Actenoides concretus is commonly known as the rufous-collared kingfisher. The adult has medium size with a proportioned head. The rufous-collared kingfisher has a shaggy crest, large and thick bill, blue head and back, and white throat and collar. It's underbody is white and has blue band across its chest. Both male and female has a slight differences appearance, where the male does not have the rufous band across its white abdomen, but present in its flanks. An addition for the female, some feather tips along the blue breast are rufous. Their diet includes fishes, insects, scorpions and small snakes. The rufous-collared kingfisher is confined to the Sundaic lowlands, which include Malaysia, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Brunei Darussalam (Jeyarajasingam & Pearson, 2012). It was regionally extinct in Singapore. Its habitat constitutes the closed canopy forest and regenerating logged forest. Due to forest loss, forest fires and land conversion, this species is listed as Near Threatened in the IUCN Red List (BirdLife International, 2016). [Source: MyBIS]. I was very fortunate to have captured the female rufous-collared kingfisher after so many attempts. The trip in Panti Forest Bird Sanctuary was led by Hariri Yusoff, a well-known bird photographer from Johor. Name: Rufous-collared kingfisher Scientific: Actenoides concretus Malay: Pekaka Rimba Besar / Pekaka Tengkuk Perang Family: Alcedinidae IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Near Threatened Gear: SONY a9II + SEL200600G. Location: Panti Forest, Johor #FullFrameLife #MySONYLife #sony #sonymalaysia #a9II #SEL200600G #alpha #AlphaGuru #SAG #NurIsmailPhotography #madebyluminar #skylum #skylummalaysia #luminar #topazlabs #rmco #leofoto #pg1 #Fight4ourPlanet
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Due to the water shortage in Klang Valley, I took the opportunity to travel out of Kuala Lumpur to Bukit Tampin, a birding site in the town of Tampin in Negeri Sembilan. I was join by 3 other birding friends there. We arrived at the location around 8:00am and right away we were greeted by Red-bearded bee-eater and Banded woodpecker. Other birds that were photographed were red-billed malkoha, Hairy-backed bulbul, Red-throated barbet and Blue-winged leafbird. Nyctyornis amictus is a medium-sized but considerably large species in the bee-eater family. N. amictus is locally known as the red-bearded bee-eater based on its massive build and red “beard”. The male has a lilac forehead, bright green plumage, throat and crimson shaggy breast. The female is almost like the male but differ by its red forehead. Both sexes have two common characters, in which both have a pale orange yellow underside of the tail, broad blackish terminal band and the entire head and underparts of the juvenile is mostly green. The population for this bee-eater occurs in southern Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia and Brunei. In Malaysia, it is a locally common resident that can be found at low elevations up to 1300 m. Commonly, the red-bearded bee-eater hawks insect at the forest edges. [Source: MyBIS]. Name: Red-bearded bee-eater Scientific: Nyctyornis amictus Malay: Berek-berek Janggut Merah / Beberek Tunggal Family: Meropidae IUCN Red List (v.3.1, 2016): Least concern Gear: SONY a9II + SEL200600G. Chrysophlegma miniaceum is commonly known as Banded Woodpecker or Belatuk Merah in Malay. It is a species of bird in the Picidae family that can grow up to 25 cm in length. Banded Woodpecker is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand, where it can be found in the lowland forests, plantations, mangroves and scattered trees in rural areas. This woodpecker feeds mostly on ants and other insects. The Banded Woodpecker has a red crest with yellow tips, red wings, dull greenish mantle with pale wavy barrings together with chestnut underparts marked with whitish barrings. Both sexes can be distinguished by the red sides of the head for male and for the female, the sides of its head are brownish with white spots. [Source: MyBIS]. Name: Banded woodpecker Scientific: Chrysophlegma miniaceum Malay: Belatuk Merah / Belatuk Merah Berjalur Family: Picidae IUCN Red List (v.3.1, 2016): Least concern Gear: SONY a9II + SEL200600G. Zanclostomus javanicus is a type of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is known as the red-billed malkoha in English or cenok api in Malay. Red-billed malkoha is a large-sized bird as it can grow up to 45 cm in length. It can be identified by its diagnostic red bill, blue orbital