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Birds of Year 2026

 

Compiling my annual birds checklist for Malaysia. There are 2 separate checklist, the first will be just a checklist of birds seen while another checklist is for the birds with photographs taken this year.

Birds seen this year:

1. Lesser Whistling-Duck
2. Spotted Dove
3. Zebra Dove
4. Asian Koel
5. White-nest Swiftlet
6. Grey-headed Swamphen
7. Watercock
8. White-breasted Waterhen
9. Black-winged Stilt
10. Red-wattled Lapwing
11. Common Snipe
12. Whiskered Tern
13. White-winged Tern
14. Asian Openbill
15. Lesser Adjutant
16. Cinnamon Bittern
17. Yellow Bittern
18. Little Egret
19. Little Heron
20 Eastern Cattle Egret
21. Purple Heron
22. Blue-tailed Bee-eater
23. White-throated Kingfisher
24. House Crow
25. Zitting Cisticola
26. Pacific Swallow 
27. Barn Swallow
28. Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
29. Yellow-vented Bulbul
30. Asian Glossy Starling
31. Common Myna
32. Javan Myna
33. Baya Weaver
34. Scaly-breasted Munia 
35. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
36. Grey Wagtail
37. Cotton Pygmy Goose
38. Garganey
39. Red Collared Dove
40. Pink-necked Green Pigeon
41. Lesser Coucal
42. Eurasian Moorhen
43. Pacific Golden Plover
44. Pheasant-tailed Jacana
45. Common Sandpiper
46. Common Greenshank
47. Ruff
48. Oriental Pratincole
49. Black Bittern
50. Medium Egret
51. Black-winged Kite
52. Eastern Marsh Harrier
53. Brahminy Kite
54. Brown Shrike
55. Eastern Yellow Wagtail
56. Rock Pigeon (Feral)
57. Marsh Sandpiper
58. Wood Sandpiper
59. Chinese Pond Heron
60. Common Kingfisher
61. Black-naped Oriole
62. Black-browed Reed Warbler
63. Bank Swallow
64. Asian House-Martin
65. White-rumped Munia
66. Chestnut Munia
67. White-headed Munia
68. Osprey
69. Malayan Partridge
70. Brown Wood-Owl
71. Wreathed Hornbill
72. Greater Yellownape
73. Long-tailed Broadbill
74. Grey-chinned Minivet
75. Black-eared Shrike-babbler
76. White-bellied Erpornis
77. Black-and-Crimson Oriole
78. Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
79. Sultan Tit
80. Pygmy Cupwing
81. Grey-throated Babbler
82. Buff-breasted Babbler
83. Mountain Fulvetta
84. Long-tailed Sibia
85. Silver-eared Mesia
86. Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush
87. Blue Nuthatch
88. Oriental Magpie Robin
89. Large Niltava
90. Verditer Flycatcher
91. Rufous-browed Flycatcher
92. Hill Blue Flycatcher
93. Little Pied Flycatcher
94. Black-throated Sunbird
95. Streaked Spiderhunter
96. Orange-bellied Leafbird
97. Little Cuckoo-Dove
98. Mountain Imperial Pigeon
99. Green-billed Malkoha
100. Plume-toed Swiftlet
101. Pacific Swift
102. Collared Owlet
103. Black-browed Barbet 
104. Malayan Cuckooshrike
105. White-browed Shrike-babbler
106. White-throated Fantail
107. Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
108. Common Green-Magpie
109. Large-billed Crow
110. Golden Babbler
111. Malayan Laughingthrush
112. Lesser Shortwing
113. White-tailed Robin
114. Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
115. Bronzed Drongo
116. Rufous-bellied Swallow
117. Ochraceous Bulbul
118. Cinereous Bulbul
119. Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
120. Rufous-collared Kingfisher
121. Grey-and-buff Woodpecker
122. Crimson-winged Woodpecker
123. Black-and-red Broadbill
124. Rufescent Prinia
125. Yellow-bellied Prinia
126. Indochinese Blue Flycatcher
127. Barred Eagle-Owl
128. Black-crowned Night Heron
129. Grey Heron
130. Painted Stork
131. Coppersmith Barbet

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Birds photographed this year:


1. Lesser Whistling-Duck

6. Grey-headed Swamphen

8. White-breasted Waterhen

9. Black-winged Stilt

10. Red-wattled Lapwing

11. Common Snipe

12. Whiskered Tern

13. White-winged Tern

14. Asian Openbill

15. Lesser Adjutant

16. Cinnamon Bittern

18. Little Egret

28. Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
7 Jan 2026 / Johor

37. Cotton Pygmy Goose

38. Garganey

41. Lesser Coucal
7 Jan 2026 / Johor

42. Eurasian Moorhen

43. Pacific Golden Plover

44. Pheasant-tailed Jacana

46. Marsh Sandpiper

47. Ruff
7 Jan 2026 / Johor

48. Oriental Pratincole

49. Black Bittern

52. Eastern Marsh Harrier

53. Brahminy Kite

55. Eastern Yellow Wagtail

57. Marsh Sandpiper

59. Chinese Pond Heron

60. Common Kingfisher

63. Bank Swallow

64. Asian House-Martin

68. Osprey

69. Malayan Partridge

80. Pygmy Cupwing

82. Buff-breasted Babbler

84. Long-tailed Sibia

85. Silver-eared Mesia

86. Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush

89. Large Niltava

91. Rufous-browed Flycatcher

92. Hill Blue Flycatcher

95. Streaked Spiderhunter

111. Malayan Laughingthrush

112. Lesser Shortwing

113. White-tailed Robin

120. Rufous-collared Kingfisher

127. Barred Eagle-Owl

130. Painted Stork

131. Coppersmith Barbet



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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.

Besides following the traditional route, I also customized trip according to clients needs, preference and interests. So there are some local patches that I can introduce to all bird watchers, digiscopers and photographers.

Here are a few of my favorite birding spots around Kuala Lumpur.

• 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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Recommended Field Guides & Books

If you are interested to get a copy of field guides to assist you to learn and identify birds in Malaysia. Click the followings to find out more.

March 2024. Fortunate enough to meet 1 of the authors before it was launched in Kuala Lumpur. Another great field guide for all birders who want to get the most updated information about birds of Malaysia.