Malayan Crestless Fireback

Order - Galliformes
Family - Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Malayan Crestless Fireback

Lophura erythrophthalma

马来亚棕尾火背鹇 (mǎ-lái-yà zōng-wěi huǒ-bèi xián)

    Malay : Pegar Bertam

    Japanese : ウチワキジ [erythrophthalma] (uchiwa-kiji [erythrophthalma])

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 棕尾火背鹇

      Size : Male 47–50 cm (tail 15–18 cm); mean weight of males was 1,043 g (n = 2)

                Female 42–44 cm (tail 14–16 cm), 837 g

      Subspecies and Distribution

• Monotypic. (Raffles, TS 1822, Sumatra)
  – lowland forest of Malay Peninsula and Sumatra.

Date : 21 June 2025
Location : Lorong Pegawai, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor, Daerah Timur Laut, Pulau Pinang

Date : 21 June 2025
Location : Lorong Pegawai, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor, Daerah Timur Laut, Pulau Pinang

Brown-streaked Flycatcher

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers and Chats)

Brown-streaked Flycatcher

Muscicapa williamsoni

褐纹鹟 (hè wén wēng)

    Malay : Sambar-Kusam Lorek Melayu

    Japanese : ミナミコサメビタキ (minami ko-same-bitaki)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 南小鮫鶲

    Size : 12–14 cm; 7.8–16 g

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Muscicapa williamsoni williamsoni (Deignan, HG 1957)
  – Southern Myanmar to northern Malaya, winters from Malay Peninsula to Sumatra and Siberut.
• Muscicapa williamsoni umbrosa (Wells, DR 1982)
  – Borneo (Sarawak, eastern Sabah, and southeastern Kalimantan), perhaps also central Peninsula Malaysia and Sumatra.

Date : 25 May 2025

Location : Taiping Lake Gardens, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Date : 25 May 2025

Location : Taiping Lake Gardens, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Date : 25 May 2025

Location : Taiping Lake Gardens, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Date : 25 May 2025

Location : Taiping Lake Gardens, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Date : 18 May 2025

Location : Taiping Lake Gardens, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Date : 11 May 2025

Location : Taiping Lake Gardens, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Date : 11 May 2025

Location : Taiping Lake Gardens, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Date : 11 May 2025

Location : Taiping Lake Gardens, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Date : 10 May 2025

Location : Taiping Lake Gardens, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Date : 04 May 2025

Location : Taiping Lake Gardens, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Date : 04 May 2025

Location : Taiping Lake Gardens, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Date : 04 May 2025

Location : Taiping Lake Gardens, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Date : 04 May 2025

Location : Taiping Lake Gardens, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Date : 04 May 2025

Location : Taiping Lake Gardens, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Date : 04 May 2025

Location : Taiping Lake Gardens, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Date : 04 May 2025

Location : Taiping Lake Gardens, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Date : 04 May 2025

Location : Taiping Lake Gardens, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Date : 20 April 2025

Location : Taiping Lake Gardens, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Date : 20 April 2025

Location : Taiping Lake Gardens, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Date : 20 April 2025

Location : Taiping Lake Gardens, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Mountain Tailorbird

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Scotocercidae (Bush Warblers and allies)

Mountain Tailorbird

Phyllergates cucullatus

栗头缝叶莺 (lì-tóu féng-yè-yīng) / 金头缝叶莺 (jīn-tóu féng-yè-yīng)

    Malay : Perenjak-Gunung Biasa

    Japanese : キバラサイホウチョウ (ki-bara saihō-chō)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 黄腹裁縫鳥

    Size : 10–12 cm; 6–7 g

    

    Subspecies (16) and Distribution

• Phyllergates cucullatus cucullatus (Latham, 1790)
  – Sumatra, Java, and Bali.
• Phyllergates cucullatus coronatus (Blyth, E 1861)
  – mountains of eastern Nepal to northeastern India, southwestern China, northern Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam.
• Phyllergates cucullatus thais (Robinson, HC; Kloss, CB 1923)
  – mountains of peninsular Thailand (south of Isthmus of Kra).
• Phyllergates cucullatus malayanus (Chasen, FN 1938)
  – Malay Peninsula.
• Phyllergates cucullatus cinereicollis (Sharpe, RB 1888)
  – mountains of northeastern Borneo (Kinabalu to Mount Mulu and Tama Abu Range).
• Phyllergates cucullatus philippinus (Hartert, EJO 1897)
  – northern Luzon (northern Philippines).
• Phyllergates cucullatus viridicollis (Salomonsen, F 1962)
  – mountains of Palawan (southwestern Philippines).
• Phyllergates cucullatus riedeli (Meyer, AB; Wiglesworth, LW 1895)
  – northern Sulawesi.
• Phyllergates cucullatus stentor (Stresemann, EFT 1938)
  – north-central and southeastern Sulawesi.
• Phyllergates cucullatus meisei (Stresemann, EFT 1931)
  – south-central Sulawesi (Latimojong Mountains).
• Phyllergates cucullatus hedymeles (Stresemann, EFT 1932)
  – southwestern Sulawesi (Lompobattang).
• Phyllergates cucullatus batjanensis (Hartert, EJO 1912)
  – mountains of Bacan Island (northern Moluccas).
• Phyllergates cucullatus dumasi (Hartert, EJO 1899)
  – southern Moluccas (Buru and Seram).
• Phyllergates cucullatus everetti (Hartert, EJO 1897)
  – Flores (western Lesser Sundas).
• Phyllergates cucullatus sulanus (Rheindt, FE; Prawiradilaga, DM; Ashari, H; Suparno; Ng, NSR 2020)
  – Taliabu (Sula Islands).
• Phyllergates cucullatus relictus (Rheindt, FE; Prawiradilaga, DM; Ashari, H; Suparno; Ng, NSR 2020)
  – Peleng, in Banggai Islands (off eastern Sulawesi).

Phyllergates cucullatus ssp. cinereicollis

Date : 15 February 2025

Location : Hill Lodge, Kinabalu Park, Daerah Ranau, 
Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

Bornean Shortwing

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers)

Bornean Shortwing

Brachypteryx erythrogyna

婆罗洲短翅鸫 (pó-luó-zhōu duǎn-chì-dōng)

    Malay : Murai-Kerdil Bercelak Borneo

    Japanese : コバネヒタキ [erythrogyna] (ko-bane-hitaki [erythrogyna])

    Kanji 日語漢字 : -

    Size : ca 13 cm

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Monotypic. (Sharpe, RB 1888, Kina Balu)
  – mountains of northern Borneo.
  

Date : 12 February 2025

Location : Gunung Alab Subtation, Crocker Range Park, Daerah Penampang,
Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

Giant Pitta

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Pittidae (Pittas)

Giant Pitta

Hydrornis caeruleus

大蓝八色鸫 (dà lán bā-sè-dōng)

    Malay : Burung-Pacat Biru Besar

    Japanese : オニヤイロチョウ (oni ya-iro-chō)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 鬼八色鳥

   

    Size : 25–29 cm; male 202 g

    Subspecies (2) and Distribution

• Hydrornis caeruleus caeruleus (Raffles, TS 1822)
  – southern Myanmar, southern Thailand, Malay Peninsula, and Sumatra.
• Hydrornis caeruleus hosei (Baker, ECS 1918)
  – Borneo.

Hydrornis caeruleus ssp. hosei

Date : 12 January 2025
Location : Kinabatangan Bird Hide, Kampung Perpaduan Datuk Mohd Ugi, 
Kinabatangan, Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah

Hydrornis caeruleus ssp. hosei
Date : 12 January 2025
Location : Kinabatangan Bird Hide, Kampung Perpaduan Datuk Mohd Ugi, 
Kinabatangan, Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah

Hydrornis caeruleus ssp. hosei
Date : 12 January 2025
Location : Kinabatangan Bird Hide, Kampung Perpaduan Datuk Mohd Ugi, 
Kinabatangan, Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah

Hydrornis caeruleus ssp. hosei
Date : 12 January 2025
Location : Kinabatangan Bird Hide, Kampung Perpaduan Datuk Mohd Ugi, 
Kinabatangan, Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah

Hydrornis caeruleus ssp. hosei
Date : 12 January 2025
Location : Kinabatangan Bird Hide, Kampung Perpaduan Datuk Mohd Ugi, 
Kinabatangan, Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah

Hydrornis caeruleus ssp. hosei

Date : 12 January 2025
Location : Kinabatangan Bird Hide, Kampung Perpaduan Datuk Mohd Ugi, 
Kinabatangan, Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah

Hydrornis caeruleus ssp. hosei

Date : 12 January 2025
Location : Kinabatangan Bird Hide, Kampung Perpaduan Datuk Mohd Ugi, 
Kinabatangan, Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah

Hydrornis caeruleus ssp. hosei

Date : 11 January 2025
Location : Kinabatangan Bird Hide, Kampung Perpaduan Datuk Mohd Ugi, 
Kinabatangan, Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah

Hydrornis caeruleus ssp. hosei

Date : 11 January 2025
Location : Kinabatangan Bird Hide, Kampung Perpaduan Datuk Mohd Ugi, 
Kinabatangan, Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah

White-throated Rock-thrush

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Muscicapidae (Chats, Old World Flycatchers)

White-throated Rock-thrush

Monticola gularis

白喉矶鸫 (bái-hóu jī-dōng)

    Malay : Tarum Rengkung Putih

    Japanese : ヒメイソヒヨ (hime iso-hiyo)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 姫磯鵯

    Size : 16-19 cm, 32-37 g

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Monotypic. (Swinhoe, R 1863, Peking)
  – southeastern Siberia to northeastern China and Korea; winters to southeastern Asia.

