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 07Jun18 early morning

From KH

At Nature Lodge Sepilok, get saw/heard the common birds: Spotted Dove, Zebra Dove, Collared Kingfisher, Yellow-bellied Prinia, Black Magpie-robin, Javan Myna and Eurasian Tree Sparrow.

Eurasian Tree Sparrow. Collared Kingfisher.

Spotted Dove. Zebra Doves.

At Rainforest Discovery Centre (RDC), our first bird for today was the endemic Dusky Munia. This juvenile was still not able to fly. Hope it survives...

We saw this nest on a tree beside the security counter. I reckon this is its nest.

The first for two towers here is the Bristlehead Tower. It's at the canopy level, which gives a good vantage point to look out of the morning bird waves.

We had a pair of Black-winged Flycatcher-shrikes (left female, right male) up close.

A pair of Ruby-cheeked Sunbirds (left female, right male), also up close.

So did the male Green Iora and the Bornean Brown Barbet.

Male Green Iora

Bornean Brown Barbet

Even the endemic Bartlett's Flying Dragon dropped by to say hi.

Other birds, like this Buff-rumped Woodpecker, were farther away.

This resident Southern Pig-tailed Macaque was having his morning stroll.

Next, we headed to the Trogon Tower. Not many birds came close, except for this female Lesser Green Leafbird.

Others were far away like this green-pigeon, and high up like this Verditer Flycatcher.

On the ground, we got a Little Spiderhunter.

The star bird for the morning was a very confiding endemic Black-crowned Pitta.

Time to head back to the lodge for breakfast.