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Naturetrek Tour Report 5 - 17 April 2016

Buffy Fish Owl Lesser Mouse Deer

Orangutan Marbled Cat

Report compiled by Nick Acheson Images courtesy of Clive Turnbull

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Tour Report Borneo by Night

Tour participants: Nick Acheson (leader) with nine Naturetrek clients

Summary

To reflect the very unusual nature of our tour, this will be an unusual report. It would be meaningless to write a day-by-day (or rather night-by-night) account of our activities as on so many days in Sabah we ostensibly did the same things in the same places. Rather, in addition to a full list of the species we saw, I shall talk, species by species, through some of the highlights of our fantastic nocturnal exploration of the forests of Sukau and Tabin. Here, to begin with, is a précis of where we were and when:

Day 1 Tuesday 5th April

The group members were travelling to Kuala Lumpur, en route to Sandakan to start the trip.

Day 2 Wednesday 6th April

Despite travelling all night and all morning, having checked in at Sepilok Nature Resort, the group was already hungry for wildlife. So wildlife it was! This afternoon we visited Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary. This is home to troupes of entirely wild Proboscis Monkeys which for several generations have been fed at the edge of the mangroves, giving visitors an extraordinary opportunity to watch and photograph these endemic animals. Even more brazen are the Silvered Langurs, which line up for handouts along the railings of the observation platform. Perhaps the most photographed among them was a mother carrying her tiny, bright orange infant. The bird highlight here was a pair of Oriental Pied Hornbills which also came to the feeding station.

In the evening we took a very successful night walk on the canopy walkway at the Rainforest Discovery Centre. As dusk fell a Red Giant Flying-Squirrel launched itself from its roost. It was the first of several we saw, in addition to one Black Flying-Squirrel. The undisputed mammal highlight here was a Bornean Colugo, while Wagler’s Pit-Viper took the prize for star reptile.

Day 3 Thursday 7th April

Beneficently, in view of what was ahead, we gave the group a lie-in this morning, entering the Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre in time to see the morning feed. Prevost’s (lustrously beautiful) Squirrels joined the apes at the feeding station and, nearby, we visited the deliciously air-conditioned viewing area onto the outdoor nursery, to watch youngsters gaining confidence on climbing frames before joining the adults in the forest. From the Orangutan centre we walked the short (but exceedingly hot) distance to the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre where more than 30 bears are housed in large forest paddocks. At the time of our visit, one bear had been trained to live in the wild and subsequently released into forest at Tabin Wildlife Sanctuary. Her satellite collar had been removed after six months living wild and free. Since our return a second female bear has likewise been reintroduced and her progress is being monitored.

In the afternoon we set sail, crossing the bay from Sandakan to the mouth of the River Kinabatangan, and from here upriver to Sukau Rainforest Lodge. There were plenty of Proboscis Monkeys in the riverine forest, less approachable than those we had seen the day before but in satisfyingly wilder habitat. Also here were cheeky-

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faced Long-tailed Macaques, the first of many we would see by the river, and more Silvered Langurs. Unquestionably our biggest thrill was an encounter with a family of Bornean Pygmy Elephants, bathing and playing in the shallows.

In the evening we took the first of three night cruises on the Kinabatangan and its creeks, meeting Buffy Fish- Owls, Saltwater Crocodiles and jewel-like roosting Blue-eared Kingfishers.

Day 4/5 Friday 8th / Saturday 9th April

We spent the whole of these two days along the Kinabatangan, following a pattern of morning excursion, afternoon excursion (often along the river but occasionally along the boardwalk behind the lodge), and night cruise.

There is too much to see along the Kinabatangan to reduce to a few words, but here are some diurnal highlights: mother and young Bornean Orangutans looping through the trees by the boardwalk behind Sukau; Rhinoceros, Bushy-crested, Black, White-crowned, Oriental Pied and Wrinkled Hornbills in trees along the river; many encounters with dazzling Black-and-Red Broadbills, Black-and-Yellow Broadbills, Brahminy Kites and White- bellied Sea-Eagles; plenty of entertainment from Long-tailed and Sunda Pig-tailed Macaques; and the constant company of Proboscis Monkeys and Silvered Langurs.

