Roseate Tern 粉红燕鸥

Order : Charadriiformes 鸻形目

Family : Laridae 燕鸥科
Genus : Sterna 燕鸥属

Binomial name : Sterna dougallii

Roseate Tern
粉红燕鸥

Size: 33~43cm

Habitat: On rocky islets, beaches and offshore

Behaviour: Flight light on rapid, stiff wingbeats. Hovers less often than Common Tern.
Status: Migrant/Resident
lifer: May2024 . Tanjung Dawai Offshore @ Kedah

Roseate Tern (2nd cy)

lifer 1:38pm . Tanjung Dawai Offshore @ Kedah

Black-headed Ibis 黑头白鹮

Order : Pelecaniformes 鹳形目

Family : Threskiornithidae 鹮科
Genus : Threskiornis 白鹮属

Binomial name : Threskiornis melanocephalus

Black-headed Ibis
黑头白鹮

Size: 65~76cm, WS 130cm

Habitat: Marshes, lakes, flooded areas and paddyfields

Status: Vagrant
lifer: May2024 . Butterworth Paddyfields @ Penang

Black-headed Ibis

lifer 20240510 11:45am . Butterworth Paddyfields @ Penang

Asian Palm-Swift 亞洲棕雨燕

Order : Apodiformes 雨燕目

Family : Apodidae 雨燕科
Genus : Cypsiurus 雨燕属

Binomial name : Cypsiurus balasiensis

Asian Palm-Swift
亞洲棕雨燕

Size: 12cm
Habitat: Over open and forested country, often near towns and villages, and always close to palms in which it nests.
Status: Resident
lifer: Apr2024 . Universiti Putra Malaysia @ Selangor

Asian Palm-Swift

20240408 . Universiti Putra Malaysia @ Selangor

[ please click me to hear my flight call ]

Black-tailed Godwit 黑尾塍鹬 (bohaii)

Order : Charadriiformes 鸻形目

Family : Scolopacidae 鹬科
Genus : Limosa 塍鹬属

Binomial name : Limosa limosa - bohaii

Black-tailed Godwit
黑尾塍鹬

Size: ?cm (bigger than melanuroides )

Habitat: Mud and sandflats, coastal pools, marshes, sometimes wet rice paddies.

Breeding: range not well established, but probably in northeastern Siberia (Sakha Republic)
Status: Migrant
lifer: Jul2020 . Tanjung Karang Sungai Burung @ Selangor

Black-tailed Godwit (non-breeding) - bohaii

20200712 . Tanjung Karang Sungai Burung @ Selangor

Black-tailed Godwit

20240330 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

三只渤海亚种，其中一只还是开始换羽。

Black-tailed Godwit

20240401 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

* pre-breeding plumage is bohaii

Black-tailed Godwit

20240401 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

* non-breeding plumage is bohaii

Black-tailed Godwit

20240405 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

Black-tailed Godwit - bohaii 

breeding plumage

20240414 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

Black-tailed Godwit - bohaii 

* not 100% confirm

20240414 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

Black-tailed Godwit - bohaii 

pre-breeding plumage

20240414 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor