Friday, June 23, 2017

SLATY-BACKED FORKTAIL

Photographed at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, April 2017
1164              SLATY-BACKED FORKTAIL               Enicurus schistaceus 

MALAYSIA                78

Found in hilly montane forest and forest edges, along small rocky streams or wet roadside areas, at c. 600-1,300 m. 23 cm. Resident in Peninsula Malaysia.



COMMON GREEN MAGPIE

Subspecies margaritas, photographed at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, April 2017
1163            COMMON GREEN MAGPIE              Cissa chinensis 

MALAYSIA             77

Found in broad-leafed evergreen and mixed deciduous forest up to 2,075 m. Common resident in Malaysian Peninsula.



FIRE-TUFTED BARBET

Photographed at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, April 2017
1162             FIRE-TUFTED BARBET              Psilopogon pyrolophus 

MALAYSIA             76

Found in the canopy and middle storey of montane evergreen rainforest at c. 900-2,000 m. 28 cm. Resident in mountains of Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia.



RED-HEADED TROGON

Photographed at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, April 2017
1161                RED-HEADED TROGON                  Harpactes erythrocephalus 

MALAYSIA               75

Prefers hill forests at 700 m, usually seen in the middle storey. 33 cm. Resident in the Main Range, and Larut Range on Malaysian Peninsula. 




MALAYAN PARTRIDGE

Photographed at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, April 2017

1160              MALAYAN PARTRIDGE             Arborophila campelli 

MALAYSIA             74

Found in broad-leafed, evergreen forest, 1,00 to 1,600 m. 26-27 cm. Endemic to S Thailand and Malayan Peninsula.



GREATER YELLOWNAPE

Photographed at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, April 2017
1159            GREATER YELLOWNAPE               Chrysophlegma flavinucha 

MALAYSIA               73

Found broad-leafed evergreen and deciduous forest, native pine forest, up to 2,745 m; above 915 m in Peninsular Malaysia. 31.5-35 cm. Common resident across SE Asia, except Thailand and Singapore.



SILVER-EARED MESIA

Photographed at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, April 2017
1158                 SILVER-EARED MESIA             Mesia argentauris 

MALAYSIA               72

Found in the canopy of lower and upper montane forest at 900-2,000 m, and down into fern brakes and scrubbing old cultivation. 17 cm. Resident from central Himalayan foothills through S China, discontinuously to the mountains of Peninsular Peninsula and Sumatra.




JAVAN CUCKOO-SHRIKE

Photographed at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, April 2017
1157                JAVAN CUCKOO-SHRIKE                Coracina javensis      

MALAYSIA                   71

Found in the canopy of montane forests at 1,000-2,050 m. 28 cm. Resident from W Himalayas through S China to Taiwan, and Southeast Asia to Peninsular Malaysia, Java and Bali.


LONG-TAILED SIBIA

Photographed at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, April 2017
1156             LONG-TAILED SIBIA              Heterophasia picaoides

MALAYSIA               70

Found at c. 1,000-2,000 m in lower and upper montane forest. 29-32 cm. Range: E. Himalayan foothills to S Yunnan, and discontinuously to Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra.



STREAKED SPIDERHUNTER

Photographed at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, April 2017
1155                STREAKED SPIDERHUNTER              Arachnothera magna

MALAYSIA             69

Found in lower and upper montane forest in the Malay Peninsula at c. 800-1,800 m; in middle and upper storeys, and in roadside vegetation at hill stations. 18 cm.





MOUNTAIN BULBUL

Photographed at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, April 2017
1154            MOUNTAIN BULBUL              Hypsipetes mcclellandii

MALAYSIA            68

In central Malaysia confined to montane forest of Main and Larut Ranges, Mount Tahan and a few outliers.. 22 cm.



WHITE-TAILED ROBIN

Photographed at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, April 2017
1153              WHITE-TAILED ROBIN                Myiomela leucura

MALAYSIA                67

Found in broad-leafed evergreen forest, bamboo; from 1,000-2,480 m down to 150 m. 17.5-19.5 cm. In SE Asia uncommon resident, locally subject to some movement.


















MUGIMAKI FLYCATCHER

Female, photographed at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, April 2017

1152               MUGIMAKI FLYCATCHER                Ficedula mugimaki

MALAYSIA             66

Seen from mangroves up to c. 1,500 m, in forest and forest edges, tall secondary woodland, parks and gardens. 13 cm. Migrant in Peninsular Malaysia.


LARGE NILTAVA

Female, photographed at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, April 2017
1151             LARGE NILTAVA                 Niltava grandis 

MALAYSIA              65

Found in lower, and sometimes upper montane forests, in middle storey and on edges. 21 cm. Resident from the central Himalayas to Yunnan, and in uplands of Southeast Asia to Peninsula Malaysia and Sumatra.

Male



SPECTACLED LAUGHINGTHRUSH

Photographed at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, April 2017
1150              SPECTACLED LAUGHINGTHRUSH               Rhinocichla mitrata

MALAYSIA               64

Also known as Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush. Found in lower and upper montane forest, from canopy through middle and lower storeys; also forest edges and secondary growth. 22 cm. Resident in mountains of Peninsula Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.