|
| 23 |
Asian Drongo Cuckoo |
1 |
heard |
1 |
heard |
|
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| 24 |
Asian Koel |
|
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1 |
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| 25 |
Raffles's Malkoha |
1 |
heard |
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| 26 |
Short-toed Coucal |
1 |
heard |
2 |
heard in forest |
|
|
| 27 |
Greater Coucal |
|
|
1 |
heard at chalet |
|
|
| 28 |
Barn Owl |
|
|
1 |
oil palm |
|
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| 29 |
Large Frogmouth |
2 |
1 pair |
|
|
|
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| 30 |
Great Eared Nightjar |
1 |
(RN) |
|
|
|
|
| 31 |
Swiftlet spp. |
many |
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many |
|
many |
|
| 32 |
Silver-rumped Spinetail |
8 |
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|
1 |
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| 33 |
Brown-backed Needletail |
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2 |
|
| 34 |
House Swift |
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many |
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| 35 |
Grey-rumped Treeswift |
2 |
nest |
1 |
|
|
|
| 36 |
Whiskered Treeswift |
2 |
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| 37 |
Red-naped Trogon |
1 |
(RN) |
|
|
|
|
| 38 |
Diard's Trogon |
1 |
heard (KJ) |
2 |
heard |
|
|
| 39 |
Rufous-collared Kingfisher |
1 |
heard |
|
|
|
|
| 40 |
Banded Kingfisher |
1 |
heard |
1 |
chalet |
|
|
| 41 |
White-throated Kingfisher |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 42 |
Rufous-backed Kingfisher |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 43 |
Red-bearded Bee-eater |
1 |
heard |
1 |
|
|
|
| 44 |
Oriental Pied Hornbill |
1 |
heard |
4 |
carpark |
6 |
|
| 45 |
Rhinoceros Hornbill |
2 |
|
|
|
|
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| 46 |
Helmeted Hornbill |
1 |
heard (KJ) |
|
|
|
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| 47 |
White-crowned Hornbill |
1 |
heard |
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|
|
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| 48 |
Lineated Barbet |
|
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|
|
1 |
|
| 49 |
Gold-whiskered Barbet |
1 |
|
|
|
|
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| 50 |
Red-throated Barbet |
2 |
heard |
1 |
heard |
|
|
| 51 |
Yellow-crowned Barbet |
>3 |
heard |
|
|
|
|
| 52 |
Rufous Piculet |
1 |
(RN) |
|
|
|
|
| 53 |
Banded Woodpecker |
1 |
heard |
|
|
|
|
| 54 |
Crimson-winged Woodpecker |
1 |
heard |
1 |
heard |
|
|
| 55 |
Checker-throated Woodpecker |
1 |
heard |
1 |
heard |
|
|
| 56 |
Bamboo Woodpecker |
|
|
2 |
chalet |
|
|
| 57 |
Maroon Woodpecker |
|
|
1 |
chalet |
|
|
| 58 |
Buff-rumped Woodpecker |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 59 |
Buff-necked Woodpecker |
1 |
|
3 |
chalet |
|
|
| 60 |
Asian Green Broadbill |
4 |
2 seen, 2 heard |
2 |
heard |
|
|
| 61 |
Black-and-red Broadbill |
1 |
heard (KJ) |
3 |
chalet |
|
|
| 62 |
Banded Broadbill |
1 |
heard |
1 |
heard |
|
|
| 63 |
Black-and-yellow Broadbill |
1 |
heard |
1 |
heard |
|
|
| 64 |
Banded Pitta |
1 |
male (RN) |
1 |
heard |
|
|
| 65 |
Garnet Pitta |
2 |
heard |
1 |
heard |
|
|
| 66 |
Rail Babbler |
1 |
heard |
|
|
|
|
| 67 |
Common Iora |
|
|
|
|
1 |
heard |
| 68 |
Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike |
1 |
(RN) |
|
|
|
|
| 69 |
Scarlet Minivet |
1 |
female |
|
|
|
|
| 70 |
Dark-throated Oriole |
1 |
heard |
1 |
heard |
|
|
| 71 |
Black-naped Oriole |
1 |
oil palm |
1 |
chalet |
|
|
| 72 |
Bronzed Drongo |
2 |
|
4 |
|
|
|
| 73 |
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 74 |
Black-naped Monarch |
5 |
1 nesting pair, 1 family of 3 |
1 |
heard |
|
|
| 75 |
Asian Paradise Flycatcher |
2 |
1 white, 1 rufous |
|
|
|
|
| 76 |
Crested Jay |
1 |
heard |
|
|
|
|
| 77 |
Black Magpie |
1 |
heard (RN) |
5 |
1 flock |
|
|
| 78 |
Large-billed Crow |
2 |
1 pair (chalet) |
>20 |
|
|
|
| 79 |
Pacific Swallow |
3 |
|
|
|
>3 |
|
| 80 |
Black-headed Bulbul |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 81 |
Yellow-vented Bulbul |
4 |
2 oil palm, 2 chalet |
|
|
|
|
| 82 |
Olive-winged Bulbul |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 83 |
Cream-vented Bulbul |
1 |
(KJ) |
2 |
|
|
|
| 84 |
Red-eyed Bulbul |
1 |
|
4 |
|
|
|
| 85 |
Spectacled Bulbul |
2 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 86 |
Hairy-backed Bulbul |
