Trip Report: Peninsular Malaysia, June 16-29, 1998

Tomas Carlberg, Annelundsvägen 7, 181 46 Lidingö, Sweden; tomas.carlberg@mr.et.se; and
Sten Stemme, Skidåkarvägen 14, 181 30 Lidingö, Sweden; sten.stemme@cmm.ki.se

Itinerary

16/6Afternoon flight (Thai) Stockholm to Kuala Lumpur
17/6Arrival Kuala Lumpur 11.40. Had to wait for luggage 3 hours. Left KL 15.30. Took a taxi from the airport to The Gap (ca 90 kilometres, 130 ringit). Birding around The Gap Resthouse (where we spent the night) 17.30-19.30.
18/6Birding from The Gap Resthouse and two kilometres uphill towards Fraser's Hill, including ridge trail. Bus to Fraser's Hill in afternoon and birding there (mainly Hemmant trail) with local birder Mr Durai who was very helpful (Mr K.S. Durai, c/o WWF Office, Bungalow Benting, 59000 Bukit Fraser; dure@rocket.mail.com) Night at Temerloh Bungalow (55 ringit for a double, very basic but OK).
19/6Fraser's Hill. Birding from 07.00. Hemmant trail - Bishop's trail. Afternoon birding on Abu Suradi trail - Mager trail - High Pines Garden.
20/6Fraser's Hill. Birding from 07.00.-19.00 with break for lunch 11-12 and check out 12-12.30. Started at the gate 07-08; then walked Telekom loop 08-11. Afternoon at the gate, ridge above gate, Fraser's Pine Resort. Changed hotel to Puncack Inn.
21/6Fraser's Hill - The Gap - Jerantut. Birding from 07.00. Left Fraser's Hill by bus 16.00. Night at Jerantut Guesthouse (25 ringit per double).
22/6Jerantut - Kuala Tembeling - Taman Negara. Boat left 09.30. Birding along Jenut Muda in the afternoon. Met Irish birder Aidan Kelly.
23/6Taman Negara. Birding from 07.00 to lunch and from 15.30-19.00. Jenut Muda - Swamp loop trail etc.
24/6Taman Negara. Birding from 07.00. Jenut Muda. Boat to Kuala Trengan and walk to Kumbang hide 15.00. Stayed over night at Kumbang which has seven beds with madrasses. Birding and mammaling hampered due to heavy rains, thunderstorms and noisy people.
25/6Taman Negara. Left Kumbang hide 09.30. Boat back to Kuala Tahan 11.00. Birding along Tabing trail in afternoon/evening.
26/6Taman Negara. Birding from 07.00. Jenut Muda - Swamp loop etc.
27/6Taman Negara - Kuala Lumpur. Birding in the garden until 09.30. Boat to Kuala Tembeling and from there bus to KL (a very good bus with aircon, took 4 hours and 15 minutes and cost 25 ringit/pers). Night at Backpacker's Inn, KL.
28/6Flight with Thai Airways KL - Bangkok. Connecting flight to Europe delayed ca 10 hours, so we spent the night at a hotel in Bangkok.
29/6Flight Bangkok - Copenhagen - Stockholm.

List of Birds

Systematics follows An Annotated Checklist of the Birds of the Oriental Region (Oriental Bird Club, 1996). We observed 180 species of birds in Malaysia (The Gap, Fraser's Hill and Taman Negara) and 12 species of mammals. Highlights include: Crestless Fireback, Malayan Peacock Pheasant, Fire-tufted Barbet, Wrinkled Hornbill, Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher, Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo, Jambu Fruit Dove, Black Eagle, Blyth's Hawk Eagle, Rusty-naped Pitta (only heard), Dusky Broadbill, Long-tailed Broadbill, Malayan Whistling Thrush, Chestnut-capped Thrush, Lesser Shortwing, Slaty-backed Forktail, Blue Nuthatch, Sultan Tit, Black-and-white Bulbul, Streaked Wren Babbler, Golden Babbler, Black-throated Babbler, Silver-eared Mesia, Black-eared Shrike Babbler and Pin-tailed Parrotfinch.

