Borneoavifauna

Whiskered Tern-Chlidonias hybrida

2011-12-18T23:19:00.000+08:00

Common winter visitor throughout Sabah.Found on the coast and paddy field.

Taken with Kowa Telescope TSN-883+20-60 zoom eyepiece with Nikon Coolpix P300

Red-billed Starling - Sturnus sericeus 22cm

2011-12-13T23:58:00.000+08:00

A common winter visitor in Vietnam and Hong kong, this is the first ever photograph record of this bird this year
This picture taken from kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Setup: Kowa Telescope TSN 883+30x eyepiece with Nikon Coolpix P300

Brown Wood Owl - Strix leptogrammica 47cm

2011-12-13T23:43:00.000+08:00

Common resident at Tabin Wildlife Reserve and Danum Valley or any lowland forest in Borneo.
Sometimes need a luck to see them

Setup: Kowa Telescope TSN-883 + 30x eyepiece with Nikon Coolpix P300

Golden-naped Barbet - Megalaima pulcherrima 20cm

2011-12-13T23:32:00.000+08:00

Montane endemic
A common montane at Kinabalu Park and some others mountain in Borneo at 600-3200mm ASL.
Call a lot but difficult to get a eye level view

Setup: Kowa Telescope TSN-883+ 30x eyepiece with Nikon Coolpix P300

Blue-tailed Bee-Eater - Merops philippinus

2011-12-13T23:21:00.000+08:00

Uncommon and a scarce vagrant to North Borneo or Sabah. This is the first ever photograph of this bird in Sabah.

Setup: Kowa Telescope TSN-883+ 20-60 zoom eyepiece with Nikon Coolpix P300

Buff-banded Rail - Gallirallus philippensis 30cm

2011-12-13T23:12:00.000+08:00

Rapidly expanding population from Tempasuk Kota Belud to Kota Kinabalu. Now getting common to see them around any of the paddy field around kota Kinabalu.

Setup: Kowa Telescope TSN-883 + 20-60 eyepiece with Nikon Coolpix P300

Blue-naped Parrot - Tanygnathus lucionensis

2011-12-13T23:04:00.000+08:00

Common bird around Tg.Aru Beach or better known as the Prince Phillip park. Use to be common around Pulau Mantanai off Kota Belud but i did not see the bird on our recce 2 years ago

Shinwa Tourist Group

2011-12-13T01:28:00.000+08:00

Birding early morning at Kinabalu park near the Liwagu Restaurant

Shinwa Tourist Birding Group

2011-12-13T01:24:00.000+08:00

Birding early morning at Kinabalu park near the Liwagu Restaurant

Birding with Shinwa Tourist Group

2011-12-13T01:22:00.000+08:00

Shinwa Tourist birding group.Waiting for the Bat fly out from the Cave ( Gomantong Cave). Thanks for Chin Hock to let me lead the group

Brown Shrike - Passage migrant

2011-11-18T22:09:00.000+08:00

Brown Shrike - Lanius cristatus cristatus 20cm

2011-11-18T20:14:00.000+08:00

Very common visitor to Sabah specially on the west coast. Normally the bird will occupy the same area once its settled.
Breeds in central Russia to NE Asia.

Setup: Kowa telescope + 20-60 zoom with Nikon coolpix P300

Blue-eared Kingfisher - Alcedo meninting 15cm

2011-11-18T19:33:00.000+08:00

Common along the stream or rivers throughout sabah.

Taken with Nikon Coolpix P300 just amazing compact camera

Setup : Kowa Telescope TSN-883 + 30x wide with Nikon coolpix P300

Whitehead's Trogon-Male - Harpactes whiteheadi 33cm

2011-11-14T00:15:00.000+08:00

Scarce montane endemic. Uncommon from kinabalu south to kayan mentarang in kalimantan.
So far this is the best picture i've taken.

