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

Black-sided Flowerpecker

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Dicaeidae (Flowerpeckers)

Black-sided Flowerpecker

Dicaeum monticolum

黑胁啄花鸟 (hēi-xié zhuó-huā-niǎo)

    Malay : Sepah-Puteri Gunung Borneo

    Japanese : ボルネオノドアカハナドリ (boruneo nodoaka hana-dori)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : -

    Size : 8 cm

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Monotypic. (Sharpe, RB 1887, Mt. Kinabalu, northern Borneo)
  – Mts. of n Borneo.

Date : 08 November 2023
Location : Hill Lodge, Kinabalu Park, Daerah Ranau, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

Date : 09 November 2023
Location : Hill Lodge, Kinabalu Park, Daerah Ranau, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

Golden Babbler

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Timaliidae (Scimitar-babblers and allies)

Golden Babbler

Cyanoderma chrysaeum

金头穗鹛 (jīn-tóu suì-méi)

   

    Malay : Kekicau-Kecil Emas

    Japanese : キガシラモリチメドリ (ki-gashira mori chime-dori)
    Kanji 日語漢字 : 黄頭森知目鳥

      Size : 10-12 cm; 6-10 g

    

      Subspecies (6) and Distribution

• Cyanoderma chrysaeum chrysaeum (Blyth, E 1844)
  – Nepal to Sikkim, Assam, Bhutan, sw China and n Myanmar.
• Cyanoderma chrysaeum binghami (Rippon, G 1904)
  – SE Assam to sw Myanmar (Chin Hills and Arakan Yoma Mts.).
• Cyanoderma chrysaeum auratum (Meyer de Schauensee, R 1938)
  – S Myanmar (s Shan State) to extreme n Thailand and n Indochina.
• Cyanoderma chrysaeum assimile (Walden, A 1875)
  – Central Myanmar (west of the Salween River) to nw Thailand.
• Cyanoderma chrysaeum chrysops (Richmond, CW 1902)
  – Hills of Malay Peninsula.
• Cyanoderma chrysaeum frigidum (Hartlaub, KJG 1865)
  – Highlands of w Sumatra.

Cyanoderma erythropterum ssp. erythropterum
Date : 19 May 2024

Location : Jalan High Pines, Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang

Greater Yellownape

Order - Piciformes
Family - Picidae (Woodpeckers)

Greater Yellownape

Chrysophlegma flavinucha

大黄冠啄木鸟 (dà huáng-guān zhuó-mù-niǎo) /
大黄冠绿啄木鸟 (dà huáng-guān lǜ zhuó-mù-niǎo)

    Malay : Belatuk-Hijau Besar

    Japanese : キエリアオゲラ (ki-eri ao-gera)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 黄襟青啄木鳥

    Size : 32–35 cm; 153–198 g

    

    Subspecies (8) and Distribution

• Chrysophlegma flavinucha [flavinucha or lylei] (Gould, J 1834)
  – Foothills from central Nepal to northeastern and eastern India (south to Odisha and northern Andhra Pradesh) and east to Myanmar, southern China (southern Sichuan, Yunnan) and northern Vietnam.
• Chrysophlegma flavinucha kumaonense (Koelz, WN 1950)
  – Himalayan foothills northern N India (Uttarakhand) and possibly to western Nepal.
• Chrysophlegma flavinucha styani (Ogilvie-Grant, WR 1899)
  – Hainan I. and immediately adjacent mainland China.
• Chrysophlegma flavinucha ricketti (Styan, FW 1898)
  – N Vietnam (Tonkin) to se China (Fujian).
• Chrysophlegma flavinucha pierrei (Oustalet, J-FÉ 1889)
  – SE Thailand to s Vietnam.
• Chrysophlegma flavinucha mystacale (Salvadori, AT 1879)
  – N Sumatra.
• Chrysophlegma flavinucha korinchi (Chasen, FN 1940)
  – SW Sumatra.
• Chrysophlegma flavinucha wrayi (Sharpe, RB 1888)
  – Highlands of Malay Peninsula.

