HKBWS Forum 香港觀鳥會討論區 - Powered by Discuz! Board

Subject: [Oversea] Sabah trip 18-26 July [Print This Page]

Author: hgeorge Time: 15/08/2009 00:25 Subject: Sabah trip 18-26 July

Traveled to Sabah on 18-26July. Here are some recorded photos. Timpohan gate was pretty good for birds on the early morning.

Below are some special bird species found at Mt. Kinabula.
Red-breasted Partridge - four along the power station road
Maroon Woodpecker - timpohon gate
Black-breasted Fruit-hunter - timpohan gate
Pale-faced Bulbul (new spit from Flavescent Bulbul) - timpohan gate
Sunda Cuckoo-shrike - timpohon gate
Sunda Laughingthrush - timpohon gate
Bornean Whistling Thrush - timpohon gate
Mountain Black-eye - timpohon gate, often seen in small flock
Bornean Stubtail (sciencetif name as Urosphena white-headi, the only bird we saw named for whitehead's) - silau-silau trail
Temminck's Babbler - botanical garden
Little Pied Flycatcher - reception office
Black-sided Flowerpecker - reception office
Chestnut-crested Yuhina - many around
Golden-naped Barbet - many around
Bornean Whistler - many around

Image Attachment: [Mountain Wren Babbler (Borneo Endemic)] IMG_5644.JPG (15/08/2009 00:25, 37.94 KB) / Download count 534
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4110

Image Attachment: [Eye-browed Jungle Flycatcher] IMG_5940.JPG (15/08/2009 00:25, 44.13 KB) / Download count 518
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4111

Image Attachment: [Yellow-breasted Warbler] IMG_5646.JPG (15/08/2009 00:25, 45.68 KB) / Download count 534
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4112

Image Attachment: [Bornean Stubtail (Borneo Endemic)] IMG_5896.JPG (15/08/2009 00:25, 61.37 KB) / Download count 515
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4113

Image Attachment: [Bornean Whlistling Thrush (Borneo Endemic)] IMG_5615.JPG (15/08/2009 00:25, 41.61 KB) / Download count 495
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4114

Image Attachment: [Temmick's Sunbird] IMG_5653.JPG (15/08/2009 00:25, 44.62 KB) / Download count 445
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4115

Image Attachment: [Sunda Bush Warbler] IMG_5633.JPG (15/08/2009 00:25, 31.05 KB) / Download count 461
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4116

Image Attachment: [Sunda Bush Warbler] IMG_5632.JPG (15/08/2009 00:25, 38.07 KB) / Download count 463
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4117

Image Attachment: [Bornean Treepie (Borneo Endemic)] IMG_5603.JPG (15/08/2009 00:25, 47.73 KB) / Download count 516
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4118

Image Attachment: [Ochraceous Bulbul] IMG_5651.JPG (15/08/2009 00:25, 39.48 KB) / Download count 504
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4119

Author: hgeorge Time: 15/08/2009 00:30

Many mammals at Mt. Kinabula especially squirrel. Also seen Shew-faced Ground Squirrel Rhinosciurus laticaudatus, Whitehead's Pygmy Squirrel Exilisciurus whiteheadi (mammal named for whitehead's) and Plain Pigmy Squirrel Exilisciurus exilis inside the park.

Image Attachment: [Kinabalu Squirrel Callosciurs baluensis] 001.bmp (15/08/2009 00:30, 488.33 KB) / Download count 504
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4120

Image Attachment: [Jentink's Squirrel Sundasciurus jentinki] IMG_5900s.JPG (15/08/2009 00:30, 61.87 KB) / Download count 492
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4121

Image Attachment: [Bornean Mountain Ground Squirrel Dremomys everetti] IMG_5770.JPG (15/08/2009 00:30, 35.7 KB) / Download count 519
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4122

Image Attachment: [Brooke's Squirrel Sundasciurus brookei ?] IMG_5622s.JPG (15/08/2009 00:30, 48.67 KB) / Download count 514
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4123

Image Attachment: [Mountain Giant Rat Sundamys infraluteus] IMG_0733s.JPG (15/08/2009 00:30, 92.11 KB) / Download count 573
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4124

Author: hgeorge Time: 15/08/2009 00:43

Some insects and amphibians and reptiles from Mt. Kinabula.

