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Shah Alam & Hulu Langat - 19 & 21 Jan 24

Posted by wengchun Friday, January 19, 2024
First tour for the year! After a long "holiday", I am back in the field guiding a couple from Japan. The main target is a Blue-winged Pitta. We were made to wait for a while before the bird show up.






For this 2 days, we covered the popular areas around Kuala Lumpur such as the Botanical Garden of Shah Alam and the forest of Hulu Langat while staying in comfortable hotel in Kuala Lumpur.

Some of the highlights from the trip: Blue-winged Pitta, Short-tailed Babbler, Black-and-red Broadbill, Van Hasselt's Sunbird, Red-throated Sunbird, Sooty Barbet, Banded Woodpecker, Crimson-winged Woodpecker, Common Flameback, Barred Eagle-Owl, Buffy Fish-Owl, Dusky Broadbill, Rufous-collared Kingfisher, Siamese Pied Starling, Banded Bay Cuckoo, and more.

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Shah Alam & Hulu Langat - 19 & 21 Jan 24

Birds of Year 2024

Posted by wengchun Sunday, January 7, 2024
Thank you for visiting this post where I will try to compile some of the birds that I have seen and photographed this year. The list shows the species that I first seen in the year and I will add more photos of the same species if I have managed to take more photographs later part of the year.

 

1. Spotted Wood-Owl Strix seloputo seloputo
4th January 2024 / Perak (Peninsular Malaysia)
Olympus EM1X + Olympus 300mm f4 IS PRO

 

 

2. Buffy Fish-Owl Ketupa ketupu ketupu
4th January 2024 / Perak (Peninsular Malaysia)
Olympus EM1X + Olympus 300mm f4 IS PRO

 

 

3. Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris convexus
4th January 2024 / Perak (Peninsular Malaysia)
Olympus EM1X + Olympus 300mm f4 IS PRO

 

 

4. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea jouyi
4th January 2024 / Perak (Peninsular Malaysia)
Olympus EM1X + Olympus 300mm f4 IS PRO

 

 

5. Purple Heron Ardea purpurea manilensis
9th Jan 2024 / Selangor (Peninsular Malaysia)
Panasonic Lumix G7 + Olympus 300mm f4 IS PRO

 

 

6. Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
13th Feb 2024 / Selangor (Peninsular Malaysia)
EM1X + Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm f/5-6.3 IS

 

 

7. Barred Eagle-Owl Ketupa sumatrana sumatrana
13th Jan 2024 / Selangor (Peninsular Malaysia)
EM1X + Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm f/5-6.3 IS

 

8. Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis strigata
13th Jan 2024 / Selangor (Peninsular Malaysia)
Olympus EM1X + Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm f/5-6.3 IS

 

9. Siamese Pied Starling Gracupica floweri
13th Jan 2024 / Selangor (Peninsular Malaysia)
Olympus EM1X + Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm f/5-6.3 IS

 

10. Black-and-red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
15th Jan 2024 / Selangor (Peninsular Malaysia)
Olympus EM1X + Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm f/5-6.3 IS

 

11. Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
Medium Egret is formerly known as Intermediate Egret. Read more on this link: Taxonomy Update
4th January 2024 / Perak (Peninsular Malaysia)
Olympus EM1X + Olympus 300mm f4 IS PRO

 

12. Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting verreauxii
3rd March 2024 / Perak (Peninsular Malaysia)
Panasonic Lumix G9

 

13. Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
3rd March 2024 / Perak (Peninsular Malaysia)
Panasonic Lumix G9

 

14. Copper-throated Sunbird Leptocoma calcostetha
Monotypic.
29th February 2024 / Perak (Peninsular Malaysia)
Panasonic Lumix G9

15. Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus indicus
27 February 2024 / Selangor (Peninsular Malaysia)
Panasonic Lumix G9 

 

16. Long-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera robusta robusta
23 February 2024 / Selangor (Peninsular Malaysia)
Panasonic Lumix G9

 

17. Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
A regular migratory species to Peninsular Malaysia, usually seen from October to April.
18 March 2024 / Pahang (Peninsular Malaysia)
Panasonic Lumix G9

 

18. White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus tricolor
There are 13 subspecies distributed from the Indian subcontinent, South China, Southeast Asia to the Greater Sunda.
18 March 2024 / Pahang (Peninsular Malaysia)
Panasonic Lumix G9

 

19. Orange-breasted Trogon Harpactes oreskios uniformis
Usually found in the hill forest in central Peninsular Malaysia but it can also be found in the lowland forest near Kuala Lumpur and northern region of Peninsular Malaysia. 5 subspecies are recognized.
18 March 2024 / Pahang (Peninsular Malaysia)
Panasonic Lumix G9

