Panti 23Jun18

From KH

Today, Con, Danny, Rob Arnold and I went to Panti after a long hiatus. One of our targets today was the blue morph Rufous-winged Philentoma, and sure enough he was around, so was his mate.

A nearby tree seemed to be a woodpecker magnet. We had a couple of White-bellied Woodpeckers, a banded Woodpecker and a Buff-rumped Woodpecker, all visiting it!

At another spot, Checker-throated Woodpeckers showed well, so did a male Red-naped Trogon.

A couple of bulbuls - Black-headed Bulbul and juvenile Buff-vented Bulbul.

Can you tell this is a White-bellied Erpornis?

And this, a Moustached Babbler?

A faraway Dark-throated Oriole didn't make things easy either.

Luckily, the female Blue-winged Leafbird and male Orange-bellied Flowerpecker were more forthcoming, mainly due to the roadside fruit.

1. 1 Crested Partridge - Heard
2. 1 Great Argus - Heard
3. 1 Red Junglefowl
4. 1 Changeable Hawk-Eagle - Pale
5. 3 Spotted Dove
6. 2 Asian Emerald Dove - Heard
7. 2 Little Green-Pigeon
8. 2 Chestnut-bellied Malkoha
9. 1 Violet Cuckoo
10. 1 Plaintive Cuckoo - Heard
11. 1 Blyth's Frogmouth - Heard
12. 10 dark swiftlet sp.
13. 2 Whiskered Treeswift
14. 1 Red-naped Trogon - Male
15. 1 Diard's Trogon - Male
16. 2 Scarlet-rumped Trogon - Heard
17. 1 Rufous-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher - Heard
18. 1 White-throated Kingfisher
19. 2 Rufous-collared Kingfisher
20. 1 Red-bearded Bee-eater - Heard
21. 1 Blue-throated Bee-eater
22. 5 Sooty Barbet
23. 2 Blue-eared Barbet
24. 3 Red-crowned Barbet
25. 2 Yellow-crowned Barbet - Heard
26. 2 White-bellied Woodpecker
27. 1 Banded Woodpecker
28. 5 Checker-throated Woodpecker
29. 2 Buff-rumped Woodpecker
30. 1 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
31. 1 Banded Broadbill - Heard
32. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
33. 2 Rufous-winged Philentoma
34. 1 Green Iora - Heard
35. 1 Lesser Cuckooshrike
36. 4 White-bellied Erpornis
37. 2 Dark-throated Oriole
38. 2 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
39. 1 Black-naped Monarch - Heard
40. 1 Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher
41. 1 Malaysian Rail-babbler - Heard
42. 5 Black-headed Bulbul
43. 2 Yellow-vented Bulbul
44. 1 Olive-winged Bulbul
45. 2 Red-eyed Bulbul
46. 1 Hairy-backed Bulbul
47. 1 Yellow-bellied Bulbul
48. 1 Buff-vented Bulbul
49. 1 Streaked Bulbul
50. 2 Dark-necked Tailorbird
51. 1 Yellow-bellied Prinia
52. 2 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
53. 1 Chestnut-rumped Babbler - Heard
54. 1 Gray-headed Babbler
55. 1 Moustached Babbler
56. 1 Sooty-capped Babbler - Heard
57. 1 Black-capped Babbler - Heard
58. 1 Horsfield's Babbler - Heard
59. 1 Asian Fairy-bluebird - Male
60. 2 Oriental Magpie-Robin
61. 2 White-rumped Shama
62. 1 White-crowned Forktail
63. 1 Common Hill Myna - Heard
64. 2 Javan Myna
65. 1 Greater Green Leafbird - Female
66. 1 Lesser Green Leafbird - Male
67. 1 Blue-winged Leafbird - Female
68. 1 Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker
69. 3 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
70. 2 Little Spiderhunter
71. 1 Paddyfield Pipit

Crocker Range 13Jun18

From KH

After some overnight driving, we reached Crocker Range in time for the sunrise.

First stop was Rafflesia Information Centre. Guess what, it's closed again. The first bird that got us excited were the endemic Bornean Bulbuls.

The Ashy Bulbuls were also here.

So were Chestnut-crested Yuhinas and a Grey-throated Babbler.

Then, an endemic Mountain Barbet showed up, but it was high and backlit...

An endemic Bornean Barbet also came, suddenly, but it also went suddenly, so no photos...

Here's a pretty spider.

And a pair of Little Cuckoo-doves (male left, female right).

Then, there were some commotions - some Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrikes (left) were attacking a male Black-and-crimson Oriole.

Some other birds also came.

Maroon Woodpecker. Indigo Flycatcher

Male Bornean Leafbird

Moving on to Gunong Alab Resort, we had our mee soup ayam and photographed the nesting swiftlets. Depending who you talk to, these would be Plume-toed Swiftlets or the endemic Bornean Swiftlets.

