tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-277254132024-02-08T02:53:18.982+08:00Of North Borneo Birds and othersWritings on my humble project to photodocument the wild birds of Borneo.Wong Tsu Shihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11674542352543562928noreply@blogger.comBlogger205125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27725413.post-48881252796712319612020-04-26T14:12:00.000+08:002020-04-27T19:55:41.713+08:00The mysterious nightjar of Maliau Basin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Maliau nightjar has come back to haunt the bird photography fraternity during this Covid-19 Movement Control Order (MCO) period, as the MCO makes all bird photographers to stay at home digging their harddrives for bird images to post.<br />
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The said nightjar was claimed to be Bornaparte's by many, myself included. Now it is ID not Bornaparte's from images posted in FaceBook (FB).<br />
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It is too lengthy to post what I am going to say in FB, so I post it here and link this to FB for those who are interested to see what I have to say.<br />
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The purpose of this post is to provide more information which might not be available from the single image seen in FB, I hope these additional information might help us to nail the true identity of the nightjar.<br />
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I first photographed the nightjar with my bird photography group in the evening of 30 August 2014 5.47 pm, again on the next day, also on 11 and 12 October 2014. I photographed a nightjar around the vicinity (the area where we photographed the first bird had been bulldozed to make sealed all-weather road subsequently) on 21 June 2019, this bird looks very similar to the earlier bird.<br />
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The 2014 bird should be the same individual, whereas the 2019 bird was another younger individual as its beck not as massive, upper mandible did not project as long over the lower mandible, see image below. </div>
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We are seeing two individuals with remarkable similar wing coverts patterns, 5 years apart.</div>
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Now, what nightjar is it actually?</div>
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Borneo has 5 recorded nightjar species, they are </div>
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Grey Nightjar [28-32 cm], and </div>
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Since we were not sure what it was, we did the obvious, we would eliminate all the unlikely candidates, the one that remained should be it. </div>
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Let me summarize the habitat, the bird size and call before the elimination.</div>
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The 2014 bird was about 18-20 cm (about Asian Glossy Starling size) at most and the 2019 bird was smaller, about 15-16 cm. Size estimated visually not by actual measurement. </div>
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Habitat was barren hill slope that remained after cutting for road making, see image below. The bird was nesting there in August 2014, a single egg was seen on the ground.</div>
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No call was heard on all occasions.</div>
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First we eliminated Malaysian Eared, and Large-tailed, on size and obvious differences. </div>
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Grey was also out because it is a wintering migrant here and the size didn't match. Grey was never revisited subsequently because of the following image.</div>
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Savanna fitted the size but was also ruled out as it was not recorded in Sabah, the Maliau bird looked different anyway.<br />
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What remained was Bornaparte's, and we took it as Bornaparte's and we agreed not to publicize the bird nor the location as it was nesting there, it was thus not widely known.</div>
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Now it is established that it's wing coverts conform to Grey rather than Bornaparte's, and its identification as a Grey Nightjar is also concurred by regional bird experts in the following FB pages, here</div>
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However, I am of the view that the Maliau bird is not a migratory Grey Nightjar <i>Caprimulgus jotaka jotaka</i> due to the following reasons:</div>
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1. Grey Nightjar is a big bird measuring 28-32 cm, a bird of that size will be hard to mis-measure visually, the Maliau bird is much smaller. The 2014 August nesting bird which evidently was of adult age definitely did not measure one foot in length. It is an established fact that the Maliau Nightjar is of small size, all observers and photographers who have seen it can testify to it's size.</div>
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3. A similar, obviously younger bird was there in June 2019, well outside the normal migratory season.</div>
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Now all recorded Nightjar species in Sabah have been eliminated, but before we conclude, let us relook at Savanna Nightjar again, the most probable bird in term of size. </div>
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Savanna Nightjar occurs only in Kalimantan in Borneo. There are some images of Kalimantan birds in HBW website here<br />
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Most birds there are generally paler, but I notice that every bird there look very different individually, though they are all Savanna.<br />
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Our two Maliau Birds, on the other hand, look surprisingly similar to each other.</div>
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Is it an unrecorded race of Savanna or a new undescribed nightjar from Sabah?<br />
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More need to be done, and for a start, those who have access to the area please try to record its call.<br />
