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| Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017 |
MALAYSIA 34
Commonly associated with human habitat, including ports, towns, villages, factories, rural settlements to 1,400 m. 14 cm. Throughout Asia.
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EURASIAN TREE-SPARROW
MALAYSIA 34
Commonly associated with human habitat, including ports, towns, villages, factories, rural settlements to 1,400 m. 14 cm. Throughout Asia.
WHITE-THROATED KINGFISHER
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| Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017 |
MALAYSIA 33
Found in a wide variety of habitats near human habitation, such as mangroves, agricultural areas, plantations, gardens and urban areas. 28 cm. The most common resident kingfisher throughout Malaysia.
PADDYFIELD PIPIT
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| Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017 |
(* 897) PADDYFIELD PIPIT Anthus rufulus
MALAYSIA 32
Found on short grass such as airfields and golf courses. 16 cm. Range: India and S China through Indo-Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, the Philippines and Lesser Sundra.
ASHY DRONGO
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| Photographed in Langkawi, April 2017 |
(* 838) ASHY DRONGO Dicrurus leucophaeus
MALAYSIA 31
Predominantly in mangroves, and open ground with fairly close trees that provide sites for foraging insects; migrants tend to occur more in parkland and gardens. 28 cm. Resident from Afghanistan eastwards through S China and Southeast Asia to Palawan, Borneo, Java, Bali and Lombok; migrant to Southeast Asia, including Peninsula Malaysia and Singapore.
PIN-STRIPPED TIT-BABBLER
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| Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017 |
MALAYSIA 30
Found in open broad-leaved evergreen and deciduous forest, peat swamps, bamboo; up to 1,525 m. Common resident throughout SE Asia except Thailand.
COMMON HILL-MYNA
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| Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017 |
MALAYSIA 29
Found in the canopy of evergreen rainforest in the extreme lowlands, extending up hill slopes only on some off-shore islands. 29 cm. Resident on Peninsula Malaysia.
RED-EYED BULBUL
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| Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017 |
MALAYSIA 28
Found in middle storey and canopy of forests' often occurs down to lower levels in forest and forest edges, from sea-level up to 900 m. 19 cm. Resident from S Myanmar and Peninsula Thailand to Malaysia and Singapore, Sumatra and Borneo.
COMMON TAILORBIRD
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| Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017 |
MALAYSIA 27
Widespread through cultivation, gardens, plantations, scrub, roadsides and riverbanks. 12 cm. Throughout Peninsula Malaysia.
CHANGEABLE HAWK-EAGLE
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| Changeable Hawk-eagle, dark morph, photographed on Langkawi, April 2017 |
MALAYSIA 26
Raptor of wooded country and forest, or of forest patches a matrix of agriculture and settlements. 60-75 cm. Resident at low elevations in peninsula Malaysia.
CRIMSON SUNBIRD
(* 886) CRIMSON SUNBIRD Aethopyga siparaja
MALAYSIA 25
Occurs in forest edges, gardens, mangroves and peat-swamp forest. 11-13.5 cm. Throughout all of Southeast Asia.
BRAHMINY KITE
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| Photographed Langkawi 2017 |
MALAYSIA 24
Common raptor along coastal areas, but can also be found inland, above rice fields, former tin mining wetlands and cities/towns with urban wetlands. 45 cm. Common resident at low elevation throughout Malaysia.
ASIAN BROWN FLYCATCHER
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| Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017 |
MALAYSIA 23
Found in gardens, and parklands with tall scattered trees, and forest edges. 13.5 cm. Migrant and perhaps resident throughout Malaysia Peninsula.
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