SLATY-BREASTED RAIL

Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017

(*  919)               SLATY-BREASTED RAIL               Gallirallus striatus

MALAYSIA             63

Found in inland freshwater swamps, flooded rice fields, roadbeds and grasslands. 25 cm. Resident at low elevations in Peninsular Malaysia.

BLACK-BACKED SWAMPHEN

Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017

1149                 BLACK-BACKED SWAMPHEN                Porphyrio indicus                  

MALAYSIA                62

Seen in swampy habitat. 42 cm. Resident across much of Africa, the Mediterranean, and Middle East through S. Asia and to Australasia and Oceania, including Malaysian Peninsula.

BROWN SHRIKE

Photographed on Langkawi, Malaysia, April 2017

(*   928)               BROWN SHRIKE             Lanius cristatus 

MALAYSIA                 61

Found in cultivation, gardens and open ground with bushes, scattered trees and grassland. 19 cm. Resident through vast areas of temperate E. Asia.

ORIENTAL PRATINCOLE

Photographed on Langkawi, Malaysia, April 2017

(*   809)             ORIENTAL PRATINCOLE             Gladiola maldivarum 

MALAYSIA              60

Found in marshes, large rivers, lakes, dry rice paddies and open country. 23-24 cm. Scare to locally common breeding visitor and passage migrant to Peninsula Malaysia. 

LITTLE EGRET

Photographed on Langkawi, Malaysia, April 2017

(*   558)                LITTLE EGRET               Egretta garzetta     

MALAYSIA              59

Found in both natural and man-made wetlands. 55-65 cm. Ranges across Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. Mainly passage migrant and winter visitor to Malaysia, scattered records of breeding.

BLUE-THROATED BEE-EATER

Photographed on Langkawi, Malaysia, April 2017

(*   884)             BLUE-THROATED BEE-EATER                  Merops viridis

MALAYSIA                 58

Frequents open habitats, such as beach scrubs, forming tin-mining areas, and rice fields. 23 cm. Found from S China to Southeast Asia. Common breeding visitor to Malaysia.

HOUSE CROW

Photographed on Langkawi, Malaysia, April 2017

(*   339)              HOUSE CROW                Corvus splendens

MALAYSIA               57

Found in towns, villages and around human habitat. 42 cm. Normally resident from Afghanistan eastwards through Indian sub-continent and S China to SW Thailand; present in Malaysian Peninsula since c. 1904.

ASIAN KOEL

Photographed on Langkawi, Malaysia, April 2017

(*   882)                   ASIAN KOEL                  Eudynamys scolopaceus   

MALAYSIA               56

Seen in coastal areas, plantations, and wooded gardens in towns and cities. 42 cm. Found across India, China andSoutheast Asia to Australia; In Malaysia and Singapore, residents boosted by passage migrants and winter visitors.