Showing posts with label partridge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label partridge. Show all posts

Saturday, June 6, 2015

The other birds of Maliau Basin

Further to my earlier post on our trips to see the secretive Bulwer's Pheasant Lophura bulweri, here is a collection of the other birds that I managed to photograph from those expeditions.

A young Short-toed Coucal Centropus rectunguis, this species is primarily a forest dweller and can be seen quite easily there.
A young Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis

Please see this post for a comparison between the coucals of Borneo.

Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinera foraging on the road side mud.
Male Whiskered Treeswift Hemiprocne comata, this species can be regularly seen perch on low twigs at almost eye level

Bristlehead Pityriasis gymnocephala, this group of Bornean endemic is seen here foraging on a road side tree.
Rufous-fronted Babbler Stachyris rufifrons, this pair is seen here constructing a nest.
Silver-rumped Spinetail Raphidura leucopygialis is abundant there. Occasionally they form into group and fly in circles.
Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis cochinchinensis, a species that was previously thought to occur only south of Sabah was first photographed here by Khairul Ikhwan Matnin.

Straw-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus zeylanicus, now a very difficult bird to see in the wild, this one was partly hidden and left without coming into clear view.

 Green Iora Aegithina viridissima, feeding on the same tree with the Blue-winged Leafbird.
A young  Rufous-bellied Hawk-eagle Hierraetus kienerii.
Black-and-white Bulbul Pycnonotus melanoleucos, one of the rarer bulbuls of Borneo.
Endemic female Bornean-blue Flycatcher Cyornis superbus.
Endemic male Bornean-blue Flycatcher Cyornis superbus.
Roulroul Rollulus rouloul 
 Large Green Pigeon Treron capellei, only found in remote forests in Sabah.
Chestnut-naped Forktail Enicurus ruficapillus foraging along Sungai Agathis near the Agathis Camp.
Bornaparte Nightjar Caprimulgus concretus , a very rare nightjar in Sabah.
 

Monday, December 5, 2011

Roulroul

Roulroul Rollulus rouloul or Crested Partridge is stated to be the commonest partridge in Borneo. However, their habit of foraging terrestrially in thick undergrowth under deep forest cover makes them very hard to spot and observe.


They usually forage in small flock, leisurely walking and scratching on dark forest floor. The female was more daring to move about, it could forage within feet of a stationery observer. The male bird, on the other hand, was much shyer and was hidden under deep cover most of the time.

To photograph them is another matter as the dim light and their constant movements require a reasonaly high shutter speed which can only be achieved with combination of expensive fast lenses and high ISO capabled pro-level camera.

This photo was taken with my D300 set to ISO3200 with my old 70-200 f2.8 lens, that was the best my set could do. The result was only just good enough for record.

Happy birding.

Photodocument of Wild Birds of Borneo.

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