Image Attachment: [Phoxophrys cephalum (Mocquard, 1890)] IMG_5540.JPG (15/08/2009 00:43, 45.69 KB) / Download count 475
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4125

Image Attachment: [Phoxophrys cephalum (Mocquard, 1890)] IMG_5709.JPG (15/08/2009 00:43, 53.95 KB) / Download count 473
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4126

Image Attachment: [Cyrtodactylus baluensis (Mocquard, 1890), north Borneo Endemic] IMG_5873.JPG (15/08/2009 00:43, 50.76 KB) / Download count 507
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4127

Image Attachment: [unknown Kalophrynus sp] IMG_0813.JPG (15/08/2009 00:43, 62.77 KB) / Download count 485
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4128

Image Attachment: [Brown Bush Frog Philautus petersi] IMG_5804.JPG (15/08/2009 00:43, 46.76 KB) / Download count 463
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4129

Image Attachment: [Calvisia punctulata Redtenbacher, 1908] IMG_5692.JPG (15/08/2009 00:43, 45.87 KB) / Download count 460
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4130

Image Attachment: [Phenacephorus cornucervi Brunner, 1907] IMG_6018.JPG (15/08/2009 00:43, 40.23 KB) / Download count 461
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4131

Image Attachment: IMG_5555.JPG (15/08/2009 00:43, 47.93 KB) / Download count 440
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4132

Image Attachment: IMG_5975.JPG (15/08/2009 00:43, 29.89 KB) / Download count 463
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4133

Image Attachment: IMG_0659.JPG (15/08/2009 00:43, 53.83 KB) / Download count 459
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4134

Image Attachment: IMG_5663.JPG (15/08/2009 00:43, 56.69 KB) / Download count 441
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4135

Image Attachment: IMG_5912.JPG (15/08/2009 00:43, 34.97 KB) / Download count 486
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4136

Image Attachment: IMG_5561.JPG (15/08/2009 00:43, 23.6 KB) / Download count 430
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4137

Image Attachment: IMG_6044.JPG (15/08/2009 00:43, 35.58 KB) / Download count 425
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4138

Author: hgeorge Time: 15/08/2009 00:47

unknown snake, seems like our local species - Cylindrophis ruffus. May be the bornean species under this genus.

Image Attachment: IMG_1004.JPG (15/08/2009 00:47, 95.3 KB) / Download count 512
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4139

Image Attachment: IMG_6065.JPG (15/08/2009 00:47, 56.12 KB) / Download count 477
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4140

Image Attachment: IMG_6067.JPG (15/08/2009 00:47, 48.88 KB) / Download count 411
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4141

Author: hgeorge Time: 15/08/2009 00:54

We also went to Poring Hot Spring. Not so many birds there but so many people there. Just got some special birds as following …

Dusky Munia
Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker
Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
Purple-naped Sunbird
Brown-throated Sunbird
Little Spiderhunter
Grey-breasted Spiderhunter
Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
Yellow-bellied Warbler
Horsfield's Babbler
Yellow-bellied Bulbul
Hairy-backed Bulbul
Yellow-vented Bulbul
Cream-vented Bulbul
Green Iora
Common Iora
Greater Green Leafbird
Black-headed Bulbul
Rufous Woodpecker
Crimson-winged Woodpecker
Yellow-crowned Barbet
Rufous Piculet
Zebra Dove
Raffles's Malkoha

Image Attachment: [White-rumped Shama borneo enedmic subsp stricklandii] IMG_6102.JPG (15/08/2009 00:54, 35.83 KB) / Download count 379
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4142

Image Attachment: [Hairy-backed Bulbul] IMG_6104.JPG (15/08/2009 00:54, 41.34 KB) / Download count 387
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4143

Image Attachment: [Dusky Munia - Borneo Endemic] IMG_6189.JPG (15/08/2009 00:54, 94.45 KB) / Download count 395
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4144

Image Attachment: [Prevost's Squirrel Callosciurus prevostii pluto] IMG_6216.JPG (15/08/2009 00:54, 75.46 KB) / Download count 420
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4145

Author: hgeorge Time: 15/08/2009 01:04

Other wildlife in poring hot spring

Image Attachment: [Rafflesia keithii Meijer] IMG_1017.JPG (15/08/2009 01:04, 90.56 KB) / Download count 374
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4146

Image Attachment: [Rafflesia keithii Meijer] IMG_1024.JPG (15/08/2009 01:04, 69.5 KB) / Download count 435
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4147

Image Attachment: [Rafflesia keithii Meijer] IMG_1019.JPG (15/08/2009 01:04, 90.59 KB) / Download count 486
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4148

Image Attachment: [Malaysian Soft Shelled Turtle Dogania subplana (Geoffroy, 1809)] IMG_1062.JPG (15/08/2009 01:04, 101.77 KB) / Download count 425
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4149

Image Attachment: [Spiny Slender Toad Ansonia spinulifer] IMG_6132.JPG (15/08/2009 01:04, 39.89 KB) / Download count 419
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4150

Image Attachment: [Rough Guardian Frog Limnonectes finchi] IMG_6164.JPG (15/08/2009 01:04, 68.44 KB) / Download count 360
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4151

Image Attachment: [Hemidactylus frenatus Dumeril & Bibron, 1836] IMG_6187.JPG (15/08/2009 01:04, 36.57 KB) / Download count 353
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4152

