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Tropical Birding Trip Report: Peninsular Malaysia June/July 2016 TROPICAL BIRDING TRIP REPORT: PENINSULAR MALAYSIA JUNE/JULY 2016 A Tropical Birding SET DEPARTURE tour PENINSULAR MALAYSIA SET DEPARTURE TOUR June 25 – July 2, 2016 TOUR LEADER: SCOTT WATSON Trip Report and photos by Scott Watson Common and aggressive, the Streaked Spiderhunter from Bukit Fraser. www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] TROPICAL BIRDING TRIP REPORT: PENINSULAR MALAYSIA JUNE/JULY 2016 Introduction This set departure tour (which coincides with the Borneo set departure) is the ultimate South East Asian birding introduction, maximizing the most diverse sites in the region in a short amount of time. In only eight days we found 234 species of birds and 16 species of mammals, all in first world Peninsular Malaysia. Great infrastructure, great food, and amazing people all add to the joy of this tour. We started in the lush coastal mangroves of Kuala Selangor where we cleaned up on mangrove specialists while taking in the sites. Next we went up to world famous Bukit Fraser or Fraser’s Hill where we enjoyed massive mixed feeding flocks of montane species like Blue Nuthatch, Malayan Laughingthrush, and Fire-tufted Barbet. Our final site was in the steamy, lowland ancient rainforests of Taman Negara National Park where Hornbills, Babblers, Pittas, and Broadbills dominate. Peninsular Malaysia offers up a great duo of easy travel and some of the best birding in Southeast Asia. Surely one of the best looking Broadbills, the Black-and Red Broadbill from Taman Negara. Itinerary June 25 Arrival Day Kuala Lumpur June 26 Kuala Selangor Nature Reserve to Fraser’s Hill June 27 Fraser’s Hill June 28 Fraser’s Hill June 29 Fraser’s Hill to Taman Negara June 30 Taman Negara July 1 Taman Negara www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] TROPICAL BIRDING TRIP REPORT: PENINSULAR MALAYSIA JUNE/JULY 2016 July 2 Taman Negara to Kuala Lumpur Departure June 26th, 2016 An early start had us in the coastal area of Kuala Selangor for dawn, to the west of Kuala Lumpur. This is our only area on tour to try for mangrove and coastal scrub species, so it is important to be productive here. On arrival we noticed that the trees surrounding the parking lot were bursting with fruit so we spent a few minutes here picking up some new birds before the park gate opens. Surprisingly our first good bird was a calling ABBOTT’S BABBLER which we managed to coax to the edge of the parking lot. Now it was light enough out to see the many COPPERSMITH BARBETS and PINK-NECKED PIGEONS in the fruiting trees, as well as the large LINEATED BARBET. Next we made our way toward the coast, first birding the mixed mangrove scrub where we were very happy to find the tricky MANGROVE BLUE-FLYCATCHER right away in the low vegetation. ASHY TAILORBIRDS were numerous here, and GOLDEN-BELLIED GERYGONE’S common. .Making our way past the LONG-TAILED MACAQUES and SILVERED LANGURS we made it to the mangrove proper before the morning really starts to heat up. The subspecies of CINEREOUS TIT here is a mangrove specialist, and it only took us a couple minutes to find our first pair. Nearby we heard the distinctive call of a MANGROVE WHISTLER, and all it took was for us to follow our ears right to where one was singing. We enjoyed watching a pair of these sometimes tricky species, in their element. A MALAYSIAN PIED FANTAIL finally had enough and pushed the Whistlers away from their territory. A trio of Woodpeckers were found in the mangroves; GREATER and COMMON FLAMEBACK and multiple LACED WOODPECKERS. But what seemed to be the most numerous species today were the loud COLLARED KINGFISHERS. With the temperatures now in the mid-thirties we headed to a nearby restaurant before heading north. Collared Kingfishers light up the mangrove at Kuala Selangor. www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] TROPICAL BIRDING TRIP REPORT: PENINSULAR MALAYSIA JUNE/JULY 2016 The localised Mangrove Blue-Flycatcher and a Silvered Langur with a regular bad hair day. Now out of the heat of the lowlands, we reached the legendary Southeast Asian birding site of Fraser’s Hill or Bukit Fraser. Fraser’s Hill is an old British hill station in the Titiwangsa Range that allows exploration of pristine hill forest from the highest peak at around 4925ft/1500m all the way down to The Gap, at its base, which is at around 2625ft/800m. In the afternoon we began our birding just outside our comfortable hotel. A nearby fruiting tree held our first BLACK-BROWED BARBET, surrounded by multiple LONG-TAILED SIBIA, and the abundant CHESTNUT-CAPPED LAUGHINGTHRUSH. The roadside birding here is great, with very little traffic, and flocks love the edge effect. Further along we found a small flock which held a nice pair of COMMON