Date : 01 January 2025
Location : Maxwell Hill, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Date : 01 January 2025
Location : Maxwell Hill, Taiping, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak

Eastern Red-rumped Swallow

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Hirundinidae (Swallows and Martins)

Eastern Red-rumped Swallow

Cecropis daurica

东方金腰燕 (dōng-fāng jīn yāo yàn)

    Malay : Layang-layang Api Utara

    Japanese : コシアカツバメ (daurica グループ) (koshi-aka tsubame [daurica guru-pu])

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 腰赤燕

    Size : 16–17 cm, 19–28 g

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Cecropis daurica daurica (Laxmann, E 1769)
  - southern Siberia to Amur River, northern Mongolia, western China, and Transbaikalia.
  
• Cecropis daurica erythropygia (Sykes, WH 1832)
  - northern and peninsular India (base of Himalayas to Nilgiris).
• Cecropis daurica japonica (Temminck, CJ; Schlegel, H 1845)
  - Korea, eastern and central China, and Japan; migrant to coastal northern Australia
• Cecropis daurica nipalensis (Hodgson, BH 1837)
  - central Himalayas to southwestern China (Yunnan), northern India, and northern Myanmar.
• Cecropis daurica striolata (Schlegel, H 1844)
  - Greater and Lesser Sundas to Philippines and Taiwan.
• Cecropis daurica mayri (Hall, BP 1953)
  - northeastern India to northern Myanmar and northwestern Thailand.
• Cecropis daurica stanfordi (Mayr, E 1941)
  - northeastern Myanmar to southwestern China (southern Yunnan), northern Thailand, and northern Laos.
• Cecropis daurica vernayi (Kinnear, NB 1924)
  - Thailand/Tenasserim border and western Thailand.

Date : 05 January 2025
Location : Seberang Perak Paddyfield, Daerah Perak Tengah, Perak

Date : 30 December 2024
Location : Ulu Dedap Paddyfield, Daerah Perak Tengah, Perak

Red-legged Crake

Order - Gruiformes
Family - Rallidae (Rails, Gallinules, Coots)

Red-legged Crake

Rallina fasciata

红脚秧鸡 (hóng-jiǎo yāng-jī) / 红腿斑秧鸡 (hóng-tuǐ bān yāng-jī)

    Malay : Sintar-Merah Kaki Api
    Japanese :  ナンヨウオオクイナ (nan-yō ō kuina)
    Kanji 日語漢字 : 南洋大秧鶏 / 南洋大水鶏

    Size : 23–25 cm; 68·8–108 g

    
     Subspecies and Distribution

• Monotypic. (Raffles, TS 1822, Benkulen, western Sumatra)
  – Lowlands of southeastern Asia, Malay Archipelago, and Philippines.

Date : 08 December 2024
Location : Kangar, Perlis

Bornean Peacock-pheasant

Order - Galliformes
Family - Phasianidae (Pheasants, Partridges, Turkeys, Grouse)

Bornean Peacock-pheasant

Polyplectron schleiermacheri

加里曼丹孔雀雉 (fjiā-lǐ-màn-dān kǒng-què zhì)

    Malay : Kuang-Cermin Borneo

    Japanese : ボルネオエボシコクジャク (boruneo eboshi ko kujaku)                     

    Kanji 日語漢字 : -

    Size : Male c. 50 cm (tail c. 19–20 cm), Female c. 38 cm (tail 18–19 cm)

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Monotypic. (Brüggemann, F 1877, Southeastern Borneo)
  – Lowland primary forests of Borneo.

Date : 05 November 2023
Location : Telupid Forest Reserve, Kampung Bestari, Telupid,
Daerah Telupid, Bahagian Sandakan, Sabah

Mountain Wren-babbler

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Pellorneidae (Ground Babblers)

Mountain Wren-babbler

Gypsophila crassa

山鹪鹛 (shān jiāo-méi)

    Malay : Kekicau-Murai Gunung Borneo

    Japanese : ノドジロサザイチメドリ (nodo-fu sazai chime-dori)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : -

    Size : 14 cm, 25 g

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Monotypic. (Sharpe, RB 1888, Kina Balu, North Borneo)
  – High mountains of n Borneo (ne Sarawak and n Sabah).

Date : 08 November 2023

Location : KM1.5, Kinabalu Park, Daerah Ranau, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah