This blog records birding adventures of a not-so-secret group of Singapore birders. The main cast is Con Foley, Danny Lau, Lau Jia Sheng and Tan Kok Hui. We mainly bird in Singapore. We also occasionally bird around the world.
Showing posts with label Black-and-red Broadbill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Black-and-red Broadbill. Show all posts
Just the usual forest birds at the fruiting Benjamin's Fig.
And a female Wagler's Pit Viper in one of the bushes.
Soon, news of female Scarlet Minivet broke on Pulau Ubin, so off we went.
No minivet, but Black-and-red Broadbill still around. Yes, that blur blob in the middle.
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Ulu Sembawang, Sungei Buloh 12Aug23
From KH
This weekend, Danny, JS and I were on a mission to get JS his 2 lifers: Great Slaty Woodpecker and Black-and-red Broadbill. We started at Jalan Ulu Sembawang for the female Great Slaty Woodpecker that was first reported since 31 Jul 2023. Sure enough, she was still around and very vocal. In fact, she stayed until 18 Feb 2024!
Short-tailed Babbler was also very vocal. Yes, that blur blob in the middle is the babbler.
Next, Sungei Buloh for Black-and-red Broadbill. Sure enough, it was still around. In fact, it's the same individual that was ringed here in 2019.
Also got Lesser Adjutant in flight.
Buffy Fish-Owl at its usual spot at the entrance boardwalk.
Other animals include this Common Greenback and these Whitespots.
Sunday, December 21, 2025
Sungei Buloh 28May22
From KH
Third time lucky at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve! Apparently, this Black-and-red Broadbill was ringed here in 2019. You can see the ring on its right leg.
Chalcotropis sp. spider
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Kinabatangan 12Jun18
From KH
The Malaysian Pied-fantail are still brooding the chicks.
Black-and-red Broadbills also nesting.
Slender-billed Crow and Crested Serpent-eagle fly-by.
Hooded Pittas are often heard, but today, they also showed really well.
The pair of White-fronted Falconets are still at the same place.
Oriental Darter drying itself. Not much feathers left!
Common birds: Greater Racket-tailed Drongo and Pacific Swallow.
Non-avian creatures: colourful millipede. Harvestman with cicada exoskeleton.
1 Storm's Stork
5 Oriental Darter
1 Great Egret
1 Crested Serpent-Eagle
1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Heard
1 White-breasted Waterhen
2 Green Imperial-Pigeon
2 Bornean Ground-Cuckoo - Heard
1 Greater Coucal
1 Raffles's Malkoha - Heard
1 Plaintive Cuckoo - Heard
10 dark swiftlet sp.
1 Red-naped Trogon - Heard
1 Diard's Trogon - Heard
1 Scarlet-rumped Trogon - Heard
1 White-crowned Hornbill - Heard
1 Rhinoceros Hornbill - Heard
1 Bushy-crested Hornbill - Heard
1 Black Hornbill
2 Oriental Pied-Hornbill
2 Blue-eared Kingfisher
1 Stork-billed Kingfisher
1 Collared Kingfisher - Heard
4 Blue-throated Bee-eater
1 Dollarbird
1 Blue-eared Barbet - Heard
1 Red-throated Barbet - Heard
5 Long-tailed Parakeet
2 White-fronted Falconet
4 Black-and-red Broadbill
1 Black-and-yellow Broadbill - Heard
4 Hooded Pitta
1 Common Iora
1 Green Iora
1 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
4 Malaysian Pied-Fantail
1 Black-naped Monarch - Heard
1 Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher - Heard
10 Slender-billed Crow
5 Pacific Swallow
1 Yellow-vented Bulbul - Heard
1 Olive-winged Bulbul
1 Red-eyed Bulbul
2 Ashy Tailorbird
1 Bold-striped Tit-Babbler - Heard
2 Chestnut-winged Babbler - Heard
3 Sooty-capped Babbler - Heard
4 White-chested Babbler
1 White-rumped Shama - Heard
2 Malaysian Blue Flycatcher
1 Common Hill Myna - Heard
50 Javan Myna
1 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker - Heard
1 Temminck's Sunbird - Male
2 Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Saturday, June 9, 2018
Kinabatangan 09Jun18 midday
From KH
After returning from the boat ride, I walked around the resort. First, a male Black Magpie-robin.
Then, a Lesser Adjutant was seen thermaling.
The Black-and-red Broadbill was still at the restaurant!
Chestnut Munias were nesting in the low shrub.
Similarly for the Dusky Munia. This one was collecting nesting material.
An Olive-backed Sunbird nest was also seen.
A male Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker was enjoying lunch.
While a Flat-tailed Gecko was having a siesta.
Then, our guides told us there was a male White-crowned Hornbill nearby.
1 Lesser Adjutant
1 White-crowned Hornbill - Male
1 Black-and-red Broadbill
1 Yellow-vented Bulbul
1 Oriental Magpie-Robin (Black) - Male
2 Asian Glossy Starling
1 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker - Male
20 Eurasian Tree Sparrow
6 Dusky Munia - A few pairs nesting at resort
2 Chestnut Munia - A pair nesting at resort
Friday, June 8, 2018
Kinabatangan 08Jun18
From KH
We reached Myne Resort in time for lunch with our guides Robert Chong and John Nair.
The first birds we saw here were munias, both Dusky and Chestnut. Here's a Chestnut Munia.
After a nice lunch, we had a siesta and then tea break! Only then did you get our first boat ride. The first mammals were saw were Orangutans - a mother and her young - feeding on figs.
Next, Silvered Leaf Monkeys.
Other monkeys seen included these macaques.
A thirsty Long-tailed Macaque
A couple of playful Southern Pig-tailed Macaques
We got a few flybys.
Slender-billed Crow
Green Imperial-pigeon
Male Black Hornbill
Immature White-bellied Sea-eagle
A pair of Rhinoceros Hornbills (female left, male right) came close.
Blue-eared and Stork-billed Kingfishers are common here. Here's a photo of the latter.
An adult Lesser Fish-eagle (left) and a male Blue-crowned Hanging-parrot wraps up the birds on the river.
An Estuarine Crocodile was stealthily keeping its eyes on us.
Then, the guides got news of Pygmy Elephants showing along the main river, so off we went.
So we ended out first boat ride with a few key mammals under our belt. No sign of our target bird, Bornean Ground Cuckoo, though.
Back at the restaurant, it was about time for dinner, and to our surprise, a Black-and-red Broadbill was roosting on the eaves of the restaurant! We saw it earlier hanging out at the restaurant, but we didn't know it intended to roost here for the night. None of the locals knew either. Amazing.
After dinner, we realized that Bearded Pigs were showing up at the carpark area!