Chrysophlegma flavinucha ssp. wrayi
Date : 19 May 2024

Location : Jalan High Pines, Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang

Grey-headed Fish-eagle

Order - Accipitriformes
Family - Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Grey-headed Fish-eagle

Icthyophaga ichthyaetus

灰头鱼雕 (huī-tóu hǎi-diāo)

    Malay : Helang-Kanguk Kecil

    Japanese : ウオクイワシ (uo-kui washi)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 魚喰鷲

    Size : 61–75 cm; Wingspan 155–170 cm

              Male 1500–1600 g in Males, Larger Female 2300–2700 g

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Monotypic. (Horsfield, T 1821, Java)

  – Lowlands of India to SE Asia, Borneo, Java and Philippines.

Date : 15 April 2024

Location : Taman Eko Rimba Kota Damansara, Seksyen 10 Kota Damansarsa, 
Petaling Jaya, Daerah Petaling, Selangor

Date : 15 April 2024

Location : Taman Eko Rimba Kota Damansara, Seksyen 10 Kota Damansarsa, 
Petaling Jaya, Daerah Petaling, Selangor

Yellow-breasted Warbler

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Phylloscopidae (Leaf-warblers)

Yellow-breasted Warbler

Phylloscopus montis

黄胸鹟莺 (huáng-xiōng wēng-yīng)

    Malay : Cekup-Kacamata Melayu

    Japanese : チャガシラモリムシク (cha-gashira mori mushi-ku) /
                      チャガシラモリムシクイ (cha-gashira mori mushi-kui)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : -

    Size : 9–10·5 cm; 4–6 g

    Subspecies (6) and Distribution

• Phylloscopus montis montis (Sharpe, RB 1887)
  – Mountains of Borneo (Kinabalu to Poi Range).
• Phylloscopus montis davisoni (Sharpe, RB 1888)
  – High mountains of s Malay Peninsula.
• Phylloscopus montis barisanus (Christie, DA; Elliott, A 2016)
  – Mountains of Sumatra.
• Phylloscopus montis xanthopygius (Whitehead, J 1893)
  – Mountains of Palawan (sw Philippines).
• Phylloscopus montis floris (Hartert, EJO 1897)
  – Mountains of Flores (w Lesser Sundas).
• Phylloscopus montis paulinae (Mayr, E 1944)
  – Mountains of Timor (e Lesser Sundas).

Phylloscopus montis ssp. montis
Date : 07 November 2023
Location : KM1.5, Kinabalu Park, Ranau, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

Hill Blue-flycatcher

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

Hill Blue-flycatcher

Cyornis whitei

山蓝仙鹟 (shān lán-xiān-wēng)

    Malay : Sambar-Biru Bukit Biasa

    Japanese : ミヤマヒメアオヒタキ (miyama ao-hitaki)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 深山青鶲

Taxonomy update for 2021

Hill Blue Flycatcher Cyornis banyumas is split into :

- Hill Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis whitei)

- Javan Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis banyumas)
- Dayak Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis montanus)

With this split, Javan Blue Flycatcher becomes a critically endangered
species given its rare and declining population on Java.

    Size : 14–15.5 cm, 14-17 g

    

    Subspecies (4) and Distribution

• Cyornis whitei whitei (Harington, HH 1908)
  – NE Myanmar to s China, ne Thailand, n Laos and n Vietnam.
• Cyornis whitei lekhakuni (Deignan, HG 1956)
  – Eastern plateau of Thailand.
• Cyornis whitei deignani (Meyer de Schauensee, R 1939)
  – SE Thailand.
• Cyornis whitei coerulifrons (Baker, ECS 1918)
  – Malay Peninsula (south of Isthmus of Kra).

