Tropical Natural History 15(1): 87-90, April 2015 2015 by Chulalongkorn University

Short Note Preliminary Survey of the Assemblage at Tanjong Mentong, Lake Kenyir, Hulu Terengganu, Malaysia

1,2* 3 MUHAMMAD HAFIZ SULAIMAN , MUHAMMAD EMBONG , MAZRUL A. 2 4 4 MAMAT , NURUL FARAH DIYANA A. TAHIR , NURSHILAWATI A. LATIP , 4 4 RAFIK MURNI AND M. ISHAM M. AZHAR

1 Institute of Kenyir Research, 2 School of Marine Science and Environment, 3 School of Fundamental Science, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, MALAYSIA 4 Fakulti Sains & Teknologi Sumber, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, 94300 Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, MALAYSIA * Corresponding Author: Muhammad Hafiz Sulaiman ([email protected]/ [email protected]) Received: 6 July 2014; Accepted: 2 March 2015

Malaysia has 789 bird recorded above the ground. Mist-nets were tended by Avibase1, while2 lists 695 species. More every 2–3 h from 0730 until 1930. The total than 40 bird species are considered as trapping efforts were 49 net-days. All endemic to Malaysia and are mostly found captured were identified following6,7,8. in Sabah and Sarawak3. At least 45 species A total of 21 individual birds comprised were classified as endangered largely due to of 12 species belonging to 10 families and habitat degradation and illegal poaching2,3,4. 11 genera were recorded during the To date, 55 IBA areas covering 5,135,645 sampling period (Table 1). Of the 10 ha (51, 356 km2) have been identified in families of birds recorded, only one species Malaysia2 including Taman Negara was represented per family except for (National Park) includes Kenyir Lake (Tasik Nectariniidae and Dicaeidae with two Kenyir). species each. Unfortunately, published literature on the The bird species most frequently caught birds of Kenyir Lake is not available, was the White-rumped Shama (Copsychus although unofficially over 230 species have malabaricus) with a total of six individuals been recorded. A preliminary survey of the captured, with one of the individuals was bird fauna at Tanjong Mentong, Lake caught two times namely in second and third Kenyir was conducted from the 14th to the day of sampling period respectively. This 17th June 2014. The survey was conducted was followed by the Purple-naped with the aims to document the understorey (Hypogramma hypogrammicum) with three bird species assemblage found in the survey individuals, little spiderhunter (Arachnothera area. A total of 18 mist-nests (2.6 m x 9 m, longirostra) and Strip-throated Bulbul 30 mm mesh) were randomly deployed (Pycnonotus finlaysoni) with two individuals, along and across the trail. The distance and all the other species with a single between each net was approximately 5 m to individual each. 10 m, and they were erected at least 0.5 m 88 TROPICAL NATURAL HISTORY. 15(1), APRIL 2015

TABLE 1. List of captured bird species at Tanjong Mentong.

No. Family/Species Common name Sex No. of Resident/ Conservation Individuals Migrant status (IUCN 2014) Muscicapidae 1 Copsychus malabaricus White-rumped M 6 R LC (Scopoli, 1788) Shama/ Murai Batu Nectariniidae 2 Hypogramma Purple-naped M 3 R LC hypogrammicum Sunbird (Müller, 1843) 3 Arachnothera longirostra Little spiderhunter ND 2 R LC (Latham, 1790) Pycnonotidae 4 Pycnonotus simplex Cream-vented ND 1 R LC (Lesson, 1839) Bulbul Timaliidae 5 Stachyris erythroptera Chestnut Winged ND 1 R LC (Blyth, 1842) Babbler Chloropseidae 6 Chloropsis Blue-winged F 1 R NA cochinchinensis leafbird (Gmelin, 1789) Dicaeidae 7 maculatus Yellow-breasted ND 1 R LC (Temminck & Laugier, 1836) 8 Prionochilus thoracicus Scarlet-breasted M 1 R NT (Temminck, 1836) Flowerpecker Dicruridae 9 Dicrurus paradiseus Greater Racket- M 1 R LC rangoonensis tailed Drongo (Linnaeus, 1766) Pycnonotidae 10 Pycnonotus finlaysoni Stripe-throated ND 2 R LC (Strickland, 1844) Bulbul Strigidae 11 Otus bakkamoena Collared Scops-owl ND 1 R LC (Pennant, 1769) Pellorneidae 12 Malacocincla abbotti Abbot’s babbler ND 1 R LC (Blyth, 1845) Total No. of individuals 21 Total No. of families 10 Total No. of genera 11 Total No. of species 12

The number of species captured in this All 12 bird species caught in this survey survey is analogous with those recorded at were classified as residents for Peninsular selected localities with a short sampling Malaysia12, with a conservation status of least period in Terengganu at Jambu Bonglok concern (LC) by the12 for 11 of these Forest Reserve with eight species9, at Bukit species, the exceptions being for the Scarlet- Besar with 15 species10 and at Bukit breasted Flowerpecker (Prionochilus Labohan Coastal Hill Forest with eight thoracicus Temminck) (Fig. 1), which is species11. categorized as Near Threatened (NT). SULAIMAN ET AL. – BIRD SURVEY AT TANJONG MENTONG, LAKE KENYIR, HULU TERENGGANU 89

FIGURE 1. Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker: Prionochilus thoracicus Temminck

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