Hemiprocne comata or known as Whiskered treeswift is species of bird in the Hemiprocnidae family. This bird has a small size body measuring about 15 cm in length and a glossy blue- black headwith chestnut ear coverts (Strange & Jeyarajasingam, 1993). The upperparts and underparts of the male are generally yellowish- brown. The female look similar with the male but lacks chestnut ear coverts. Whiskered treeswift can easily be distinguished by its small size and white facial stripes on its head. This swift is common in Peninsular Malaysia and throughout much of South- East Asia. It can be seen in lowland rainforest up montane forest up to 1, 100 m above sea level (Jeyarajasingam & Pearson, 2012). [Source: MyBIS]. Name: Whiskered treeswift (female) Scientific: Hemiprocne comata Malay: Layang-layang Jambul Kecil / Lelayang Pokok Kecil Family: Hemiprocnidae IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Least Concern Location: Bukit Tinggi, Pahang #NurIsmailPhotography #sony #sonymalaysia #a1 #SEL600F40GM #SEL200600G #alpha #AlphaGuru #SAG #DXO #PureRAW #topazlabs #leofoto #pg1 #Fight4ourPlanet #DiscoverWithMYAlpha #DiscoverWithAlpha #AlphaUniverseMY #FullFrameLife #MySONYLife
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Arachnothera magna or commonly known as the Streaked Spiderhunter measures about 17–20 cm in length. This species can be found in montane forest and forest edges above 900 m above sea level, particularly favouring areas with wild bananas. It feeds mainly on nectars from the banana flowers. The Streaked Spiderhunter have a very long, down-curved bills and bright orange legs. The plumages are olive-green upperpart and paler underpart which covered with black boldly streaked. It also has bright orange-yellow feet that distinguish the species from all other spiderhunters. [Source: MyBIS]. My last trip was uneventful and there were not many birds to photograph. The fruiting tree bears fruits, however, not ripe yet for the birds to feast on. Perhaps next week should be a better time to visit Bukit Tinggi. Name: Streaked spiderhunter Scientific: Arachnothera magna Malay: Kelicap Jantung Gunung / Kelicap-sabit Berjalur Family: Nectariniidae IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Least Concern Gear: SONY a1 + SEL200600G. Location: Japanese Garden, Bukit Tinggi, Pahang #NurIsmailPhotography #sony #sonymalaysia #a1 #SEL200600G #alpha #AlphaGuru #SAG #DXO #PureRAW #topazlabs #leofoto #pg1 #Fight4ourPlanet #DiscoverWithMYAlpha #DiscoverWithAlpha #AlphaUniverseMY #FullFrameLife #MySONYLife
Copyright © 2021 Nur Ismail Photography. All rights reserved. Do not use or reproduce these images on websites, blogs or publications without expressed written permission from the photographer. For any enquiries, please visit my website: www.nurismailphotography.com or email at [email protected]. Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/nurismailphotography/ One of the larger members of the hornbill family, Buceros bicornis known commonly as Great hornbill is usually seen in small numbers and are found in the forest from lowlands to 1,500 m above sea level. The males and females are similar except that the irises of males are red while those of females are white (Jeyarajasingam & Pearson, 2012). The male has black and white plumage with some white parts washed yellow. This is due to the oily exudation produced by the uropygial gland when the bird is preening. It rubs its head against the gland situated at the upper base of the tail and transfers this oil to its plumage. Generally, they feed on fruits, but they also feed on small mammals, birds, small reptiles, and insects. The biggest threat to this species is habitat destruction, and particularly the removal of the old-growth trees that these birds require for nesting (IUCN, 2017). [Source: MyBIS]. Name: Great hornbill (female) Scientific: Buceros bicornis Malay: Enggang Papan Family: Bucerotidae IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2018): Vulnerable Gear: SONY a1 + SEL600F40GM Location: Fraser's Hill, Pahang #NurIsmailPhotography #sony #sonymalaysia #a1 #SEL600F40GM #SEL200600G #alpha #AlphaGuru #SAG #DXO #PureRAW #topazlabs #leofoto #pg1 #Fight4ourPlanet #DiscoverWithMYAlpha #DiscoverWithAlpha #AlphaUniverseMY #FullFrameLife #MySONYLife
Copyright © 2021 Nur Ismail Photography. All rights reserved. Do not use or reproduce these images on websites, blogs or publications without expressed written permission from the photographer. For any enquiries, please visit my website: www.nurismailphotography.com or email at [email protected]. Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/nurismailphotography/ The black eagle (Ictinaetus malaiensis) is a bird of prey. Like all eagles, it is in the family Accipitridae, and is the only member of the genus Ictinaetus. They soar over forests in the hilly regions of tropical and subtropical South and Southeast Asia, as well as southeastern China. They hunt mammals and birds, particularly at their nests. They are easily identified by their widely splayed and long primary "fingers", the characteristic silhouette, slow flight and yellow ceres and legs that contrast with their dark feathers. The black eagle is a large but slender eagle, at about 75 cm (30 in) in length and 148 to 182 cm (4 ft 10 in to 6 ft 0 in) in wingspan. Despite its large appearance (it is one of the largest eagles in its range), known weights are relatively modest, at between 1,000 and 1,600 g (2.2 and 3.5 lb), about half the weight of the partially sympatric mountain hawk-eagle, the latter being of a similar total length. Adults have all-black plumage, with a yellow bill base (cere) and feet. The wings are long and pinched in at the innermost primaries giving a distinctive shape. The tail shows faint barring and upper tail covers are paler. When perched the wing tips reach till or exceed the tail tip. The wings are held in a shallow V (wings just above the horizontal plane) in flight. Seen on hot afternoons, scouring the treetops for a nest to maraud, this bird is easily spotted by its jet black colour, large size, and a characteristic slow flight, sometimes just above the canopy. Sexes are similar, but young birds have a buff head, underparts and underwing coverts. The wing shape helps to distinguish this species from the dark form of changeable hawk-eagle, (Nisaetus cirrhatus). The tarsi are fully feathered and the toes are relatively stout and short with long claws (particularly on the inner toe) that are less strongly curved than in other birds of prey. The black eagle breeds in tropical and subtropical Asia. Race perniger (Hodgson, 1836) is found in the Himalayan foothills west through Nepal into the Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir, and in the forests of the Eastern and Western Ghats in peninsular India and Sri Lanka. The bird's westernmost extent is from Gujarat, especially in the forested areas in southern and eastern Gujarat. The species also extends into the Aravalli range of northwestern India. The nominate race malaiensis (Temminck, 1822) is found in Burma, southern China (Yunnan, Fujian) and Taiwan, into Southeast Asia. They are generally residents and no migrations have been observed. In a study in southern India, it was found to favour forests with good forest cover and was absent from areas where the cover was less than 50%. [Source: Wikipedia]. Name: Black eagle Scientific: Ictinaetus malaiensis Malay: Lang Hitam Family: Accipitridae IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Least Concern Gear: SONY a1 + SEL600F40GM Location: Fraser's Hill, Pahang NurIsmailPhotography #sony #sonymalaysia #a1 #SEL600F40GM #alpha #AlphaGuru #SAG #DXO #PureRAW #topazlabs #leofoto #pg1 #Fight4ourPlanet #DiscoverWithMYAlpha #DiscoverWithAlpha #AlphaUniverseMY #FullFrameLife #MySONYLife
Copyright © 2021 Nur Ismail Photography. All rights reserved. Do not use or reproduce these images on websites, blogs or publications without expressed written permission from the photographer. For any enquiries, please visit my website: www.nurismailphotography.com or email at [email protected]. Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/nurismailphotography/ The rusty-naped pitta (Hydrornis oatesi) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. The rusty-naped pitta was described by the amateur ornithologist Allan Octavian Hume in 1873 from specimens collected in the eastern Pegu Hills, Myanmar. Hume coined the current binomial name Hydrornis oatesi. The species was subsequently placed in the genus Pitta but was then moved back to the resurrected genus Hydrornis in 2006 based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study. The genus Hydrornis had been introduced by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1843. The specific epithet was chosen to honour the amateur ornithologist Eugene William Oates (1845-1911) who had collected the specimens. The male has a deep brown head and underparts with dull green wings. It has a well defined black stripe behind the eyes. The female is duller than the male, with brownish tingeing on the wings and vague dark scaling on the lower throat. The rusty-naped pitta is found in Indochina and adjacent parts of southern China. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical, tropical moist montane forests and bamboo forests. It is typically found above 800 m (2,600 ft). [Source: Wikipedia] Arrived at Fraser's Hill at 4:30pm with my friend Din Mohd Yaman and we went up straight to the port. We were lucky that a male rusty-naped pitta greeted us at 5:07pm. It stayed there on the log for about 3 minutes before it bounced off into the forest. That was the only occurrence that evening and we went off at 6:15pm to check-in at The Pines and rest for the night. We were blessed that there was nobody there when we arrived at the port. Name: Rusty-naped pitta (female) Scientific: Hydrornis oatesi Malay: Berlau Tengkuk-karat / Burung Pita Gunung / Pacat Tepus Family: Pittidae IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Near Threatened Location: Fraser's Hill, Pahang #NurIsmailPhotography #sony #sonymalaysia #a1 #SEL600F40GM #SEL200600G #alpha #AlphaGuru #SAG #DXO #PureRAW #topazlabs #leofoto #pg1 #Fight4ourPlanet #DiscoverWithMYAlpha #DiscoverWithAlpha #AlphaUniverseMY #FullFrameLife #MySONYLife
