Saturday, June 24, 2017

RUFOUS-BROWED FLYCATCHER

Photographed at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, April 2017
1169                  RUFOUS-BROWED FLYCATCHER              Ficedula solitaris

MALAYSIA               83

Found in broad-leafed forest, bamboo; 760-1,400 m. 12-13 cm. Uncommon to locally communion peninsular Malaysia.





MOUNTAIN FULVETTA

Photographed at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, April 2017
1168               MOUNTAIN FULVETTA            Alcippe peracensis 

MALAYSIA               82

Found in middle and lower storeys in lower montane and upper montane forest, at 800-2,000 m, including forest edges, old landslides and overgrown cultivation. 15 cm. Ranges through hill forests in Indochina and discontinuously to mountains of Peninsula Malaysia.



WHITE-THROATED FANTAIL

Photographed at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, April 2017
1167               WHITE-THROATED FANTAIL            Rhipidura albicollis

MALAYSIA                81

Confined to lower montane forest, usually from c. 850 m upwards into upper montane forest as high as 2,070 m. 19 cm. Resident from the W Himalayas to S China and Southeast Asia as far as Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.



FIRE-BREASTED FLOWERPECKER

Photographed at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, April 2017
1166            FIRE-BREASTED FLOWERPECKER             Dicaeum ignipectus 

MALAYSIA            80

Found in broadleafed evergreen forests and secondary regrowth; 450 - 2,565 m. 8-9 cm. Common resident in SE Asia except SW Myanmar, C Thailand and Cochinchina.


LONG-TAILED BROADBILL

Photographed at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, April 2017
1165                LONG-TAILED BROADBILL              Psarisomus dalhousiae 

MALAYSIA            79

Found in montane forests at 850 - 1,500 m. 26 cm. Resident from central Himalayan foothills, through S China and Indochina to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.