By night we met many Saltwater Crocodiles and had a superb view of a Reticulated Python, both real specialities of the Kinabatangan. Mammals were harder work here. Malay Civet, Bornean Striped (Small-toothed) Palm- Civet (following the taxonomy adopted by Quentin Phillipps in his new book), Leopard Cat, Bornean Colugo, Philippine Slow Loris (likewise reflecting a change in taxonomy) and Lesser Mouse-Deer were all seen, but in all cases partially or only by some of the group. Luckily all of these species were seen very well by everyone in Tabin (or in the case of Colugo had been seen previously in Sepilok). Each night there were multiple Buffy Fish-Owls and roosting Blue-eared and Stork-billed Kingfishers.

Day 6 Sunday 10th April

Today we left the Kinabatangan, en route to Tabin Wildlife Resort, at the reserve of the same name. Our first stop along the way was at the pungent, cockroach-crawling, entirely unforgettable Gomantong Caves where thousands of swiftlets nest. We saw Glossy, Black Nest and Mossy Nest Swiftlets here. Outside in the forest there were more Orangutans and our only Maroon Langurs. Also here we saw Buff-necked Woodpeckers feeding at an antswarm, right by the boardwalk.

For lunch we called at a Chinese restaurant in the town of Lahad Datu; but even more than the food, we were impressed by the hapless groupers and eels in a barrage of tanks next door, lined up for customers to pick-their- own.

In the afternoon we drove in to Tabin Wildlife Resort, through acres and acres of oil palm plantations; and in the evening we took our first night drive.

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Day 6 - 11 Sunday 10th – Friday 15th April

With minor variations and tweakings, depending on sightings and morale, for our six nights in Tabin we took three night safaris: one at dusk, one after dinner and one from the wee small hours until dawn. Our three main routes were along the entrance road (through forest edge and the boundary of the palm plantations), into the buffer zone along the Tomanggong road, and towards the primary forest core of the reserve. Each was very productive at different times though, as always, the taller forest could be harder work. We also visited the Lipad mud volcano by day, took a night walk through forest surrounding the lodge, and often took short walks through the lodge grounds in search of North Borneo Gibbons (likewise following the taxonomy adopted by Quentin Phillipps), birds and the beauty of it all.

We saw so many civets of three and a half species (Masked Palm-Civet almost certainly eluded us by seconds), so many Greater and Lesser Mouse-Deer, so many Leopard Cats, so many flying-squirrels (of three species: Red Giant, Black and Thomas’) and so many Bearded Pigs that it is hard to select highlights from among them. The Marbled Cat, of course, was a soaring highlight: a rarely seen animal which sat in the open on a horizontal branch before springing between vertical trunks as though no effort at all were involved. We also had great encounters with Philippine Slow Lorises, with roosting Bornean Crested Fireback pheasants, with many Buffy Fish-Owls (two of them, at the weir, repeatedly), with dozing Crested Serpent Eagles, with Yellow-throated Martens and with countless other wonderful creatures of the Bornean night.

Day 12 Saturday 16th April

Exhausted and by now very expert on the eye-shine of Palm-Civets and Slow Lorises, today we made our way back to Lahad Datu, from there to Kota Kinabalu and on to our respective homes.

Day 13 Sunday 17th April

Arrival in UK.

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Selected Species Acciounts

MAMMALS This mammal list follows the taxonomy and nomenclature adopted by Quentin Phillipps in his Field Guide to the Mammals of Borneo (which differs, in some cases significantly, from the taxonomy popularly used before the publication of his book).

Trefoil Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus trifoliatus: The bat we saw hanging from fence wires around palm plantation along the entrance road to Tabin was this species.

Bornean Colugo Galeopterus borneanus: We saw two Bornean Colugos: one, very well, on our night walk at the Rainforest Discovery Centre in Sepilok, and a second, distantly, on our first night cruise on the Kinabatangan. Note that this strange, remarkable animal was formerly known as the Malaysian Colugo Cyanocephalus variegatus.

Philippine Slow Loris Nycticebus menagensis: Four species of slow loris are now recognised in Borneo with the Philippine occupying most of lowland Sabah. Following a distant animal seen from the Kinabatangan, recognised only by the startling intensity of its eyeshine, we had good encounters with these lovely small primates on two nights in Tabin.