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It will be very interesting after the MCO.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Edited on 27 April 2020 to add the following comments in FB on 26 April 2020 for the benefit of readers:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>James Eaton commented: </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_3l3x _1n4g" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hi Wong, could I ask, why are these chestnut-eared birds not female Large-tailed Nightjars? </span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">Regarding the size, female Large-tailed will be smaller than the male, and is only a little larger than Bonaparte's (and smaller than Grey).</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">It has chestnut ea</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">r-coverts. The tail is very long too in that cover photo - way beyond the wing tips.</span><br /><br style="content: ""; display: block; margin-top: 10px;" /><span style="font-family: inherit;">When it's nesting, it's likely to ruffle the wing feathers to make itself look less bird-shaped, so the classic pale lines in the wing of Large-tailed would be less obvious.</span><br /><br style="content: ""; display: block; margin-top: 10px;" /><span style="font-family: inherit;">For an example of a female Large-tailed, see here:</span><br /><a data-lynx-mode="origin" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmacaulaylibrary.org%2Fasset%2F23285621%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2nheowbwnPAjAUvHHZBmtxTU6eGBNSTcfyOBwWO6NxMLewKJNX7q-zHGw&h=AT3Uijv3bhNUG11R-mXNp4iDT0pgL5nAkH9BGbqeu9WEEu-D6t8q2NiFeUdywF8AW6ghfDgpYLCW4O1ZU-Q3Hponduj1cIt7Tijvfm3cQz1GMFXKHhRJQQ7JWFT_IgL_gSg1RSzkPiLFBrPdRA" href="https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/23285621?fbclid=IwAR2nheowbwnPAjAUvHHZBmtxTU6eGBNSTcfyOBwWO6NxMLewKJNX7q-zHGw" rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/23285621</a></span></span></span></span></span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></span></div>
<b>Dave Bakewell commented:</b><br />
<span dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_3l3x" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'd agree. Earlier I mistakenly identified your pic on BBI as a Grey Nightjar </span><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=1260618280" href="https://www.facebook.com/wong.t.shi?hc_location=ufi" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">Wong Tsu Shi</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">. Looking at these images with more care, I think the wing convert pattern and ear covert colour are wrong for that species and right for Large-tailed.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to Smythis (1999), which I quote "The bristles at the gape are said to be all black in the Grey Nightjar, but white at base in the Long-tailed."</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><br style="content: ""; display: block; margin-top: 10px;" /><span style="font-family: inherit;">In The Birds of the Malay Peninsula Vol. 1 (1927), page 117, under Adult female Large-tailed Nig</span></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">htjar, I quote "rictal bristles white at the base".</span><br /><br style="content: ""; display: block; margin-top: 10px;" /><span style="font-family: inherit;">In The Birds of the Malay Peninsula Vol. 4 (1939), page 103, I quote "In both sexes the rictal bristles are black with white bases." </span><br /><br style="content: ""; display: block; margin-top: 10px;" /><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=517439278" href="https://www.facebook.com/james.birdtourasia?hc_location=ufi" style="cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration: none;">James Eaton</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> links an image that shows the rictal bristles clearly as described in these three volumes. </span><br /><br style="content: ""; display: block; margin-top: 10px;" /><span style="font-family: inherit;">A good number of images in Oriental Bird Images clearly show the white-based black bristles as well. </span><br /></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Both the Maliau Nightjars have entirely black rictal bristles.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_3l3x _1n4g" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">thanks for the details, Wong, very minute details! On the close images, such as the bird that is wet, facing left, you can see the white base to the rictal bristles. For the bird from 21 June, facing right, you can also see the white base to some of th</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">e rictal bristles there too.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
<span dir="ltr" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="_3l3x _1n4g" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="content: ""; display: block; margin-top: 10px;" /><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is also worth noting it is a different race to the birds from the Peninsular, which are more striking in plumage. Large-tailed on Borneo is darker, blacker above, and seemingly less conspicuous wing patterning looking at photos online.</span></span></span></span></span></span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />
<b></b><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="color: #cfe2f3;"></span><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"></span><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"></span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="color: #6fa8dc;"></span><br />Wong Tsu Shihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11674542352543562928noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27725413.post-6071704862077574052019-08-19T16:09:00.006+08:002019-08-20T10:52:11.528+08:00Notable Sabah bird sightings, 1st and 2nd Quarters 2019<span style="color: #cccccc;">Please go to the links below for notable Sabah bird sightings in 1st and 2nd Quarters 2019.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.borneobirdimages.com/documents?id=40" target="_blank">1st Quarter 2019</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.borneobirdimages.com/documents?id=41" target="_blank">2nd Quarter 2019</a><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">Happy Birding.</span><br />
<br />Wong Tsu Shihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11674542352543562928noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27725413.post-48883757689077589532019-02-01T15:06:00.000+08:002019-02-01T15:06:01.771+08:00Some Orchid species of Sabah. Part II<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: #999999;">Here are some orchid species of Sabah, some are cultivated and some in the wild. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>Coelogyne pandurata</i>, Maliau Basin, Sabah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>Coelogyne radioferens</i>, Gunung Alab, Tambunan, Sabah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">C<i>oelogyne rhabdobulbon</i>, Gunung Alab, Tambunan, Sabah</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>Coelogyne septemcostata</i>, Tawau Hills Park, Tawau, Sabah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>Dendrobium crumenatum</i>, Pigeon Orchid. Tawau, Sabah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>Dendrobium kiauense</i>, Trus Madi Forest Reserve, Sabah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>Dendrobium secundum</i>, Toothbrush Orchid. Maliau Basin, Sabah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>Dendrochilum muluense</i>, Gunung Alab, Tambunan, Sabah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>Dendrochilum tenompokense</i>. Gunung Alab, Tambunan, Sabah. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>Grammatophyllum speciosum</i>, Tiger Orchid, Tawau Hills Park, Tawau, Sabah.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>Liparis latifolia</i>, Tawau Hills Park, Sabah. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>Paphiopendilum stonei</i>, Sandakan, Sabah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>Phaius reflexipetalus,</i> Tawau Hills Park, Sabah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>Phaius tancarvilleae</i>, Tawau Hills Park, Sabah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>Phalaenopsis violacea</i>, Tawau Hills Park, Sabah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>Pholidota clemensii</i>, Gunung Alab, Tambunan, Sabah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>Plocoglottis plicata</i>, Tawau Hills Park, Sabah.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><i>Renanthera</i> <i>bella</i>, RDC, Sandakan, Sabah.</span></div>
