Rufous-vented Niltava 苏门答腊仙鹟

Order : Passeriformes 雀形目

Family : Muscicapidae 鸫科
Genus : Niltava 燕尾属

Binomial name : Niltava sumatrana

Rufous-vented Niltava
苏门答腊仙鹟

Size: 15~15.5cm

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen forest. Above 1525m.

Status: Resident
lifer: Aug2020 . Cameron Highlands @ Pahang

Sound1: song . 20231216 . Cameron Highlands @ Pahang

Rufous-vented Niltava (male)

lifer Aug2020 . Cameron Highlands Mossy Forest @ Pahang

10:30am . Altitude 1975m . Temperature 18°C

Rufous-vented Niltava (male)

lifer Aug2020 . Cameron Highlands Mossy Forest @ Pahang

about 12:30pm . Altitude 1975m . Temperature 22°C

Rufous-vented Niltava (female)

lifer Aug2020 . Cameron Highlands Mossy Forest @ Pahang

about 12:40~1:00pm . Altitude 1975m . Temperature 22°C

Rufous-vented Niltava (female)

lifer Aug2020 . Cameron Highlands Mossy Forest @ Pahang

about 1.30pm . Altitude 1975m . Temperature 23°C

Rufous-vented Niltava (male)

lifer Aug2020 . Cameron Highlands Mossy Forest @ Pahang

about 2pm . Altitude 1975m . Temperature 22°C

Pin-tailed Parrotfinch 长尾鹦雀

Order : Passeriformes 雀形目

Family : Estrildidae 梅花雀科
Genus : Erythrura 文鸟属

Binomial name : Erythrura prasina

Pin-tailed Parrotfinch
长尾鹦雀

Size: 12.5~13cm

Habitat: Bamboo, open forest, forest edge, secondary growth. Up to 1500m.
Behaviour: Semi-nomadic, depending on availability of seeding bamboo. Often in flocks.

Status: Resident
lifer: Aug2020 . Fraser's Hill @ Pahang

Pin-tailed Parrotfinch (yellow-morph)

lifer Aug2020 . Fraser's Hill @ Pahang

Pin-tailed Parrotfinch (juv.)

lifer Aug2020 . Fraser's Hill @ Pahang

Pin-tailed Parrotfinch (male)

lifer Aug2020 . Fraser's Hill @ Pahang

Pied Stilt 澳洲长脚鹬

Order : Charadriiformes 鸻形目

Family : Recurvirostridae 反嘴鹬科
Genus : Himantopus 长脚鹬属

Binomial name : Himantopus leucocephalus

White-headed Stilt / Pied Stilt
澳洲长脚鹬 / 白头高蹺鴴

Size: 35cm

Habitat: Borders of open wetlands, saltpans, coastal pools, large river. Lowlands.

Status: Vagrant
lifer: Aug2020 . Sungai Balang Paddyfields @ Johor

Sound1: Oct2021 . Ulu Dedap Paddyfields @ Perak

Sound2: 20230108 . Kuala Rompin Paddyfields @ Pahang

Pied Stilt

lifer Aug2020 . Sungai Balang Paddyfields @ Johor

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Pied Stilt

Oct2021 . Ulu Dedap Paddyfields @ Perak

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Pied Stilt

20230105 8.17am . Kuala Rompin Paddyfields @ Pahang

Pied Stilt

20230105 9.30am . Kuala Rompin Paddyfields @ Pahang

Pied Stilt

20230105 11.17am . Kuala Rompin Paddyfields @ Pahang

Pied Stilt

20230114 . Batu Kawan Wetland @ Penang

Straw-headed Bulbul 黄冠鹎

Order : Passeriformes 雀形目

Family : Pycnonotidae 鹎科
Genus : Pycnonotus 鹎属

Binomial name : Pycnonotus zeylanicus

Straw-headed Bulbul
黄冠鹎

Size: 29cm

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen forest, secondary growth, scrub, plantations and cultivation; almost along banks of larger rivers.

Status: Resident
lifer: Aug2020 . Taman Negara Kuala Tahan @ Pahang

Straw-headed Bulbul
lifer Aug2020 . Taman Negara Kuala Tahan @ Pahang

Barred Cuckoo-Dove 斑尾鹃鸠

Order : Columbiformes 鸽形目

Family : Columbidae 鸠鸽科
Genus : Macropygia 鹃鸠属

Binomial name : Macropygia unchall

Barred Cuckoo-Dove
斑尾鹃鸠

Size: 38~41cm

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen and semi-evergreen forest, forest edge. Up to 1800m.

Status: Resident
lifer: Jul2020 . Cameron Highlands @ Pahang

Barred Cuckoo-Dove (female)
lifer Jul2020 . Cameron Highlands @ Pahang

Barred Cuckoo-Dove (female)
lifer Jul2020 . Cameron Highlands @ Pahang

Barred Cuckoo-Dove (female)
lifer Jul2020 . Cameron Highlands @ Pahang

Barred Cuckoo-Dove
lifer Jul2020 . Cameron Highlands @ Pahang

Barred Cuckoo-Dove
photo taken by WK Liew
lifer Jul2020 . Cameron Highlands @ Pahang

Barred Cuckoo-Dove
photo taken by WK Liew
lifer Jul2020 . Cameron Highlands @ Pahang

Brown-backed Needletail 褐背针尾雨燕

Order : Apodiformes 雨燕目

Family : Apodidae 雨燕科
Genus : Hirundapus 针尾雨燕属

Binomial name : Hirundapus giganteus

Brown-backed Needletail
褐背针尾雨燕

Size: 21~24.5cm
Habitat: Forested and open areas.
Behaviour: Has fast gliding flight, wings make loud whooshing sound when zooming overhead.
Status: Resident
lifer: Mar2019 . Kuala Tahan @ Pahang

 Brown-backed Needletail

lifer Mar2019 . Kuala Tahan @ Pahang

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Brown-backed Needletail

Aug2020 . Pedu Lake @ Kedah

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Brown-backed Needletail

Mar2021 . Gunung Nuang @ Selangor

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Brown-backed Needletail

Mar2022 . Kampung Talang @ N9

Large Green-Pigeon 大绿鸠

Order : Columbiformes 鸽形目

Family : Columbidae 鸠鸽科
Genus : Treron 绿鸠属

Binomial name : Treron capellei

Large Green-Pigeon
大绿鸠

Size: 35.5~36cm

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen forest, freshwater swamp forest, forest edge and clearings.

Status: Resident
lifer: Aug2020 . Pedu Lake @ Kedah

Large Green-Pigeon

lifer Jul2020 . Pedu Lake @ Kedah

Bat Hawk 食蝠鸢

Order : Accipitriformes 隼形目

Family : Accipitridae 鹰科
Genus : Macheiramphus 鸢属

Binomial name : Macheiramphus alcinus

Bat Hawk
食蝠鸢

Size: 46cm

Habitat: Open areas in or near broadleaved evergreen forest, vicinity of bat caves.
Behaviour: Mostly hunt at night, with rapid flight on shallow stiff wingbeats.
Status: Resident
lifer: Aug2020 . Pedu Lake @ Kedah

Bat Hawk

lifer Aug2020 . Pedu Lake @ Kedah

Bat Hawk

20200917 . Bukit Rengit @ Pahang