Cyornis whitei ssp. coerulifrons
Date : 18 May 2024

Location : Junction Jalan Lady Maxwell, Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang

Cyornis whitei ssp. coerulifrons
Date : 19 February 2024

Location : Junction Jalan Lady Maxwell, Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang

Cyornis whitei ssp. coerulifrons
Date : 19 February 2024

Location : Junction Jalan Lady Maxwell, Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, Daerah Raub, Pahang

Dayak Blue-flycatcher

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

Dayak Blue-flycatcher

Cyornis montanus

婆罗洲蓝仙鹟 (pó-luó-zhōu lán-xiān-wēng)

    Malay : Sambar-Biru Bukit Timur

    Japanese : ダヤクヒメアオヒタキ

    Kanji 日語漢字 : -

Taxonomy update for 2021

Hill Blue Flycatcher Cyornis banyumas is split into :

- Hill Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis whitei)

- Javan Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis banyumas)
- Dayak Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis montanus)

With this split, Javan Blue Flycatcher becomes a critically endangered
species given its rare and declining population on Java.

    Size : 14–15.5 cm, 14-17 g

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Monotypic. (Robinson, HC; Kinnear, NB 1928)
  – Borneo.
  

Date : 22 September 2022

Location : Trus Madi Forest Reserve, Tambunan, Bahagian Pedalaman, Sabah

Black-throated Wren-babbler

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Pellorneidae (Ground Babblers)

Black-throated Wren-babbler

Turdinus atrigularis

黑喉鹪鹛 (hēi-hóu jiāo-méi)

    Malay : Kekicau-Murai Besar Borneo

    Japanese : ノドグロサザイチメドリ (nodo-gurō sazai chime-dori)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 喉黒鷦鷯知目鳥

    Size : 18 cm; 61-71.5 g

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Monotypic. (Bonaparte, CLJL 1850, Borneo)
  – Patchily distributed forests of Borneo.

Date : 21 September 2022

Location : Trus Madi Forest Reserve, Tambunan, Bahagian Pedalaman, Sabah

Sunda Laughingthrush

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Leiotrichidae (Laughingthrushes and allies)

Sunda Laughingthrush

Garrulax palliatus

灰褐噪鹛 (huī-hè zào-méi)

    Malay : Kekicau-Raya Cenuk Kerak

    Japanese : チャバネガビチョウ (chabanegabichou)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : -

   

    Size : 24-25 cm

    Subspecies (2) and Distribution

• Garrulax palliatus palliatus (Bonaparte, CLJL 1850)
  – Montane forests of w Sumatra.
• Garrulax palliatus schistochlamys (Sharpe, RB 1888)
  – Montane forests of n Borneo.

Garrulax palliatus ssp. schistochlamys
Date : 19 September 2022

Location : Crocker Range Park (Gunung Alab Substation), Tambunan, 
Bahagian Pedalaman, Sabah

Bornean Black-capped Babbler

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Pellorneidae (Ground Babblers)

Bornean Black-capped Babbler

Pellorneum capistratoides

婆罗洲黑冠幽鹛 (pó-luó-zhōu mǎ-lái hēi-guàn yōu-méi)

    Malay : Kekicau-Tanah Ubun Hitam Borneo
    Japanese : ズグロジチメドリ (zu-guro ji-chime-dori)
    Kanji 日語漢字 : 頭黒地知目鳥

    Taxonomy update for 2023

Black-capped Babbler Pellorneum capistratum is split into Malayan Black-capped Babbler (Pellorneum nigrocapitatum), Bornean Black-capped Babbler (Pellorneum capistratoides), and Javan Black-capped Babbler (Pellorneum capistratum).

Subtle plumage differences, vocal differences, and genetic differences break
along familiar lines of endemism here.

    -  Malayan Black-capped Babbler (Pellorneum nigrocapitatum)

       RANGE: Malay Peninsula and Sumatra

    -  Bornean Black-capped Babbler (Pellorneum capistratoides)

       RANGE: Borneo

    -  Javan Black-capped Babbler (Pellorneum capistratum)

       RANGE: Java

    Size : 16-17 cm, 24-35 g

    

    Subspecies (2) and Distribution

• Pellorneum capistratoides capistratoides (Strickland, HE 1849)
  – W and s Borneo.
• Pellorneum capistratoides morrelli (Chasen, FN; Kloss, CB 1929)
  – N and e Borneo and Banggai Islands.