Birds that we failed to see but were seen by other birders we met (Chow Chong Peck; Singapore, e-mail: cpchow@pacific.net.sg and Aidan Kelly; 43 Beechpark Court, Malahide Road, Coolock, Dublin 5; e-mail: agkelly@mail.tcd.ie [also see his trip report at this website. UG]) include: Bamboo Woodpecker (Chow, The Gap), Rusty-naped Pitta (AK saw one near signpost 19, on Bishop's trail), Rail-babbler (seen by AK after taping it out on Jenut Muda trail; when we tried together with him on our last afternoon in Taman Negara it started to rain...), White-tailed Robin (Fraser's Hill), Pygmy Wren Babbler (AK Mager trail, Fraser's), Cutia (3 seen by Chow at Fraser's Pine Resort), Rufous-winged Fulvetta (Fraser's Hill).

Phasianidae

Crestless Fireback Lophura erythropthalma 1 female seen well 24/6 on the trail between Kuala Trengan and Kumbang hide.

Malayan Peacock Pheasant Polyplectron malacense 2 calling birds heard and 1 superb male seen at close distance (by Sten) Swamp loop trail 23/6, 2 heard and seen when flushed along Jenut Muda trail 24/6 and 2 heard near Kumbang hide 24/6, 1 male seen on trail near Kuala Trengan and 1 heard 25/6, 1 heard Swamp loop trail 26/6.

Great Argus Argusianus argus 2 heard Jenut Muda 22/6, 1 male seen at very close distance and 2 heard Jenut Muda 23/6, ca 4 heard 24/6 including one that was calling after dusk (around 21.00) near Kumbang hide, 1 female seen at ca 3 metres distance Tabing trail and another were 4 heard 25/6, 1 male seen on Jenut Muda and 3-4 heard 26/6.

Picidae

Rufous Piculet Sasia abnormis 1 Taman Negara 23/6 (Sten)

Common Flameback Dinopium javanense 1 female seen Taman Negara 22/6, 23/6 and 24/6

Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus 1 male Fraser's Hill 19/6

Greater Yellownape Picus flavinucha 1 20/6 and 2 21/6, 1 22/6

Checker-throated Woodpecker Picus mentalis 1 Taman Negara 25/6

Banded Woodpecker Picus miniaceus 1 Kuala Tembeling 22/6 and 1 female 23/6

Buff-necked Woodpecker Meiglyptes tukki 6 24/6 and 4 26/6

Great Slaty Woodpecker Mulleripicus pulverulentus 1 near Kumbang hide 24/6

Grey-and-buff Woodpecker Hemicircus concretus 1 22/6 and 3 24/6

Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis 1 19/6 and 1 21/6

Megalaimidae

Fire-tufted Barbet Psilopogon pyrolophus Fraser's Hill: 3 seen and heard 18/6, heard 19/6, ca 10 20/6 and 3 21/6

Gold-whiskered Barbet Megalaima chrysopogon heard 17/6, 1 seen and heard 18/6, heard 25/6 and 1 seen 26/6

Red-throated Barbet Megalaima mystacophanos 1 heard 22/6, 1 seen 23/6, heard 24/6, 2 25/6, 2 seen and heard 26/6

Black-browed Barbet Megalaima oorti 1 seen The Gap and 1 heard Fraser's Hill 18/6, 1 seen and 2 heard 20/6, 1 heard 21/6

Yellow-crowned Barbet Megalaima henricii heard 17/6

Blue-eared Barbet Megalaima australis heard 17/6 and 18/6, 1 seen 22/6, heard 25/6, 3 seen and heard 26/6

Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala 1 seen Taman Negara garden 25/6

Brown Barbet Calorhamphus fuliginosus 1 seen Taman Negara 26/6

Bucerotidae

Wreathed Hornbill Aceros undulatus ca 10 Kuala Trengan 25/6 and 2 26/6

Wrinkled Hornbill Aceros corrugatus 5 flying over the Hostel in Taman Negara 22/6

Black Hornbill Anthracoceros malayanus 1 near Kumbang 24/6 and 5 Taman Negara 25/6

Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris 3 23/6, 2 24/6, 1 25/6 and 27/6

Rhinoceros Hornbill Buceros rhinoceros heard at The Gap 18/6, heard Taman Negara 22/6 and 23/6, 1 seen and few heard 24/6, 2 seen 25/6

Helmeted Hornbill Buceros vigil Only heard: The Gap 18/6, Taman Negara 23/6, 24/6 and 25/6

Trogonidae

Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus 1 female at the gate, Fraser's Hill 20/6

Coraciidae

Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis 2 Sungai Tembeling 22/6 and 27/6, 1 23/6 and 25/6

