Assalamualaikum and a very good day to all. I had the opportunity to take a short trip to Taiping on Friday evening, 06.03.2020. Since it was a rainy Friday evening, traffic was horrendous as it took me more than 30min just to reach the Jalan Duta toll from home. The journey overall took 3hr 30min, after a 30-min break in Tapah R&R for dinner. It was raining all the way from KL to Tapah. I safely arrived in Taiping by 10:00pm and retired for the night. The birding session starts at 8:00am to 2 locations around foot of Bukit Larut (Maxwell Hill) and further 2 locations around Taiping Lake Gardens in the afternoon. By the time I'm done with birding, it was 6:00pm. I was guided by a friend, En. Sidek, throughout the birding session. We managed to photograph the elusive Banded kingfisher during this trip, however, failed to shoot the Rufous-collared kingfisher. Managed to capture 9 lifers during this trip. Alhamdulillah. I drove back to KL on Sunday 08.03.2020 morning and managed to arrive in KL by noon. The following are some of the images captured in Taiping. The banded kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella) is a tree kingfisher found in lowland tropical forests of southeast Asia. It is the only member of the genus Lacedo. Male and female adults are very different in plumage. The male has a bright blue crown with black and blue banding on the back. The female has rufous and black banding on the head and upperparts. This is a bird of lowland rainforest found up to 1,700 m in Brunei, but normally below 1100 m altitude in the rest of its range. Unlike most kingfishers, it does not need pools or streams in its territory. The nest is a hole in a rotting tree trunk, or sometimes in the spherical nest of tree termites. Two to five white eggs are laid. In Thailand the eggs are laid between February and May. The banded kingfisher hunts large insects and occasionally small lizards, usually taken in the trees, but sometimes from the ground. [Source: Wikipedia]. Name: Banded kingfisher (male) Scientific: Lacedo pulchella Malay: Pekaka Rimba Family: Alcedinidae IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Least Concern Gear: SONY a7RIV + SEL200600G. The Siberian blue robin (Larvivora cyane) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classified as a member of the thrush family, Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to belong to the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. It and similar small European species are often called chats. Recent research suggests that this species and some other East Asian members of Luscinia should be classified in a new genus, together with the Japanese and Ryūkyū robins. The genus name Larvivora comes from the new Latin larva meaning caterpillar and -vorus meaning eating (vorace to devour), and cyane is Latin for "dark-blue". This bird is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in the eastern Palearctic from Siberia and northern Mongolia, northeastern China, Korea and across to Japan. It winters in southern and south-eastern Asia and Indonesia. The breeding habitat is coniferous forest with dense undergrowth, often beside rivers or at woodland edges. It feeds on the ground but is very 'skulking'. In winter, this bird also tends to stay in dense vegetation. [Source: Wikipedia]. Name: Siberian blue robin Scientific: Larvivora cyane Malay: Murai Biru Siberia Family: Muscicapidae IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Least Concern Gear: SONY a7RIV + SEL200600G + SEL14TC. The banded broadbill (Eurylaimus javanicus) is a species of bird in the family Eurylaimidae. It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is a large broadbill (21.5–23 cm), with purple, yellow and black plumage. It eats predominantly insects, including grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, various beetles, caterpillars and larvae. [Source: Wikipedia]. Name: Banded broadbill Scientific: Eurylaimus javanicus Malay: Takau Belang / Takau Rimba Family: Eurylaimidae IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Near Threatened Gear: SONY a7RIV + SEL200600G + SEL14TC. The black-and-yellow broadbill (Eurylaimus ochromalus) is a species of bird in the family Eurylaimidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. It is threatened by habitat loss. The black-and-yellow broadbill could be mistaken for its cousin, the Banded broadbill , due to their similar coloring of black wings with yellow markings and bright blue beaks. However, the black-and-yellow (Eurylaimus ochromalus) has a pink chest and yellow belly, a black head, and a white collar. The black-and-yellow broadbill feeds primarily on insects, especially orthopterans (grasshoppers, cicadas, etc.), mantises, and beetles. [Source: Wikipedia]. Name: Black-and-yellow broadbill Scientific: Eurylaimus ochromalus Malay: Takau Hitam Kuning Family: Eurylaimidae IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2017): Near Threatened Gear: SONY a7RIV + SEL200600G + SEL14TC. The green-backed flycatcher (Ficedula elisae) is a bird in the family Muscicapidae, which contains the Old World flycatchers. It was long considered to a subspecies of the narcissus flycatcher, but morphological and acoustical differences between the two indicate they are instead separate species. It breeds in northeastern China and winters in southeast Asia. [Source: Wikipedia]. Name: Green-backed flycatcher (female) Scientific: Ficedula elisae Malay: Sambar Belakang-hijau Family: Muscicapidae IUCN Red List (Ver3.1, 2016): Least Concern Gear: SONY a7RIV + SEL200600G + SEL14TC. The orange-headed thrush (Geokichla citrina) is a bird in the thrush family. It is common in well-wooded areas of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Most populations are resident. The species shows a preference for shady damp areas, and like many Zoothera thrushes, can be quite secretive. The orange-headed thrush is omnivorous, eating a wide range of insects, earthworms and fruit. It nests in trees but does not form flocks. The male of this small thrush has uniform grey upperparts, and an orange head and underparts. The females and young birds have browner upper parts. [Source: Wikipedia]. Name: Orange-headed thrush Scientific: Geokichla citrina Malay: Murai Belanda / Murai Dada Oren Family: Turdidae IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Least Concern Gear: SONY a7RIV + SEL200600G + SEL14TC. The Raffle's malkoha (Rhinortha chlorophaea) is a species of cuckoo (family Cuculidae). It was formerly often placed in Phaenicophaeus with the other malkohas, but it is a rather distinct species, with several autapomorphies and sexual dimorphism (which its presumed relatives all lack). It might not even be very closely related to the true malkohas, but form a very basal lineage of cuckoos; in any case, its placement in a monotypic genus Rhinortha is well warranted. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. [Source: Wikipedia] Name: Raffles's malkoha Scientific: Rhinortha chlorophaea Malay: Cenuk Kecil / Cenuk Kerak Family: Muscicapidae IUCN Red List (v.3.1, 2016): Least Concern Gear: SONY a7RIV + SEL200600G + SEL14TC. The blue-winged leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis) is a species of leafbird found in forest and second growth throughout Southeast Asia as far east as Borneo and as far south as Java. It previously included Jerdon's leafbird (C. jerdoni) from the Indian Subcontinent, and the Bornean leafbird (C. kinabaluensis) from northern Borneo as subspecies, but differs from both in measurements and morphology, with Jerdon's lacking any blue to the flight feathers, and Bornean having a distinctive male-like female plumage. The distribution of the blue-winged and the Bornean leafbird are known to approach each other, but there is no evidence of intergradation. C. c. viridinuchaThe male is green-bodied with a yellow-tinged head, black face and throat. It has a blue moustachial line. The female differs in that it has a greener head and blue throat, and young birds are like the female but without the blue throat patch. [Source: Wikipedia]. Name: Blue-winged leafbird Scientific: Chloropsis cochinchinensis Malay: Burung Daun Sayap Biru Family: Chloropseidae IUCN Red List (v3.1 2019): Endangered Gear: SONY a7RIV + SEL200600G + SEL14TC. The oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) is an Indo-Malayan pied hornbill, a large canopy-dwelling bird belonging to the family Bucerotidae. Two other common names for this species are Sunda pied hornbill (convexus) and Malaysian pied hornbill. The species is considered to be among the smallest and most common of the Asian hornbills. It has the largest distribution in the genus and is found in the Indian Subcontinent and throughout Southeast Asia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The oriental pied hornbill's diet includes fruit, insects, shellfish, small reptiles and, sometimes, small mammals and birds including their eggs. [Source: Wikipedia]. Name: Oriental pied hornbill Scientific: Anthracoceros albirostris Malay: Enggang Kelingking / Enggang Belulang / Burung Lilin Family: Bucerotidae IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Least Concern Gear: SONY a7RIV + SEL200600G. The blue-crowned hanging parrot (Loriculus galgulus) is a small (length: 13 cm (5.1 in)) mainly green parrot found in forested lowlands in southern Burma and Thailand, Malaya, Singapore, and Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Borneo). Blue-crowned hanging parrots are mostly green and the adults have black beaks. Adult males have a blue crown, red throat, red rump, and a yellow lower back. Adult females are duller than males and lack the yellow lower back, usually lack the red throat, and the blue crown is much less noticeable. The juvenile is duller than the female, and has a grey forehead and horn-coloured beak. [Source: Wikipedia] Name: Blue-crowned hanging-parrot Scientific: Loriculus galgulus Malay: Bayan Kecil / Bayan Serindit Family: Psittacidae IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Least Concern Gear: SONY a7RIV + SEL200600G + SEL14TC. The hooded pitta (Pitta sordida) is a passerine bird in the family Pittidae. It is common in eastern and southeastern Asia and maritime Southeast Asia, where it lives in several types of forests as well as on plantations and other cultivated areas. It is a green bird with a black head and chestnut crown. It forages on the ground for insects and their larvae, and also eats berries. It breeds between February and August, the pair being strongly territorial and building their nest on the ground. Incubation and care of the fledglings is done by both parents. The bird has a wide range, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being of "least concern". [Source: Wikipedia]. Name: Hooded pitta Scientific: Pitta sordida Malay: Burung Pacat Hijau / Berlau Bertudung / Pacat Gembala Pelanduk Family: Pittidae IUCN Red List (v.3.1, 2016): Least Concern Gear: SONY a7RIV + SEL200600G. The pied triller (Lalage nigra) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. [Source: Wikipedia] Name: Pied triller Scientific: Lalage nigra Malay: Kuang Kuit / Rembah Kening Putih / Selancang Hitam Putih / Sewah Kapas Family: Campephagidae IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Least Concern Gear: SONY a7RIV + SEL200600G + SEL14TC. The white-breasted waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) is a waterbird of the rail and crake family, Rallidae, that is widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia. They are dark slaty birds with a clean white face, breast and belly. They are somewhat bolder than most other rails and are often seen stepping slowly with their tail cocked upright in open marshes or even drains near busy roads. They are largely crepuscular in activity and during the breeding season, just after the first rains, make loud and repetitive croaking calls. [Source: Wikipedia]. Name: White-breasted waterhen Scientific: Amaurornis phoenicurus Malay: Wak-wak / Ruak-ruak Family: Rallidae IUCN Red List (v3.1, 2016): Least Concern Gear: SONY a7RIV + SEL200600G + SEL14TC. The gears used during this trip is SONY a7RIV + SEL200600G + SEL14TC, mounted on the Leofoto LS-365 carbion fibre tripod + Leofoto PG-1 tripod gimbal.
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