Red (Maroon) Langur Presbytis rubicunda: We saw this gorgeous monkey in dense forest at Gomantong Caves.

Sabah Grey Langur Presbytis sabana: Now split from Hose’s Langur P. hosei, the Sabah Grey Langur, with its distinctive pale mask, occupies most of Sabah. We had great views of these slender monkeys on two mornings as we returned from the forest in Tabin.

Silvered Langur Trachypithecus cristatus: This is the abundant langur in the area surrounding Sepilok and on the banks of the Kinabatangan. After meeting them face to face at Labuk Bay, we saw many more along the river, including one of the scarce pale orange form (less orange than the newborn of this species and far less boldly coloured than the Red Langur).

Proboscis Monkey Nasalis larvatus: Wow! These superb Bornean endemics were seen most closely at Labuk Bay but we met them again each day along the Kinabatangan.

Long-tailed Macaque Macaca fascicularis: Very common along the Kinabatangan.

Pig-tailed Macaque Macaca nemestrina: This larger macaque was seen each day in forest at Tabin, having made its first appearance - a large, playful troupe - along a creek by the Kinabatangan.

North Borneo Gibbon Hylobates funereus: Four grey gibbon species are now recognised in Borneo, with the North Borneo Gibbon occurring throughout Sabah. Having heard it from Sukau along the Kinabatangan, we saw it every day at Tabin, including the thoroughly obliging family which lives around camp.

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Bornean Orangutan Pongo pygmaeus: Our first wild Orangutans were a mother and her infant along the boardwalk at Sukau. We later saw a large male feeding on figs on the bank of the Kinabatangan and a female with young at Gomantong Caves.

Prevost’s Squirrel Callosciurus prevostii: We first saw the lustrous black and chestnut Sabah form of this lovely animal at Sepilok. Later we saw it several times in Tabin.

Plantain Squirrel Callosciurus notatus: Common around Sepilok and seen later in Tabin.

Bornean Pygmy-Squirrel Exilisciurus exilis: All together now: aaaaaw. We had superb encounters with this tiny species in Sepilok and around the lodge at Tabin.

Flying Squirrels: Giant Red and Black Flying Squirrels were seen both in Sepilok and Tabin, with Giant Red always outnumbering Black, though the latter was also common along the entrance road at Tabin. Thomas’ was seen only in Tabin and was always the scarcest species, found only in tall forest.

Sunda Giant Squirrel Ratufa affinis: This magnificent animal was seen several times in Tabin, notably around the lodge.

Yellow-throated Marten Martes flavigula: This beautiful and highly charismatic mustelid was seen on two days in Tabin.

Small-clawed Otter Aonyx cinereus: Much harder to find this year than last! A group eventually turned up in the river at Tabin and was seen by most.

Bornean Striped Palm-Civet Arctogalidia stigmatica: A brand-new split from the Small-toothed Palm-Civet Arctogalidia trivirgata. We saw one partially on a night cruise on the Kinabatangan. We later saw several very well in Tabin, notably two which frequented ripe figs in trees over the weir.

Island Palm-Civet Paradoxurus philippinensis: Likewise a split, in this case from the Common Palm-Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus. This species was seen by some on the nightwalk in Sepilok and was very common and obliging in Tabin. Altogether very cute.

Malay Civet Viverra tangalunga: Similarly this handsome species was seen partially on a night cruise on the Kinabatangan and repeatedly, very well in Tabin.

Banded Civet Hemigalus derbyanus: Just lovely! Seen on one evening in tall forest at Tabin.

Marbled Cat Pardofelis marmorata: We were privileged to see this wonderful cat, late in the night, in secondary forest in Tabin. Superb!

Leopard Cat Prionailurus bengalensis: Though first seen by some on the Kinabatangan, this stunning cat came into its own in Tabin where we saw it repeatedly, at close range, on every evening.

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Bornean Pygmy Elephant Elephas maximus borneensis: Our meeting with a bathing family of Bornean Pygmy Elephants, including very small youngsters, was a highlight of the whole trip.