Copyright © 2021 Nur Ismail Photography. All rights reserved. Do not use or reproduce these images on websites, blogs or publications without expressed written permission from the photographer. For any enquiries, please visit my website: www.nurismailphotography.com or email at [email protected]. Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/nurismailphotography/ Brown Wood Owl (Strix leptogrammica), or known locally as Hantu Punggor, belongs to the family of Strigidae. The brown wood owl is a medium-large owl, which can grow up to 57 cm tall. The uniform dark brown colour constitutes the upperparts, while there is faint white spotting on the shoulders. For the underparts, it has buff colour with brown streaking. This species has brown or rufous facial disc, edged with white and without concentric barring and appear to possess a white neckband. It has dark brown eyes (irises) and both sexes are similar in appearance. Their main diet consists of small mammals, birds and reptiles.This species has an extremely large range but suspected to be in decline due to ongoing habitat destruction (IUCN, 2016). This species is listed as Least Concern in IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. [Source: MyBIS] This owl was photographed at a private property, hence I am not able to disclose the exact location in Fraser's Hill. Your understanding is much appreciated. Name: Brown wood owl Scientific: Strix leptogrammica Malay: Burung Hantu Punggur / Burung Hantu Rimba / Hantu Punggor Family: Strigidae IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Least Concern Gear: SONY a1 + SEL600F40GM. Light source from two iphones EXIF: 600mm, f/4.0, 0.5 sec, ISO 12800 Location: Fraser's Hill, Pahang #NurIsmailPhotography #sony #sonymalaysia #a1 #SEL600F40GM #alpha #AlphaGuru #SAG #DXO #PureRAW #topazlabs #leofoto #pg1 #Fight4ourPlanet #DiscoverWithMYAlpha #DiscoverWithAlpha #AlphaUniverseMY #FullFrameLife #MySONYLife
Copyright © 2021 Nur Ismail Photography. All rights reserved. Do not use or reproduce these images on websites, blogs or publications without expressed written permission from the photographer. For any enquiries, please visit my website: www.nurismailphotography.com or email at [email protected]. Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/nurismailphotography/ Large dull bulbul with a bright white throat and a low, bushy crest. Gray-brown above and smudgy white below, with a grayish wash on the breast. Note distinctive squared-off dark patch between eye, throat, and bill base. Mainland birds have fairly dark upperparts, while Bornean birds are paler above, with yellowish-green wings and tails. Primarily inhabits montane and submontane broadleaf evergreen forests, though occasionally also in lowland areas. Sociable, often occurring in both single- and mixed-species flocks, particularly around fruiting trees. Not very musical, but vocally varied, giving nasal, plaintive “wheers”, high-pitched “deees”, and repetitive, colorless “djeer, djeer, djeer.” The cinereous bulbul (Hemixos cinereus) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in Southeast Asia and Indonesia. The cinereous bulbul was originally classified in the genus Iole. It was formerly considered as conspecific with the ashy bulbul. [Source: eBird & Wikipedia] Name: Cinerous bulbul Scientific: Hemixos flavala Malay: Merbah Abu / Merbah Kelabu Family: Pycnonotidae IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Least Concern Gear: SONY a1 + SEL600F40GM Location: Sg. Danga, Johor #NurIsmailPhotography #sony #sonymalaysia #a1 #SEL600F40GM #alpha #AlphaGuru #SAG #DXO #PureRAW #topazlabs #leofoto #pg1 #Fight4ourPlanet #DiscoverWithMYAlpha #DiscoverWithAlpha #AlphaUniverseMY #FullFrameLife #MySONYLife
Copyright © 2021 Nur Ismail Photography. All rights reserved. Do not use or reproduce these images on websites, blogs or publications without expressed written permission from the photographer. For any enquiries, please visit my website: www.nurismailphotography.com or email at [email protected]. Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/nurismailphotography/ Leiothrix argentauris or commonly known as Silver-eared Mesia is a songbird of the babbler family (Timaliidae). This species can be found in montane forests above 900 m, especially forest edges, montane roadsides, tea estates and gardens. The bird was seen as a common bird in Fraser's Hill, Pahang. This 15 centimetres long bird has black crown and face, with pale grey ear coverts, olive-grey back and tail, orange throat, breast and collar, yellowish-orange with red bases primaries edged wings and red tail-coverts for male or orange for female. It travels through the forest bushes and canopies seeking berries and peering under leaves for insects. [Source: MyBIS]. Name: Silver-eared mesia Scientific: Leiothrix argentauris Malay: Rimba Telinga Merah / Rimba Telinga Perak Family: Leiothrichidae IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Least Concern Gear: SONY a1 + SEL200600G Location: Fraser'sHill, Pahang #NurIsmailPhotography #sony #sonymalaysia #a1 #SEL200600G #alpha #AlphaGuru #SAG #DXO #PureRAW #topazlabs #leofoto #pg1 #Fight4ourPlanet #DiscoverWithMYAlpha #DiscoverWithAlpha #AlphaUniverseMY #FullFrameLife #MySONYLife
