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.

ASIAN GLOSSY STARLING

Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017

(*  850)                      ASIAN GLOSSY STARLING               Aplonis panayensis    

MALAYSIA                55

Found in mangroves and coast to inland in all habitats except dry land forest; abundant in towns and villages, parkland and secondary woodland. 20 cm. Resident in Malaysian Peninsula.

YELLOW BITTERN

Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017

(*  886)               YELLOW BITTERN                 Ixobrychus eurhythmus

MALAYSIA               54

Found stalking or hiding in thick vegetation and roadbeds at edge of wetlands such as rivers and canals. 37 cm. Resident in Peninsula Malaysia.

BLACK BITTERN

Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017

(*  716)            BLACK BITTERN               Duper flavicollis

MALAYSIA                   53

Mainly nocturnal; found in tall, thick reeds and grasses at edge of ponds and rivers. 58 cm. Non-breeding migrant to Malaysian Peninsula.

RED-COLLARED DOVE

Photographed Langkawi, April 2017

(*   1048)               RED-COLLARED DOVE               Streptopelia tranquebarica

MALAYSIA                53

Found in drier open country, scrub, cultivation, up to 1,200m. 23-24.5 cm. Feral resident in Malaysian Peninsula.

GREAT EGRET

Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017

(*   241)                  GREAT EGRET              Ardea alba

MALAYSIA                    51

Found in wide variety of natural and man-made wetlands. 85-100 cm. Mostly migrants in Peninsula Malaysia, a small breeding population.

GREY HERON

Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017

(*   370)                  GREY HERON                   Ardea cinerea

MALAYSIA                50

Found along coastal and inland wetlands. 90-98 cm. Both resident and migrant in Malaysian Peninsula.

PURPLE HERON

Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017

(*  261)             PURPLE HERON           Areda purpurea

MALAYSIA                49  

Associated with brackish and freshwater wetlands. 80-90 cm. Resident and migrant in Peninsula Malaysia.

WHITE-HEADED MUNIA

Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017

(*  813)                  WHITE-HEADED MUNIA             Lonchura maja

MALAYSIA              48

Found in grassland, cultivation, rice paddies, scrub,up to 500 m. 11.5 cm. Uncommon to locally fairly common resident Peninsula Malaysia.

BROWN-BACKED NEEDLETAIL

Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017

1148             BROWN-BACKED NEEDLETAIL                 Hirundapus giganteus

MALAYSIA                  47

Seen over forested and open areas, up to 2,000 m. 21-24.5 cm. Uncommon winter visitor and passage migrant through Malaysian Peninsula.

LESSER WHISTLING-DUCK

Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017

(*  901)               LESSER WHISTLING-DUCK                  Dendrocygna javanica

MALAYSIA              46

Lowland lakes, large rivers and marshes. 40 cm. Found throughout SE Asia. 

CHINESE POND-HERON

Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017

(*  941)               CHINESE POND-HERON              Ardeola bacchus

MALAYSIA              45

Found in a variety of wetlands, from coastal mangroves to former tin-mine ponds. 45-52 cm. Common non-breeding visitor to Peninsula Malaysia.

WOOD SANDPIPER

Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017

(*  492)                 WOOD SANDPIPER                 Tringa glareola

MALAYSIA               44

Very common in freshwater marshes, wet rice fields and mangroves, and where swamp forest has been newly cleared. 23 cm. Non-breeding migrant through Peninsula Malaysia.