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  1. Bornean Crested Fireback

    Bornean Crested Fireback

    Another pretty endemic from the lowland rainforest of Sabah
  2. Bornean Ground-Cuckoo

    Bornean Ground-Cuckoo

    Hard to get this bird last time without the bird hide!
  3. Bulwer's Pheasant

    Bulwer's Pheasant

    Shot from the hide and it used to be so difficult to see this bird in Sabah before the year 2021...
  4. Eastern Marsh Harrier

    Eastern Marsh Harrier

    How I wished I have longer lens for this migrant!
  5. Banded Kingfisher

    Banded Kingfisher

    Could be split in the future and this one usually hunt on the top canopy in the rainforest
  6. Asian Glossy Starling

    Asian Glossy Starling

    Common but pretty when the lightning was ideal for pictures...
  7. Jason Bugay Reyes

    Borneo Big Year 2022

    Had a great year with friends around the world during my 1st Big Year done in Sabah and Sarawak during the post-Covid in 2022. More info in the blog Sabah/Sarawak Big Year 2022 At Sook Lake watching the Malaysian Eared Nightjar With good friend of mine; Susan Myers, author for the Birds of...
  8. Jason Bugay Reyes

    Birding in the rain

    Few days with Pin and family with the rain and some of cooperative birds such as Black-crowned Pitta and Whitehead's Broadbill. More in the blog https://jasonbugayreyes.blogspot.com/2024/02/birding-in-rain.html
  9. Crimson Sunbird

    Crimson Sunbird

    Feeding on the bottle brush flower...
  10. Hair-crested Drongo

    Hair-crested Drongo

    Endemic subspecies in Sabah
  11. Grey-hooded Babbler

    Grey-hooded Babbler

    Newer split as per eBird and became the latest addition for Bornean endemics joining others such as Black-crowned Pitta and White-fronted Falconet 🤤
  12. Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush

    Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush

    Common endemic in Sabah hehehe
  13. Ornate Sunbird

    Ornate Sunbird

    Common around gardens etc
  14. Eyebrowed Wren-Babbler

    Eyebrowed Wren-Babbler

    One of the rarest birds in Sabah!
  15. Bornean Black Magpie

    Bornean Black Magpie

    One of the endemic subspecies found in Sabah
  16. Yellow-bellied Prinia

    Yellow-bellied Prinia

    Small but loud!
  17. Banded Kingfisher

    Banded Kingfisher

    Probably endemic subspecies for Borneo too
  18. C

    Danum Valley, Sabah

    I was wondering if anybody has visited the Danum Valley Field Centre in the last few months and had any insight into the logistics of birding there with/without a guide? Having read many reports on cloudbirders, most birders talk of contacting the Danum Valley Field Centre Office and arranging...
  19. Sunda Scimitar-Babbler

    Sunda Scimitar-Babbler

    Hard to get clean image of this bird due to its skulking behaviour...
  20. Jason Bugay Reyes

    Birding at Rundum Highland, Sabah

    Spent around 5 days with the gang and some exciting discoveries were made such as White-rumped Shama and Eyebrowed Wren-Babbler. More on the blog here Rundum Highland, Tenom
  21. Jason Bugay Reyes

    Yellow Bunting...

    Saw another vagrant at Tempasuk Plain, Kota Belud yesterday morning and it was a first country record :D More on the blog at the link below. Yellow Bunting
  22. Everett's Thrush

    Everett's Thrush

    Uncommon to rare Thrush from Mt. Kinabalu...
  23. Thick-billed Spiderhunter

    Thick-billed Spiderhunter

    Thicker on the base of the culmen for both mandibles hence the name given hehehe
  24. Whitehead's Broadbill

    Whitehead's Broadbill

    The largest and prettiest Broadbill in Sabah!
  25. Blue-eared Kingfisher

    Blue-eared Kingfisher

    Small and beautiful taken during the river cruise
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