Setup: Kowa Telescope TSN-883 + 30x eyepice with Nikon Coolpix P300

Olive-backed Sunbird-Chalcoparia singalensis 11cm

2011-11-13T00:28:00.000+08:00

Common resident throughout Borneo but to get a good picture of this bird is very difficult specially digiscoping

Setup: Kowa Telescope TSN-883 + 20-60 eyepiece with Nikon Coolpix P300

Stork-billed Kingfisher - Pelargopsis capensis

2011-11-04T12:43:00.000+08:00

A common resident throughout Borneo
One of my best digiscope shot for this species in action.

Setup: Kowa telescope TSN-883 + 30x eyepiece with Nikon Coolpix P300

Red-Bearded Bee-Eater - Nyctyornis amictus

2011-11-03T22:48:00.000+08:00

Locally common to uncommon resident throughout Borneo.
This is so far the best picture i've taken for this species.
Setup : Kowa telescope TSN-883 + 30x eyepiece with Nikon Coolpix P300

Red Avadavat - Amandava amandava

2011-10-21T18:56:00.000+08:00

This is the best picture of this bird i ever taken. As i don't have big lens so i depending very much on my digiscoping.
Social, living in small flocks. Frequents scrub,grassland,cultivated areas and paddy fields.

Setup: Kowa telescope + 30x wide with Nikon Coolpix P300

Rufous-collared Kingfisher-Actenoides concretus

2011-10-21T18:43:00.000+08:00

An uncommon bird of lowland and hill forests up to 1500mm.
I use to struggle to take a good picture of this bird when i still have my old compact camera Sony W300, but when the new
Nikon Coolpix P300 came out, no problem to digiscope this bird since you can up the ISO to 400.
Setup : Kowa telescope TSN-883 + 30x wide with Nikon coolpix P300

Red Avadavat - Amandava amandava - 10cm

2011-10-04T21:58:00.000+08:00

First noted in 1969 in Kota Kinabalu, my first sight for this bird was 15 or 17 years ago near the KKIA.
Now small population still around in Kota Kinabalu as a few of my birding buddy and photographers friends ever took picture of this little red munia.
Setup: Kowa telescope TSN-883 with 30x + Nikon Coolpix P300

Whiskered Treeswift - Hemiprocne comata

2011-10-02T22:21:00.000+08:00

A common resident throughout Borneo.Normaly on the open areas in primary ans secondry lowland dipterocarp and kerangas forest.
Setup: Kowa telescope TSN-883 with 30x eyepiece + Sony DSC W300

Storm's Stork - Ciconia stormi - 120cm

2011-10-02T04:06:00.000+08:00

Uncommon local lowland resident throughout Borneo, Sabah is the stronghold for this Endangered species
Setup: Kowa telescope TSN-883 with 30x eyepiece and with Nikon Coolpix P300

Whitehead's Spiderhunter - Arachnothera juliae

2011-10-02T03:51:00.001+08:00

Uncommon endemic resident at Kinabalu park and some part of Sarawak at Dulit Range and at Kayan Mentarang in N.Borneo
Setup: Kowa telescope TSN-883 with 30x eyepiece and with Nikon Coolpix P300

Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker - Dendrocopos moluccensis 13cm

2011-10-01T21:55:00.000+08:00

One of the common resident throughout chiefly in coastal areas and offshore islands
Setup: Kowa telescope TSN-883 with 20-60 eyepiece and Nikon coolpix P300

Snowy-browed Flycatcher - Ficedula hyperythra - 11-13cm

2011-10-01T21:49:00.000+08:00

Common resident on the mountain of Sabah, E.Sarawak and E.Kalimantan
Setup: Kowa telescope TSN-883 with 30x eyepiece and Nikon coolpix P300

Sunda Cuckoo - Cuculus lepidus

2011-09-11T21:10:00.000+08:00

Common resident of mountain forest in Borneo. On Kinabalu this bird parasit ( host ) on Yellow-breasted Warbler Mountain leaf Warbler.

