It is a vagrant to north-west coast of Borneo, less than 10 records so far, 3 previous records from Brunei (Late November to early December 1974, September 1981 and September 1995), 2 previous records from Sarawak (January 1975 and October 1985) , 1 recent record from Sabah (November 2011).
These two birds on current visit was located by Mr. Eugene Cheah on 15th November, who alerted birders around Kota Kinabalu. Since I had earlier planned a family trip there on 23th, I brought along my camera to try my luck.
This is my lifer, my #392 photographed bird of Borneo.
Immature bird
Adult bird
Happy birding.
Photodocument of the wild birds of Borneo.
Standard references for my blog.
Congrats on your lifer! There was also a bird seen last year on the 16th of October at Wasan ricescheme, Brunei. Not by me unfortunately....
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ReplyDeleteThey are great birds, and surprisingly hard-to-spot for such a large wader !
ReplyDeleteHe brought his friend! Last year I saw 1 at Penampang Paddy near the first patch of paddy after coming our of the road shaded by trees after passing the RA site. This guy is already becoming regular I see.
ReplyDeleteHi Zaim, I spotted them them somewhere near the place you described.
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