>5 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
| 87 |
Buff-vented Bulbul |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 88 |
Streaked Bulbul |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 89 |
Finsch's Bulbul |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 90 |
Grey-cheeked Bulbul |
1 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
| 91 |
Yellow-bellied Bulbul |
2 |
(KJ) |
|
|
|
|
| 92 |
Common Tailorbird |
1 |
heard |
1 |
heard |
3 |
heard |
| 93 |
Dark-necked Tailorbird |
2 |
heard |
2 |
|
1 |
|
| 94 |
Rufous-tailed Tailorbird |
2 |
heard |
1 |
heard |
|
|
| 95 |
Yellow-bellied Warbler |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 96 |
Black-capped Babbler |
2 |
heard |
1 |
|
|
|
| 97 |
White-chested Babbler |
2 |
(RN) |
|
|
|
|
| 98 |
Abbott's Babbler |
1 |
heard |
1 |
|
|
|
| 99 |
Horsfield's Babbler |
2 |
heard |
|
|
|
|
| 100 |
Short-tailed Babbler |
1 |
heard |
|
|
|
|
| 101 |
Moustached Babbler |
1 |
heard |
1 |
|
|
|
| 102 |
Sooty-capped Babbler |
2 |
1 adult, 1 juvenile |
|
|
|
|
| 103 |
Scaly-crowned Babbler |
2 |
|
3 |
1 pair distracting us from juvenile |
|
|
| 104 |
Rufous-crowned Babbler |
8 |
|
4 |
|
|
|
| 105 |
Large Wren-babbler |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
| 106 |
Rufous-fronted Babbler |
1 |
heard |
|
|
|
|
| 107 |
Grey-headed Babbler |
1 |
heard |
|
|
|
|
| 108 |
Black-throated Babbler |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 109 |
Chestnut-rumped Babbler |
2 |
1 seen, 1 heard |
1 |
heard |
|
|
| 110 |
Chestnut-winged Babbler |
2 |
|
1 |
heard |
|
|
| 111 |
Pin-striped Tit-babbler |
2 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
| 112 |
Fluffy-backed Tit-babbler |
1 |
|
1 |
heard |
|
|
| 113 |
Brown Fulvetta |
5 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
| 114 |
White-bellied Yuhina |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 115 |
Asian Fairy Bluebird |
2 |
1 male, 1 female |
|
|
|
|
| 116 |
Asian Glossy Starling |
many |
chalet |
|
|
|
|
| 117 |
Common Hill Myna |
2 |
1 seen, 1 heard |
1 |
heard |
|
|
| 118 |
Common Myna |
2 |
oil palm |
1 |
oil palm |
1 |
|
| 119 |
Jungle Myna |
|
|
|
|
9 |
|
| 120 |
Javan Myna |
1 |
oil palm |
1 |
oil palm |
|
|
| 121 |
Rufous-winged Philentoma |
2 |
(KJ) |
|
|
|
|
| 122 |
Oriental Magpie Robin |
>3 |
chalet |
>3 |
chalet |
|
|
| 123 |
White-rumped Shama |
3 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 124 |
White-crowned Forktail |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 125 |
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher |
2 |
1 female seen, 1 heard |
1 |
heard |
|
|
| 126 |
Grey-headed Flycatcher |
2 |
1 seen (RN), 1 heard |
2 |
heard |
|
|
| 127 |
Greater Green Leafbird |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 128 |
Lesser Green Leafbird |
2 |
male |
|
|
|
|
| 129 |
Blue-winged Leafbird |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 130 |
Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 131 |
Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker |
2 |
1 male, 1 juvenile |
|
|
|
|
| 132 |
Yellow-vented Flowerpecker |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 133 |
Orange-bellied Flowerpecker |
1 |
heard |
1 |
male |
|
|
| 134 |
Plain Flowerpecker |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 135 |
Plain Sunbird |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 136 |
Brown-throated Sunbird |
1 |
male (chalet) |
|
|
|
|
| 137 |
Ruby-cheeked Sunbird |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 138 |
Purple-naped Sunbird |
1 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
| 139 |
Thick-billed Spiderhunter |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 140 |
Long-billed Spiderhunter |
1 |
(KJ) |
1 |
|
|
|
| 141 |
Eurasian Tree Sparrow |
many |
chalet |
many |
chalet |
many |
|
| 142 |
White-bellied Munia |
|
|
>2 |
those at chalet are probably this species |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
Siamang |
many |
heard |
|
|
|
|
| 2 |
Dusky Langur |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
| 3 |
Cream-coloured Giant Squirrel |
1 |
heard |
|
|
|
|
| 4 |
Plantain Squirrel |
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
| 5 |
Prevost's Squirrel |
1 |
chalet |
|
|
|
|
| 6 |
Slender Squirrel |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 7 |
Wild Boar |
4 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
| 8 |
Banteng |
5 |
1 male, 3 female, 1 juvenile |
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