Fire-tufted Barbet
Red-headed Trogon
One of the most colorful birds I spotted around this area is the Red-headed Trogon. There are twice, both morning and evening time, these birds were seen perched quietly on the tree branch, turning its head like a model on a catwalk, put up a magnificent show for all its adoring fans below...The head, neck and upper breast of an adult male is crimson red, it has a brown back, and barred black-and-white wings. Female has a more faded-red belly and a brown head. Both sexes, when seen from below, have a sharply contrasting and graduated black-and-white tail pattern. I am really happy to be able to uncheck this beauty during this trip.
Large Niltava Male
Large Niltava (Niltava grandis) is another colourful and very active birds can be spotted along this path. Male bird has very bright electric purplish-blue above and very dark blue below.
Female is dark brown with rusty tones in the wings and some blue patch on the neck. The deep blue plumage of this bird get so much attention of mine, I cant refuse clicking again and again of this beauty. I have not been able to get male and female bird in one frame, that will be the reasons for going back to Fraser Hill in the future.
White-tailed Robin Male
White-tailed Robin Female
Male White-tailed Robin is similar to Large Niltava but with smaller-headed and larger-bodied and has a wider tail with two bright white patches on it. White-tailed Robin seem more shy, Inhabits dense forests, sometime can be difficult to spot in thick foliage.
Here, we are happy to witness a couple of Mountain pigeons too. They were collecting the material for building their
home, they low perched long enough for some photos taken.
Around this area, we also found the nesting location of the Long-tailed broadbill. This is a forest bird that lives on insects, It is found in the Himalayas and extending east through South-East Asia and the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra and Borneo. Long-tailed Broadbills can be found throughout the Fraser's Hill forests.....always heard its rasping squalling call of two syllable.
Long-tailed Broadbill
This bird is also called the “Elvis Bird” as the head looks like Elvis Presley’s haircut, favorited by the iconic rock n roller star of the 1950s. It is just such an amazing experience in watching this bird chilling around in the jungle, bring food, flying in and out of its nest... Though I didn't get to see my another target-Silver Breasted Broadbill, this long-tailed broadbill is a consolation, shouldn't ask for more.
Birding in the field is subject to luck...My luck for this trip is not not bad. I have spotted total 50 species of birds, though most of them are just record shots. For the target birds of this trip, I didn’t spot (or get a nice shot) my other 3 in my list: Blue Nuthatch, Green Magpie, Green-billed Malkoha, and the shaped like an egg bird-Pygmy Cupwing, which we call it “小𠧧蛋”. We went there a few times during the first three days at its so called “regular playground”, not far from Bishop Trail, but no show, instead we get entertained by those small, cute birds: Rufous-browed Flycatcher, Buff-breasted babbler and Lesser Shortwing. Here are some of the photos from the trip. Next post will be including the birds spotted on telecom loop.
Lesser Shortwing, small ground-hugging bird
Lesser Shortwing male
Buff-breasted babbler
Black-browed Barbet feeding on wild fruit
Fire-tufted Barbet and Black-browed Barbet
Fire-tufted Barbet
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