skin, pale cinnamon throat and upper breast merging into its rufescent grey belly. Its undertail is greyish with a slight gloss. This species can be found from Myanmar south to Malaysia and Brunei. In Malaysia, red-billed malkoha is a fairly common species. It is found in primary and mature secondary rainforest from low elevations up to 1200 m. It is quite difficult to see this species as they rarely cross open spaces. [Source: MyBIS]. Name: Red-billed malkoha Scientific: Zanclostomus javanicus Malay: Cenuk Api / Cenuk Paruh Merah Family: Cuculidae IUCN Red List (v.3.1, 2016): Least concern Gear: SONY a9II + SEL200600G. The Blue-winged Leafbird or Burung Daun Sayap Biru in Malay is a songbird that is scientifically known as Chloropsis cochinchinensis. This species can be found in lowland and hill forest up to 1,200m above sea level. It feeds on small fruits and insects in the crowns of lower trees. Both sexes have turquoise-blue extending from carpal join to primaries of its wing, and less obviously on side of tail. The male has a green body with a yellow-tinged head, black face and throat and a blue moustachial line. The female differs in that it has a greener head and blue throat, while for the young birds' appearance are like the female but without the blue throat patch. In terms of appearance, the Blue-winged Leafbird has a similar look with other leafbirds except for some different points. The difference between Great Green Leafbird, Lesser Green Leafbird and Blue-winged Leafbird can be distinguished by the lack of bluish wing patch and tail sides for the male species and the lack of bluish wing patch, tail sides and throat patch for the female species. [Source: Wikipedia]. Name: Blue-winged leafbird (male) Scientific: Chloropsis cochinchinensis Malay: Burung Daun Sayap Biru / Daun Sayap Biru Family: Dicaeidae IUCN Red List (v3.1 2016): Endangered Gear: SONY a9II + SEL200600G. Tricholestes criniger is a small bulbul measuring around 17 cm. Commonly known as the Hairy-backed Bulbul or Merbah Bulu Tengkuk in Malay, it has long hair-like feathers on its back although this feature is unnoticeable in the field. It has olive-brown crown and upperparts, whitish yellow sides of its face, greyish white throat and breast and yellow belly and undertail coverts. This bulbul occurs from Myanmar to the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo living in peat swamps and mixed dipterocarp forests. Locally, this species can be found in Pulau Pinang, Pulau Tioman (Pahang) and south to Johor, where it has been considered as common resident observed in the lowlands and hills of up to 900 m. This bulbul is either solitary or found in small noisy parties and its diet includes small berries, caterpillars and small insects (Jeyarajasingam, 2012). [Source: MyBIS]. Name: Hairy-backed bulbul Scientific: Tricholestes criniger Malay: Merbah Bulu Tengkok Panjang Family: Pycnonotidae IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Least Concern Gear: SONY a9II + SEL200600G. Psilopogon mystacophanos is a red-throated barbet measuring up to 22 cm. It is known locally as takur tekak merah in Malay. Both sexes of this species show their dimorphism in their head and this barbet's bill is rather stocky. The male barbet has red throat and yellow forehead, with the rest of its crown red, has blue breast band, patch below its eyes and in addition, has conspicuous black eye line. In comparison, the female barbet has pale greenish throat and forehead. red hind crown, pale blue mid-crown and pale blue upper breast and on sides of the face. This species can be found in Sunda subregion, including south Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia, but is locally extinct in Singapore since 1895. It occurs in lowland rainforest and also lower montane forest, up to 1200 m. Its main diet is fruits, but also feeds on some insects. Logging in lowland area and forest fires are the major factors that contribute to the declining of this population. [Source: MyBIS]. Name: Red-throated barbet (female) Scientific: Psilopogon mystacophanos Malay: Takur Raya / Takur Leher Merah / Takur Tekak Merah Family: Megalaimidae IUCN Red List (v.3.1, 2016): Near Threatened Gear: SONY a9II + SEL200600G. #FullFrameLife #MySONYLife #sony #sonymalaysia #a9II #SEL200600G #alpha #AlphaGuru #NurIsmailPhotography #madebyluminar #skylum #skylummalaysia #luminar #topazlabs #urbanbirding #stayathome #rmco #leofoto #pg1 #Fight4ourPlanet #DiscoverWithMYAlpha #DiscoverWithAlpha #AlphaUniverseMY
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