Bearded Pig Sus barbatus: Though often these powerful animals were highly-strung and disinclined to give good views, we saw them every day in Tabin and had some excellent encounters.

Lesser Mouse-Deer Tragulus kanchil: Though first seen along the Kinabatangan, Lesser Mouse-Deer were most frequently and best seen around the lodge at Tabin.

Greater Mouse-Deer Tragulus napu: Seen well on two nights in Tabin.

Sambar Cervus unicolor: Also seen on two nights in Tabin, this is Asia’s largest species of deer.

REPTILES Saltwater (Estuarine) Crocodile Crocodylus porosus: Seen on each night cruise on the Kinabatangan.

Water Monitor Varanus salvator: We saw these magnificent lizards at each of the main sites we visited and were frequently astonished by our guides’ ability to pick them up dozing, flattened lengthwise, along identically coloured branches.

Reticulated Python Python reticulatus: By day we saw one roosting in a tree along a creek of the Kinabatangan. By night we saw the same snake elegantly stretched out across a small beach. Stunning!

Mangrove Snake (Gold-ringed Cat Snake) Boiga dendrophila: We saw one of these striking animals on bare mud beside a creek along the Kinabatangan.

Grey-tailed Racer (Red-tailed Green Rat-Snake) Gonyosoma oxycephalum: One of these beautiful snakes slept in a tree right by the cable bridge at Tabin during our entire stay. Most obliging.

Wagler’s Pit-Viper Tropidolaemus wagleri: On our first evening we saw a curled up Wagler’s Pit-Viper in a tree at the Rainforest Discovery Centre.

BIRDS This bird list follows the taxonomy and nomenclature adopted by Quentin Phillipps in his Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo.

Bornean Crested Fireback Lophura ignita: We saw a roosting pair one evening in Tabin as we left for our first drive.

Storm’s Stork Ciconia stormi: This is an iconic bird of the Kinabatangan and we saw it here on one day.

Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus: Also seen on one day along the Kinabatangan.

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Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus kienerii: Seen once, over the clearing at Gomantong.

Changeable Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus: Seen with the Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle at Gomantong.

Blyth’s Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus alboniger: A young bird was extremely obliging in the copse of trees at the entrance to Tabin Wildlife Resort.

Wallace’s Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus nanus: After the Crested Serpent-Eagle, this was the eagle we saw most. The first were at the Rainforest Discovery Centre in Sepilok. We saw this pretty species again by the Kinabatangan and several times at Tabin.

Jerdon’s Baza Aviceda jerdoni: One flew over us along a creek of the Kinabatangan.

White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster: Common — and magnificent! — along the Kinabatangan.

Grey-headed Fish-Eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus: Seen once along a creek by the Kinabatangan.

Lesser Fish-Eagle Ichthyophaga humilis: Seen by some of you along the river in Tabin, with photographs to prove it.

Bornean (White-fronted) Falconet Microhierax latifrons: Seen once along a creek by the Kinabatangan and once at Tabin. The tiniest of Borneo’s raptors and very striking.

Crested Serpent-Eagle Spilornis cheela: By far the commonest raptor we saw, appearing over the forest in Sepilok, along the Kinabatangan and on many drives, especially at dusk, in Tabin. Very handsome, and always lovely to see, despite its abundance.

Barred Eagle-Owl Bubo sumatranus: We saw this splendid bird twice on night drives along the entrance road in Tabin.

Buffy Fish-Owl Ketupa ketupu: By far the commonest owl we saw. We began to see them along the Kinabatangan and saw them every night in Tabin, including on most nights one or both of the pair which lives by the weir.

Brown Wood-Owl Strix leptogrammica: Also seen twice along the Tabin entrance road.

Oriental Bay Owl Phodilus badius: We saw this very confiding and very lovely little owl on our third night cruise on the Kinabatangan.

Large Frogmouth Batrachostomus auritus: We found a day-roosting (or possibly nesting) bird of this bizarre, wonderful species along a creek by the Kinabatangan.

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Swiftlets: We first saw a nesting colony of Glossy Swiftlets under a limestone overhang above the Kinabatangan (a site they shared with Pacific Swallows). More Glossy Swiftlets were in the mouth of Gomantong Cave, where there were also small numbers of Mossy Nest Swiftlets and noisy, smelly thousands of Black Nest Swiftlets.

Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting: By any standards this is a dazzlingly lovely bird. We saw them commonly, by day and night, along the Kinabatangan and its tributaries.

Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis: In a very different way this is also a stunning bird. We saw it every day along the Kinabatangan and commonly in Tabin along the river by our cabins.

Rufous-backed (Oriental Dwarf) Kingfisher Ceyx rufidorsa: One of these little jewels was roosting close to the trail at the Rainforest Discovery Centre in Sepilok.

Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis: What a fabluous bird! We saw it on a day cruise along the Kinabatangan from Sukau.

Hornbills: Of eight hornbill species found in Borneo, we saw seven, six of them on a single day from Sukau. Oriental Pied was common around Sepilok and also at Sukau, where it was accompanied by Black, Bushy- crested, Wrinkled (a stunning bird if ever there was one), Rhinoceros and the lovely White-crested. In Tabin we frequently saw both Rhinoceros and Black Hornbills and had one sighting of a Wreathed Hornbill.

Broadbills: Both Black-and-Red and Black-and-Yellow Broadbills were seen several times from Sukau, the latter having first appeared over the enclosures at the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre in Sepilok. In Tabin we saw Banded Broadbill at its nest very night on an emergent tree.

White-crowned Shama Copsychus stricklandi: Common in Tabin, especially around the lodge.

Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica: One of the commonest and most readily identified passerines we saw, appearing in all three regions we visited.

Sunbirds: The striking Eastern Crimson Sunbird was common in Tabin, frequently appearing in the flowering Samanea trees at the entrance to the lodge. On one morning walk we saw a dazzling treeful of Sunbirds here: Purple-throated, Olive-backed, Eastern Crimson, Red-throated and Ruby-cheeked. Brown-throated Sunbird we saw just once in Sepilok.

Munias: Both Dusky and Chestnut were common in the grassy areas at the forest edge in Tabin.

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Species Lists

Mammals (=recorded but not counted; h = heard only; E = endemic) April Common name Scientific name 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1 Slender Treeshrew E Tupaia gracilis   2 Trefoil Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus trifoliatus  3 Bornean Colugo Galeopterus borneanus   4 Philippine Slow Loris Nycticebus menagensis    5 Red Langur E Presbytis rubicunda  6 Sabah Grey Langur Presbytis sabana   7 Silvered Langur Trachypithecus cristatus     8 Proboscis Monkey E Nasalis larvatus     9 Long-tailed Macaque Macaca fascicularis      10 Pig-tailed Macaque Macaca nemestrina         11 North Borneo Gibbon E Hylobates funereus h      12 Bornean Orangutan E Pongo pygmaeus   13 Sunda Giant Squirrel Ratufa affinis    14 Prevost's Squirrel Callosciurus prevostii pluto       15 Plantain Squirrel Callosciurus notatus   16 Bornean (Plain) Pygmy Squirrel E Exilisciurus exilis     17 Black Flying Squirrel Aeromys tephromelas        18 Red Giant Flying Squirrel Petaurista petaurista        19 Thomas's Flying Squirrel E Aeromys thomasi   20 Yellow-throated Marten Martes flavigula   21 Small-clawed Otter Aonyx cinereus  22 Malay Civet Viverra tangalunga     23 Bornean Striped (Small-toothed) Palm Civet Arctogalidia stigmatica     24 Island (Common) Palm Civet Paradoxurus philippinensis        25 Banded Civet Hemigalus derbyanus  26 Marbled Cat Pardofelis marmorata  27 Leopard Cat Prionailusus bengalensis        28 Asian Elephant Elephas maximus 

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April Common name Scientific name 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 29 Bearded Pig Sus barbatus        30 Lesser Mouse-Deer Tragulus kanchil     31 Greater Mouse-Deer Tragulus napu  