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1. The common and scientific names, sequence of family and species, as well as the checklist at the end of the book, have been updated to follow Eaton, J.A., van Balen, B., Brickle, N.W. & Rheindt, F.E. <i><a href="https://www.lynxeds.com/product/birds-indonesian-archipelago" target="_blank">Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago. Greater Sundas and Wallacea</a> </i>(2016). </div>
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2. These species are taken out in the 3rd edition as they are either migratory or island species.<br />
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<li>Peregrene Falcon </li>
<li>Beach Stone Curlew </li>
<li>Grey Plover </li>
<li>Black-tailed Godwit </li>
<li>Ruddy Turnstone</li>
<li>Curlew Sandpiper </li>
<li>Greater-crested Tern</li>
<li>Common Tern </li>
<li>Fork-tailed Swift </li>
<li>Common Kingfisher</li>
<li>Yellow Wagtail </li>
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3. These are the species added after taking out those species in 2 above.<br />
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<li><b>Pied Imperial Pigeon</b> <i>Ducula bicolor</i></li>
<li><b>Bock's Hawk-cuckoo</b> <i>Hierococcyx bocki</i></li>
<li><b>Large Frogmouth</b> <i>Batrachostomus auratus</i></li>
<li><b>Collared Scops Owl</b> <i>Otus lempiji</i></li>
<li><b>Bushy-crested Hornbill</b> <i>Anorrhinus galeritus</i></li>
<li><b>Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher</b> <i>Culicicapa ceylonensis</i></li>
<li><b>Bare-headed Laughingthrush</b> <i>Garrulax calvus</i></li>
<li><b>Bamboo Bush Warbler</b> <i>Abroscopus superciliaris</i></li>
<li><b>Sunda-Jungle Flycatcher</b> <i>Cyornis caerulatus</i></li>
<li><b>Pale Blue Jungle-flycathcer</b> <i>Cyornis unicolor</i></li>
<li><b>Snowy-browed Flycatcher</b> <i>Ficedula hyperythra</i></li>
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<i><br /></i>3. Errors in the earlier edition that come to light while updating.<br />
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<br />Wong Tsu Shihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11674542352543562928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27725413.post-61094510894203743032018-02-10T10:46:00.004+08:002018-08-14T07:29:51.788+08:00The Story of Barn Owl in Borneo<span style="color: black;"></span><span style="color: #444444;"></span><span style="color: white;"></span>In the beginning, there was no Barn Owl in Borneo until oil palm came along.<br />
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"Rats have caused serious damage to oil palm in certain parts of Sabah. Barn owls were first introduced from Peninsula Malaysia in 1990 to 1992 by Sawit Kinabalu Berhad (formerly Sabah Land Development Board). It had since established well in Klias Estate/Settlement Scheme, Beaufort. Rat attacks in terms of palms with fresh damages of FFB had dropped considerably after the introduction of barn owls to quite an acceptable level without the need of any baiting. Occupancy rates of nest boxes in 1999 were in the region of around 50 to 60 per cent, indicating the owls introduced are still there and are multiplying. The role of barn owls in rat control can be important in future as rats are expected to adapt and establish itself in oil palm plantations in tandem with the rapid expansion of this crop in Sabah. " <br />
{Abstract from <a href="http://agris.fao.org/agris-search/search.do?recordID=MY2000000100" target="_blank">The introduction of Barn Owl (<i>Tyto alba</i>) to Sabah for rat control in oil palm plantations [2000]</a> by <i>Hoong, H.K.</i> (Sawit Kinabalu Berhad, Jalan Tuaran, 88300, K. K. Sabah, Malaysia.}<br />
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"In 1990 six pairs were carried from Peninsular Malaysia to Sabah on behalf of the Sabah Land Development Corporation [Board] (SLDC). They were released at Beaufort on 31 Jan 1990. First breeding was noticed in Jul 1991, and by mid 1996 it was estimated that there were about 50 locally bred birds. Altogether 24 birds were brought in by SLDC. Three pairs were brought in to Sabah by Pacific Cocoa Plantations and Pamol, but these failed to occupy the nest boxes provided. Three pairs were taken to Pekaka Estate near Miri, Sarawak, which apparently did not occupy boxes provided and may have been shot. Three pairs were taken to Batu Niah Estate, Sarawak, but there was no follow-up information on these."<br />
{Quote from The Birds of Borneo,<span style="color: black;"> </span>Fourth Edition, <i>B. E. Smythis</i>.}<br />
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The second known translocation program was carried out in 2003 which involved 5 pairs of <i>Tyto alba</i> introduced to the Sarawak rice field project at Gedung, Samarahan area from Peninsular Malaysia (pers. Comm., Hafidzi). Unfortunately there was no follow-up on the status of the translocated batch. 16 individuals (<i>Tyto alba javanica</i>) were again introduced to FGV Sahabat 06, Lahad Datu, Sabah.<br />
{Quote from <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/306281207_Propagation_of_Barn_owls_in_an_Oil_Palm_Plantation_of_Sabah_FGV%27s_Experience" target="_blank">Propagation of Barn owls in an Oil Palm Plantation of Sabah: FGV’s Experience,</a> by <i>Zainal Abidin, Cik Mohd Rizuan; M.N., Hafidzi; Hamid, Noor Hisham; Salim, Hasber.</i> }, a paper presented in 2016, no date of Lahad Datu introduction was mentioned, but should be before presentation of that paper.<br />
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From the above introductions, it would be logical to deduce that even if they were successful in their new habitats, their number would still be relatively small, and hardly seen outside areas that they were first released.<br />
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Birders do not usually bird in oil palm plantations and ordinary birders do not get to access oil palm plantations owned by Sawit Kinabalu and FGV, hence hardly any Barn Owl sighting was reported from Borneo.<br />
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On 3rd February 2018, at around 10 am, I received an image through WhatsApp from a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/aladin.osama.9/about?lst=1260618280%3A100000695442170%3A1518219541" target="_blank">birding friend</a> of mine, the image showed an unmistakable Barn Owl. On further inquiry, he replied that the owl was big and the image was taken by one of his workers from inside his company's warehouse using smartphone. The location was near Jalan Tanjung Batu, Tawau, near the seaside and not far from Tawau town..<br />
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After confirming with him the location, we both mobilized ourselves and rushed home to take our camera equipment. The Owl was still inside the warehouse when we arrived, it perched on one of those wooden beams, struts, rafters or whatever it is called, oblivious of the forklift that was moving about inside the warehouse. It did flew and perch further away if we got too near to it. By the way, those beams were at least 20 feet from the ground.<br />