After mee soup, we drove up the 2-km track to the power substation. There wasn't much going on, but we did get intel that Whitehead's Spiderhunters visit the trees at the substation when they flower. This marked the end of our Sabah adventure and it was time to head to KK Airport.

1. 1 Red-breasted Partridge - Heard
2. 4 Little Cuckoo-Dove
3. 10 white-bellied swiftlet sp.
4. 1 Brown Barbet
5. 1 Bornean Barbet
6. 2 Mountain Barbet
7. 3 Maroon Woodpecker
8. 1 Golden-bellied Gerygone - Heard
9. 1 Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
10. 2 Bornean Whistler
11. 1 Blyth's Shrike-Babbler - Male
12. 1 Black-and-crimson Oriole
13. 2 Ashy Drongo
14. 5 Pacific Swallow
15. 2 Bornean Bulbul
16. 3 Ochraceous Bulbul
17. 2 Ashy Bulbul
18. 1 Mountain Tailorbird - Heard
19. 1 Sunda Bush Warbler
20. 1 Yellow-breasted Warbler - Heard
21. 20 Chestnut-crested Yuhina
22. 4 Black-capped White-eye
23. 1 Gray-throated Babbler
24. 5 Sunda Laughingthrush
25. 2 Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush - Heard
26. 3 Indigo Flycatcher
27. 3 Bornean Leafbird
28. 2 Black-sided Flowerpecker - Heard
29. 1 Olive-backed Sunbird - Male
30. 1 Temminck's Sunbird

Sepilok 08Jun18

From KH

The strategy today is the same as last couple of days - stay at the tower to wait for the morning bird waves.

Firstly, a male van Hasselt's Sunbird.

And a female Ruby-cheeked Sunbird.

Then, a male Lesser Green Leafbird (left) and a Verditer Flycatcher.

Next, a Red-eyed Bulbul (left) and Asian Glossy Starlings.

A few Slender-billed Crows flew right above us.

So did Aerodramus swiftlets.

A Southern Pig-tailed Macaque (left) was descending a tree, while a squirrel foraged on.

Having had enough of waiting on the towers, Danny and I decided to take a walk down on the tracks.

We got a Rufous-winged Philentoma and a few Hairy-backed Bulbuls.

And a few other birds.

Black-capped Babbler in the undergrowth

Spectacled Bulbul with caterpillar in mouth

An unfriendly Purple-naped Sunbird

The Black-crowned Pitta was still around!

It was nice to see a Cream-coloured Giant Squirrel. The variant in Borneo has black upperparts, unlike the Peninsular Malaysia one, which is all creamy.

Soon, it was about time to leave RDC for Kinabatangan. On the way out, we got a few Little Spiderhunters and an Oriental Darter.

As well as an endemic Sabah Slender Skink to round up the morning's trip.

1. 1 Wallace's Hawk-Eagle
2. 3 Treron sp.
3. 1 Greater Coucal - Heard
4. 1 Violet Cuckoo - Heard
5. 1 Plaintive Cuckoo - Heard
6. 1 Brush Cuckoo - Heard
7. 30 Plume-toed Swiftlet
8. 30 dark swiftlet sp.
9. 1 Diard's Trogon - Heard
10. 1 Black Hornbill - Heard
11. 2 Dollarbird
12. 1 Brown Barbet
13. 1 Blue-eared Barbet - Heard
14. 1 Gold-faced Barbet - Heard
15. 1 Buff-rumped Woodpecker - Heard
16. 10 Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
17. 2 Black-and-yellow Broadbill - Heard
18. 1 Black-crowned Pitta
19. 2 Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike
20. 1 Rufous-winged Philentoma
21. 1 Green Iora
22. 5 minivet sp.
23. 1 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo - Heard
24. 3 Slender-billed Crow
25. 1 Pacific Swallow
26. 1 Yellow-vented Bulbul
27. 5 Red-eyed Bulbul
28. 1 Spectacled Bulbul
29. 2 Hairy-backed Bulbul
30. 2 Dark-necked Tailorbird
31. 2 Ashy Tailorbird
32. 2 Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
33. 4 Chestnut-winged Babbler
34. 1 Chestnut-rumped Babbler - Heard
35. 2 Black-capped Babbler
36. 1 Verditer Flycatcher
37. 2 Asian Glossy Starling
38. 1 Common Hill Myna - Heard
39. 5 Javan Myna
40. 1 Lesser Green Leafbird - Male
41. 1 Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker
42. 4 Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
43. 1 Van Hasselt's Sunbird - Male
44. 4 Little Spiderhunter
45. 1 Purple-naped Spiderhunter
46. 4 Eurasian Tree Sparrow