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Stork-billed Kingfisher

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Stork-billed Kingfisher
Bengali: মেঘহও মাছরাঙা
Chinese: 鸛嘴翡翠
Danish: Blåvinget Storkenæbsisfugl
Dutch: Ooievaarssnavel
Estonia: jõgi-safiirlind
Finnish: sulttaanikalastaja
French: Martin-chasseur gurial
German: Storchschnabelliest


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Stork-billed Kingfisher

Mountain Peacock-Pheasant

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Mountain Peacock-Pheasant
Polyplectron inopinatum
山孔雀雉 / Bjergpåfuglefasan / Rothschild-pauwfazant / mägi-paabufaasan / vuoritäpläfasaani / Éperonnier de Rothschild / Rothschild-Pfaufasan / hegyi pávafácán / Speroniere montano / アカコクジャク / Espolonero de Rothschild / bergpåfågelfasan / นกแว่นภูเขา / Kızıl Sırtlı Tavus Sülünü
Endemic but possibly near endemic due to sighting recorded extreme south Thailand
Monotypic species and Near Threatened

Bukit Tinggi - 21 Apr 2014


Bukit Tinggi - 21 March 2024



The following videos are recorded on 31 July 2018 from Bukit Tinggi: 











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Mountain Peacock-Pheasant

White-throated Kingfisher

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Peninsular Malaysia - 2024

White-throated Kingfisher 
Halcyon smyrnensis perpulchra

ধরাগরা ভাছযাঙা / 蒼翡翠〔白胸翡翠〕 / Smyrnaisfugl / Smyrnaijsvogel / ruske-safiirlind / smyrnankalastaja / Martin-chasseur de Smyrne (smyrnensis) / Braunliest / Martin pescatore di Smirne / アオショウビン / Alción de Esmirna / smyrnakungsfiskare (smyrnensis) / นกกินปลาอกขาว / İzmir Yalıçapkını

5 subspecies in the world

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White-throated Kingfisher

Malayan Banded-Pitta

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Peninsular Malaysia

Malayan Banded-Pitta Hydrornis irena
馬來亞藍尾八色鳥 / Malay-båndpitta / Maleise Blauwstaartpitta / Brève de Malaisie / Malaienbindenpitta / マラヤシマヤイロチョウ / Pita barrada malaya / malackajuveltrast / นกแต้วแล้วลาย / Malay Yazılı Pittası
Monotypic species and Near Threatened

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Malayan Banded-Pitta

Malaysian Blue Flycatcher

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Borneo

Borneo

Malaysian Blue Flycatcher Cyornis turcosus 
馬來仙鶲 / Malayniltava / Maleise Niltava / turkoosikurkkusieppo / Niltava malais / Malaienblauschnäpper / Niltava della Malesia / マレーシヤアオヒタキ / Papamoscas malayo / malajflugsnappare / นกจับแมลงสีฟ้ามลายู / Küçük Mavi Sinekkapan
 Monotypic species and Near Threatened

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Malaysian Blue Flycatcher

Scarlet-rumped Flowerpecker - Peninsular Malaysia

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Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker 
Dicaeum cruentatum ignitum
লালপিঠ ফুলঝুরি / 朱背啄花 / Skarlagenrygget Blomsterpiker / Roodrug-honingvogel / veriselkäkukastaja / Dicée à dos rouge / Scharlachmistelfresser / skarláthátú virágjáró / Beccafiore dorsoscarlatto / Picaflores dorsirrojo / rödryggig blomsterpickare / นกสีชมพูสวน / Al Sırtlı Öksekuşu

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Scarlet-rumped Flowerpecker - Peninsular Malaysia

Malaysian Blue-banded Kingfisher

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Malaysian Blue-banded Kingfisher 

