Birding Site - Selangor . Pulau Angsa

Pulau Angsa

Common Kingfisher

Sep2025

Pulau Angsa @ Selangor

Sep2025

Asian Soldier Crab 亚洲兵蟹

Class : Malacostraca 软甲纲
Order : Decapoda 十足目

Family : Mictyridae 毛帶蟹科
Genus : Mictyris 毛帶蟹属

Binomial name : Dotilla myctiroides

Asian Soldier Crab
亚洲兵蟹

Body Size : The body is up to 2.5cm
Habitat: sandy beaches and mudflats during low tide to feed.

Appearance: A small, grayish-brown sand bubbler crab with a rounded body, robust legs, and elongated eyes.

Habitat: This species prefers sandy substrates over muddy ones, inhabiting the lower regions of sandy beaches throughout tropical Asia. It has been documented in locations like Port Dickson.

Feeding: Similar to the blue soldier crab, it is a deposit feeder that filters organic matter from sand.

Burrowing: It creates burrows, sometimes called "igloos," by excavating sand and forming it into spherical pellets to build a circular wall. It burrows to protect itself from the tide and traps a small air bubble to breathe.

Asian Soldier Crab

Jan2024 . Selangor Sand Beach

Arctic Tern 北极燕鸥

Order : Charadriiformes 鸻形目

Family : Laridae 燕鸥科
Genus : Sterna 燕鸥属

Binomial name : Sterna paradisaea

Arctic Tern
北极燕鸥

Size: 33~36cm

Habitat: Rarely seen away from breeding grounds on coastal islands or small ponds in the Arctic tundra. Migrates offshore, heading for wintering grounds in Southern Hemisphere.

Status: Vagrant
lifer: Sep2025 . Pantai Morib @ Selangor

left: Common  ,  center: Little  ,  right: Arctic

Arctic Tern (2CY)

lifer 20250929 12:57~1:18pm . Pantai Morib @ Selangor

Arctic Tern (2CY)

lifer 20251001 1:09pm . Pantai Morib @ Selangor