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The warehouse is at least 10,000 sq ft., constructed with solid brick wall from ground up, have one main gate and no window, ventilation opening covered with wire mesh are located just below the roof, to keep out rats and other pests. As it was a Saturday, the warehouse would be locked later for the weekend, we were a bit worried that it might starve if it could not find its way out.<br />
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On Monday morning, workers returned but could not locate it anymore, it must have exited from the same breach that had admitted it earlier.<br />
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From the images (I believe these are the first images of Barn Owl from Borneo, the first one was taken by the warehouse worker, of course, lol.), there is no apparent sign of captivity. So, is this only an odd strayed bird or the Barn Owls are spreading out from Oil Palm Plantations looking for greener pastures? Let's wait and see.<br />
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{<span style="background-color: #6aa84f;"><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;"><span style="background-color: #666666;"><span style="color: black;">Edited on 21 July 2018:</span> On 16 July 2018, Mr Lim was alerted of an Owl perched on one of the ceiling joists of the same warehouse by his worker. It later turned out to be another Barn Owl, which has a darker colorization on face and upper breast, it, too rested there during the day and no where to be found the next morning. </span></span></span><br />
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Little Stint, Tawau, 16th July 2017.</div>
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Little Stint <i>Calidris minuta</i>, a very rare vagrant to Borneo. Mann included in his<a href="https://www.bou.org.uk/shop/publications/the-birds-of-borneo/" target="_blank"> checklist of Birds of Borneo</a> with one well documented record from Mumiang on 6th October 1984 by David Beadle. Mumiang is the only record historically accepted by most.<br />
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Mumiang is located at <span style="font-family: "calibri"; margin: 0px;">5</span><sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px; vertical-align: super;">0 </span></sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px;">49’ N 118</span><sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px; vertical-align: super;">0 </span></sup><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; margin: 0px;">19’ E, which is the estuary of the Kinabatangan River in East Coast of Sabah. </span><br />
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Mann's<a href="https://www.bou.org.uk/shop/publications/the-birds-of-borneo/" target="_blank"> checklist</a> (2008) as well as the two Bornean Fieldguides by <a href="http://johnbeaufoy.com/phillips-field-guide-to-the-birds-of-borneo/" target="_blank">Phillipps</a> (2014) and <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Birds-Borneo-Helm-Field-Guides/dp/1472924444" target="_blank">Myers</a> (2016) were since published and there wasn't any new record on this little fella included.<br />
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Birders and photographers in Sabah have been trying hard to nail a positive record of this bird as everyone believes it must be under recorded, as it looks very similar to Red-necked Stint <i>Calidris ruficollis</i> in winter plumage, which occurs in large number in winter months here. So it must be somewhere out there mingling with the hundreds of Red-necked Stints foraging happily in the distant sand bars.<br />
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Waders expert <a href="https://digdeep1962.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Dave Bakewell</a>, who has a number of <a href="http://digdeep1962.blogspot.my/2011/11/references-for-little-stints.html" target="_blank">well-written and well-illustrated blog postings</a> on the identification of Little Stint has been approached numerous times to help identifying odd looking stints photographed in Sabah. These images represent a faint hope that one might show a Little Stint, but all this while they show unmistakable Red-neck Stints in various ages and moults to Dave's expert eyes.<br />
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In 2015 MNS- BCC Record Committee reviewed the status of Little Stint in Sabah and Sarawak when it was updating the Malaysian Checklist in view of the lack of records in the intervening years. In order to put the record official, the only record from Mumiang was put up for the consideration of the Record Committee, The Committee Chair managed to get in contact with the original observer, Mr. David Beadle, who amazingly still have his note book on the observation.<br />
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The Record Committee later accepted that record, and that remained the only record until 9th September 2016 when <a href="https://www.facebook.com/shao.st?hc_ref=ARRjw7aa_pAOzt7Z_ImuPpjghjYJbabIIPZWG83K1Puu1mInc7ZzVN_ejiyj-Ku54H8" target="_blank">Mr Stanley T Shao</a> photographed an odd looking Stint from Tawau, Sabah, which was later identified by Mr. Dave Bakewell to be Little Stint. The image is<a href="http://www.borneobirdimages.com/bird/little_stint/7825#navigation" target="_blank"> here</a>.<br />
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Another bird was photographed in Tawau on 2nd January 2017, <a href="http://www.borneobirdimages.com/bird/little_stint/8040#navigation" target="_blank">image here</a>.<br />
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Another one in breeding plumage was photographed in Tawau on 16th July 2017, <span id="goog_6608457"></span><a href="http://www.borneobirdimages.com/bird/little_stint/8157#navigation" target="_blank">image here</a>., the same bird was again photographed on 6th August 2017, <a href="http://www.borneobirdimages.com/bird/little_stint/8158#navigation" target="_blank">image here.</a><br />
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No idea whether all the images are from the same bird that was first photographed in September 2016, though mid-July is early but not an unlikely date for waders arrival.<br />
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With this, our belief that Little Stint is definitely out there is confirmed.<br />
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We drove from Tawau at 6 am on 27th May (Saturday) to Kota Kinablu in late afternoon to photograph our first lifer, which is non other than a poor stranded Common Coot. We later had an eating and drinking session with our local bird photography sifus before moving on to Kinabalu Park, where we managed to get hold of our room keys at 11.30 pm from the security guard as the reception had closed for the day many hours ago.<br />
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These were photographed during the trip.<br />
