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

Ringed - Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Curlew Sandpiper . 20210404 . Pantai Jeram @ Selangor

Y2 - ringed on 2012 Apr 21 at Hong Kong Mai Po Nature Reserve

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Curlew Sandpiper . 20210902 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

Curlew Sandpiper . 20220203 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

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Curlew Sandpiper . 20230315 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

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Curlew Sandpiper . 20230824 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

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Curlew Sandpiper . 20240401 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 1st sighted : 20230315 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

Curlew Sandpiper . 20240405 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 1st sighted : 20230315 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 2nd sighted : 20240401 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

Curlew Sandpiper . 20241208 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 1st sighted : 20230315 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 2nd sighted : 20240401 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 3rd sighted : 20240405 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

Curlew Sandpiper . 20241208 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

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Curlew Sandpiper . 20251013 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

Curlew Sandpiper . 20251013 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 1st sighted : 20230824 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

Curlew Sandpiper . 20251013 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 1st sighted : 20210404 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

Curlew Sandpiper . 20251013 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 1st sighted : 20230315 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 2nd sighted : 20240401 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 3rd sighted : 20240405 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 4th sighted : 20241208 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

Curlew Sandpiper . 20251028 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 1st sighted : 20230824 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 2nd sighted : 20251013 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

Curlew Sandpiper . 20251028 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 1st sighted : 20241208 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 2nd sighted : 20250106 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

Curlew Sandpiper . 20251028 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

Curlew Sandpiper . 20251111 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 1st sighted : 20251028 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

Curlew Sandpiper . 20251111 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 1st sighted : 20210404 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 2nd sighted : 20251013 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

Curlew Sandpiper . 20251111 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

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Curlew Sandpiper . 20251116 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 1st sighted : 20230315 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 2nd sighted : 20240401 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 3rd sighted : 20240405 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 4th sighted : 20241208 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 5th sighted : 20251013 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

Curlew Sandpiper . 20251028 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 1st sighted : 20230824 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 2nd sighted : 20251013 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 3rd sighted : 20251028 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

Curlew Sandpiper . 20251116 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 1st sighted : 20251013 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

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Curlew Sandpiper . 20251127 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 1st sighted : 20251028 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 2nd sighted : 20251111 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

Curlew Sandpiper . 20251127 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 1st sighted : 20251013 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 2nd sighted : 20251116 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

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Curlew Sandpiper . 20251211 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor
my 1st sighted : 20251111 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

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Curlew Sandpiper . 20260224 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor
my 1st sighted : 20251111 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

my 2nd sighted : 20251211 . Kapar Coastal @ Selangor

Smooth-coated Otter 江獭

Class : Mammalia 哺乳動物綱
Order : Carnivora 食肉目

Family : Mustelidae 鼬科
Genus : Lutrogale 水獭属

Binomial name : Lutrogale perspicillata

Smooth-coated Otter
江獭

Size: 59 to 64cm in head-body length, with a tail 37 to 43cm.

Characteristics: Coat looks smooth, tail is flattened. 

Habitat: It has often been recorded in saltwater near the coast, especially on smaller islands, but requires a nearby source of freshwater.

Behaviour: lives in groups

Smooth-coated Otter

20220118 . Pantai Remis @ Selangor

Smooth-coated Otter

Dec2024 . Pulau Ketam @ Selangor

White-handed Gibbon 白掌长臂猴

Class : Mammalia 哺乳動物綱
Order : Primates 灵长目

Family : Hylobatidae 长臂猿科
Genus : Hylobates 长臂猿属

Binomial name : Hylobates lar - lar

Malaysian Lar Gibbon
白掌长臂猴

Size: 45~50cm

Habitat: Dipterocarp forest, submontane and lowland forest, mixed deciduous bamboo forest.

Behaviour: often chooses taller canopy trees at locations with higher elevation for making calls. This subspecies also utilizes topographically convex areas, like hill tops and ridges, as the chosen locations over more concave areas, as it makes the calling location even taller.

Diet: Fruits, leaves, flowers, and insects

Average number of young: one (every 3.5 years)

Average Life-expectancy in the wild: up to 30 years

Remark: sub-species of White-handed Gibbon

Found in: Peninsular Malaysia

White-handed Gibbon

20211015 . Sungai Congkak @ Selangor

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White-handed Gibbon

lifer Aug2023 @ Johor Lowland Forest