Black-headed Ibis

Order - Pelecaniformes
Family - Threskiornithidae (Ibises, Spoonbills)

Black-headed Ibis

Threskiornis melanocephalus

 黑头白鹮 (cǎi-huán)

    Malay : Sekendi Kepala Hitam Asia

    Japanese : クロトキ (Kuro-toki)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 黒朱鷺

    Size : 65–76 cm; 1000–1500 g; Wingspan 130 cm

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Monotypic. (Latham, J 1790, India. Nepal, India, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), southern Manchuria south)
  –  Breeds in parts of the Indian Subcontinent, Cambodia, South Vietnam and Java, disperses in
      winter.

Distribution Map

Date : 22 November 2025

Location : Penaga Paddyfield, Mukim 4, Daerah Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang

Date : 22 November 2025

Location : Penaga Paddyfield, Mukim 4, Daerah Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang

Date : 22 November 2025

Location : Penaga Paddyfield, Mukim 4, Daerah Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang

Date : 22 November 2025

Location : Penaga Paddyfield, Mukim 4, Daerah Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang

Date : 22 November 2025

Location : Penaga Paddyfield, Mukim 4, Daerah Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang

Date : 22 November 2025

Location : Penaga Paddyfield, Mukim 4, Daerah Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang

Date : 22 November 2025

Location : Penaga Paddyfield, Mukim 4, Daerah Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang

Date : 22 November 2025

Location : Penaga Paddyfield, Mukim 4, Daerah Seberang Perai Utara, Pulau Pinang

Arctic Tern

Order - Charadriiformes
Family - Laridae (Gulls, Terns, Skimmers)

Arctic Tern

Sterna paradisaea

北极燕鸥 (běi-jí yàn-ōu)

    Malay : Camar Artik

    Japanese : キョクアジサシ (kyoku aji-sashi)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 極鯵刺

    Size : 28–39 cm; 90–120 g; Wingspan 65–75 cm

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Monotypic. (No type locality = Christiansoe, Denmark, ex Brünnich, Orn. Boreal., 1764, p. 46.)
  – Arctic circumpolar; winters sub-Antarctic and Antarctic seas.

Distribution Map

1st Malaysia Record !!!
Found by Christopher Neil Gibbins on 28 September 2025

Date : 05 October 2025

Location : Gold Coast Morib, Banting, Daerah Kuala Langat, Selangor

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.

Distribution Map

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.

Distribution Map

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 : 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 : 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).

Distribution Map

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.
  

Distribution Map

Date : 12 February 2025

Location : Gunung Alab Bird Watching Station, KM55 Jalan Penampang-Tambunan, 

Daerah Penampang, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

Date : 12 February 2025

Location : Gunung Alab Bird Watching Station, KM55 Jalan Penampang-Tambunan, 

Daerah Penampang, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

Date : 12 February 2025

Location : Gunung Alab Bird Watching Station, KM55 Jalan Penampang-Tambunan, 

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.

Distribution Map

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