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Common Coot <i><b>Fulica atra</b></i> is a vagarant of North eastern Borneo, so far only recorded from Western Sabah and Brunei. The last record was a lone bird in 1st February 2010 (<a href="http://horukuru.blogspot.my/2010/02/common-coot-fulica-atra.html" target="_blank">Here</a>). <br />
Pictured here is a bird which is stranded in Likas, Kota Kinabalu this season. This poor coot has some form of feather disease where the barbs on its primaries and secondaries are mostly rotten, showing almost bare rachis when wings are stretched out. I would expect the poor cooty to be flightless for quite a while. Unlucky for the cooty, lucky for us, this is my #439 Bornean bird.<br />
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Chestnut-hooded Laughing-thrush <b><i>Rhinocichla treacheri</i></b>, one of the commonest birds in Kinabalu, making puppy-like sound while foraging for insects in first light.<br />
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Borneo Birdwing <i><b>Troides andromache</b></i> - male, a endemic of Bornean mountians, many of them seen foraging around.<br />
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Temminck's Sunbird <i><b>Aethopyga temminckii</b></i>-male, foraging amongst blooms with Olive-backed Sunbirds <i><b>Nectarinia jugularis</b></i>. <br />
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Juvenile Little Pied Flycatcher<i><b> Ficedula westermanni</b></i>, another approachable flycatcher of Kinabalu Park.<br />
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Bornean Bald Laughing-thrush <i><b>Melanocichla calva</b></i><br />
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Bornean Bald Laughing-thrush, the uncommon endemic laughing-thrush and one of the most sought after bird of montane forests in Borneo, lucky to meet this foraging party, this is my #440 Bornean birds.<br />
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Ashy Drongo <i><b>Dicurus leucophaeus</b>, </i>a common roadside bird, often seen foraging from perches on high wires and tip of branch.<br />
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Mountain Treeshrew<b><i> Tupaia montana</i></b><br />
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White-throated Fantail <i><b>Rhipidura albicollis</b> </i>another friendly bird of montane forests.<br />
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Plantain Squirrel <i><b>Callosciurus notatus</b>, </i>commonest squirrel in lowland also occur in montane forests.<br />
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Jentink's Squirrel <i><b>Sundasciurus jentinki</b> </i>is a montane species.<br />
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Grey-throated Babbler <i><b>Stachyris nigriceps</b>,</i> is a difficult bird to get a clear shot when it decides to keep foraging in thick bushes.<br />
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Pale-faced Bulbul <i><b>Pycnonotus leucops</b>, </i>a quite approachable bird with some resemblance to the common lowland Yellow-vented Bulbul <i>Pycnonotus goiavier </i>as both have yellow vent.<br />
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Bornean Flowerpecker <i><b>Dicaeum monticolum</b> </i>often foraging in low growing Pink Maisen <i><b>Medinilla Speciosa</b></i> bushes.<br />
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Blyth's Shrike-babbler <i><b>Pteruthius aeralatus</b> </i>female, quite abundant in montane forest.<br />
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Little Pied Flycatcher <i><b>Ficedula westermanni</b></i> -male a striking cute white and black Flycatcher.<br />
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Bornean Birdwing <i><b>Troides andromache</b></i>- female<br />
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Sunda Bush Warbler <i><b>Cettia vulcania</b>, </i>firendliest bird I have seen in montane forests.<br />
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Bornean Green Magpie <i><b>Cissa jefferyi</b>, </i>often seen in small party and making a lot of noise.<br />
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Hair-crested Drongo <i><b>Dicrurus hottentottus</b>, </i>I am still trying to get a shot of a bird with standing hair crest.<br />
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Sunda Cuckoo Shrike <i><b>Coracina larvata</b>, </i>unmistakable big bird of the montane forests.<br />
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Black and Crimson Oriole <i><b>Oriolus cruentus</b>, </i>usually seen singly amongst mixed foraging flocks.<br />
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Sunda Laughing-thrush <i><b>Garrulax palliatus</b>,</i> another laughing-thrush of montane forests, usually in mixed feeding flock in small party.<br />
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Chestnut-crested Yuhina<b> </b><i><b>Yuhina everetti</b> </i>commonest birds in Kinabalu Park, often foraging noisily from tree to tree in group.<br />
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Mountain Tailorbird <i><b>Orthotomus cuculatus</b> </i>common in areas around Kinabalu Park.<br />
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Red Helen <i><b>Papilio helenus</b></i><br />
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Bornean Black-banded Squirrel<b><i> Callosciurus orestes</i></b><br />
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Malayan Lacewing <i><b>Cethosia hypsea</b></i><br />
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Oriental Honey Buzzard <i><b>Pernis ptilorhyncus torquatus</b>, </i>this bird is soaring at altitude well above 1,500 m around the Park area. Managed to see a soaring Mountain Serpent Eagle <b><i>Spilornis kinabaluensis </i></b>as well, but unable to take a photogrpah.<br />
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White-browed Shortwing <i><span class="sci-name"><b>Brachypteryx montana</b></span> </i>- male<br />
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This pair was seen crossing the trial and I waited for them to cross again with a pre-focused spot, too bad, as they must have noticed my presence and were dashing across at high speed, only managed to get record shots. This is my #441 Borneo birds. </div>
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Checker-throated Woodpecker <i><b>Picus mentalis</b></i>, an interesting bird that occurs both in lowland and montane forests.</div>
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Whitehead's Broadbill <i><b>Calyptomena whiteheadi</b></i>, lucky to encounter two birds perch just next to the trail.</div>
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Here are the other birds that I managed to photograph after the earlier posting.<br />
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Little Egret <i>(</i><i>Egretta garzetta), </i>frequents the pond next to the head quarter building.</div>
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Jerdon's Baza (<i>Aviceda jerdoni), </i>often seen far away, but can be seen perch near park headquarter if you are lucky.</div>
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Rufous-bellied Hawk Eagle <i>(Hieraaetus kienerii), </i>another beauty, can be seen in area around the park.</div>
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Great Argus (<i>Argusianus argus</i>), can be encountered along trails and can be quite approachable.</div>
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Checker-throated Woodpecker (<i>Picus humii</i>), an interesting woodpecker that occurs in both lowland and montane forests.</div>
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Crimson-winged Woodpecker (<i>Picus puniceus</i>). </div>
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Dusky Broadbill (<i>Corydon sumatranus</i>), a bird of the upper canopy in here.</div>
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Blue-banded Pitta (<i>Pitta arquata</i>), endemic jewel of the Bornean forests.</div>
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Borneo Banded Pitta (<i>Pitta schwaneri</i>), another endemic jewel of the Bornean forests.</div>
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Female Blue-headed Pitta (<i>Pitta baudii</i>), yet another endemic jewel of the Bornean forests.</div>
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Male Blue-headed Pitta (<i>Pitta baudii</i>), yet another endemic jewel of the Bornean forests.</div>
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Male Asian Fairy Bluebird (<i>Irena puella</i>).<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></div>
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Asian Fairy Bluebird (<i>Irena puella</i>).<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></div>
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Yellow-bellied Bulbul (<i>Criniger phaeocephalus</i>)</div>
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Grey-cheeked Bulbul (<i>Criniger bres</i>)</div>
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Male Rufous-tailed Shama (<i>Trichixos pyrropygus</i>)</div>
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Female Rufous-tailed Shama (<i>Trichixos pyrropygus</i>)</div>
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White-crowned Forktail (<i>Enicurus leschenaulti</i>)</div>
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Male Chectnut-naped Forktail (<i>Enicurus ruficapillus</i>)</div>
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Female Chectnut-naped Forktail (<i>Enicurus ruficapillus</i>)</div>
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Striped Wren-babbler (<i>Kenopia striata</i>)</div>
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Rufous-crowned Babbler (<i>Melacopteron magnum</i>)</div>
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Crow-billed Drongo (<i>Dicrurus annectans</i>)</div>
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Black Magpie (<i>Platysmurus leucopterus</i>)</div>
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There are other interesting birds recorded in Tawau Hills Park before, and I still in need of lots and lots luck to see them here. The list includes Bulwer's Pheasant (<i>Lophura bulweri</i>), Cinnamon-rumped Trogon (<i>Harpactes orrophaeus</i>), White-necked Babbler (<i>Stachyris leucotis</i>), Bornean Wren-babbler (<i>Ptilolocichla leucogrammica</i>).</div>
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<b></b><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />Wong Tsu Shihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11674542352543562928noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27725413.post-51638179529411773632017-04-23T15:20:00.000+08:002017-04-23T15:20:00.088+08:00Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Borneo - 2nd EditionSecond edition of my little red book was published by the same publisher, John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd. of United Kingdom in 2016. <br />
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This is the book cover and as in the first edition, only endemics are shown there.<br />
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The checklist at the end of the book has been updated with the latest records up to the closing date.<br />
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The second edition also contains 280 species all illustrated with color photographs taken in the wild in Borneo.<br />
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For purposes of having a more Bornean representation, 25 of the migratory species in the first edition have been replaced with resident species.<br />
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The species taken out were:<br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Osprey</b> <i>(Pandion haliaetus)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Migratory raptor</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Cattle</b> <b>Egret</b> <i>(Ardea Alba)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Migratory water bird</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Intermediate Egret</b> <i>(Egretta intermedia)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Migratory water bird</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Pacific Golden Plover</b> <i>(Pluvialis fulva)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Migratory wader</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Common Ringed Plover</b> <i>(Charadrius hiaticula)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt;">Migratory wader</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Kentish Plover</b> <i>(Charadrius alexandrinus)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Migratory wader</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Little Ringed Plover</b> <i>(</i></span><span style="font-family: "\22 times new roman\22 "; font-size: 15.600000381469727px;"><i>Charadrius dubius)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Migratory wader</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Bar-tailed Godwit</b> <i>(Limosa lapponica)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Migratory wader</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Whimbrel</b> <i>(Numenius phaeopus)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Migratory wader</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Common</b> <b>Redshank</b><i> (Tringa totanus)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Migratory wader</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Marsh</b> <b>Sandpiper</b> <i>(</i></span><span style="font-family: "\22 times new roman\22 "; font-size: 15.600000381469727px;"><i>Tringa stagnatilis)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Migratory wader</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Common</b> <b>Greenshank</b> <i>(</i></span><span style="font-family: "\22 times new roman\22 "; font-size: 15.600000381469727px;"><i>Tringa nebularia)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Migratory wader</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Wood</b> <b>Sandpiper</b> <i>(</i></span><span style="font-family: "\22 times new roman\22 "; font-size: 15.600000381469727px;"><i>Tringa glareola)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Migratory wader</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Terek</b> <b>Sandpiper</b> <i>(Xenus cinereus)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Migratory wader</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Common</b> <b>Sandpiper</b> <i>(Actitis hypoleucos)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Migratory wader</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Long-toed Stint</b> <i>(Calidris subminuta)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Migratory wader</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Broad-billed