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| Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017 |
MALAYSIA 22
Frequents limestone outcrops but forages many kilometres beyond these breeding sites over forests and cultivation. 18-20 cms. range throughout Malaysian Peninsula but not yet Singapore.
Friday, June 2, 2017
RUFOUS-BELLIED SWALLOW
MALAYSIA 22
Frequents limestone outcrops but forages many kilometres beyond these breeding sites over forests and cultivation. 18-20 cms. range throughout Malaysian Peninsula but not yet Singapore.
CHESTNUT-HEADED BEE-EATER
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| Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017 |
MALAYSIA 21
Found in open broad-leafed, evergreen, semi-evergreen and mixed deciduous forest and bamboo, forest edge and clearings, coastal scrubs, mangrove, island forests, sometimes plantations up to 1,830 m. 21-22.5 cm. Fairly common resident in northern Malaysian Peninsula, uncommon non-breeding visitor to the south.
SCALY-BREASTED MUNIA
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| Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017 |
MALAYSIA 20
Associated with human cultivation, especially paddy fields, grassland, old mining land and suburban areas. 10 cm. In Malaysian Peninsula since 1993.
BAYA WEAVER
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| Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017 |
MALAYSIA 19
Found among coconut palms, grasslands and the edges of secondary woodland or oil palm estates,where tall grass is adjacent to suitable nesting trees. 15 cm. Resident from India and Sri Lanka to S China and parts of Southeast Asia as far as Peninsula Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Java and Bali.
BLACK-NAPED ORIOLE
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| Photographed on Langkawi, March 2017 |
(* 895) BLACK-NAPED ORIOLE Oriolus chinensis
MALAYSIA 18
Found in gardens, parkland, orchards, and secondary woodland in lowlands. 26 cm. Naturally resident from Mongolia, migrant to Malaysia, but natural and human-assisted spread of residents through Singapore and Peninsula Malaysia since 1925.
MALAYSIA 18
Found in gardens, parkland, orchards, and secondary woodland in lowlands. 26 cm. Naturally resident from Mongolia, migrant to Malaysia, but natural and human-assisted spread of residents through Singapore and Peninsula Malaysia since 1925.
DARK-NECKED TAILORBIRD
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| Photographed on Langkawi, March 2017 |
MALAYSIA 17
Found in forest canopies from extreme lowlands to montane forest at 1,100 m and especially understory along logging tracks and forest edges, riverbanks, and dense tangled secondary growth. 12 cm. India and southernmost China through southeast Asia to Singapore, Sumatra, the Anabas and Borneo.
SPOTTED DOVE
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| Photographed on Langkawi, March 2017 |
(* 50) SPOTTED DOVE Streptopelia chinensis
MALAYSIA 16
inhabits open country, scrub, plantations, gardens and villages. 30 cm. Common resident inn Malaysia.
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