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New Malaysian and Borneo record

Manchurian Bush-warbler Cettia canturians,a hitherto unheard-of warbler in Borneo and Malaysia was first spotted at Tip of Borneo, Sabah on 6th March 2015 by Zaim Hazim, the voice recording he made of the bird was later identified and a number of photographers and birders managed to take photos of the bird in the coming days.

An account of this significant discovery by one of our most senior birders can be found in the link below.

http://borneobirds.com/manchurian-bush-warbler/

Added by tswong on 2015-03-10

New Malaysian Record and rare migrant in Tawau

Mr. Stanley T Shao, a new bird photographer who took up the hobbby earlier this year, is one of the hardest working bird photographers in Sabah. He photographed two Sunda Teal (Anas gibberifrons) in Tinagat, Tawau on 20th December 2014. This species is basically an Indonesian bird and has been recorded in Kalimantan a number of times but this is the first record so far north in Borneo, and it is historic being the first record for Malaysia. The two ducks were very shy and skittish, they flew off as soon as Mr Shao alighted from his car trying to get closer. Lets hope that its occurrence here is a result of expansion of its natural range and we'll . . . [ read more ]

Added by tswong on 2014-12-22

Second photographic records of Spectacled FLowerpecker

Since 18^th June 2009, after Messrs David P. Edwards, Richard E. Webster and Rose Ann Rowlett published their account and first photographs of a flowerpecker (Spectacled Flowerpecker) suspected to be new to science from Borneo Rainforest Lodge, Danum Valley in Sabah, visiting and local birders have been trying to see/ photograph it in Danum Valley, however, it managed to elude them all, as n . . . [ read more ]

Added by tswong on 2014-09-06

Red-wattled Lapwing - first record from Borneo

Great news from our regular contributor, Mr. Roger Rajah, who resides in Negara Brunei Darussalam.

He took photograph of a Red-wattle Lapwing Venellus indicus atronuchalis, the eastern race of this sepcies, in Wasan Ricefields, Brunei Darussalam at 9.15 am on 23rd March 2014.

This species is resident in the Middle East through India to South East Asia, including Cochinchina and northern portion of Malay Peninsula. It has been recorded to migrate to Nortern Sumatra occassionally.

Congratulations to Mr. Roger Rajah on this fantastic find.

The links to the photos on Borneo Bird Images are as follows:

Added by tswong on 2014-04-28

Purple-backed Starling: Second record for Borneo!

Please go to the following link for details and photos.

http://digdeep1962.wordpress.com/2013/09/09/purple-backed-starling-second-record-for-borneo/