Sandpiper</b> <i>(Limicola falcinellus)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Migratory wader</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Black-headed Gull</b> <i>(Larus ridibundus)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Migratory coastal bird</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Aleutian Tern</b> <i>(Sterna aleutica)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Migratory coastal bird</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Whiskered Tern</b> <i>(Chilidonias hybrida)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Migratory coastal bird</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Tiger Shrike</b><i> (Lanius tigrinus)/</i></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Migratory forest bird</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Barn Swallow</b> <i>(Hirundo rustica)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Migratory forest bird</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Dark-sided Flycatcher</b> <i>(Muscicapa sibirica)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Migratory forest bird</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Blue and White Flycatcher</b> <i>(Cyanoptila cyanomwlana)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Migratory forest bird</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Grey Wagtail</b> (<i>Motacilla cinerea)/</i>Mi<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">gratory forest bird</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Roulroul</b> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>(Rollulus rouloul)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Resident</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Crimson-headed Partridge</b> </span><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">(Haematortyx sanguiniceps)</span></i><b>/</b><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Endemic</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Tabon Scrabfowl</b> (Megapodius cumingii)/<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Resident</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Red-breasted Hill Partridge</b> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>(Haematortyx sanguiniceps)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Endemic</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Blue-headed Pitta</b> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>(Pitta baudii)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Endemic</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Blue-banded Pitta</b> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>(Pitta arquata)/</i></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Endemic</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Sunda Teal</b></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><i> (Anas gibberifrons)/</i>Resident</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Bornean Banded Pitta</b> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>(Pitta schwaneri)/</i>Endemic</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Mangrove-blue Flycatcher</b></span><i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"> (Cyornis rufigastra)</span></i>/</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Resident</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Bornean-blue Flycatcher</b> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>(Cyornis superbus)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Endemic</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Verditer Flycatcher</b> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>(Eumyias thalassina)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Resident</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Blue-banded Kingfisher</b> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>(Alcedo euryzona)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Resident</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Sooty-headed Bulbul</b> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>(Pycnonotus aurigaster)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Resident</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><b>Rufous-bellied Hawk Eagle</b></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><i> (Hierraetus kienerii)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Resident</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Buff-banded Rail</b> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>(Gallirallus philippensis)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Resident</span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Banded Bay Cuckoo</b> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>(Cacomantis sonneratii)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Resident</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Striped Wren Babbler</b> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>(Kenopia striata)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Resident</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Chestnut-naped Forktail</b> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>(Enicurus ruficapillus)/</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Resident</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Olive-backed Woodpecker</b> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>(Dinopium rafflesii)/</i></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px;">Resident</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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In addition to the change in birds, some images have also been replaced with better images captured since the publication of the first edition.<br />
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My brief write-up for the first edition (published 2012) is <a href="http://borneobirds.blogspot.my/2012/08/naturalists-guide-to-birds-of-borneo.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Happy birding and thanks to all my friends who have made this second edition a reality.<br />
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />Wong Tsu Shihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11674542352543562928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27725413.post-70375774215327688872017-04-05T22:49:00.003+08:002017-04-09T20:14:03.663+08:00Notable Bird Sighting for Sabah, 1st Quarter 2017Please go to the links below to obtain a list of the notable bird sightings in Sabah for 1st quarter 2017.<br />
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<a href="http://www.borneobirdimages.com/documents?id=34" target="_blank">1st quarter 2017</a><br />
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Happy birding.<br />
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<b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike>Wong Tsu Shihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11674542352543562928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27725413.post-36950052449328845692017-01-05T07:09:00.000+08:002017-01-05T07:09:11.573+08:00Notable bird sightings in Sabah 3rd and 4th Quarters 2016Please go to the links below to obtain a list of the notable bird sightings in Sabah for 3rd and 4th Quarters of 2016.<br />
