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Malaysia
Malaysia has a well-deserved reputation as one of the world`s major birding destinations. Over 720 species of birds have been recorded in Peninsular and Bornean Malaysia. This richness of birds combined with the wonderful scenery and friendly people makes any visit an unforgettable experience for the birder, be he a first timer or veteran. For the intrepid, there are 39 endemic species to go after (37 in Borneo and 2 in the Peninsular). This entails a visit combining sites in Peninsular Malaysia and the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak. A typical itinerary covers two-three weeks and usually takes in the montane forest species of Fraser`s Hill and the lowland forest species of Taman Negara National Park and Gombak before jetting across to Borneo for the mossy forest species in Kinabalu National park and the lowland forest species of Danum Valley or Kinabatangan River. Over 300 species can be seen if taking this option and commonly encountered birds include such gems as Rhinoceros Hornbill, Red-naped Trogon, Great Slaty Woodpecker, Gold-whiskered Barbet, Garnet and Banded Pittas and several babbler, bulbul and sunbird species. In Borneo, savour the endemics like Crimson-headed Partridge, Bornean Barbet, White-fronted Falconet, Whitehead`s Broadbill, Bornean Bristlehead, Blue-headed Pitta and Whitehead`s Spiderhunter. For those with only a couple of days to spare, there are accesible sights near Kuala Lumpur (Gombak); Malaysia`s Capital City, and Singapore (Panti Forest Reserve). And don`t forget the cultural and food attractions! |
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Mountain Peacock-Pheasant Polyplectron inopinatum Crested Argus Rheinardia nigrescens Double-banded Argus Argusianus bipunctatus Malayan Whistling-Thrush Myophonus robinsoni Everett`s Thrush Zoothera everetti Black-breasted Fruit-hunter Chlamydochaera jefferyi Eyebrowed Jungle-Flycatcher Rhinomyias gularis White-crowned Shama Copsychus stricklandii Pygmy White-eye Oculocincta squamifrons Mountain Blackeye Chlorocharis emiliae Bornean Stubtail Urosphena whiteheadi Friendly Bush-Warbler Bradypterus accentor Mountain Wren-Babbler Napothera crassa
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* Field Guides & Bird Song
For a comprehensive list of recommended titles covering Asia as a whole - please see the Asia page of FatbirderA Birdwatchers Guide to Malaysia
John Bransbury Waymark (1993)ISBN: 0646145592
Buy this book from NHBS.com
A Photographic Guide to Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore
Geoffrey Davison, Chew Yen Fook, New Holland 2003ISBN: 1859746985
Buy this book from NHBS.com
Birds: A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore
M Strange and A Jeyerajasingam 273 pages, 290 col photos. Sun Tree Publishing 1997ISBN: 9810032900
Buy this book from NHBS.com
The Birds of Borneo
by C. F. Mann. £50 from British Ornithologists' Union | PO Box 417, Peterborough PE7 3FX, UK Tel & Fax +44 (0) 1 733 844 820useful information |
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Malaysian Nature Society
http://www.mns.org.my/P0 Box 10750, 50724 Kuala Lumpur. + 603 2873820 natsoc@po.jaring.my
Established in 1940, the Malaysia Nature Society is the oldest scientific and non-government organisation in Malaysia dedicated to nature conservation and appreciation.
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Danum Valley
http://www.malaysiasite.nl/danumeng.htmThe Danum Valley Conservation Area covers 438 km2 and is located on the western side of the upper reaches of the Segama River about 70 km to the east of Lahad Datu, the nearest town. The area is mostly primary lowland dipterocarp rain forest but small areas of hill forest, also dominated by dipterocarp tree species, occur on the higher ridges between 600m and 1,000m and on the Conservation Area`s highest point, Gunung Danum (1,093m). The Conservation Area is part of a larger zone (c. 10,000km2) comprising the Sabah Foundation forest concession. The Foundation`s objective is to produce timber for the benefit of Sabah`s economy, so the forest surrounding the Conservation Area has either already been logged or is scheduled for logging during the next few years. A Conservation Area is designated in recognition of outstanding wildlife value.