GREEN-MAGPIE, the stellar BLACK-AND-CRIMSON ORIOLE, the stunning SILVER- EARED MESIA, and a LITTLE PIED FLYCATCHER. One of the final birds of the day was the shy BUFF- BREASTED BABBLER giving fleeting looks. And on the way back to the hotel the final mammal of the day was a nice WHITE-THIGHED LANGUR. The hulking Fire-tufted Barbet is always the group favorite. www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] TROPICAL BIRDING TRIP REPORT: PENINSULAR MALAYSIA JUNE/JULY 2016 June 27, 2016 This morning we started pre-dawn to see what might come down to the roadside, hunting for insects near the streetlights. First was the abundant CHESTNUT-CAPPED LAUGHINGTHRUSH, and ORIENTAL MAGPIE- ROBINS, but best were the 2 LARGE NILTAVA feeding from around the light. As the sun rose we managed to find a flock of Laughingthrushes which held all 3 species of the region. Of course the Chestnut-capped, but also the sleek, endemic MALAYAN LAUGHINGTHRUSH, and the often tricky to find BLACK LAUGHINTHRUSH, moving through the canopy. Making our way to the bridge crossing the small creek, we found our target SLATY-BACKED FORKTAIL, in fact we found 5 of them! After a delicious breakfast we ventured to a forest trail mid-morning. We took Bishops Trail hoping for a couple targets, instead we nearly cleaned up! It didn’t take us long to find the ultra-skulking, mouse-like PYGMY CUPWING which decided to sit on an exposed log for all to see. Just before this however we ran into an incredible feeding flock which contained a pair of the much sought after BLUE NUTHATCH, many GRAY- THROATED BABBLERS, a pair of beautiful SULTAN TITS, a RUFOUS-BROWED FLYCATCHER, MOUNTAIN FULVETTAS, BLUE-WINGED MINLA, and more COMMON GREEN-MAGPIES. Further along the trail the distinctive calls of Broadbills lead us to a family group of SILVER-BREASTED BROADBILLS feeding low only 10 feet in front of us. Our final new bird of the morning was a small group of 4 of our target STREAKED WREN-BABBLERS skulking through the undergrowth. The aggressive and striking Streaked Spiderhunter is a common sight around Fraser’s Hill. www.tropicalbirding.com +1-409-515-9110 [email protected] TROPICAL BIRDING TRIP REPORT: PENINSULAR MALAYSIA JUNE/JULY 2016 After another great lunch and some down time we headed back out this time slowly birding our way down the very birdy new road into The Gap, hopefully finding new birds at different elevations. Still fairly high up the mountain we began our walk down, first running into both BLACK-BROWED and FIRE-TUFTED BARBETS feeding on some fruiting trees, soon joined by both ORANGE-BELLIED and BLUE-WINGED LEAFBIRDS. Next we found a male RED-HEADED TROGON high in the canopy, looking like a huge red fruit, followed by less colorful MOUNTAIN BULBULS and a single YELLOW-BELLIED WARBLER. After another kilometer or so down the mountain we found a rich grouping of fruiting trees, which was also rich in bird life. A trio of YELLOW-BREASTED, PLAIN, and FIRE-BREASTED FLOWERPECKERS was nice, as were the dozens of LITTLE CUCKOO-DOVES, huge flocks of EVERETT’S WHITE-EYES, BLACK-CRESTED, the stunning SCALY-BREASTED, ASHY, and STRIPE-THROATED BULBULS. Overhead a BLYTH’S HAWK-EAGLE flew by. Onwards we went, next finding the Peninsular Malaysian endemic RUFOUS-BELLIED SWALLOW, and our final great birds of the day was a pair of the cartoonish, yet stunning LONG-TAILED BROADBILL, and a nice GOLD-WHISKERED BARBET before the sun set and we headed back up the mountain to Fraser’s Hill. Rufous-browed Flycatcher (left) and Black-and-Crimson Oriole (right). June 28, 2016 This morning we took the morning shift down the mountain road to the gap, this time starting off further down the mountain. During our boxed breakfast we finally found the very vocal RED-THROATED BARBET, as well as the diminutive BLUE-EARED BARBET. Next we found a couple flycatchers; HILL BLUE, and the very vocal WHITE- RUMPED SHAMA. Checking the fruiting trees again we found 2 new Flowerpeckers, ORANGE-BELLIED, and YELLOW-VENTED. The morning was a bit slow however compared to yesterday afternoon, except for the surprise pair of RHINOCEROUS HORNBILLS flying over. After lunch and a break we spent eh afternoon birding around Fraser’s Hill itself, starting off at Pine Hill trail which turned out to be incredibly quiet expect for a WHITE-THROATED FANTAIL, BLACK-THROATED SUNBIRD, and CHESTNUT-CAPPED LAUGHINGTHRUSHES. Next we birded the forested roads, adding LESSER YELLOWNAPE, BAR-WINGED FLYCATCHER-SHRIKE, GRAY-CHINNED MINIVET, JAVAN CUCKOO-SHRIKE, WHITE- BELLIED ERPORNIS, and the fantastic BLACK-THIGHED FALCONET to the list. This evening we came extremely close to a vocal MOUNTAIN SCOPS-OWL but it had managed to wedge itself into an impossibly dense bush on the side of a cliff, and sadly flew before we could get a look.
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