Equipment used : Kowa telescope TSN-883 with Nikon Coolpix P300 and FSB-8 bracket

Malaysian-blue Flycatcher - Male

2011-09-06T00:26:00.000+08:00

Malaysian-blue Flycatcher - Cyornis turcosus (Female)

2011-09-06T00:15:00.000+08:00

The commonest flycatcher in inland primary and tall secondary forest throughout Borneo.Usually found close to rivers and streams.

Taken with Kowa telescope TSN-883 with Nikon Coolpix p300 and with FSB-8 bracket

Silver-eared Mesia - Leiothrix argentauris

2011-09-05T23:48:00.000+08:00

Locally common bird at Peninsular Malaysia specially at Fraser's Hill

Taken with Kowa telescope TSN-883 with Nikon coolpix p300 and with FSB-8 bracket

BORNEAN BRISTLEHEAD - Pityriasis gymnocephala 26cm

2011-09-05T23:11:00.000+08:00

A generally scare but locally common resident of lowland and hill primary forest throughout Borneo.Widely distributed but absent from many areas.

Taken with Kowa telescope TSN-883 with Sony DSC W300. Not an easy bird to take picture specially digiscoping

Red-bearded Bee-Eater - Nyctyornis amictus

2011-09-05T22:52:00.000+08:00

Locally common resident of primary and old secondary forests throughout Borneo. Size 30cm

Pcture taken with Kowa telescope TSN-883 with Sony DSC W7 an old compact camera but working well

Banded Kingfisher - Lacedo pulchella

2011-09-05T22:40:00.000+08:00

Locally common inhabitant of the understorey of primary forest around Borneo on the hilly and submontane.

Taken with Kowa telescope TSN-883 with sony DSC W7

Lesser Sand Plover - Charadrius mongolus

2011-09-05T22:20:00.000+08:00

Another passage migrant and winter visitor to sabah. Feed on the mudflat during the low tide.

Taken with Kowa telescope TSN-883 with Nikon coolpix P300 with FSB-8 bracket.

Greater Sand Plover - Charadrius lenschenaultii

2011-09-05T22:14:00.000+08:00

One of the commonest passage migrant and winter visitor to Sabah.

Picture taken with Kowa telescope TSN-883 with Nikon coolpix P300 ans FSB-8 bracket

Pacific Golden Plover - Pluvialis fulva

2011-09-05T00:01:00.000+08:00

One of the commonest waders around coastal and mudflat around Sabah. Size 24cm
Breeds Siberia to Alaska.

Taken with Kowa telescope TSN-884 with Nikon Coolpix P300

Eurasian Tree-Sparrow

2011-06-07T22:04:00.000+08:00

Taken using Kowa TSN883 with new Nikon P300 + FSB-8 adapter

Yellow-vented Bulbul

2011-06-07T21:59:00.000+08:00

One of the abundant resident throughout Borneo. Taken using Kowa telescope TSN883 + 30x eyepiece with new Nikon P300 plus the adapter FSB-8

Pied Triller - Lalage nigra

2011-05-10T14:26:00.000+08:00

Common throughout Borneo. Digiscope with Kowa TSN883 with sony w300.

Rusty-breasted Cuckoo-Cacomantis sepulcralis

2011-05-09T00:45:00.001+08:00

Rusty-breasted Cuckoo-Cacomantis sepulcralis

2011-05-09T00:37:00.001+08:00

Uncommon resident in lowland and submontane forest in Sabah. Digiscope with Kowa telescope with sony W7

Blue-naped Parrot-Tanygnathus lucionensis

2011-04-23T18:57:00.000+08:00

Locally common resident at Tg. Aru Beach, Kota Kinabalu.