Alcedinidae

Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithacus 2 of the race rufidorsus seen at close distance at the first stream (from Tabing trail), Jenut Muda 23/6 and 1 seen Jenut Muda 26/6

Halcyonidae

Stork-billed Kingfisher Halcyon capensis Sungai Tembeling: 2 22/6 and 4 27/6

White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis 2 17/6, 1 22/6, 2 27/6

Meropidae

Blue-throated Bee-eaterMerops viridis ca 50 Sungai Tembeling 22/6, 10 24/6, 5 25/6, 10 26/6 and 27/6

Cuculidae

Rusty-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis 1 Taman Negara 23/6 (Sten)

Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax 1 seen above the first stream (from Tabing trail), Jenut Muda 23/6

Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus 1 seen Fraser's Hill 19/6, heard most days in Taman Negara

Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus heard 20/6, 1 heard and 1 seen Taman Negara 22/6, 1 immature seen and another heard 23/6, heard daily 24-26/6

Little Bronze Cuckoo Chrysococcyx minutillus 2 seen in Taman Negara garden 27/6

Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus 2 seen near Kumbang 24/6, 2 heard 25/6

Black-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi 2 Taman Negara 27/6

Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis 2 at The Gap 18/6 and 1 Taman Negara 25/6

Raffles's Malkoha Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus 1 Taman Negara 24/6 and 25/6

Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris Taman Negara: 1 23/6, 2 26/6, 2 27/6

Centropodidae

Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis 2 Sungai Tembeling 22/6

Psittacidae

Blue-rumped Parrot Psittinus cyanurus 5 17/6, 1 22/6, 1 24/6, 7 26/6

Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot Loriculus galgulus 5 17/6, 2 18/6, 1 19/6, 1 23/6, few daily 24-26/6

Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda 1 near Kumbang 24/6 and 3 Sungai Tembeling 27/6

Apodidae

Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus 4 17/6, ca 30 25/6, 10 26/6, 5 27/6

Silver-rumped Needletail Rhaphidura leucopygialis 4 18/6 and 5 daily 24-26/6

Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta Seen daily (fairly common) 17-21/6

House Swift Apus affinis Common and seen daily

Hemiprocnidae

Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis 2+1 The Gap 17-18/6 and 2 Taman Negara 26/6

Strigidae

Mountain Scops Owl Otus spilocephalus 1 heard Fraser's Hill 20/6 03.00

Reddish Scops Owl Otus rufescens 1 heard from Kumbang hide 24/6

Eurostopodidae

Malaysian Eared NightjarEurostopodus temminckii 2 seen and heard The Gap 17/6, heard Kumbang 24/6

Caprimulgidae

Large-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus macrurus heard at The Gap 18/6

Columbidae

Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis 1 Taman Negara 26/6

Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica 1 21/6, 2 22/6, 1 daily 23-25/6 and 2 27/6

Little Green Pigeon Treron olax 6 Taman Negara 24/6

Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra Taman Negara: 4 22/6 and 1 23/6

Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenura 2 The Gap 17/6

Jambu Fruit Dove Ptilinopus jambu 1 superb male in fruiting tree near Hostel, Taman Negara 23/6

Barred Cuckoo Dove Macropygia unchall 2 Fraser's Hill 19/6

Little Cuckoo Dove Macropygia ruficeps Fairly common, seen daily 17-21/6

Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia heard 18/6, 2 seen and heard 19/6, 3 seen and heard 20/6, 3 seen 21/6

Rock Pigeon Columba livia 17/6, 18/6, 20/6

Rallidae

White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus 1 road near Jerantut 21/6 and 1 near Kuala Tembeling 22/6

Accipitrinae

Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis 1 Fraser's Hill 20/6

Lesser Fish Eagle Ichtyophaga humilis 1 Sungai Tembeling 27/6

Blyth's Hawk Eagle Spizaetus alboniger 1 seen perched in a tree, Bishop's trail, Fraser's Hill 19/6 (Tomas)

Pittidae

Rusty-naped Pitta Pitta oatesi Unfortunately only heard at Fraser's Hill: 2 18/6 (Hemmant and Bishop's trail), 3 19/6 (1 Hemmant and 2 Bishop's), 1 at the ridge above the gate 20/6 and 2 21/6 (Bishop's trail and 1 near Puncack Inn). At least 5 heard altogether. This species proved to be very difficult to see, although seen on Bishop's trail by Irish birder Aidan Kelly a few days before our visit. We were very close to two calling birds (probably not more than 20 metres but couldn't see them. Frustrating!) Birds respond to imitation but according to other birders they seldom come out on the trail because too many birders have tried with tape recorder in the last years. Birds were calling frequently during ouir visit.