Alcedo peninsulae

马来蓝带翠鸟 / Malaysisk Blåbåndet Isfugl / Soendablauwborstijsvogel / Martin-pêcheur péninsulaire / Brustband-Eisvogel (peninsulae) / アオムネカワセミ（peninsulae） / Martín Pescador Bandeado de Java (peninsulae) / malajkungsfiskare / นกกระเต็นน้อยแถบอกดำ (มลายู) / Mavi göğüslü yalıçapkını (peninsulae)

Monotypic species and Near Threatened







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Malaysian Blue-banded Kingfisher

Olive-backed Woodpecker

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Olive-backed Woodpecker (Borneo)
Gecinulus rafflesii dulitensis
rafflesi / rafflesia / rafflesii / rafflesius: Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) Lt.-Gov. of Java 1811–1815, Benkoelen, Sumatra 1818–1824, founder of Singapore 1819, first President of Zoological Society of London
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Olive-backed Woodpecker

Watercock

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Watercock
Gallicrex cinerea
cinereus, cinerea:  ash-grey, ash-coloured
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Watercock

Kuala Selangor & Kuala Lumpur - 25 Aug 24

"Thank you soo much for your expertise and professionalism! I learnt a lot!" - Zsolt, Australia


This is the first day trip with Zsolt who made an enquiry for day trip few months ago, starting from Kuala Lumpur. So we started from Kuala Lumpur in the morning and made several stops in the area of Kuala Selangor and adjacent birding spots. On the way back to Kuala Lumpur, we stopped by for Barred Eagle-Owl and on the outskirt of Kuala Lumpur, we managed to locate more birds to add to our day trip checklist. 

Some of the highlights for the day include: Rock Pigeon, Spotted Dove, Pink-necked Green-Pigeon,  Mountain Imperial-Pigeon, Asian Koel, Little Bronze-Cuckoo, Germain's Swiftlet, House Swift, Watercock, White-breasted Waterhen, Red-wattled Lapwing, Asian Openbill, Oriental Darter, Cinnamon Bittern, Little Egret, Striated Heron, Great Egret, Medium Egret, Grey Heron, Purple Heron, Black-winged Kite, Brahminy Kite, Barred Eagle-Owl, Stork-billed Kingfisher, White-throated Kingfisher, Collared Kingfisher, Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Dollarbird, Coppersmith Barbet, Lineated Barbet, Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker, Common Flameback, Laced Woodpecker, Pied Triller, Black-naped Oriole, Malaysian Pied Fantail,  House Crow, Ashy Tailorbird, Yellow-bellied Prinia, Pacific Swallow, Olive-winged Bulbul, Yellow-vented Bulbul, Swinhoe's White-eye, Abbott's Babbler, Asian Glossy Starling, Common Myna, Javan Myna, Asian Brown Flycatcher, Mangrove Blue Flycatcher, Brown-throated Sunbird, Scaly-breasted Munia, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, and many more.


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Kuala Selangor & Kuala Lumpur - 25 Aug 24

Birds of Year 2023


Thank you for stopping by this post where I am excited to share some of the beautiful birds I have encountered and captured through my lens this year. The list features the species I have spotted for the first time in 2023, and I will continue to update it with more photographs. Stay tuned for more amazing bird sightings!

    
Penan Bulbul
Alophoixus ruficrissus
9 December 2023
OM1 + Olympus 300mm f4 PRO

Crested Partridge
Rollulus rouloul
9 December 2023
OM1 + Olympus 300mm f4 PRO

Asian Emerald Dove
Chalcophaps indica
9 December 2023
OM1 + Olympus 300mm f4 PRO

Diard's Trogon
Harpactes diardii
24 December 2023
EM1X + Olympus 300mm f4 PRO

Dayak Blue Flycatcher.
Cyornis montanus
9 December 2023
OM1 + Olympus 300mm f4 PRO

Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
Merops leschenaulti
15 September 2023
EM1X + Olympus 300mm f4 PRO

Bornean Black-capped Babbler
Pellorneum capistratoides
9 December 2023
OM1 + Olympus 300mm f4 PRO