Banded Broadbill - Eurylaimus javanicus

2011-04-23T14:19:00.000+08:00

Common resident throughout Borneo

Black & yellow Broadbill

2011-04-22T14:37:00.001+08:00

Common bird on the lowland forest

EVERETT'S THRUSH - Zoothera everetti (Juvenile)

2011-04-22T14:27:00.000+08:00

Endemic bird to Borneo, rare and very elusive bird. This is the first time i saw the juvenile Everett's Thrush. Thanks to Alim Bium the senior Sabah Park ranger base in Kinabalu park.

Red Avadavat

2011-04-22T14:11:00.000+08:00

Red Avadavat

2011-04-22T14:05:00.001+08:00

RED AVADAVAT - Amandava amandava

2011-04-22T14:04:00.001+08:00

Introduce to West Sabah and Brunei a few year back. First time saw it about 15 years ago near the Airport but only single bird. Recently about a month ago our keting-keting friend Ron saw it and took a picture . Now there are more then a dozen of them. Size about 10cm

Blyth's-Hawks Eagle - Nisaetus alboniger

2011-03-05T01:13:00.001+08:00

uncommon hawk eagle around Kinabalu Park and Crocker Range National Park

INDIGO FLYCATCHER - Eumyias indigo

2011-02-03T22:59:00.000+08:00

A common resident of the mountain forest of Sabah, specially at Kinabalu park

Grey-chinned minivet - Pericrocotus solaris

2011-02-03T22:53:00.000+08:00

Eurasian Teal

2011-02-03T22:41:00.000+08:00

Uncommon winter visitor to Sabah, borneo

Eurasian Teal

2011-02-03T22:38:00.000+08:00

The last picture of the Teal i took before its was gone. Some of my BBC keting-2 has a breeding plumage picture. Now the paddy field where is Teal spent the whole winter nearly dry and very soon gonna planted rice.

Great Egret

2011-01-19T21:40:00.000+08:00

Great Egret - Ardea alba

2011-01-19T21:18:00.000+08:00

Barn Swallow -Hirundo rustica

2011-01-19T21:16:00.000+08:00

Common migrating swallow around sabah

Pacific Swallow - Hirundo tahitica

2011-01-19T21:14:00.000+08:00

Digiscoped using KOWA TSN884 with 30x wide + Sony W300

Eurasian Teal

2011-01-19T17:39:00.000+08:00

EURASIAN TEAL

2011-01-19T17:17:00.000+08:00

Taken at the same area. Male and female

EURASIAN TEAL - Anas Crecca

2011-01-19T17:11:00.000+08:00

Recently found on Tuaran by Alven Chang. Eurasian or Common Teal.This is the male eclipse taken two weeks ago. Digiscoped with KOWA TSN 883 with 30x Wide + Sony W300

2010-12-22T11:14:00.000+08:00

Tufted Duck - Female

2010-12-22T11:11:00.000+08:00

Tufted Duck - Male

Tufted Duck - Aythya fuligula

2010-12-21T00:38:00.001+08:00

Migrate Duck to Sabah, recently seen at Tuaran area. Thanks to Ck Leong for spotted it

FRUITHUNTER - Chlamydochaera jefferyi

2010-11-27T22:40:00.000+08:00

Very scarce in the mountain forest from Kinabalu park to some part of Sarawak and Kalimantan. Size 21cm. Only a few picture taken from eye level

Black-headed Gull - Larus ridibundus

2010-11-23T09:01:00.000+08:00

Winter visitor recently spotted near waterfront of Kota Kinabalu

CHESNUT-HOODED LAUGHING-THRUSH

2010-11-14T23:27:00.000+08:00

BORNEAN STUBTAIL - Urosphena whiteheadi

2010-10-25T22:19:00.000+08:00

Scarce endemic resident of the undergrowth and forest floor od montane forest of mountain in Borneo. Size 10mm
This picture was taken by Digiscope Kowa TSN 883 and sony W7

Ruddy Kingfisher - Halcyon coromanda

2010-10-25T22:11:00.000+08:00

Taken from Rainforest Discovery Center (RDC) near sepilok, sandakan during the 2nd Borneo Bird Festival.