Garnet Pitta Pitta granatina Only heard in Taman Negara, Jenut Muda: 1 22/6, 1 24/6 and 1 26/6

Eurylaimidae

Dusky Broadbill Corydon sumatranus A group of 3 birds were seen at close distance and during at least 20 minutes on Jenut Muda trail, Taman Negara 23/6

Black-and-red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos Taman Negara: 1-2 seen almost daily 22-27/6

Black-and-yellow Broadbill Eurylaimus ochromalus Taman Negara: up to 3 heard daily 22-26/6

Long-tailed Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae 1 near nest at Hemmant trail, Fraser's Hill 21/6

Green Broadbill Calyptomena viridis Taman Negara: 2 23/6, 1 25/6, 1 26/6

Irenidae

Asian Fairy Bluebird Irena puella 3 17/6 and 1 20/6

Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis cochinchinensis 1 male The Gap 18/6

Lesser Green Leafbird Chloropsis cyanopogon 1 18/6, 1 19/6 and 1 24/6

Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii 1 19/6, 3 20/6 and 2 21/6

Corvinae

Common Green Magpie Cissa chinensis Fraser's Hill: ca 10 20/6 and 1 21/6

Crested Jay Platylophus galericulatus Taman Negara: 2 heard 23/6, heard 24/6 and 25/6, 2 seen 26/6

House Crow Corvus splendens Common in Kuala Lumpur

Slender-billed Crow Corvus enca 2 26/6 and 1 27/6

Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos 1 Fraser's Hill 19/6 and 21/6

Oriolini

Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis 1 Taman Negara 22/6 and 26/6

Black-and-crimson Oriole Oriolus cruentus 1 Fraser's Hill 19/6 and 2 20/6

Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus 6 The Gap and 4 Fraser's Hill 18/6

Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris 6 Fraser's Hill 20/6

Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus 1 Fraser's Hill 19/6

Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus Taman Negara: 2 24/6, 2 25/6 and 1 26/6

Rhipidurini

White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis 2 18/6, ca 10 19-21/6

Dicrurini

Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus 5 17/6, 5 18/6, 5 21/6, few 24/6

Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer 1 18/6, ca 10 19-20/6, 5 21/6

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus 1 18/6 & 22/6, 2 24/6, 2 25/6, 4 26/6

Monarchini

Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea TN: 1 male 24/6, 1 pair 25/6 and 26/6

Asian Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi 1 Taman Negara 24/6 (Tomas)

Aegithininae

Green Iora Aegithina viridissima 1 Taman Negara 25/6

Malacotoninae

Rufous-winged Philentoma Philentoma pyrrhopterum 1 female Taman Negara 23-24/6

Maroon-breasted Philentoma Philentoma velatum 1 Taman Negara 24/6

Turdinae

Malayan Whistling Thrush Myophonus robinsoni 1 seen well 20/6 during ca 15 minutes at 14.40 in stream ca 100 metres above the gate in Fraser's Hill (Tomas).

Chestnut-capped Thrush Zoothera interpres 1 Taman Negara, Jenut Muda trail near first stream (from Tabing trail) 23/6. The bird came flying along the trail and perched for a few seconds on a branch one metre above ground (Tomas). Superb!

Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus 1 male on Tabing trail, Taman Negara 25/6. This species normally occurs here during winter and this was obviously a summering bird.

Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophrys Fraser's Hill: 1 female Magar trail 19/6, 1 male Bishop's trail 19/6 and 3 (male, female and juvenile) seen very well on Bishop's trail near stream at signpost 11 21/6. The Malayan race of Lesser Shortwing is dark blue with a small eyebrow and looks like White-browed Shortwing.