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<a href="http://www.borneobirdimages.com/documents?id=31" target="_blank">3rd Quarter 2016</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.borneobirdimages.com/documents?id=32" target="_blank">4th Quarter 2016</a><br />
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Happy birding.Wong Tsu Shihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11674542352543562928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27725413.post-80082197291168155172016-08-18T15:57:00.001+08:002016-08-18T15:57:51.696+08:00Rainbow Bee-eaterRainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus), a bird of Australian origin was first recorded in the island of Pulau Maratua off East Kalimantan in August 2010, by Mr Quenttin Phillipps et al.<br />
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Since that date, no update of the species was noted until a photogrpah purportedly taken in RDC, Sepilok Sandakan sometime in April 2016 came up in Social Media, sadly, details requested from the photographer for assessment of this historic record was not forthcoming. <br />
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However, the first fully documented photographic record of this species was taken by Mr. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/shao.st?pnref=story.unseen-section" target="_blank">Stanley T Shao</a> on the morning of 30th May 2016 at Silam Coast Conservation Area, a secluded and pristine coastal conservation run by Yayasan Sabah situated in Darvel Bay near Lahad Datu with an area of approximately 2,770 ha.<br />
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While Stanley was happily pressing his camera shutter that very morning, I was with another birder photographer Mr <a href="https://www.facebook.com/aaron.ng.1004?fref=ts" target="_blank">C P Ng</a> on our way to the Tallest Tree in Tawau Hills Park. When the image of this bird came through my WhatsApp message, I initially thought it was a hoax, but when Stanley posted images of the location I knew he struck gold for I knew those places as I was there before.<br />
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Mr. C P Ng and I were debating whether to go find the Bee-eater when we were still walking to the Tallest Tree, as Silam Coast is less than two hours drive away from Tawau. We finally decided to go and started moving away from the Tallest Tree after resting for less than a minute.<br />
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We arrived at Silam Coast Conservation Area at around 1.00 pm and spotted a few of them foraging overhead before we alighted from our car. There were altogether eight birders and photographers, apart from Mr Stanley T Shao, who were at the right place on the right day, this group was the lucky few who got the first photographs of these historic visitors, being first photographic record for the island of Borneo and first for Malaysia.<br />
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Some of the images taken by me are as follows:<br />
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A young individual.</div>
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Many birders/photographers went to look for them after that day but failed to see them, and thought they must have moved on.<br /><br />It was not until 10th July 2016, almost one and a half months later, when Mr. Stanley T Shao was driving on his way back from Kota Kinabalu to Tawau made a detour there and spotted them again. Since that day, all birders and photographers who took the trouble to visit the place were rewarded with images and sightings of them. They were still around as at 16th August 2016. <br />
<br />Happy birding.<br />
<br />Wong Tsu Shihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11674542352543562928noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27725413.post-51640683827137107562016-07-05T21:22:00.001+08:002016-07-05T21:22:18.013+08:00Notable bird sightings in Sabah - 2nd quarter 2016 Please go to the link below to obtain a list of the notable bird sightings in Sabah for 2nd quarter of 2016.<br /><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br /><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><a href="http://www.borneobirdimages.com/documents?id=30" target="_blank">http://www.borneobirdimages.com/documents?id=30</a><br />
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Happy birding.Wong Tsu Shihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11674542352543562928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27725413.post-70887756594270962242016-05-31T12:23:00.002+08:002016-05-31T12:24:14.444+08:00Visits to Mount Silam, Lahad Datu and surrounding areas.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Some birds and a mammal on earlier visits to Mount Silam and surrounding areas. </div>
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Green Imperial Pigeon <i>(Ducula aenea). </i>Pied Imperial Pigeons <i> (Ducula bicolor)</i> and Black-naped Fruit Dove <i>(Ptilinopus malanospila)</i>, resident on off-shore islands are also reported to visit Silam coast. </div>
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Little Spiderhunter<i> (Arachnothera longirostra)</i></div>
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Brown Fulvetta <i>(Alcippe brunneicauda)</i></div>
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Moustached Babbler <i>(Malacopteron magnirostre) </i></div>
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Erpornis <i>(Erpornis zantholeuca)</i></div>
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Greater Mouse-deer (<i>Tragulus napu)</i></div>
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White-crowned Shama <i>(Copsychus stricklandii) </i></div>
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White-crowned Shama <i>(Copsychus stricklandii) </i></div>
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Black Eagle <i>(Ictinaetus malayensis)</i></div>
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White-bellied Sea Eagle<i> (Haliaeetus leucogaster)</i></div>
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Temminck's Sunbird <i>(Aethopyga temminckii), </i>generally a bird of higher altitude.</div>
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Cream-vented Bulbul <i>(Pycnonotus simplex)</i></div>
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Heard there are other rare treasures there, will try again some other day. </div>
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Happy birding.Wong Tsu Shihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11674542352543562928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27725413.post-12166105261340036402015-10-08T10:48:00.002+08:002015-10-13T11:21:24.773+08:00Notable bird sightings in Sabah - 3rd quarter 2015Please go to the link below to obtain a list of the notable bird sightings in Sabah for 3rd quarter of 2015.<br />
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Happy birding.Wong Tsu Shihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11674542352543562928noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27725413.post-8377058530237810832015-07-05T07:06:00.001+08:002015-07-05T07:06:57.765+08:00Notable bird sightings in Sabah - 2nd Quarter 2015 Please go to the link below to obtain a list of the notable bird sightings in Sabah for 2nd quarter of 2015.<br />
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