Kinabatangan 11Jun18

From KH

This is our last boat trip with our guides.

First, we heard the loud trumpets of the Pygmy Elephants. The guides told us those are the signals for river crossing. However, a stupid boatman soon appeared and block the way of the elephants!

Then, more boats arrived and we knew we will not witness the crossing, so we left.

There were 2 Mangrove Snakes, one of which was right above me!

This Water Monitor was strolling along the banks.

A pair of Oriental Pied-hornbills (female left, male right).

Then, a mixed flock of 3 Storm's Storks and 1 Lesser Adjutant put on a good airshow.

Other birds:

Lesser Fish-eagle. Male Black-and-yellow Broadbill.

Stork-billed Kingfisher

In the end, no Bornean Ground Cuckoo. Not even heard.

1. 1 Chestnut-necklaced Partridge - Heard
2. 3 Storm's Stork
3. 1 Lesser Adjutant
4. 1 Oriental Darter
5. 5 Purple Heron
6. 5 Great Egret
7. 1 Crested Serpent-Eagle
8. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Heard
9. 1 Crested Goshawk
10. 1 Brahminy Kite
11. 1 Lesser Fish-Eagle
12. 1 White-breasted Waterhen
13. 5 Green Imperial-Pigeon
14. 3 Greater Coucal - 1 seen, 2 heard
15. 1 Violet Cuckoo - Heard
16. 1 Plaintive Cuckoo - Heard
17. 1 Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo - Heard
18. 5 Plume-toed Swiftlet
19. 30 dark swiftlet sp.
20. 1 Scarlet-rumped Trogon - Heard
21. 1 Rhinoceros Hornbill - Heard
22. 1 Bushy-crested Hornbill - Heard
23. 5 Black Hornbill
24. 10 Oriental Pied-Hornbill
25. 6 Blue-eared Kingfisher
26. 2 Stork-billed Kingfisher
27. 5 Blue-throated Bee-eater
28. 2 Dollarbird
29. 1 Brown Barbet
30. 3 Blue-eared Barbet - Heard
31. 1 Buff-rumped Woodpecker - Heard
32. 2 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot - Heard
33. 6 Black-and-red Broadbill
34. 1 Banded Broadbill - Heard
35. 1 Black-and-yellow Broadbill
36. 2 Common Iora - Heard
37. 4 Green Iora
38. 2 Malaysian Pied-Fantail
39. 1 Black-naped Monarch - Heard
40. 10 Slender-billed Crow
41. 5 Pacific Swallow
42. 1 Dark-necked Tailorbird - Heard
43. 2 Ashy Tailorbird
44. 1 Rufous-tailed Tailorbird - Heard
45. 1 Yellow-bellied Prinia - Heard
46. 2 Bold-striped Tit-Babbler - Heard
47. 1 Chestnut-winged Babbler - Heard
48. 2 White-chested Babbler
49. 1 Oriental Magpie-Robin (Black)
50. 1 White-rumped Shama (White-crowned) - Heard
51. 1 Malaysian Blue Flycatcher - Heard
52. 1 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker - Heard
53. 2 Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
54. 10 Eurasian Tree Sparrow
55. 2 Dusky Munia

Sepilok 07Jun18 late morning

From KH

At the lodge, we added a few more common birds: Pacific Swallow, Yellow-vented Bulbul, Asian Glossy Starling and Olive-backed Sunbird.

A wet Yellow-vented Bulbul

Male Olive-backed Sunbird

Then, we were off to RDC again.

The first bird that welcomed us back was a Greater Coucal at eye level.

Followed by this male endemic Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker, which showed us his rump.

A few of the other Bornean subspecies here are potential splits: the White-crowned Shama (left) looks quite different from the White-rumped Shama; while the Charlotte's Bulbul does look like the Buff-vented Bulbul.

Other birds here included Blue-eared Barbet, Fluffy-backed Tit-babbler and Short-tailed Babbler.

This pair of Black-and-yellow Broadbills must have a nest nearby. The female (left) had a cockroach in her mouth, while the shy male was hiding high up.

The Prevost's Squirrels here are black.

Skink running away.

Freshwater crab with nice pattern on the back. Interesting plated millipede.

A couple of butterflies: Idea species and Common Imperial.

These ants were carrying a scorpion pincer! Exoskeleton of a stick insect.

Time for lunch and an afternoon siesta!