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Wrinkled Hornbill by Glen Valentine
Rockjumper’s comprehensive tour of Peninsula Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo (Sabah) certainly offers some of the best birding and mammal viewing in all of Asia, and this year’s tour was no exception. Glen Valentine’s recent tour through this bird and mammal rich region encountered an exceptional number of the area’s most prized birds and unique mammals.
Birding highlights included 6 species of pitta (Blue-headed, Black-crowned, Bornean Banded, Malayan Banded, Hooded and Garnet), the endemic and monotypic Bornean Bristlehead, the once mythical Mountain Peacock-Pheasant, Malaysian Partridge, the endangered Storm’s Stork, the rare and beautiful Jambu Fruit Dove, Barred Eagle-Owl, Blyth’s Frogmouth, Malaysian Eared Nightjar, Malaysian Plover, 6 species of trogon – including the sought-after Whitehead’s variety – the superb and seldom-seen Rufous-collared Kingfisher, 8 species of magnificent hornbill – including the regal Rhinoceros and Helmeted Hornbills – 10 species of barbet, an incredible 18 species of woodpecker – including Great Slaty, the world’s largest extant woodpecker – White-fronted Falconet, 7 species of broadbill, the unique Crested Jay, Bornean Stubtail, Bare-headed and Black Laughingthrushes, Blue Nuthatch, the very rare Everett’s Thrush and a wealth of raptors, Spiderhunters, flowerpeckers, Leafbirds, tailorbirds, flycatchers, dazzling sunbirds, cuckooshrikes, malkohas, bulbuls and babblers!
On the mammal front, they enjoyed sightings of Bornean Orangutan, Proboscis Monkey, Bornean and White-handed Gibbons, the rarely-seen Siamang, beautiful Leopard Cat, Malay Civet, Malay Weasel and Malayan Colugo amongst a number of other wonderful and eye-catching species.
Wrinkled Hornbill by Glen Valentine
Rockjumper’s comprehensive tour of Peninsula Malaysia and Malaysian Borneo (Sabah) certainly offers some of the best birding and mammal viewing in all of Asia, and this year’s tour was no exception. Glen Valentine’s recent tour through this bird and mammal rich region encountered an exceptional number of the area’s most prized birds and unique mammals.
Birding highlights included 6 species of pitta (Blue-headed, Black-crowned, Bornean Banded, Malayan Banded, Hooded and Garnet), the endemic and monotypic Bornean Bristlehead, the once mythical Mountain Peacock-Pheasant, Malaysian Partridge, the endangered Storm’s Stork, the rare and beautiful Jambu Fruit Dove, Barred Eagle-Owl, Blyth’s Frogmouth, Malaysian Eared Nightjar, Malaysian Plover, 6 species of trogon – including the sought-after Whitehead’s variety – the superb and seldom-seen Rufous-collared Kingfisher, 8 species of magnificent hornbill – including the regal Rhinoceros and Helmeted Hornbills – 10 species of barbet, an incredible 18 species of woodpecker – including Great Slaty, the world’s largest extant woodpecker – White-fronted Falconet, 7 species of broadbill, the unique Crested Jay, Bornean Stubtail, Bare-headed and Black Laughingthrushes, Blue Nuthatch, the very rare Everett’s Thrush and a wealth of raptors, Spiderhunters, flowerpeckers, Leafbirds, tailorbirds, flycatchers, dazzling sunbirds, cuckooshrikes, malkohas, bulbuls and babblers!
On the mammal front, they enjoyed sightings of Bornean Orangutan, Proboscis Monkey, Bornean and White-handed Gibbons, the rarely-seen Siamang, beautiful Leopard Cat, Malay Civet, Malay Weasel and Malayan Colugo amongst a number of other wonderful and eye-catching species.