Malaysias National Parks & Preserves
http://www.interknowledge.com/malaysia/nationalparks.htmIt would be difficult to overstate the attraction of Malaysia for anyone who appreciates the natural world. Its primal forests, ranging from shoreline mangrove to mountaintop oak, are of the sort that most of the world now knows only in myth. Although Malaysia`s size is similar to that of Norway, natural trees and forests cover almost three quarters of the land, an area equivalent to almost the entire United Kingdom. One can walk for hundreds of miles in Malaysia under a continuous canopy of green, marveling at an abundance of plant and animal species equaled by no other location in the entire world.
Taman Negara
http://www.macroworld.com/tnegara/main.htmTaman Negara, the oldest national park in Peninsular Malaysia was established in 1939. Formerly known as the King George V National Park, this park houses one of the oldest rainforest in the world
Wetlands
http://www.ramsar.orgMalaysia presently has 1 site designated as a Wetland of International Importance, with a surface area of 38,446 hectares...
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Travelling Birder
http://www.travellingbirder.com
The Travellingbirder.com birding trip report search engine guides you to 7,000+ birding trip reports on the Internet. You can search for trip reports from a specific country and time of year. Not all these reports are in English. So, if you can’t find the trip report you want on this Fatbirder page… give them a try!
1996 [June] - Sabah, East Malaysia
http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/malaysia/sabah/sabah1.htmThis report is based on a birding trip to Sabah in East Malaysia from 2nd June to 16th June 1996. I was accompanied by my Belgian friends Vital van Gorp and Eric Wille. Malaysia is currently one of the most accessible countries of South East Asia and holds a good proportion of the region`s avifauna. Sabah is a semi-autonomous region within the federation of Malaysia located in the northeast corner of Borneo and is fast becoming one of the most popular destinations for visiting birdwatchers to South?East Asia. Frequent direct flights from Kuala Lumpur make Sabah an ideal extension to a trip to Peninsula Malaysia, but more importantly a first class destination in its own right.
1997 - Susan Myers - Peninsular Malaysia
http://users.wired.net.au/susan/Malaysia.htme.g.This park is run by the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) and consists of about 200 hectares of mangrove woodland and a large lagoon. The park manager is Mr. Rasainthiran, or Rajan for short, he lives on site and is extremely helpful and knowledgeable.
1997 [September]
http://www.aviceda.org/During September 1997 we returned to the UK with a two-week stopover in Malaysia and managed to visit 3 main sites, Kuala Selangor, Bukit Fraser (Fraser`s Hill) and Taman Negara; This is a brief description of the wildlife seen during that period. If you have any questions or require more detailed information please contact us by email…
1998 [May] - Malaysia & Singapore
http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/malaysia/malay3/index.htmDavid & John F. Cooper Our greatest thanks go to Ed & Linda Hagen who looked after us whilst in Singapore with Ed birding with us until we left Pasoh and keeping the promise he had made a year earlier to find us a Rail-babbler! Thanks also to Richard Fairbank for his usual pre-trip advice and help, to John P. Shaugnhessey for allowing us access to his notes and providing sketch maps for species he had seen at both Fraser`s Hill and Taman Negara a year earlier, to Richard Thomas for sending us a draft of the OBC Bulletin article on how to see Aleutain Tern in South-east Asia which we were able to put to good use and to the birders we encountered during the trip, especially to Fred and Ivan both of whom were willing to share their knowledge of productive sites at Taman Negara.
1998 [September] - Peninsular Malaysia
http://www.wheatear.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/malaysia%20report.htme.g. We only had ten days and with hindsight we should have tried to go for a full fortnight in order to have a couple more days at Taman Negara and we should have spent a night at the Gap Resthouse both for the birding at lower altitudes and...
2000 [Feb-Mar] - Susan Myers - Sabah
http://users.wired.net.au/susan/sabah.htmI`ve wanted to go to Borneo since the age of about 12 in 1975 when my parents bought the Time-Life series of the World`s Wild Places, which included an especially good volume on the island. So this was to be the year and we weren`t to be disappointed. Actually, I was heading to Sabah as part of a reccy trip for my new job at Birding Worldwide so I needed to check out some of the top birding spots as well as just get a feel for the place...
2000 [March] - Susan Myers - Peninsular Malaysia
http://users.wired.net.au/susan/penmal.htmWe arrived well before the ranger was due so went straight into the forest for the morning`s birding. Almost immediately we heard a Banded Pitta. Walking in off the track I glanced to my left after a flash of orange caught my eye. Low and behold a simply gorgeous male Banded Pitta perched on a waist high liana was watching us.
