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5 Days Birding 11-15 Aug 2022

Posted by wengchun Monday, August 15, 2022


Just concluded another standard tour covering Genting Highlands, Fraser's Hill and Hulu Langat. Another trip with birders from Singapore. The trip started with a Buff-necked Woodpecker and a male Banded Kingfisher (awesome!) and end with a Black-and-yellow Broadbill.

"Weng Chun: thanks for your excellent guiding for this birding trip. Also appreciate your good memory for the birds/species seen in every day 😃👍🙏👏👋. Thanks for your professionalism 😃🙏👏👋"

" Thanks Weng Chun for your excellent guiding. Appreciate your efforts in seeking out as many birds for us to add to our Lifers' list. Is a great birding experience for me. Thank you.😊"

Among the birds we managed to see / photographed are:
          1. Buff-necked Woodpecker
          2. Banded Kingfisher
          3. Rufous-chested Flycatcher (S)
          4. Black-and-yellow Broadbill (S)
          5. Rufescent Prinia
          6. Blue-eared Barbet
          7. Blue-winged Leafbird
          8. Brown-throated Sunbird (S)
          9. Red-eyed Bulbul (S)
          10. Yellow-eared Spiderhunter
          11. Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush
          12. Black Laughingthrush
          13. Bamboo Woodpecker
          14. Black-crested Bulbul (S)
          15. Little Cuckoo-dove 
          16. Banded Broadbill (S)
          17. Chestnut-tailed Minla
          18. Mountain Leaf Warbler
          19. Black-throated Sunbird
          20. Malayan Laughingthrush
          21. Golden-throated Barbet
          22. Large Niltava
          23. Long-tailed Sibia
          24. Streaked Spiderhunter
          25. Peregrine Falcon (S)
          26. Black-thighed Falconet
          27. Whiskered Treeswift
          28. Fire-tufted Barbet
          29. Blue Nuthatch (S)
          30. Mountain Imperial Pigeon
          31. Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
          32. Mountain Fulvetta
          33. Black-eared Shrike-babbler
          34. Blyth's Shrike-babbler (now back to White-browed Shrike-babbler)
          35. Red-headed Trogon
          36. Buff-breasted Babbler
          37. White-tailed Robin
          38. Large Cuckooshrike
          39. Black-throated Sunbird
          40. Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
          41. Malayan Partridge
          42. Rufous-browed Flycatcher
          43. Silver-eared Mesia
          44. Oriental Magpie Robin (S)
          45. Blue-winged Minla
          46. Sultan Tit
          47. Blue Nuthatch
          48. Grey-chinned Minivet
          49. Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
          50. Black-and-Crimson Oriole
          51. Collared Owlet
          52. Large-billed Crow
          53. Oriental Honey Buzzard (S)
          54. Black Eagle
          55. Blyth's Hawk-eagle
          56. Brown Wood Owl
          57. Greater Yellownape
          58. Black-browed Barbet
          59. Red-bearded Bee-eater
          60. Pygmy Cupwing
          61. Little Pied Flycatcher
          62. Verditer Flycatcher
          63. Hume's White-eye
          64. Ochraceous Bulbul
          65. Scaly-breasted Bulbul
          66. Hill Blue Flycatcher
          67. Sooty Barbet
          68. Stripe-throated Bulbul
          69. Grey-rumped Treeswift
          70. Blue-winged Leafbird
          71. White-rumped Munia (S)
          72. Gold-whiskered Barbet
          73. Asian Glossy Starling (S)
          74. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (S)
          75. Yellow-bellied Warbler
          76. Purple-naped Spiderhunter
          77. Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
          78. White-bellied Erpornis
          79. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (S)
          80. Black-and-red Broadbill
          81. Black-and-yellow Broadbill
          82. Large Woodshrike
          83. Olive-winged Bulbul
          84. Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker
          85. Zebra Dove
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Contact me to make a reservation for a private birding tour with an experienced and licensed tourist guide specialize in birdwatching and photography tours. I have been guiding professionally since 2007 with birders coming from United States, Canada, UK, Finland, Sweden, France, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Ecuador, Greece, South Africa, Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Brunei and others.

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There are quite a number of birding groups from Australia, United States and United Kingdom that come over to Malaysia annually visiting the traditional key sites that include Kuala Selangor, Fraser's Hill and Taman Negara. There is not doubt that the 3 sites are the preferred birding sites in Peninsular Malaysia. So if you are coming over for birding and intend to hire a guide, you can send me an email at nature2pixel@gmail.com and go over to posting section to view photos and summary of trip reports with testimonials from past clients.

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• Kuala Selangor - the habitats include mangrove forest. Good for woodpecker and kingfisher. Some amount of walking is required on flat terrain.

• Fraser's Hill - one of the traditional key sites for birding in Peninsular Malaysia and still the best place to visit. Elevation between 900 - 1200m above sea level. The species found here are different from the city of Kuala Lumpur. Targets may include Trogon, Woodpecker, Partridge, Laughingthrush, Leafbird, Spiderhunter and Sunbird.

• Hulu Langat - one of the most visited birding spot due to its proximity from the city centre. Walking is required but on easy terrain in this lowland forest. Sometimes need to wait at fruiting trees. Generally a good spot for Broadbill, Kingfisher, and Babbler.

• Bukit Tinggi - An alternative spot if you do not want to spend too long hours travelling to Fraser's Hill. It's about 900m to 1,000m above sea level and you get a combination of lowland and highland species at this elevation. Walking is required but just a short distance. Traditional known for Broadbill, Hornbill, Partridge and Pheasant.

• Gombak-Ampang - Generally recommended for photographers targeting Blue-eared Kingfisher and at times during fruiting season, it attracts many species of Bulbul and Barbet. Located in urban area.

• Putrajaya - If you are staying in any hotel in Putrajaya, it's a good place to look for herons, egrets, bittern and storks.

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