Sabah Birdlist Sept/Oct 2011
Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata – Pair, Penampang KK Storm’s Stork Ciconia stormi – Several seen over a few days, Kinabatangan River Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis – 2 seen, Penampang Paddy Fields, KK Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus – Single, Penampang Paddy Fields, KK Little Heron Butorides striata – Common around coastal mudflats, KK Rufous Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus – Several at a roost in KK Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus – Fairly common in fields Purple Heron Ardea purpurea – Several seen, Kinabatangan River and KK Great Egret Ardea alba – Very common in fields, coastal, estuaries, rivers in Sabah Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia – Couple in KK, Sutera Harbour Little Egret Egretta garzetta – A few, both at Penampang and Sutera Harbour Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes – Single at Penampang, also coastal KK Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster – Common, Kinabatangan River Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus – A pair attacking bats at Gomantong Caves Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus – Very common, coastal and river White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster – Pair on Kinabatangan near Sukau Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus – Single, Kinabatangan River Lesser Fish Eagle Icthyophaga humilis – Quite common, Kinabatangan River Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela – Several seen in forest, riverine habitats Mountain Serpent Eagle Spilornis kinabaluensis – Single, Power Station track, Kinabalu Park Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus limnaeetus – Single, Kinabatangan River White-browed Crake Porzana cinerea – Single, Kinabatangan River Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus – Single at Penampang Paddy Fields, KK White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus – Common around drains, ponds, wetlands throughout Sabah Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva – Couple, Penampang KK Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus – Single, mudflats, KK Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus – Several, mudflats, KK Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii – Several, mudflats, KK Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus – Couple, mudflats, Sutera KK Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes – A few at Sutera Harbour, KK Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos – The most common wader in Sabah, seen in a variety of habitats Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola – Very common, Penampang KK Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis – Couple, Penampang KK Red Knot Calidris canutus – Small group, coastal at Tanjung Aru, KK Sanderling Calidris alba – A few, beach at Tanjung Aru, KK Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis – Several, Penampang and Sutera, KK Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres – Several, coastal, KK Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum – Several, Penampang paddy fields, KK Little Tern Sternula albifrons – Small group, coastal at Tanjung Aru, KK Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida – Penampang and Kinabatangan River White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus – Single at Penampang Paddy Fields, KK Little Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia ruficeps – Couple, Kinabalu Park Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica – Single, Sepilok Little Green Pigeon Treron olax – Single, Kinabatangan River Large Green Pigeon Treron capellei – A couple near Sandakan Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea – Several, Kinabatangan River Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia – A few at Kinabalu Park Pied Imperial Pigeon Ducula bicolor – Several at Dalit Bay, north of KK Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot Loriculus galgulus – Several flying over, Kinabatangan Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda – A couple, Sepilok Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax – Single, Kinabalu Park Chestnut-bellied Malkoha Rhopodytes sumatranus – Single, Sukau area, Kinabatangan Raffles’s Malkoha Rhinortha chlorophaeus – Single, Kinabatangan River Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis – A few, Penampang KK Buffy Fish Owl Ketupa ketupu – Several, Kinabatangan River Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta – Common throughout Sabah Bornean Swiftlet Collocalia dodgei – A few, Kinabalu Park Mossy-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus salangana – Common, Gomantong Caves Black-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus maximus – Common, Gomantong Caves Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus – Common, Gomantong Caves Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis – Common around Palm plantations Silver-rumped Needletail Rhaphidura leucopygialis – Common throughout Sabah House Swift Apus affinis – Very Common, especially airports etc Red-naped