 

Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
A regular migratory species to Peninsular Malaysia, usually seen from October to April.
1 March 2024 / Perak (Peninsular Malaysia)
Panasonic Lumix G9

 

Rufous-browed Flycatcher Anthipes solitaris
March 2024 / Pahang (Peninsular Malaysia)
Panasonic Lumix G9

 


 


 


 


 

Mountain Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron inopinatum
Near Threatened and monotypic, this species is found on the Titiwangsa mountain range.
18 March 2024 / Pahang (Peninsular Malaysia)
Panasonic Lumix G9

Little Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia ruficeps
Usually seen in the highland but possible to find it in the lowland forest while feeding on fruiting trees.
20 April 2024 / Pahang (Peninsular Malaysia)
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE + Kowa TSN-773

* check out the origin of species / subspecies names:

SELOPUTO: Javanese name Selo-puto for the Spotted Wood Owl (Strix).

CONVEXUS: vaulted, arched, rounded.
  
JOUYI: Pierre Louis Jouy (1856-1894) US civil administrator, naturalist, collector in Korea, Japan and China 1881-1889, and Mexico 1892.

SUMATRAE / SUMATRANA / SUMATRANUM / SUMATRANUS / SUMATRENSIS: Sumatra (Indonesia)

MANILENSIS: Manila, Philippines.

STRIATA: striated

KETUPA: According to Horsfield 1821, Blo-ketupu was the Javanese name for the Buffy Fish Owl (cf. Malay name Ketupok) (Ketupa)

PANAYA / PANAYANUS PANAYENSIS / PANAYUS  Panay I., Philippines

STRIGATA / STRIGATUS: furrowed

FLOWERI: Maj. Stanley Smyth Flower (1871-1946) British Army, zoologist, Advisor to Zoological Mus., Bangkok 1896-1898, Director of Egyptian Zoological Service 1898-1924

MENINTING: Javanese name Meninting for the Deep-blue Kingfisher

VERREAUXII: Jules Pierre Verreaux (1807-1873) French natural history dealer, collector 

ANHINGA: little head, for an evil spirit of the forests, the devil bird

MELANOGASTER: melanos black; gastēr, gastros belly

CALCOSTHETHA: bronze breast

ACCIPITER: Hawk

TRIVIGATUS: "tri" means  three; while "virgatus" means striped

INDICUS: refers to India

ARACHNOTHERA: arakhnēs  spider; while -thēras  hunter

ROBUSTA: powerful, strong

LARVIVORA: probably refers to mask or caterpillar larvae while vorus or vorare means to devour 

CYANE: dark blue, sea blue, greenish blue

COPSYCHUS: the word derived from ancient Greek "kopsukhos" or "kopsikhos" meaning blackbird

MALABARICUS: southwest coast of India

TRICOLOR: three colors

HARPACTES: originates from Greek word "harpaktes" meaning robber

ORESKIOS: mountain-bred

UNIFORMIS: uniform

GEOKICHLA: geo refers to ground or earth while kichla (kikhle) means thrush

CITRINA: resemble yellow or lemon color and citrina is a German name for Canary

POLYPLECTRON: Poly or polus means many while plectron (plēktron) means cock’s spur

INOPINATUM: unexpected, unforeseen, surprising

RUFICEPS:

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List of Birds “Seen & Photographed” ("Seen Only" or "Heard Only" species are omitted from this list).
  1. Spotted Wood-Owl Strix seloputo seloputo
  2. Buffy Fish-Owl Ketupa ketupu ketupu
  3. Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris
  4. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea jouyi
  5. Purple Heron Ardea purpurea manilensis
  6. Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
  7. Barred Eagle-Owl Ketupa sumatrana sumatrana
  8. Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis strigata
  9. Siamese Pied Starling Gracupica floweri
  10. Black-and-red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
  11. Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
  12. Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting verreauxii
  13. Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
  14. Copper-throated Sunbird Leptocoma calcostetha
  15. Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus indicus
  16. Long-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera robusta robusta
  17. Little Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia ruficeps  

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I'm a bird watcher, digiscoper, photographer and a licensed nature guide. Welcome to my 'A Malaysian Birder' blog. I will post my bird sightings and photographs on this blog. I started bird watching while studying in university. After graduating with a degree in forestry specializing in parks and recreation management, I have been attached to the parks and gardens industry. My past work experiences involve conducting environmental education program, bird watching and many more. When I go out to the field, I will usually have my Leica Ultravid 10x32 binocular and Kowa TSN-501 spotting scope with me. This is the lightest setup for me as I prefer to go light these days. There are times, I will have my parabolic microphone in the field for recording bird calls.

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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.

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