Fire-Tufted Barbet

14th February 2016, Awana, Pahang

Local Name:  Takur Jambang Api

Scientific Name: Psilopogon pyrolophus

Equipment: Nikon 1 V3 + Nikkor AFS-VR 400mm f/2.8 ED-VR

Video:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57uLEj7j1FY

Fire–Tufted Barbet

22nd September 2012, , Fraser’s Hill ,  Pahang

Local Name: Takur Api Scientific Name: Psilopogon pyrolophus Equipment: Nikon D7000, Nikkor AFS 400mm f2.8ED VR

Fire-Tufted Barbet

3rd October 2011, Fraser’s Hill, Pahang.

The unmistakeable cicada-like  call announced the arrival of this colourful Barbet. He’s  one of the star  attraction in Fraser’s Hill.

Fire-Tufted Barbet

11th April 2010, Fraser’s Hill, Pahang.

My son Ilyas and I decided to go to Fraser’s Hill on Sunday. Our last trip there was almost a year ago ( 1st May 2009 Labour Day) and we headed straight for the Telekom Loop after coming up from the Gap at 9.00am. It’s  a  nice change from my regular  low land haunt in Kemensah.  We saw about 5-6 Fire-Tufted Barbets (Psilopogon pyrolophus) feasting themselves on fruits from this tree. .

Lifers at the Old Pump House Road, Gohtong Jaya, 31 May 2009

Lifer 1: Fire-Tufted Barbet ( Psilopogon pyrolophus)	I’ve heard so much about the Old Pump house Road as a birding destination so on Sunday I went with my son to tread the 6km journey. When the bird wave came at about 9.30am, the birds were all around us that it wasn’t easy to concentrate on the one in your viewfinder! These photographs are my lifers. Others seen and photographed: -Grey-Chinned Minivets ( male and female) -Large Woodshrike -Bar-Winged Flycatcher-Shrike -Black-Browed Barbet -Spectacled Laughingthrush Seen and heard but not photographed: -Hornbill (unsure which species)
	Lifer 2: Sultan Tit (Melanochlora sultanea)
	Lifer 3: Collared Babbler (Gampsorhynchus saturatior)
	Lifer 4: Orange-Bellied Leafbird (Chloropsis hardwickii)
After all that, I'm a much fitter person!