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  1. Grey Chested Jungle Flycatcher, Rhinomyias umbratilis

    Grey Chested Jungle Flycatcher, Rhinomyias umbratilis

    Grey Chested Jungle Flycatcher, Rhinomyias umbratilis. Small, pale grey and brown bird Sukau Rainforest Reserve, Kinabatangan River, Sabah, East Malaysia, Borneo, SouthEast Asia. Photographed at night while floating down the Kinabatangan River.
  2. Male Helmeted Hornbill, Rhinoplax vigil,

    Male Helmeted Hornbill, Rhinoplax vigil,

    High in the canopy of the jungle. The Helmeted Hornbill, Rhinoplax vigil, is a very large bird in the hornbill family. It is found in the Malay peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. This species has a bare, wrinkled throat patch, blue in females, red in males. The casque is large and heavy looking and...
  3. Christmas Present !!

    Christmas Present !!

    The Christmas present of my fiance while we were in Brazil for bird teaching project was to find this wonderful raptor. It didn't move for four minutes perching silently on a branch then disappeared inside the dense primary forest. We didn't see that species anymore for the rest of our five...
  4. Good friend inside the forest

    Good friend inside the forest

    This bird is one of the few that can be photographed easily inside the primary forest in Amazonia. It stays long periods on the same branch, or catching insects in a flycatcher-like fashion. Valry http://www.valeryschollaert.com/index.php?lang=english
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