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!

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