Robert Birding
Bob enquired if I would be available to do bird watching with him a month ago and I quickly responded to him by offering my assistance to show him around. Initially, he was supposed to come a week earlier but changes his schedule. The trip was postponed a week later. I met Bob in KLIA and took him to a hotel in KL which he stayed for a nightbefore we start our birding trip.
During the 6 days birding tour, covering the 3 key sites (traditional birding route) in peninsular malaysia, our combined bird list has a total of 140 species including the heard only species. I am glad that I found a new bird for myself which is the bar-bellied cuckooshrike in taman negara.
In kuala selangor, we covered the mangrove, secondary forest, mudflat, fisherman jetty, canal, peat swamp, rice field and an open land. Meanwhile in fraser’s hill, we covered the gap and hill station. Our focus in taman negara is restricted to the jungle trails and boardwalk as well as the kampung tahan area. On our last day, we explored the forest in krau.
Day One: rock pigeon, house crow, black-shouldered kite, crested serpent eagle, javan myna, olive-backed sunbird, brown-throated sunbird, pink-necked pigeon, zebra dove, chestnut-winged cuckoo, little bronze cuckoo, brahminy kite, barn swallow, edible nest swiftlet, ashy drongo, emerald dove, laced woodpecker, sunda pygmy woodpecker, common flameback, black-capped woodpecker, collared kingfisher, chestnut-bellied malkoha, great tit, great egret, intermediate egret, little egret, Eurasian tree sparrow, ashy tailorbird, mangrove whistler, yellow, vented bulbul, common iora, oriental white-eye, black-naped oriole, white-throated kingfisher, cinnamon bittern, eastern marsh harrier, white-winged tern, white-breasted woodswallow, white-bellied sea eagle, white-breasted waterhen, pacific swallow, purple heron, gray heron, little heron, black-crowned night heron, pacific golden plover, bar-tailed godwit, common redshank, terek sandpiper, oriental reed warbler, cattle egret, brown shrike, blue-throated bee-eater, spotted dove, lesser adjutant stork, mountain imperial pigeon, common myna, scaly-breasted munia, golden-bellied gerygone, pied fantail, pied triller, black kite, and yellow-bellied prinia.
Day Two: cinnamon bittern, house crow, large-billed crow, black-shouldered kite, scaly-breasted munia, pacific swallow, black-crested bulbul, gray wagtail, asian brown flycatcher, large niltava, mountain bulbul, house swift, chestnut-capped laughingthrush, ferruginous flycatcher, javan cuckooshrike, streaked spiderhunter, fire-tufted barbet, chestnut-crowned warbler, mountain leaf warbler, blue nuthatch, silver-eared mesia, black-throated sunbird and gray nightjar.
Day Three: large niltava, silvered-eared mesia, long-tailed sibia, blue-winged minla, collared owlet, black-eared shrike babbler, rufous-browed flycatcher, mugimaki flycatcher, gray wagtail, orange-bellied leafbird, little cuckoo dove, rufous woodpecker, little pied flycatcher, streaked spiderhunter, black-throated sunbird, fire-tufted barbet, mountain tailorbird, golden babbler, mountain leaf warbler, greater yellownape, verditer flycatcher, and bronze drongo.
Day Four: rufous-browed flycatcher, long-tailed sibia, chestnut-crowned laughingthrush, chestnut-capped laughingthrush, black-and-crimson oriole, lesser racket-tailed drongo, yellow-vented bulbuls, spotted dove, oriental magpie robin, black-naped oriole, common myna, Eurasian tree sparrow, dollarbird, bar-bellied cuckooshrike, greater coucal, and black-thighed falconet.
Day Five: oriental magpie robin, spotted dove, common myna, black-thighed falconet, yellow-bellied prinia, Eurasian tree sparrow, dark-necked tailobird, hairy-backed bulbul, yellow-bellied prinia, striped-throated bulbul, horsfield’s babbler, moustached babbler, abbott’s babbler, white-chested babbler, crimson-winged woodpecker, olive-backed woodpecker, buff-necked woodpecker, dark-throated oriole, yellow-vented bulbul, oriental pied hornbill, yellow-bellied warbler, dollarbird, orange-bellied flowerpecker, plain flowerpecker, and crested fireback.
Day Six: oriental magpie robin, spotted dove, common myna, black-thighed falconet, red-eyed bulbul, yellow-bellied prinia, hairy-backed bulbul, jungle myna, dollarbird, barn owl, raffles’ malkoha, maroon-breasted philentoma, olive-backed woodpecker, purple-backed starling, long-tailed parakeet, greater racket-tailed drongo, asian paradise flycatcher, Indian cuckoo and rufous-bellied eagle.