Bornean Banded-Pitta
Hydrornis schwaneri
9 December 2023
OM1 + Olympus 300mm f4 PRO

Red-breasted Partridge
Arborophila hyperythra
9 December 2023
OM1 + Olympus 300mm f4 PRO

Striated Heron
Butorides striata
30 December 2023
EM1X + Olympus 300mm f4 PRO



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Birds of Year 2023

Birds of Year 2020

Orange-headed Thrush
Geokichla citrina
2 February 2020
Nikon D500

Blue-eared Kingfisher
Alcedo meninting verreauxii
2 February 2020
Nikon D500

Rufous-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher
Ceyx rufidorsa rufidorsa
2 February 2020
Nikon D500

Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
Dicaeum trigonostigma trigonostigma
4 February 2020
Nikon D500

Malayan Black-capped Babbler
Pellorneum nigrocapitatum nigrocapitatum
4 February 2020
Nikon D500

Horsfield's Babbler
Malacocincla sepiaria tardinata
4 February 2020
Nikon D500

Grey-headed Babbler
Stachyris poliocephala
4 February 2020
Nikon D500

Chestnut-necklaced Partridge
Tropicoperdix charltonii charltonii
Tropico = tropical  & perdix = partridge  
chartonii = Lt.-Col. Andrew Charlton (1803-1888) of the Bengal Light Infantry
7 July 2020
Panasonic Lumix G7 

Buff-necked Woodpecker
Meiglyptes tukki tukki
Mei = meiōn, smaller, lesser & glyptes = gluptēs, carver
tukki = Sumatran names Tukki or Tukik for a woodpecker
20 July 2020
Olympus EM-1 Mark II

Black-and-yellow Broadbill
Eurylaimus ochromalus
20 July 2020
Olympus EM-1 Mark II

Orange-breasted Trogon
Harpactes oreskios uniformis
20 July 2020
Olympus EM-1 Mark II

Pin-striped Tit-Babbler
Mixornis gularis gularis
20 July 2020
Olympus EM-1 Mark II

Common Flameback
Dinopium javanense javanense
20 July 2020
Olympus EM-1 Mark II







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Birds of Year 2020

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Welcome to "A Malaysian Birder"

Hi, I’m a licensed guide in Peninsular Malaysia with over 15 years of professional guiding experience and a lifelong passion for birds. My journey began during my university studies in Parks & Recreation Management, leading to a career in environmental education, park management, and guiding. Whether you're targeting Peninsular Malaysia’s deep-forest endemics, seeking elusive species like the Rail-babbler and Malaysian Banded Pitta, or exploring top birding hubs like Fraser's Hill, Taman Negara, and Bukit Tinggi, I design tailored itineraries to match your life-list targets. Explore my trip reports, species galleries, and travel advice below. Planning your next photography or birding expedition? Get in touch to book a custom guided tour.

Equipment Evolution

Equipment Evolution
In the past, I have used Kowa BDXD 8x32 binocular, Zoom H2N recorder, Kowa TSN-501 and my favorite Nikon1 V1 with a 70-300mm lens. This is the lightest setup I have tried and owned. From then onwards, I have used Omicron 8x26 binocular (and i bought 4 units), Leica Ultravid 8x32 binocular, Kowa Spotting Scope TSN773 with 20-60x eyepiece, Panasonic Lumix G7, Panasonic Lumix G9 with a 100-300mm lens and currently experimenting with Sony ILCE-A6700 and Sony SEL 200-600mm F5.6-6.3 G OSS lens.

Bird Watching Tours

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 malaysianbirder@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.

Bird Families

Check the bird families and the taxonomy updates HERE.

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Bird Video

I am also interested to take video of birds. Here are some of my favorite videos for your viewing. Video taken with Nikon1 V1 attached to a Sigma 500mm f4.5 and most of the time iPhone SE through the spotting scope. Editing is done on smartphone Power Director for Android device and I also like the iMovie on iPhone. Enjoy.

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.