Pellorneum capistratoides ssp. morrelli

Date : 21 Septemmber 2022

Location : Trus Madi Forest Rerserve, Tambunan, Bahagian Pedalaman, Sabah

Bornean Stubtail

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

Bornean Stubtail

Urosphena whiteheadi

印尼短尾莺 (yìn-ní duán-wěi-yīng)

    Malay : Cekup Ekor-Pendek Borneo

    Japanese : ボルネオヤブサメ (boruneo yabusame)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : -

    Size : 9.5-10 cm, 10.4 g

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Monotypic. (Sharpe, RB 1888, Mt. Kinabalu, Borneo)
  – Mountains of n Borneo (Kinabalu to Liang Kubung).

Date : 09 November 2023
Location : KM 1.5, Kinabalu Park, Daerah Ranau, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

Everett's Thrush

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Turdidae (Thrushes)

Everett's Thrush

Zoothera everetti

埃氏地鸫 (āi-shì dì-dōng)

    Malay : Murai-Tanah Borneo

    Japanese : ムネアカジツグミ (muneakajitsugumi)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : -

    Size : 19-20 cm

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Monotypic. (Sharpe, RB 1892, Mount Dulit, northwest Borneo)
  – High mountains of n Borneo (Sarawak and Sabah).

Date : 07 November 2023
Location : KM 1.0 - 1.5, Kinabalu Park, Daerah Ranau, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

Superb Starling

This is not a Malaysia local bird, but from Africa... It might be the escapee from bird park nearby...
And I will still post it under Birds of Malaysia, because it was not caged when I photographed it...

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Sturnidae (Starlings)

Superb Starling

Lamprotornis superbus

栗头丽椋鸟 (lì-tóu lì liáng-niǎo)

    Malay : -

    Japanese : ツキノワテリムク (tsukino wateri muku-dori)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 月輪照椋鳥

    Size : 18 cm; 52–77 g

    

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Monotypic. (Rüppell, WPES 1845, Shoa, Ethiopia)

  – Southeastern South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, northern Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania.

Date : 07 August 2022

Location : Perdana Botanical Gardens, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

Date : 07 August 2022

Location : Perdana Botanical Gardens, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

White-crested Laughingthrush

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Leiotrichidae (Laughingthrushes and allies)

White-crested Laughingthrush

Garrulax leucolophus

白冠噪鹛 (bái-guān zào-méi)

    Malay : Kekicau-Raya Berjambul Biasa

    Japanese : ハクオウチョウ (haku-ō-chū)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 白翁鳥

   

    Size : 26-31 cm; 108-131g

    Subspecies (4) and Distribution

• Garrulax leucolophus leucolophus (Hardwicke, T 1816)
  – W Himalayas to Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Assam (Mishmi Hills).
• Garrulax leucolophus patkaicus (Reichenow, A 1913)
  – S Assam (s of the Brahmaputra) to n Myanmar and nw Yunnan.
• Garrulax leucolophus belangeri (Lesson, RP 1831)
  – S Myanmar and sw Thailand (valley of Mekong River).
• Garrulax leucolophus diardi (Lesson, RP 1831)
  – SE Myanmar to sw Yunnan, peninsular Thailand and Indochina.

Date : 18 September 2023

Location : Hala Bercham Selatan 1, Taman Gamelan Timur, Bercham, Ipoh, Perak

Racket-tailed Treepie

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Corvidae (Crows)

Racket-tailed Treepie

Crypsirina temia

盘尾树鹊 (pán-wěi shù-què)

    Malay : Gagak Ekor-Sudu Hitam

    Japanese : クロラケットオナガ (kuro raketto o-naga)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 黒ラケット尾長

    Size : 31-33 cm; c. 114-145 g

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Monotypic. (Daudin, FM 1800)
  – S Myanmar to n Malaya, Indochina, Java and Bali.