2001 [May] - Bill & Doreen Stair
http://wholewideworld.tripod.com/MalaysiaBirding.htmFraser`s Hill - This hill station is easy to reach by public transport from Kuala Lumpur, and once there you can easily walk to all the birding locations. Accommodation isn`t particularly cheap, and the filthy Puncak Inn is a must-to-avoid; better, but more expensive, is the Quest Resort. The Bishop`s trail was good, but very leechy and, as usual in dense forest birding, the birds were often hard to see. (Bring your own DEET spray for clothing, you can`t get it here). We had better luck along the roads - the road down to the Gap is very good, and there was a good fruiting tree near Ye Olde Smokehouse. Roadside highlights: a Black Laughingthrush near the entrance to the Bishop`s trail, a pair of Blue Nuthatches on the way to the Gap, the Fire-tufted Barbet near the Smokehouse, and the Collared Owlet being buzzed by a very brave Black-throated Sunbird on the way to High Pines...
2001 [May] - Moira and Graeme Wallace
http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/malaysia/malay7/tour2001.htmThe trip was fairly successful recording 335 species seen and 15 heard. On occasion, and in particular at Danum Valley, we had to work pretty hard to achieve this but overall a trip list that included 21 of the 33 realistic Bornean endemics, Gurney`s Pitta and a species count that included a further 5 Pittas, 7 Broadbills, 6 Hornbills, 15 Woodpeckers and 10 Barbets was ample reward...
2004 [August] - Craig Robson
http://www.birdquest.co.uk/tripreports.cfm?trip=353...Some of the more memorable birds seen this time included Crested Fireback with chicks, Malaysian Honeyguide, Rufous Piculet, Orange-backed Woodpecker, all ten species of barbet on our list, including the outrageous Fire-tufted, good views of both Rhinoceros and Helmeted Hornbills, Wrinkled Hornbill, Blue-banded, Banded and Rufous-collared Kingfishers all through the scope, an awesome male Red-naped Trogon and several Scarlet-rumped Trogons, Red-bearded Bee-eater...
2005 [February] - Lt Colonel Tim Hallchurch – Army Ornithological Society
http://www.berkeleyinternational.net/birdwatching_malaysia_in_february_2005.htmThis visit to Malaysia included the major birdwatching sights of Kuala Selangor, Fraser's Hill, Taman Negara, Langkawi…
2006 [March] - David Shackelford
http://www.rockjumper.co.za/default.asp?id=1218Our incredible trip total of 415 bird species encountered in 19 days reflects the immense birding potential of Peninsula Malaysia & Borneo...
2007 [February] - David Shackelford
http://www.rockjumper.co.za/default.asp?id=1295We began our adventure leaving the hustling metropolis of Kuala Lumpur, passing by monumental architectural sites such as the national Mosque and the glittering Twin Towers. Within little time we were picking up widespread Southeast Asian birds such as Crested Serpent-Eagle, Red Junglefowl, and the scarce Darien Starling before arriving on the west coast of lowland Peninsular Malaysia. Exploration of the mangroves in Taman Alam Nature Reserve produced a wide variety of wildlife sightings including Silvered Leaf Monkey, some massive Water Monitors, Indian Cuckoo, Tiger Shrike, Sunda and Laced Woodpeckers, the uncommon Crow-billed Drongo, and beautiful migrant Black-capped Kingfisher...
2007 [January] - Cheong Weng Chun - Kuala Selangor & Fraser’s Hill
http://www.travellingbirder.com/tripreports/view_birding_tripreport.php?id=184This is a 2-days exploration (and the first for this year) together with endemicguides from 25-26 January 2007. We had Frank from New York to bird with us for 3 days. But I had to cut short the trip and came back home in Kajang - leaving Town Centre, Fraser’s Hill at 7.07pm and reach my home at 9.33pm...
2007 [July] - Simon Woolley
http://geography.wincoll.ac.uk/jjcskw/trip%20reports/malaysia/malaysia.htmOur first trip to SE Asia, and a hill- and forest-birding spectacular, with stacks of amazing birds, from trogons and broadbills, to Crested Fireback, Bat Hawk, Malaysian Whistling-thrush, Malaysian Partridge, Great Slaty Woodpecker, Blyth's Hawk-eagle and Slaty-backed Forktail.