Copyright © 2021 Nur Ismail Photography. All rights reserved. Do not use or reproduce these images on websites, blogs or publications without expressed written permission from the photographer. For any enquiries, please visit my website: www.nurismailphotography.com or email at [email protected]. Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/nurismailphotography/ The bronze-winged jacana (Metopidius indicus) is a wader in the family Jacanidae. It is found across South and Southeast Asia and is the sole species in the genus Metopidius. Like other jacanas it forages on lilies and other floating aquatic vegetation, the long feet spreading out its weight and preventing sinking. The sexes are alike but females are slightly larger and are polyandrous, maintaining a harem of males during the breeding season in the monsoon rains. Males maintain territories, with one male in the harem chosen to incubate the eggs and take care of the young. When threatened, young chicks may be carried to safety by the male under his wings. Bronze-winged jacanas are rail-like, large, short tailed birds that appear dark at a distance except for the supercilium. They are 29 cm (11 in) in length. The sexes are similar but the females are slightly larger than the males. The wings are bronzy brown with a green sheen and have a reduced tubercular carpal spur. The head, neck and breast are black and contrast with the broad white supercilium that runs from over the eye to the back of the neck. The lower back and tail coverts are chestnut. The tail is stubby and reddish brown with black terminal band. The greenish yellow bill has a red-base to the upper mandible. A lappet or frontal shield extends up over the forehead and is reddish purple. The legs are greenish. The toes are long and the straight and the elongated nail on the hind toe is longer than the toe. Downy chicks are light brown with a dark stripe running down the nape. Young birds have brown upperparts, a rufous crown, white underparts, a buff fore neck, an undeveloped frontal shield, and may have a dull supercilium. Adults can be confused at a distance with the common moorhen (which is found in similar habitat) and with the watercock and while young can appear similar to the young of the pheasant-tailed jacana, they lack the black necklace seen in that species. [Source: Wikipedia] Name: Bronze-winged jacana Scientific: Metopidius indicus Malay: Burung Teratai Tembaga / Teratai Kecil Family: Jacanidae IUCN Red List (v.3.1, 2016): Least concern Gear: SONY a1 + SEL200600G + SEL14TC Location: Batu Kawan, Pulau Pinang #NurIsmailPhotography #sony #sonymalaysia #a1 #SEL200600G #SEL14TC #alpha #AlphaGuru #SAG #DXO #PureRAW #topazlabs #leofoto #pg1 #Fight4ourPlanet #DiscoverWithMYAlpha #DiscoverWithAlpha #AlphaUniverseMY #FullFrameLife #MySONYLife
Copyright © 2021 Nur Ismail Photography. All rights reserved. Do not use or reproduce these images on websites, blogs or publications without expressed written permission from the photographer. For any enquiries, please visit my website: www.nurismailphotography.com or email at [email protected]. Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/nurismailphotography/ The Long-billed Spiderhunter or Arachnothera robusta has the most impressive bill of all spiderhunters. This species is the smallest spiderhunter measuring up to 16 cm in length and can be found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. It is often found in lowland, hill and lower montane forest up to 1,300 m above sea level. This bird has a long, thick, black bill with dark olive-green patternless head, olive green above, yellowish and faintly streaked below, becoming yellow on its abdomen. The tail feathers have pale tips on the underside. [Source: MyBIS] Today's outing with some friends from KL, Kuala Terengganu and Kuantan, were quite uneventful. There were rarely any birds there, except for the common resident like ochraceous bulbul, mountain peacock-pheasant, white-rumped shama. The weather was a bit chilly and that may explain why there were not many birds around. Perhaps, next time! Name: Long-billed spiderhunter Scientific: Arachnothera robusta Malay: Kelicap Jantong Paroh Panjang / Kelicap Jantung Paruh Panjang / Kelicap-sabit Paruh Panjang Family: Nectariniidae IUCN Red List (v.3.1, 2016): Least Concern Gear: SONY a1 + SEL200600G Location: Bukit Tinggi, Pahang #NurIsmailPhotography #sony #sonymalaysia #a1 #SEL200600G #alpha #AlphaGuru #SAG #DXO #PureRAW #topazlabs #leofoto #pg1 #Fight4ourPlanet #DiscoverWithMYAlpha #DiscoverWithAlpha #AlphaUniverseMY #FullFrameLife #MySONYLife
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