Date : 13 August 2023

Location : Tasik Melati Recreational Park, Kangar, Perlis

Date : 13 August 2023

Location : Tasik Melati Recreational Park, Kangar, Perlis

Penan Bulbul

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)

Penan Bulbul

Alophoixus ruficrissus

本南白喉褐冠鹎 (běn nán bái-hóu hè guān-bēi)

    Malay : Merbah-Berjanggut Gunung Borneo

    Japanese : シロハラカンムリヒヨドリ(ko aka-me cha-iro hiyo-dori)[ruficrissus/fowleri]

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 小赤目茶色鵯 [ruficrissus/fowleri]

Taxonomy update for 2021

Ochraceous Bulbul Alophoixus ochraceus is split into :

- Ochraceous Bulbul (Alophoixus ochraceus)
- Penan Bulbul (Alophoixus ruficrissus)
Penan Bulbul of Borneo is split from Ochraceous Bulbul which occurs
throughout the remainder of the range in SE Asia.

    

    Size : 19–22 cm; 35–46 g

    

    Subspecies (3) and Distribution

• Alophoixus ruficrissus ruficrissus (Sharpe, RB 1879)
  – Highlands of n Borneo (Mt Kinabalu).
• Alophoixus ruficrissus fowleri (Amadon, DA; Harrisson, TH 1957)
  – Montane areas of northern Borneo (except for Sabah).
• Alophoixus ruficrissus meratusensis (Shakya, SB; Irham, M; Brady, ML; Haryoko, T; Fitriana,
  YS; Johnson, O; Rahman, MA; Robi, NJ; Moyle, RG; Prawiradilaga, DM; Sheldon, FH 2020)
  – Southeastern Borneo (Meratus Mountains).

Alophoixus ruficrissus ssp. ruficrissus
Date : 21 September 2022
Location : Trus Madi Forest Reserve, Tambunan, Bahagian Pedalaman, Sabah

Alophoixus ruficrissus ssp. ruficrissus
Date : 13 February 2019

Location : Silau-silau Trail, Kinabalu Park, Ranau, Bahagian Pantai Barat, Sabah

Blue Nuthatch

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Sittidae (Nuthatches)

Blue Nuthatch

Sitta azurea

蓝䴓 (lán shī) / 天蓝䴓 (tiān lán shī)

    Malay : Pepatuk Gunung Melayu

    Japanese : ズグロゴジュウカラ (zu-guro gojū-kara)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 頭黒五十雀

    Size : 13·5 cm

    

    Subspecies (3) and Distribution

• Sitta azurea azurea (Lesson, RP 1830)
  – E Java.
• Sitta azurea expectata (Hartert, EJO 1914)
  – Malay Peninsula and Sumatra.
• Sitta azurea nigriventer (Robinson, HC; Kloss, CB 1919)
  – W Java.

Sitta azurea ssp. expectata
Date : 16 July 2023

Location : Jalan High Pines, Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras,
Daerah Raub, Pahang

Himalayan Cutia

Order - Passeriformes

Family - Leiothrichidae (Laughingthrushes and allies)

Himalayan Cutia

Cutia nipalensis

斑胁姬鹛 (bān xié jī-méi)

    Malay : Kekicau Rusuk Belang Biasa

    Japanese : セアカチメドリ (e-aka chime-dori)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 背赤知目鳥

    Size : 17-19 cm, 40-56 g

    

    Subspecies (3) and Distribution

• Cutia nipalensis nipalensis (Hodgson, BH 1837)
  – Nepal to e Assam, w Myanmar, s Sichuan and nw Yunnan.
• Cutia nipalensis melanchima (Deignan, HG 1947)
  – E Myanmar to s Yunnan, nw Thailand, n Laos and nw Tonkin.
• Cutia nipalensis cervinicrissa (Sharpe, RB 1888)
  – Highlands of Malay Peninsula (s Perak to s Selangor).

Cutia nipalensis ssp. cervinicrissa
Date : 16 July 2023
Location : Jalan High Pines (Campsite Sebelah Istana), Fraser's Hill, Mukim Tras, 
Daerah Raub, Pahang