2008 [March] - Keith Valentine
http://www.rockjumper.co.za/default.asp?id=1209Our memorable exploration of this charming region began in the extraordinary first world metropolis of Kuala Lumpur with a backdrop that included the much adorned Twin Towers. We struck out for the coastal city of Kuala Selangor however good birding along the route meant that we were stopping regularly picking up widespread Southeast Asian birds such as Crested Serpent-Eagle and Red Junglefowl. We also racked up Black Baza, Long-tailed Parakeet, Brown-backed Needletail and the regal Stork-billed Kingfisher. In the afternoon we birded the coastal bush and mangroves in Taman Alam Nature Reserve which produced a good variety of sightings that included Silvered Leaf Monkey, Ruddy-breasted Crake, Pink-necked Pigeon, Lineated Barbet, Sunda and Laced Woodpeckers, Common and Greater Flamebacks, beautiful Black-capped and Collared Kingfishers, Pied Triller, scarce Mangrove Blue-Flycatcher, Golden-bellied Gerygone and Ruby-cheeked Sunbird. Our night excursion was exceptional as we enjoyed walk away views of one of Asia’s most seldom encounter owl species, the stunning Barred Eagle-Owl. We also enjoyed some great views of Large-tailed Nightjar...
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Birding Pal
http://www.birdingpal.org/Malaysia.htmLocal birders willing to show visiting birders around their area...
Endemic Guides
http://www.endemicguides.com/Birding.htmOffer some birding programmes as well as general wildlife tours...
Jungle Walla
http://www.junglewalla.comMalaysia Birdwatching & Wildlife Holidays - Northern Malay Peninsula is one of the most diverse bio-geographical regions on earth. Some 640species of resident avifauna, including 120 common migrant, birds to be found in Peninsular Malaysia.
Malaysia & Borneo Bird Watching Tour
http://www.endemicguides.comBird Watching Tour in Malaysia & Borneo With Affordable Price…
Nature2pixel
http://www.nature2pixel.com/blog/Birding trips and reports...
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Mesilau Nature Resort
http://members.tripod.com/kundasang/place/mesilauresort.htmlLocated in the Kinabalu area, Mesilau stands in between the Kinabalu Park and the Poring Hot Springs. Its elevation is at approximately 2,000 metres above sea level. One will feel a strong sense of nature as Mesilau is on the Pinousuk Plateau which is richly endowed with flora and fauna. The cool climatic condition in the highlands combines with the mist and evergreen environment creates an exotic and mysterious atmosphere.
Sukau Rainforest Lodge
http://www.pinganchorage.com.my/sabah_sukau_rainforest_lodge.htmAmong the 200 species found in the region are 8 species of hornbill (rhinoceros, helmeted, black, pied, wreathed, wrinkled, white crowned and bushy crested); oriental darter, several species of egret, Storm`s stork, Sunda ground cuckoo, kingfisher, brahminy kite, crested serpent eagle, greater coucal, red-crowned barbet, black and yellow broadbill, white-rumped shama, white-chested babbler, heron, hawk, osprey, falcon, pheasant, parakeet, buffy fish owl, frogmouth, nightjar, trogon, bee eater, roller, woodpecker, pitta, swallow, bulbul, forktail, warbler, flycatcher, flowerpecker, spiderhunter, drongo, oriole and crow.
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birders
http://www.egroups.com/group/birdersTo post to list:birders@yahoogroups.com
List contact:birders-owner@yahoogroups.com
To subscribe to list:birders-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
This is a mail list started for MNS (the Malaysian Nature Society). The objectives of starting this list is to promote information exchange between birders who are mostly but not necessarily MNS members. Our focus will be on birding in Malaysia but any other relevant matters will also be welcomed.
Pigeon-holes
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pigeon-holesTo post to list:pigeon-holes@yahoogroups.com
List contact:pigeon-holes-owner@yahoogroups.com
To subscribe to list:pigeon-holes-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
A mailing list for nature-lovers & birdwatchers in Singapore & Malaysia. Discussion of birds, bird sightings, birding events and other nature related activities. Members can post their sightings & topics on birding, birdwatching or nature related topics, sharing of wildlife & nature pictures. Annoucement of upcoming birding related events & trips to birding spots in Singapore & the region.