Trogon Harpactes kasumba – Pair at RDC, Sepilok Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis – Several, Labuk Bay & Kinabatangan Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis – Quite common, Kinabatangan River Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris – Common, coastal areas KK Rufous-backed Kingfisher Ceyx rufidorsa – Single, Sepilok RDC Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting – A few, Kinabatangan & Sepilok Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis – Common, Kinabatangan River Bushy-crested Hornbill Anorrhinus galeritus – A few, Kinabatangan River Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris – Quite common, Kinabatangan River. Also Labuk Bay. Black Hornbill Anthracoceros malayanus – A few, Kinabatangan River Rhinoceros Hornbill Buceros rhinoceros – Tree of over 20, Kinabatangan. Also at Gomantong Wrinkled Hornbill Aceros corrugatus – A few, Kinabatangan River Gold-whiskered Barbet Megalaima chrysopogon – Single, Poring Red-throated Barbet Megalaima mystacophanos – A few, Poring Mountain Barbet Megalaima monticola – A couple, Kinabalu Park Golden-naped Barbet Megalaima pulcherrima – A few, Kinabalu Park Brown Barbet Caloramphus fuliginosus – Single, Sepilok RDC White-bellied Woodpecker Dryocopus javensis – Single, Sepilok RDC Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus – Single, Sepilok RDC Buff-rumped Woodpecker Meiglyptes tristis – A few, Sepilok RDC Buff-necked Woodpecker Meiglyptes tukki – Several, Sepilok RDC Green Broadbill Calyptomena viridis – Single, Sepilok JR Whitehead’s Broadbill Calyptomena whiteheadi – Single seen well, Power Station Walk, Kinabalu Park Black-and-red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos – Several, Kinabatangan River. Also Poring Black-and-yellow Broadbill Eurylaimus ochromalus – Several, Kinabatangan River. Also Sepilok RDC & Poring Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida – Single, Sepilok Orang-utan Centre White-browed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius flaviscapis – Single, Kinabalu Park Bornean Whistler Pachycephala hypoxantha – Several, Kinabalu Park Sunda Cuckooshrike Coracina larvata – Single, Kinabalu Park Pied Triller Lalage nigra – Single, Tg Aru Beach, KK Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris – Single, Kinabalu Park Dark-throated Oriole Oriolus xanthonotus – A few, Poring Canopy Walk Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus – Pair, Sabah Tea House Rufous-winged Philentoma Philentoma pyrhoptera – A few, Sepilok RDC White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus – Common around KK & Sandakan Common Iora Aegithina tiphia – Single, Sepilok RDC Green Iora Aegithina viridissima – Several, Poring Canopy Walk Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica – Several, Kinabatangan River. Also Tg Aru, KK White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis – Several, Kinabalu Park Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea – Sepilok RDC, also Kinabatangan Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus – Pair at Power Station, Kinabalu Park Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus – Kiau View Trail, Kinabalu Park Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus – Pair, Sepilok RDC Slender-billed Crow Corvus enca – Common, Kinabatangan River House Crow Corvus splendens (i) – A few in central city/market, KK Bornean Black Magpie Platysmurus aterrimus – Single, Sepilok RDC Bornean Treepie Dendrocitta cinerascens – Several, Kinabalu Park Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis – Common, gardens, forest edge around Sabah Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis – Common, KK gardens Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja – Couple, Labuk Bay. Also Dalit Bay KK Temminck’s Sunbird Aethopyga temminckii – Several, Kinabalu Park Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra – Sepilok RDC, also Poring Spectacled Spiderhunter Arachnothera flavigaste – A few at Sepilok RDC Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker Prionochilus xanthopygius – Several, Kinabatangan River Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma – Common, Kinabatangan River Black-sided Flowerpecker Dicaeum monticolum – A few Kinabalu Park Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum – Several, Kinabatangan River Greater Green Leafbird Chloropsis sonnerati – Pair, Poring Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella – Pair, Poring Canopy Walk Dusky Munia Lonchura fuscans – Common in grassy areas around Sabah Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata (i) – A few at Penampang Paddy Fields, KK Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla – Very Common, gardens & fields around Sabah Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus – Couple, Penampang Paddy Fields, KK Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea – Pair, on road at Kinabalu Park Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus (i) – Several, Penampang KK Common Myna Acridotheres tristis (i) – Common in major towns (KK, Sandakan) Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa – Several, Kinabatangan River Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis – Very common in KK Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis Rare – Pair seen well, Penampang paddy fields, KK Bornean Whistling Thrush Myophonus borneensis – Several, Kinabalu Park White-browed Shortwing Brachypteryx montana – Single, Kinabalu Park Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis – Common, gardens, forest around Sabah White-crowned Shama Copsychus stricklandii – Several Kinabatangan & Poring Bornean Forktail Enicurus borneensis – Pair at Poring on track to canopy Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus – Single at Kinabatangan, pair also at Poring Indigo Flycatcher Eumyias indigo – Pair, Kinabalu Park Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni – Single, Kinabalu Park Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica – Single, Dalit Bay KK (near Rasa Ria) Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica – Single, Rasa Ria KK Eyebrowed Jungle Flycatcher Rhinomyias gularis – Single, Kinabalu Park Puff-backed Bulbul Pycnonotus eutilotus – Single at Kinabatangan Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier – Very common, gardens, forest around Sabah Cream-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus simplex – Single, Sepilok RDC Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus – Sepilok RDC, also Poring Spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus erythropthalmos – Sepilok RDC, also Poring Buff-vented Bulbul Iole olivacea – Single at Kinabatangan Ochraceous Bulbul Alophoixus ochraceus – Several, Kinabalu Park Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica – Fairly common, roadside through country House Swallow Hirundo tahitica – Very common many habitats Yellow-bellied Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris – Common, Kinabalu Park Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cuculatus – A few Kinabalu Park Sunda Bush Warbler Cettia vulcania – A few Kinabalu Park Yellow-breasted Warbler Seicercus montis – A few Kinabalu Park Mountain Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus trivirgatus – Several, Kinabalu Park Chestnut-crested Yuhina Staphida everetti – Several, Kinabalu Park Black-capped White-eye Zosterops atricapilla – Quite common, Kinabalu Park Mountain Blackeye Chlorocharis emiliae – A couple, Kinabalu Park Black-throated Babbler Stachyris nigricollis – Single at Kinabatangan Grey-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps – Single, Kinabalu Park Chestnut-winged Babbler Stachyris erythroptera – Single, Sepilok RDC Bold-striped Tit-Babbler Macronus bornensis – Single at Kinabatangan Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler Macronus ptilosus – Single, Sepilok RDC Black-capped Babbler Pellorneum capistratum – Single, Sepilok RDC Rufous-crowned Babbler Malacopteron magnum – Single at Kinabatangan Sunda Laughingthrush Garrulax palliatus – Single, Kinabalu Park Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush Garrulax treacheri – Quite common, Kinabalu Park Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris – Several, Penampang KK Ashy Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps – Common several habitats around Sabah Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus – Single, Sepilok RDC Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis – Several, Kinabatangan River Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris – Several, Kinabatangan River Red-breasted Partridge Arborophila hyperythra – Heard only, several trails, Kinabalu Park Crimson-headed Partridge Haematortyx sanguiniceps – Heard only, Kinabalu Park Bornean Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx radiatus Heard only, single bird calling, Kinabatangan River Bornean Bristlehead Pityriasis gymnocephala Heard calling several times, Sepilok RDC Rock Pigeon Columba livia feral (i) – Common in KK, Sandakan etc Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis (i) – Common in towns throughout Sabah Zebra Dove Geopelia striata (i) – Peaceful Dove in Aust – Common in KK Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri (i) – Small feral population, Tg Aru Beach KK Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus (i) – Very common urban areas everywhere
184spp
Mammal List Short-nosed fruit Bat Cynopterus brachyotis Wrinkle-lipped Bat Chaerephon plicata Creagh’s horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus creaghi
Flying Lemur (Colugo) Cynocephalus variegatus Slow Loris Nycticebus coucang
Maroon Langur (Red Leaf Monkey) Presbytis rubicunda Silvered Langur Presbytis cristata Proboscis Monkey Nasalis larvatus Long-tailed Macaque Macaca fascicularis Pig-tailed Macaque Macaca nemestrina Bornean Gibbon Hylobates muellri Orang-utan Pongo pygmaeus
Giant Squirrel Ratufa affinis Kinabalu Squirrel Callosciurus baluensis Prevost’s Squirrel Callosciurus prevostii Plantain Squirrel Callosciurus notatus Low’s Squirrel Sundasciurus lowii Plain Pigmy Squirrel Exilisciurus exilis Red Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista petaurista
Leopard Cat Felis marmorata
Asian (Pygmy) Elephant Elephus maximus
Bearded Pig Sus barbatus
Lesser Mouse-Deer Tragulus javanicus
23sp
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