Muscicapini

Rufous-browed Flycatcher Ficedula solitaris Fraser's Hill: 1 18/6, 10-12 19/6, 2 20/6, 4 21/6

Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni Fraser's Hill: 1 18/6, 2 19/6, 1 20/6, 2 21/6

Hill Blue Flycatcher Cyornis banyumas 1 pair Fraser's Hill 19/6

Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis 1 Fraser's Hill 19/6 and 21/6

Large Niltava Niltava grandis Fraser's Hill: 2 18/6, 5 19/6, 4 20/6, 6 21/6

Saxicolini

Oriental Magpie RobinCopsychus saularis up to 5 seen daily The Gap and Fraser's Hill and up to 15 daily in Taman Negara

White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus Taman Negara: 5 23/6, 4 24/6, 1 25/6, 2 26/6

Rufous-tailed Shama Trichixos pyrropyga 1 Taman Negara 24/6 (Sten)

Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus 2 at the gate, Fraser's Hill 20/6 and 1 21/6

White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti 1 Jenut Muda trail, Taman Negara 26/6

Sturnidae

Common Myna Acridotheres tristis fairly common and seen daily

Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis common Kuala Lumpur 17/6, seen along road The Gap - Jerantut 21/6 and 5 Taman Negara 24/6

Sittinae

Blue Nuthatch Sitta azurea Fraser's Hill, in bird waves: 1 18/6, 6 19/6 and 2 20/6

Parinae

Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea 3 The Gap 18/6 and 1 Fraser's Hill 20/6

Hirundininae

Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica common and seen daily

Striated Swallow Hirundo striolata 5 The Gap 17-18/6, few Fraser's Hill 20/6 and 1 Taman Negara 24/6

Pycnonotidae

Straw-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus zeylanicus Taman Negara: 2 24/6, 3 25/6 and 3-4 26/6

Black-and-white Bulbul Pycnonotus melanoleucos 2 seen very well in a tree just outside our chalet in Taman Negara 25/6

Streak-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus blanfordi 1 Taman Negara 23/6

Black-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus atriceps Taman Negara: 5 22/6, 5 23/6, 5 24/6

Black-crested Bulbul Pycnonotus melanicterus 2 The Gap 17-18/6 and 1 21/6

Grey-bellied Bulbul Pycnonotus cyaniventris Taman Negara: 1 daily 24-26/6

Puff-backed Bulbul Pycnonotus eutilotus 2 Taman Negara 22/6 and 24/6

Stripe-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni Taman Negara: 2 22/6, 1 25/6, 2 27/6

Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier Taman Negara: 2 22/6, 1 23/6, 1 24/6 and 1 26/6

Cream-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus simplex 1 Taman Negara 23/6 (Sten)

Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus Taman Negara: 2 24/6, 10 25-26/6

Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus 1 Taman Negara 24/6

Spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus erythropthalmos 1 Taman Negara 22/6 and 23/6

Ochraceous Bulbul Alophoixus ochraceus ca 10 The Gap 18/6 and 2 Fraser's Hill 21/6

Yellow-bellied Bulbul Alophoixus phaeocephalus Taman Negara: 1 22/6 and 4 daily 23-25/6

Hairy-backed Bulbul Tricholestes criniger Taman Negara: 1 23/6, 1 24/6 and 2 25/6

Buff-vented Bulbul Iole olivacea 1 Taman Negara 24/6

Mountain Bulbul Hypsipetes mcclellandii Fraser's Hill: 1 18/6, 4 19/6, 5 20/6, ca 10 21/6

Zosteropidae

Everett's White-eye Zosterops everetti 2 The Gap 17-18/6, common Fraser's Hill 18-20/6 (up to 20 daily)

Acrocephalinae

Mountain Tailorbird Orthotomus cuculatus Fraser's Hill: 1 18/6 and 3 20/6

Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis 2 The Gap 18/6, 1 Fraser's Hill 21/6 and 2 daily Taman Negara 22-27/6

Mountain Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus trivirgatus Fraser's Hill: 2 18/6, 1 19/6 and 5 20/6

Chestnut-crowned Warbler Seicercus castaniceps Fraser's Hill, in bird waves: 3 20/6 and 2 21/6

Garrulacinae

Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush Garrulax mitratus Fraser's Hill: 3 18/6, ca 20 19/6 and 20/6, 5 21/6

Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Garrulax erythrocephalus Fraser's Hill: 4 18/6 and ca 15 daily 19-21/6

Timaliini

Black-capped Babbler Pellorneum capistratum Taman Negara: 2 23/6, 2 24/6 and 2 26/6

Short-tailed Babbler Malacocincla malaccensis 1 Taman Negara 22/6

Abbott's Babbler Malacocincla abbotti 3 Taman Negara 26/6

Horsfield's Babbler Trichastoma sepiarium 1 Taman Negara 23/6 (Sten)