Reptiles 1 Saltwater Crocodile Crocodylus porosus    2 Crested Green Lizard Bronchocela cristatella  3 Flying Lizard Draco sp.   4 Asian House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus           5 Tokay Gecko Gekko gecko     6 Water Monitor Varanus salvator        7 Reticulated Python Python (Broghammerus) reticulatus  8 Mangrove (Yellow-ringed Cat ) Snake Boiga dendrophila  9 Dog-toothed Cat Snake Boiga cynodon  10 Paradise Tree Snake Chrysopelea paradisi  11 Grey-tailed Racer Gonyosoma oxycephalum       12 Wagler's Pit-Viper Tropidolaemus 

Birds 1 Bornean Crested Fireback Lophura ignita  2 Storm's Stork Ciconia stormi  3 Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus  4 Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis  5 Little (Striated) Heron Butorides striata   6 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax  7 Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus   8 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea  9 Great Egret Ardea alba   10 Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia   11 Little Egret Egretta garzetta       12 Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster   13 White-fronted (Bornean) Falconet E Microhierax latifrons  

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April Common name Scientific name 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni  15 Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus  16 Black-shouldered (Black-winged) Kite Elanus caeruleus  17 Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus   18 White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster     19 Grey-headed Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus ichthyaetus  20 Lesser Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus humilis  21 Crested Serpent-Eagle Spilornis cheela          22 Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus  23 Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus  24 Blyth's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus alboniger  25 Wallace's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nanus     26 Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii  27 White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus  28 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida  29 Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea        30 Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot Loriculus galgulus   31 Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda  32 Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus  33 Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris  34 Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris  35 Short-toed Coucal Centropus rectunguis  36 Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis     37 Oriental Bay Owl Phodilus badius  38 Barred Eagle-Owl Bubo sumatranus   39 Buffy Fish-Owl Ketupa ketupu       40 Brown Wood-Owl Strix leptogrammica   41 Large Frogmouth Batrachostomus auritus h  42 Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta      43 Mossy Nest Swiftlet Aerodramus salangana  44 Black Nest Swiftlet Aerodramus maximus  45 Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis   

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April Common name Scientific name 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 46 Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis    47 Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis         48 Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris  49 Rufous-backed (Oriental Dwarf) Kingfisher Ceyx rufidorsa  50 Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting     51 Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis  52 Bushy-crested Hornbill Anorrhinus galeritus    53 Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris      54 Black Hornbill Anthracoceros malayanus      55 Rhinoceros Hornbill Buceros rhinoceros      56 White-crowned Hornbill Berenicornis comatus  57 Wrinkled Hornbill Aceros corrugatus  58 Wreathed Hornbill Rhyticeros undulatus  59 Common Flameback (Goldenback) Dinopium javanense  60 Maroon Woodpecker Blythipicus rubiginosus  61 Orange-backed Woodpecker Reinwardtipicus validus  62 Buff-necked Woodpecker Meiglyptes tukki  63 Black-and-Red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos    64 Banded Broadbill Eurylaimus javanicus  65 Black-and-Yellow Broadbill Eurylaimus ochromalus   66 Dark-throated Oriole Oriolus xanthonotus  67 Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus  68 Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus  69 Common Iora Aegithina tiphia  70 Malaysian Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica     71 Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus  72 Slender-billed Crow Corvus enca     73 Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis  74 Red-throated Sunbird Anthreptes rhodolaemus   75 Ruby-cheeked Sunbird (Rubycheek) Chalcoparia singalensis  76 Van Hasselt's (Purple-throated) Sunbird Leptocoma sperata  77 Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis 

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April Common name Scientific name 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 78 Eastern Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja      79 Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra    80 Long-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera robusta  81 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma    82 Lesser Green Leafbird Chloropsis cyanopogon    83 Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis   84 Dusky Munia E Lonchura fuscans      85 Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla      86 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus     87 Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus  88 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea  89 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis  90 Javan Myna I Acridotheres javanicus   91 Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa  92 Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis   93 Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis     94 White-crowned Shama E Copsychus stricklandii        95 Malaysian Blue Flycatcher Cyornis turcosus      96 Black-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus atriceps  97 Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier  98 Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus  99 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica  100 House (Pacific) Swallow Hirundo tahitica        101 Rufous-fronted Babbler Stachyridopsis rufifrons  102 Bold-striped Tit-Babbler Macronus bornensis  103 White-chested Babbler Trichastoma rostratum   104 Ashy (Red-headed) Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps   105 Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus  106 Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris 

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