Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Borneo - 2nd Edition

Second edition of my little red book was published by the same publisher, John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd. of United Kingdom in 2016.

This is the book cover and as in the first edition, only endemics are shown there.

The checklist at the end of the book has been updated with the latest records up to the closing date.

The second edition also contains 280 species all illustrated with color photographs taken in the wild in Borneo.

For purposes of having a more Bornean representation, 25 of the migratory species in the first edition have been replaced with resident species.

The species taken out were:
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)/Migratory raptor
Cattle Egret (Ardea Alba)/Migratory water bird
Intermediate Egret (Egretta intermedia)/Migratory water bird
Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)/Migratory wader
Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)/Migratory wader
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)/Migratory wader
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)/Migratory wader
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)/Migratory wader
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)/Migratory wader
Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)/Migratory wader
Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)/Migratory wader
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)/Migratory wader
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)/Migratory wader
Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)/Migratory wader
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)/Migratory wader
Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)/Migratory wader
Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus)/Migratory wader
Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)/Migratory coastal bird
Aleutian Tern (Sterna aleutica)/Migratory coastal bird
Whiskered Tern (Chilidonias hybrida)/Migratory coastal bird
Tiger Shrike (Lanius tigrinus)/Migratory forest bird
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)/Migratory forest bird
Dark-sided Flycatcher (Muscicapa sibirica)/Migratory forest bird
Blue and White Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomwlana)/Migratory forest bird
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)/Migratory forest bird

The species added were:

Roulroul (Rollulus rouloul)/Resident

Crimson-headed Partridge (Haematortyx sanguiniceps)/Endemic
Tabon Scrabfowl (Megapodius cumingii)/Resident
Red-breasted Hill Partridge (Haematortyx sanguiniceps)/Endemic
Blue-headed Pitta (Pitta baudii)/Endemic
Blue-banded Pitta (Pitta arquata)/Endemic
Sunda Teal (Anas gibberifrons)/Resident
Bornean Banded Pitta (Pitta schwaneri)/Endemic
Mangrove-blue Flycatcher (Cyornis rufigastra)/Resident
Bornean-blue Flycatcher (Cyornis superbus)/Endemic
Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassina)/Resident
Blue-banded Kingfisher (Alcedo euryzona)/Resident
Sooty-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster)/Resident
Rufous-bellied Hawk Eagle (Hierraetus kienerii)/Resident
Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis)/Resident
Banded Bay Cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii)/Resident
Striped Wren Babbler (Kenopia striata)/Resident
Chestnut-naped Forktail (Enicurus ruficapillus)/Resident
Olive-backed Woodpecker (Dinopium rafflesii)/Resident
Crimson-winged Woodpecker (Picus puniceus)/Resident
Bornean Green Magpie (Cissa jefferyia)/Endemic
Asian Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi)/Resident
Grey-chested Jungle Flycatcher (Rhinomyias umbratilis)/Resident
Spotted Fantail (Rhipidura perlata)/Resident
Horsefield’s Babbler (Trichastoma sepiarium)/Resident

In addition to the change in birds, some images have also been replaced with better images captured since the publication of the first edition.

My brief write-up for the first edition (published 2012) is here.

Happy birding and thanks to all my friends who have made this second edition a reality.

Naturalist's Guide to the Birds of Borneo

My little red book has been published by John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd of UK, it should be widely available in early August 2012, price is 9.99 Sterling Pound.

It contains 280 species, all illustrated by photographs taken by me in Sabah, Borneo. Common English name together with scientific, Malay and Indonesian names are included.

The book has 176 pages, 3 maps, more than 350 photographs and an up-to-date checklist showing the status of each species in each State of Borneo.  Its size of 12.8 cm X 18 cm X 1 cm and weight of 285 gms make it convenient to carry in the field. The cover photos are made up entirely of Bornean endemic birds.

The inside pages typically look like this.

It also includes chapters containing brief description on geography, vegetation and climate as well as birding locations in Borneo.

It represents a giant step in my effort to photodocument the birds of Borneo, many thanks to my publisher who invested in such a venture, as we all know book publishing is a different ball game altogether in this age.

Feel free to write to me if you have any suggestion or encounter any error.

Happy birding.

Edited on 9th October 2013 to add third parties review found in WWW as follows:

In Amazon UK

By IBIS, open the page and search my name.

Comment by Borneo Books.


Photodocument of Wild Birds of Borneo.

Standard References for my blog.