The last day at Tabin was greeted by the laud singing of this Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus outside the cabin.
Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
This Black Hornbill Anthracoceros Malayanus was flying over the Resort and perched for a little breather.
Black Hornbill
The fruiting fig near the Resort's reception attracted, among others, Scaly-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus squamatus and Asian Fairy Blue-bird Irena puella.
Scaly-breasted Bulbul
Asian Fairy Blue Bird Male
Asian Fairy Blue Bird Female
While down on the ground, nature lovers were watching in earnest.
Oriental Pied Hornbill
Another pair of much rarer White-crowned Hornbill Aceros comatus was perched not far away. I have found the easiest place to take picture of White-crowned Hornbills is here in Tabin.
White-crowned Hornbill
After breakfast we continued to try our luck along the road to the Core Area and was rewarded with a pair of Red-bearded Bee-eater Nictyornis amictus.
Red-bearded Bee-eater Female
Red-bearded Bee-eater Male
We went back to the location where we found the White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti yesterday to try to get better photograph, and was lucky to see this tiny Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca. Taxonomy of this species is still not resolved, whether the three forms, C. erithaca, C. rufidorsa, and C. motleyi, that occur in Borneo are separate species or merely three forms of the same species is still undecided.
Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher
The White-crowned Forktail showed up later but it kept itself in the scrubs and only managed some record shots.
White-crowned Forktail
Went back to the Resort to pack up our things before going back to Tawau. The ensuing heavy rain, typical in the afternoon in the rainforest, slowed our departure for about an hour.
Heavy rain in the rainforest
Waiting for the rain to stop
The last bird we took picture of along the road to Lahad Datu was these two Blue-crowned Hanging Parrots Loriculus galgulus.
Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot
A group photo of the participants for the trip.
The end and happy birding.
1 comment:
Sifu,
Agree with you the White-crowned Hornbill is easy at Tabin hahaha
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