Grey Imperial-Pigeon 马来皇鸠 (B)

Order : Columbiformes 鸽形目

Family : Columbidae 鸠鸽科
Genus : Ducula 皇鸠属

Binomial name : Ducula pickeringii

Grey Imperial-Pigeon
马来皇鸠

Size: 37~40cm

Habitat: Small islets off Sabah. tropical moist lowland forests and plantations
Behaviour: Alone or in pairs, or small flocks.

Status: Resident
lifer: Aug2022 . Mantanani Island @ Sabah

sound1: 20220825 . Mantanani Island @ Sabah

Grey Imperial-Pigeon
lifer 20220826 . Mantanani Island @ Sabah

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Grey Imperial-Pigeon
lifer 20220827 . Mantanani Island @ Sabah

Grey Imperial-Pigeon
20231101 . Mantanani Island @ Sabah

Grey Imperial-Pigeon
20231101 . Mantanani Island @ Sabah

Grey Imperial-Pigeon

20241029 . Mantanani Island @ Sabah

Grey Imperial-Pigeon

20241030 . Mantanani Island @ Sabah

Eyebrowed Jungle-Flycatcher 白眉林鹟 (B)

Order : Passeriformes 雀形目

Family : Muscicapidae 鹟科

Genus : Vauriella 林鹟属
Binomial name : Vauriella gularis

Eyebrowed Jungle-Flycatcher
白眉林鹟

Size: 15cm

Habitat: Montane forest.

Behaviour: Forages low down or on ground, tame and inquisitive, and frequently follows human observers.

Status: Resident

Remark: Bornean endemic species
lifer: Aug2022 . Kinabalu Park @ Sabah

Eyebrowed Jungle-Flycatcher

lifer 20220828 . Kinabalu Park @ Sabah

Mantanani Scops-Owl 曼塔那里角鸮 (B)

Order : Strigiformes 鸮形目

Family : Strigidae 鸱鸮科
Genus : Otus 角鸮属

Binomial name : Otus mantananensis

Mantanani Scops-Owl
曼塔那里角鸮

Size: 18cm
Habitat: Inhabits remaining forest fragments and coconut plantations on Mantanani Island.
Status: Resident

lifer: Aug2022 . Mantanani Island @ Sabah

Mantanani Scops-Owl

lifer 20220826 12am . Mantanani Island @ Sabah

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Mantanani Scops-Owl

20220826 . Mantanani Island @ Sabah

Mantanani Scops-Owl

20220826 . Mantanani Island @ Sabah

Mantanani Scops-Owl

20221106 . Mantanani Island @ Sabah

Mantanani Scops-Owl

20221108 . Mantanani Island @ Sabah

Mantanani Scops-Owl

Oct2023 . Mantanani Island @ Sabah

Mantanani Scops-Owl

20231031 . Mantanani Island @ Sabah

Mantanani Scops-Owl

20241028 . Mantanani Island @ Sabah

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Mantanani Scops-Owl

20241030 . Mantanani Island @ Sabah

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Black-capped White-eye 黑冠绣眼鸟 (B)

Order : Passeriformes 雀形目

Family : Zosteropidae 绣眼鸟科
Genus : Zosterops 绣眼鸟属

Binomial name : Zosterops atricapilla

Black-capped White-eye
黑冠绣眼鸟

Size: 9.5~10cm

Habitat: Upper hill forest and lower montane forest. 900~1200m.

Behaviour: Joins mixed-species flocks.

Status: Borneo Resident

lifer: Aug2022 . Kinabalu Park @ Sabah

Black-capped White-eye

lifer 20220827 . Kinabalu Park @ Sabah

Bare-headed Laughingthrush 裸头噪鹛 (B)

Order : Passeriformes 雀形目

Family : Leiothrichidae 画眉科
Genus : Melanocichla 噪鹛属

Binomial name : Melanocichla calva

Bare-headed Laughingthrush

裸头噪鹛

Size: 25~26cm

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen forest, secondary and disturbed forests. at 800~1900m.

Behaviour: Forages with Sunda Laughingthrush in lower and midstorey. Creeps about the in trees rather sluggishly, sometimes hanging upside-down.

Status: Resident

lifer: Aug2022 . Kinabalu Park @ Sabah

Bare-headed Laughingthrush

lifer 20220828 . Kinabalu Park @ Sabah

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