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Birders of Borneo Island
http://horukuru.blogspot.combirding and digiscoping birds of borneo…
Birding in Malaysia
http://www.birdinginmalaysia.com/Image database, reports etc...
Birds of Malaysia
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/6980/birdpix1.htmlPhotographs
Birdwatching in Malaysia
http://malaysianbirds.myphotos.cc/Over 100 images of Malaysian birds, photographs and location of countless number of birding sites, also field reports providing updates on the latest...
Broadbill-Birdwatcher`s site
http://bluebonnet.at.infoseek.co.jp/M-lowland-e.htmJungle Birds in Malaysia...
Destination for Birding in Malaysia
http://members.fortunecity.com/tkkhong/bird_sites.htmList of sites, many of them with a page of directions and info...
jasnjohn's Nature Website
http://nature.jasnjohn.comThis site is dedicated to Malaysia's plant and animal kingdom, where you can find an array of photos of subjects ranging from birds to lizards, bugs, butterflies, dragonflies and plantlife. To view photos of the various categories of life, you can click on the various menu buttons which will display a list of links for photographs of those species...
Mikebirder - Birding in Malaysia
http://mikebirder.multiply.comBirding to somebody out there is a disease, a waste of time, bloody madness.........but once hooked there is no turning back. Be warned!
Status And Conservation Of Shorebirds
http://www.mima.gov.my/mima/htmls/papers/bulletin/articles/wetlands.pdfThe Malaysian coastline is famous for its mangrove forests, mudflats, sand beaches and coral reefs. Most people are well aware of the spectacular coral reefs that fringe the coastal shorelines and thrive around inshore and offshore islands. The reefs serve important ecological functions, as major nursery grounds for fisheries, and form the basis of a growing ecotourism sector...
The Birds Page
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/6980/brdpage1.htmlChecklists, photos etc...
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Cheong Weng Chun
http://wengchun.fotopages.com/More photographs...
Photographer - C S Ling
http://cslingphotography.comMany very fine images from all over S E Asia...
Photographer - Choo Tse Chien
http://www.pbase.com/tsechien/birdsI'm just an aspiring amateur trying to get a grip on some level of creative consistency and after seriously fooling around 5+ years, I think I am finally starting to develop an emerging style that is reproducible and one that I feel comfortable doing.... so he says but his work is very professional! Fatbirder
Photographer - Dr Chan Kai Soon
http://members.fortunecity.com/kaisoon/Unless otherwise specified, they are from interlaced videos and so do not expect the resolution to match those of digiscopers...
Photographer - John Steed
http://nature.jasnjohn.com/This page is constantly being updated with names and photographs of bird species found in Malaysia...
Photographer - ken
http://kenfoto.multiply.com/I could like to share my photo to all of you there... I mainly do lot of bird photography cos d only hobby that i can do whenever i like,no need to wait for friend that always have excuse to be late or not able to attend.I also like to venture to forest,to get the nature air and feeling. I hope all my friend over a other end of monitor could enjoy what i manage to put on my gallery...
Photographer - Kevin Chooi
http://nivekd200.multiply.comWelcome and hope you will enjoy the photographs in this site. Comments and critism are most welcomed for me to further improve on my photography techniques. Always willing to share and learn from all of you out there...
Photographer - Khong Tuck Khoon
http://malaysianbirds.myphotos.cc/Beside the photographs that I have selected as passable, what happened to the lot & lots of excesses and those not so good pictures? Well, I thought it will be good if I create my own pictorial guide. It will take some time for me to extract all the images I have on video. The listings will be slowly extended...
Photographer - Laurence Poh - Laurence`s Digital Birds
http://www.laurencepoh.com/The late, great Laurence Poh - This site is a collection of bird pictures I have taken since Feb 1999 with the Nikon Coolpix 950 and Coolpix 990 digital camera in combination with a Leica Apo-Televid 77mm spotting scope. All photos were taken by natural available light with exception of one nightjar which was lit by incandescent bulb. Most of the birds are Malaysian species with some foreign birds shot abroad. In Malaysia we have over 600 species of birds. Some are migratory birds that are seen only during the northern winter months. What I have here is just a small collection. In my own way, I am trying to promote Malaysia as a birding destination as the birds are much prettier in real life than my pictures can depict.
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