Our birding trips: flowerpecker

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!

Sepilok 06Jun18

From KH

After a few hours drive from Mt Kinabalu, we reached Rainforest Discovery Centre.

The Canopy Walkway is a great place to see some of the common birds here.

Ashy Tailorbird

Chestnut-winged Babbler

Some of the Cream-vented Bulbuls here have red eyes! So care must be taken.

The Red-eyed Bulbuls actually have more orangey eyes here. Juveniles have dark eyes though.

The first endemic we encountered here was this male Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker.

Some of the sunbirds here included:

Juvenile van Hasselt's Sunbird

Female Brown-throated Sunbird

Some have split the Bornean Brown Barbet as a distinct species. It does look different from the Peninsular Malaysia ones, which are called Sooty Barbets after the split.