Mt Kinabalu 05Jun18

From KH

Eyebrowed Jungle-flycatcher, one of the key endemics today.

Bornean Green Magpie and Bornean Treepie.

It was nice to at last see the Sunda Cuckoo, a commonly heard cuckoo here.

Also, first on this trip - Checker-throated Woodpeckers.

Ashy Drongo stigmatops subspecies and Hair-crested Drongo.

Female (left) and juvenile Snowy-browed Flycatchers.

Male Temminck's Sunbird and female Blyth's Shrike-babbler.

A researcher from the University of Montana told us that he was monitoring this White-browed Shortwing nest.

Alim told us that this is one of the flowers that attracts Whitehead's Spiderhunters.

Kuhl's Creek Frog.

Spiders.

Atlas Moth.

Butterflies.

A katydid and a cricket.

Leech! A rare sight here.

1. 3 Red-breasted Partridge - 1 seen, 2 heard
2. 3 Crimson-headed Partridge - 1 seen, 2 heard
3. 1 Sunda Cuckoo - Male
4. 30 Plume-toed Swiftlet - Nesting under entrance eaves
5. 2 Golden-naped Barbet - Heard
6. 3 Checker-throated Woodpecker
7. 1 Gray-chinned Minivet
8. 2 Bornean Whistler - Heard
9. 2 Blyth's Shrike-Babbler
10. 6 Ashy Drongo
11. 2 Hair-crested Drongo
12. 1 White-throated Fantail
13. 5 Bornean Green-MagpieSensitive
14. 2 Bornean Treepie
15. 2 Pacific Swallow
16. 1 Ochraceous Bulbul
17. 2 Bornean Stubtail
18. 4 Mountain Tailorbird
19. 4 Mountain Leaf Warbler
20. 4 Yellow-breasted Warbler
21. 20 Chestnut-crested Yuhina
22. 6 Black-capped White-eye
23. 1 Gray-throated Babbler
24. 2 Sunda LaughingthrushSensitive
25. 6 Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush
26. 2 Indigo Flycatcher
27. 1 Eyebrowed Jungle-Flycatcher
28. 1 White-browed Shortwing - Nesting
29. 2 Snowy-browed Flycatcher - 1 female, 1 juvenile
30. 1 Black-sided Flowerpecker - Female
31. 1 Temminck's Sunbird - Male

Mt Kinabalu 04Jun18

From KH

With Alim's tip, we managed to see 2 endemic Everett's Thrushes near Silau-Silau Hut at about 6am.

The Bornean Treepie is a common endemic, very noisy, but usually high up.

This endemic Bornean Whistler caught a stick insect!

While this endemic Bornean Stubtail was hiding in the undergrowth under low light condition...

Chestnut-hooded and Sunda Laughingthrushes were seen, but no sign of the Bare-headed Laughingthrush.

This Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush was removing the green gooey stuff from the caterpillar before swallowing it.

Here's a comparison between the Bornean (left) and Plume-toed Swiftlets.

How many bands can a Chestnut-crested Yuhina wear?

How about a Black-capped White-eye?

And Grey-throated Babbler?

This pair of Little Pied Flycatchers were apparently still building nest. The female (left) was carrying nesting material.

The juvenile Snowy-browed Flycatcher (left) has already fledged, and the Indigo Flycatcher came down to check us out.

The other common birds included:

Female Temminck's Sunbird. Sunda Bush Warbler.


Ochraceous Bulbul


Hair-crested Drongo. Ashy Drongo stigmatops subspecies.

Some of the squirrels here included the Brooke's Squirrel and the Bornean Mountain Ground Squirrel.

We had another Trilobite Beetle today.

There was a blackish caterpillar and another stick insect.

1. 5 Red-breasted Partridge - Heard
2. 3 Crimson-headed Partridge - Heard
3. 2 Little Cuckoo-Dove
4. 2 Sunda Cuckoo - Heard
5. 1 Bornean Swiftlet
6. 30 Plume-toed Swiftlet
7. 2 Golden-naped Barbet - Heard
8. 1 Gray-chinned Minivet - Male
9. 2 Bornean Whistler
10. 1 Blyth's Shrike-Babbler - Male
11. 1 Ashy Drongo
12. 1 Hair-crested Drongo
13. 2 White-throated Fantail
14. 4 Bornean Treepie
15. 3 Ochraceous Bulbul
16. 1 Bornean Stubtail
17. 4 Mountain Tailorbird - Heard
18. 2 Sunda Bush Warbler
19. 4 Mountain Leaf Warbler
20. 5 Yellow-breasted Warbler
21. 20 Chestnut-crested Yuhina
22. 4 Black-capped White-eye
23. 3 Gray-throated Babbler
24. 1 Temminck's Babbler
25. 2 Sunda Laughingthrush
26. 5 Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush
27. 2 Indigo Flycatcher
28. 1 Bornean Whistling-Thrush
29. 1 Snowy-browed Flycatcher - Juvenile
30. 2 Little Pied Flycatcher - A pair
31. 2 Everett's Thrush
32. 1 Bornean Leafbird - Heard
33. 2 Temminck's Sunbird