Moustached Babbler Malacopteron magnirostre 5 Taman Negara 23/6 and 24/6

Rufous-crowned BabblerMalacopteron magnum 5 daily Taman Negara 23-25/6

Streaked Wren Babbler Napothera brevicaudata Fraser's Hill: 1 Hemmant trail 18/6 and 2 Bishop's trail 19/6

Chestnut-winged Babbler Stachyris erythroptera Taman Negara: 1 22/6, 4 23/6, 2 26/6

Golden Babbler Stachyris chrysaea Fraser's Hill, in bird waves: 5 18/6, 5 19/6, ca 20 20/6 and ca 10 21/6

Grey-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps Fraser's Hill: 1 19/6 and 1 21/6

Black-throated Babbler Stachyris nigricollis 3 Taman Negara 26/6

Fluffy-backed Tit Babbler Macronous ptilosus 1 Taman Negara, Jenut Muda 24/6 (Tomas)

Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris Fraser's Hill, usually in bird waves: 11 20/6 and 25 21/6

White-browed Shrike Babbler Pteruthius flaviscapis Fraser's Hill: 1 male 19/6 and 21/6

Black-eared Shrike Babbler Pteruthius melanotis Fraser's Hill: 2 19/6, 4 20/6 and 4 21/6

Blue-winged Minla Minla cyanouroptera Fraser's Hill: 5 18/6, ca 15 19/6 and ca 20 daily 20-21/6

Mountain Fulvetta Alcippe peracensis common in Fraser's Hill (up to 20 daily)

Brown Fulvetta Alcippe brunneicauda Taman Negara: 2 22/6 and 1 26/6

Long-tailed Sibia Heterophasia picaoides Fraser's Hill: ca 10 18/6, ca 20 19/6, ca 25 20/6 and ca 25 21/6

Dicaeini

Yellow-vented Flowerpecker Dicaeum chrysorrheum 1 Taman Negara 25/6

Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus 1 The Gap 18/6, Fraser's Hill: 2 18/6, 2 19/6, 3 20/6, 5 21/6 and 1 Taman Negara 25/6

Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma 1 Taman Negara 26/6

Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus percussus 1 Taman Negara 26/6

Nectariniini

Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis 1 male Taman Negara 25/6

Purple-naped Sunbird Hypogramma hypogrammicum Taman Negara: 1 23/6 and 1 26/6

Olive-backed Sunbird Nectarinia jugularis 2 Kuala Lumpur 17/6

Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata 1 male The Gap 18/6, 2 males and 1 female Fraser's Hill 20/6 and 2 pairs 21/6

Long-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera robusta 1 Taman Negara 24/6

Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra 1 Taman Negara 23/6 and 26/6

Streaked Spiderhunter Arachnothera magna Fraser's Hill: up to 5 daily 18-21/6

Passerinae

Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus seen in Kuala Lumpur, Jerantut and Taman Negara

Motacillinae

Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus 1 Taman Negara 26/6

Estrildinae

Pin-tailed Parrotfinch Erythrura prasina 2 males and 3 females seen in bamboo, The Gap 21/6

White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata Fraser's Hill: 8 19/6 and 4 21/6


Additional Species, Bangkok

Charadriinae

Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus 2 Bangkok airport 28/6

Phalacrocoracidae

Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger 1 Bangkok airport 17/6

Ardeidae

Little Egret Egretta garzetta 5 Bangkok airport 28/6


List of Mammals

Common Treeshrew Tupaia glis 1 Taman Negara

Crab-eating Macaque Macaca fascicularis common Taman Negara

Gibbon sp Hylobates sp heard Fraser's Hill

Hairy-nosed Otter / Smooth Otter Lutra sumatrana / Lutra perspicillata 1 Kuala Tembeling

Wild Boar Sus scrofa several groups with piglets seen in Taman Negara

Lesser Mouse DeerTragulus javanicus few Taman Negara

Common Porcupine Hystrix brachyura 1 in evening near Wildlife Department, Taman Negara

Grey-bellied Squirrel Callosciurus caniceps Fraser's Hill and Taman Negara

Belly-banded Squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus Fraser's Hill

Plantain Squirrel Callosciurus notatus Fraser's Hill and Taman Negara

Three-striped Ground Squirrel Lariscus insignis ca 5 Taman Negara

Low's Squirrel Sundasciurus lowii Taman Negara

Slender Squirrel Sundasciurus tenuis 1 Taman Negara (Tomas)

Himalayan Striped Squirrel Tamiops macclellandi Fraser's Hill

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