Image Attachment: [Gonocephalus bornensis (Schlegel, 1848)] IMG_6195.JPG (15/08/2009 01:04, 61.99 KB) / Download count 384
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4153

Image Attachment: [Bronchocela cristatella (Kuhl, 1820)] IMG_6203 (2).JPG (15/08/2009 01:04, 71.43 KB) / Download count 367
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4154

Image Attachment: [Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906)] IMG_6156.JPG (15/08/2009 01:04, 55.19 KB) / Download count 471
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4155

Image Attachment: [Aretaon asperrimus (Redtenbacher, 1906)] IMG_6135.JPG (15/08/2009 01:04, 45.59 KB) / Download count 345
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4156

Author: hgeorge Time: 15/08/2009 01:12

Finally, we tried to find wildlife around Kota Kinabula, and we went to the wetland park for birding and want to the Manukan Island for finding the Tabon Scrubfowl (two were seen along the footpath).

Special birds as following:
Striated Heron
Brahminy Kite
White-bellied Sea Eagle
Little Green Pigeon
Pink-necked Green Pigeon
Green Imperial Pigeon
Blue-eared Kingfisher
Collared Kingfisher
Pied Fantail

Thanks for Geoff Welch for lending the cannon lens for us . Thanks!

Image Attachment: [White-breasted Wood-swallow] IMG_6233.JPG (15/08/2009 01:12, 17.29 KB) / Download count 378
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4157

Image Attachment: [Pink-necked Green Pigeon] IMG_6257.JPG (15/08/2009 01:12, 49.24 KB) / Download count 395
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4158

Image Attachment: [Green Imperial Pigeon] IMG_6247.JPG (15/08/2009 01:12, 61.56 KB) / Download count 325
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4159

Image Attachment: [Four-lined Tree Frog Polypedates leucomystax, southern side of KK] IMG_6231.JPG (15/08/2009 01:12, 72.73 KB) / Download count 341
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4160

Author: wleepoin Time: 15/08/2009 06:39

Hi George,
Congratulations ! This is great ! Really like the frogs, but we did not see many around.

PWMK

Author: kmatthew Time: 15/08/2009 11:29

Thanks for sharing George!! Your wildlife photos are excellent!!

Your unknown snake looks very much like a Red-tailed Pipe Snake Cylindrophis ruffus, but I am not 100% sure.

Author: hgeorge Time: 15/08/2009 20:33

hi pwmk,
thanks... i think you can find many frogs at Danum valley. i will be there next time.
george

hi matthew,
I think our hk reptiles book did'nt update the name. Calamaria septentrionalis should be Cylindrophis ruffus，(Laurenti， 1768). Two species of Cylindrophis and two species of Anomochilus are known from Borneo. The two in genus Anomochilus do not have 'red tail'. I suppose the snake is possibily the Cylindrophis lineatus，Blanford，1881, but i don't have more references for the ID. In Stuebing, 1994: 967, "Cylindrophis lineatus in the sarawak museum are indistingishable from C. rufus taken from the same collection."

general information from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylindrophiidae
STUEBING, R. A new species of Cylindrophis (Serpentes: Cylindrophiidae) from Sarawak, Western Borneo. Pp. 967-973. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.
http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/42/42rbz967-973.pdf
SMITH, L.A. & SIDIK, I. Description of a new species of Cylindrophis (Serpentes: Cylindrophiidae) from Yamdena Island, Tanimbar Archipelago, Indonesia. Pp. 419-424. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.
http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/46/46rbz419-424.pdf
Anomochilus weberi image
'http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/mousetrap/resources/Grzimek_herps/Anomochilidae/Anomochilus_weberi.jpg
Anomochilus leonardi image
'http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/mousetrap/resources/Grzimek_herps/Anomochilidae/Anomochilus_leonardi.jpg

george

Author: hgeorge Time: 19/08/2009 17:50

Add one more photo. Just a game.
Can you find something in the photo??? Not difficult.

Image Attachment: IMG_0848.JPG (19/08/2009 17:50, 55.65 KB) / Download count 376
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4166

Author: hgeorge Time: 26/08/2009 19:12

The answer is a leaf-katydid (Orthoptera: subfamily Pseudophyllinae Burmeister, 1838).

Image Attachment: IMG_0848_2.JPG (26/08/2009 19:12, 56.81 KB) / Download count 404
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4193

Image Attachment: IMG_0849.JPG (26/08/2009 19:12, 51.6 KB) / Download count 378
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4194

Image Attachment: IMG_5921.JPG (26/08/2009 19:12, 32.36 KB) / Download count 362
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/attachment.php?aid=4195

Welcome to HKBWS Forum 香港觀鳥會討論區 (http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/)