Northern Pintail 针尾鸭

Order : Anseriformes 雁形目

Family : Anatidae 雁鸭科
Genus : Anas 鸭属

Binomial name : Anas acuta

Northern Pintail
针尾鸭

Size: 50~66cm, ws80~95cm

Habitat: Lakes, rivers, and marshes in lowlands.
Status: Vagrant
lifer: Feb2023 . Rompin Paddyfields @ Pahang

Northern Pintail

lifer 20230201 9.12am . Rompin Paddyfields @ Pahang

Black-naped Oriole 黑枕黄鹂

Order : Passeriformes 雀形目

Family : Oriolidae 黄鹂科
Genus : Oriolus 黄鹂属

Binomial name : Oriolus chinensis - diffusus

Black-naped Oriole
黑枕黄鹂

Size: 25~28cm

Habitat: Open broadleaved evergreen and deciduous forest, open areas with scattered trees, parks, gardens, plantations, mangroves. Up to 1525m.

Status: Migrant
lifer: Feb2023 . Kampung Timah Tasoh @ Perlis

Black-naped Oriole (juv.) - diffusus

lifer 20230211 . Kampung Timah Tasoh @ Perlis

Black-naped Oriole - diffusus

20240211 . Kampung Timah Tasoh @ Perlis

Ornate Sunbird 黄腹花蜜鸟

Order : Passeriformes 雀形目

Family : Nectariniidae 太阳鸟科
Genus : Cinnyris 花蜜鸟属

Binomial name : Cinnyris jugularis - flammaxillaris

Ornate Sunbird

黄腹花蜜鸟

Size: 11.5cm

Habitat: Deciduous woodland, open forest, mangroves, swamp forest, coastal scrub. up to 915m.
Status: north of Peninsula Malaysia
Clements v2023 update: name updated from Olive-backed
lifer male: Feb2023 . Timah Tasoh Village @ Perlis

lifer female: Feb2023 . Batu Kawan Wetland @ Penang

Sound1: adult male . call . 20230212 . Batu Kawan Wetland @ Penang

Sound2: adult male . call . 20230212 . Batu Kawan Wetland @ Penang

Olive-backed Sunbird (male) - flammaxillaris

lifer 20230211 3.39pm . Timah Tasoh Village @ Perlis

Olive-backed Sunbird (female) - flammaxillaris

lifer 20230212 9.33am . Batu Kawan Wetland @ Penang

Olive-backed Sunbird (male) - flammaxillaris

20230212 . Batu Kawan Wetland @ Penang

Bluethroat 蓝喉歌鸲

Order : Passeriformes 雀形目

Family : Muscicapidae 鸫科
Genus : Luscinia 歌鸲属

Binomial name : Luscinia svecica

Bluethroat
蓝喉歌鸲

Size: 13.5~15cm

Habitat: Grass and scrub, thickets, usually near water.

Behaviour: Skulking but often frequents open areas bordering dense vegetation. Cocks tail.

Status: Vagrant

Remark: 1st record in Malaysia
lifer: Dec2022 . Pasir Puteh Paddyfields @ Kelantan

Bluethroat (male . non-breeding plumage)

lifer 20221231 8.41am . Pasir Puteh Paddyfields @ Kelantan

Bluethroat (male . non-breeding plumage)

lifer 20221231 10.47am . Pasir Puteh Paddyfields @ Kelantan

Bluethroat (male . non-breeding plumage) - calling

lifer 20221231 10.48am . Pasir Puteh Paddyfields @ Kelantan

Bluethroat (male . non-breeding plumage) - preening feathers

lifer 20221231 10.49am . Pasir Puteh Paddyfields @ Kelantan

Bluethroat (male . non-breeding plumage) - long song

lifer 20221231 11.05am . Pasir Puteh Paddyfields @ Kelantan

Bluethroat (male . non-breeding plumage) - short song

lifer 20221231 11.05am . Pasir Puteh Paddyfields @ Kelantan

Blue Whistling-Thrush 紫啸鸫

Order : Passeriformes 雀形目

Family : Muscicapidae 鶲科
Genus : Myophonus 啸鸫属

Binomial name : Myophonus caeruleus (crassirostris)

Blue Whistling-Thrush
紫啸鸫

Size: 30.5~35m

Habitat: Broadleaved evergreen and mixed deciduous forest, usually near rocky rivers and streams, waterfalls, caves, sometimes mangroves.

Status: Resident of Northern Thai-Malay Peninsula
lifer: Jan2023 . Kampung Wai @ Perlis

 

Blue Whistling-Thrush

lifer 20230124 . Kampung Wang Besar @ Perlis

Blue Whistling-Thrush

20240213 . Kodiang @ Kedah

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