Mountain Barbet Megalaima monticola, is the last barbet for me to complete my photo collection of all the Bornean barbets.
It is a common Bornean endemic in hill and montane forest, it has been found almost in all mountains of Borneo that collections have been made.
It looks a little like the female bird of the Red-throated Barbet Megalaima mystacophanos, however, Mountain Barbet has an evidently smaller bill and the lack of red spot at the base of the rictal bristles on each side (area touching the base of upper mandible just in front of the eye).
It was usually heard but it was very difficult to get a decent photo because it was either too hard to locate or perched too high. I managed to photograph the birds at Rafflesia Centre in Tambunan, my new bird.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
September water birds in Tawau.
These are some of the migratory and resident water birds photographed in Tawau in the third week of September 2010.
Many thanks to Sifu Dave Bakewell for confirmation on IDs of the Stints and Egret.
A juvenile Little Tern Sterna albifrons
Non-breeding Little Tern
Breeding Little Tern
Little Tern is the smallest tern in Borneo and is the only tern that breeds here, comprising of both wintering and resident breeding populations. Recorded to breed in Sarawak and Kalimantan.
A lone Asian Dowitcher Limnnodromus semipalmatus (my new bird) among a group of Black-tailed Godwits Limosa limosa.
A Little Egret Egretta garzetta which resembles a Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes.
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
A group Red-necked Stints Calidris ruficollis
The middle bird looks a bit bigger than the others but it is still a Red-necked Stint.
Another odd-looking Red-necked Stint
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
A mud-crap trying to chase away a Common Redshank Tringa totanus.
Little-ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
Wandering Whistling Ducks Dendrocygna arcuata
Crab in 'HULK' stance.
Mud- crab
You know where the inspiration for Transformer comes from.
Many thanks to Sifu Dave Bakewell for confirmation on IDs of the Stints and Egret.
Happy birding.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Bornean Bulbul
Bornean Bulbul Pycnonotus montis, a generally scare bird that is confined to secondary growths and forest edge in the mountains, 600m to 1,550m.
Found in G. Kinabalu; Crocker Range and foothills; G Trus Madi; Kaingaran; Lumaku; Malangkap; Sinsuran road; Tambunan; Telipok; Maliau Basin in Sabah, note that some of the records are from areas not exactly montane. Also found in Trusan; Kelabit Highlands and G Dulit in Sarawak.
The species was split by Fishpool & Tobias (2005) from Pycnonotus melanicterus, into five species; dispar (Ruby-throated Bulbul) in Sumatra, Java and Bali; gularis (Flame-throated Bulbul) in W Ghat and India; melanicterus (Black-capped Bulbul) in Sri Lanka; flaviventris (Black-crested Bulbul) in elsewhere in Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia; and montis (Bornean Bulbul) in Borneo.
The Bornean Bulbul has black head and crest, olive-green upper parts, yellow throat, yellowish green underparts, dark red iris and black bill.
Black-crested Bulbul P. flaviventris caecilli in Peninsular Malaysia has black throat and pale eyes.
Ruby-throated Bulbul P. dispar of Sumatra has red throat and dark iris.
This images were taken in Rafflesia Centre, a montane forest. This bird is locally common there.
Found in G. Kinabalu; Crocker Range and foothills; G Trus Madi; Kaingaran; Lumaku; Malangkap; Sinsuran road; Tambunan; Telipok; Maliau Basin in Sabah, note that some of the records are from areas not exactly montane. Also found in Trusan; Kelabit Highlands and G Dulit in Sarawak.
The species was split by Fishpool & Tobias (2005) from Pycnonotus melanicterus, into five species; dispar (Ruby-throated Bulbul) in Sumatra, Java and Bali; gularis (Flame-throated Bulbul) in W Ghat and India; melanicterus (Black-capped Bulbul) in Sri Lanka; flaviventris (Black-crested Bulbul) in elsewhere in Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia; and montis (Bornean Bulbul) in Borneo.
The Bornean Bulbul has black head and crest, olive-green upper parts, yellow throat, yellowish green underparts, dark red iris and black bill.
Black-crested Bulbul P. flaviventris caecilli in Peninsular Malaysia has black throat and pale eyes.
Ruby-throated Bulbul P. dispar of Sumatra has red throat and dark iris.
This images were taken in Rafflesia Centre, a montane forest. This bird is locally common there.
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