2ND BORNEO BIRD FESTIVAL 15-17 OCTOBER 2010

2010-10-02T23:11:00.000+08:00

BIRD RACE BBF 2010

2010-10-02T23:09:00.000+08:00

BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

2010-10-02T23:07:00.000+08:00

Spotted Fantail - Rhipidura perlata

2010-09-14T23:59:00.001+08:00

Common resident on the lowland throughout Borneo

TOKYO BIRDS FESTIVAL

2010-09-06T01:28:00.001+08:00

2010-09-06T01:26:00.000+08:00

2010-09-06T01:25:00.001+08:00

SABAH TOURISM BOOTH

2010-09-06T01:25:00.000+08:00

2010-09-06T01:23:00.000+08:00

2010-09-06T01:22:00.000+08:00

2010-09-06T01:21:00.000+08:00

2010-09-06T01:20:00.000+08:00

2010-09-06T01:19:00.000+08:00

2010-09-06T01:17:00.000+08:00

2010-09-06T01:16:00.000+08:00

2010-09-06T01:14:00.000+08:00

2010-09-06T01:13:00.000+08:00

2010-09-06T01:12:00.000+08:00

TOKYO BIRD FESTIVAL

2010-09-06T01:11:00.000+08:00

2010-09-06T01:07:00.000+08:00

NEW KOWA 89MM TELESCOPE

2010-09-06T01:05:00.000+08:00

New Kowa telescope specially build for DSLR and as a telescope.Recently show at the Tokyo Birdfair and British Birdfair.
Please read Karim's blog for the details of this new Kowa telescope. Happy birding

Striped-wren Babbler - Kenopia striata 14-15cm

2010-08-31T19:10:00.001+08:00

Locally uncommon to rare resident throughout Borneo.

CHESNUT-CAPPED THRUSH

2010-07-23T20:59:00.000+08:00

Chesnut-capped Thrush- Zoothera interpres. Common on the lowland forest of Borneo island but very rare to see this bird.
Active on very early morning. Digiscope with Kowa 88 series with Sony W7.

WHITE-RUMPED SHAMA

2010-07-23T13:17:00.000+08:00

Copsychus malabaricus (27cm). Taken from Taman Negara, Pahang State

WHITE-CROWNED SHAMA

2010-07-23T13:12:00.000+08:00

Copsychus stricklandi - Confine Sabah and NE Kalimantan. Still highly debate by birders as some may lump is with the white-rumped shama. Next picture is the White-rumped Shama taken from Taman Negara, Pahang

MANATANANI SCOP OWL - Otus Mantananensis

2010-05-14T20:35:00.000+08:00

The only owl found on the both Mantanani islands off Kota Belud. Size about 18cm
This owl also found on the coast of Palawan island like Rasa and Ursula island off sulu sea.

White-browed Shrike-Babbler- Pteruthius flaviscapis

2010-05-10T22:19:00.000+08:00

EYEBROWED JUNGLE-FLYCATCHER

2010-05-10T22:04:00.000+08:00

Orange-Headed Thrush-Zoothera citrina

2010-05-05T22:21:00.000+08:00

Orange-Headed Thrush found on Kundasang and Crocker Range is the Endemic Subspecies.

Eyebrowed Jungle-Flycatcher - Rhinomyias gularis

2010-05-02T22:17:00.000+08:00

EYEBROWED JUNGLE-FLYCATCHER-Rhinomyias gularis

2010-05-02T00:50:00.000+08:00

Sunda Laughingthrush - Garrulax palliatus

2010-05-02T00:38:00.000+08:00

Common resident at G Kinabalu, E Sarawak and E Kalimantan

CHESNUT-HOODED LAUGHINGTHRUSH- Rhinocichla treacheri

2010-05-01T23:37:00.001+08:00

Commonly found between 750-1600m around kinabalu park