Barred Rail 横斑秧鸡 (B)

Order : Gruiformes 鹤形目

Family : Rallidae 秧鸡科
Genus : Hypotaenidia 秧鸡属

Binomial name : Hypotaenidia torquata

Barred Rail
横斑秧鸡

Size: 32~35cm

Habitat: Open grassland, dry second growth and coastal swamps, and edges of marshes.

Behaviour: Often prefers interface between grassland, marshy spots and small groves of tree. Will forage in open, especially early morning and evening.

Status: Borneo Resident

lifer: Sep2023 . Mataking Island @ Sabah

Barred Rail

lifer 20230920 3.43pm . Mataking Island @ Sabah

Barred Rail

20230921 6.41am . Mataking Island @ Sabah

Barred Rail

20230922 6.37am . Mataking Island @ Sabah

Blue-banded Pitta 蓝斑八色鸫 (B)

Order : Passeriformes 雀形目

Family : Pittidae 八色鸫科
Genus : Erythropitta 八色鸫属

Binomial name : Erythropitta arquata

Blue-banded Pitta
蓝斑八色鸫

Size: 15cm

Habitat: Favours hill slope forest, often with many fallen trees and bamboo. 150~1500m.

Behaviour: Terrestrial, but may call from up to 15m above ground.

Status: Borneo Resident

Remark: Bornean endemic species

lifer female: Sep2023 . Tawau TV Station Road @ Sabah

Blue-banded Pitta (female)

lifer 20230918 3.54pm . Tawau TV Station Road @ Sabah

Blue-banded Pitta (female)

lifer 20230918 . Tawau TV Station Road @ Sabah