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| Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017 |
MALAYSIA 35
Found in freshwater marshes, vegetated wetlands, roadbeds, sometimes more open wetlands, wet rice paddies, scrub, drier cultivation and mangroves. 21-26.5 cm.
Monday, June 5, 2017
RUDDY-BREASTED CRAKE
MALAYSIA 35
Found in freshwater marshes, vegetated wetlands, roadbeds, sometimes more open wetlands, wet rice paddies, scrub, drier cultivation and mangroves. 21-26.5 cm.
Saturday, June 3, 2017
EURASIAN TREE-SPARROW
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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.
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.
Friday, June 2, 2017
RUFOUS-BELLIED SWALLOW
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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.
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.
Thursday, June 1, 2017
DOLLARBIRD
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| Photographed Langkawi, March 2017 |
MALAYSIA 15
Encountered in mangroves, beach scrub, plantations and open country, usually on prominent vantage points. 30 cm. Resident from India to Southeast Asia and Australia; populations ar augmented by migrants from the north.
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