Raffle’s Malkohas

29th January 2017, Kemensah, Selangor 

Local Name:  Cenuk Kerak

Scientific Name: Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus

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

 

 

 

Just Shoot Me :Raffle’s Malkohas

10th July 2010, Kemensah, Selangor.

Now you see me, now you don’t. That’s how it was with these two birds but you can always count on them when things are a bit slow and there’s not much else to shoot. The female with grey head.

The Other Half: Raffle’s Malkoha

28th February 2010, Kemensah, Selangor Shot the male Raffle’s Malkoha (Cenok Kerak) a few weeks back. Saw  four  of these birds  on Sunday and among them was this female.

The Entertainer: Raffles Malkoha

31st January 2010, Kemensah, Selangor

There were plenty of calls but the birds were not showing themselves . Luckily he was there to save the day, a male Raffles Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus)  Cenok Kerak.

Raffles Malkoha

27th September 2009, Kemensah, Selangor

This male  Raffles Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus) local name: Cenok Kerak, was very obliging and started posing when the camera was aimed at him. Instead of the usual game of hide & seek in between the leaves, he stayed out in the open long enough  for me to take a fair number of shots.

Raffles Malkoha- hahahahaaaaa

Bukit Rengit, Pahang

I was attracted to the call of a pair of Raffles Malkoha (Rhinortha chlorophaeus). They are very shy birds.  Difficult to get a full view of the birds which preferred the security of the dense foliage. Makes me chuckle every time I see these photos. The sound that they make resemble the moaning sound  made by my son  urging me to stop the car in the middle of the Karak Highway. He had a tummy ache that morning and had to go…… . I was doing 180 just to reach the next  Pump station!  Lewis Hamilton, you need Ilyas in your car to win the next Grand Prix.

The female with the greyish head.

Kemensah : 10 May 2009

This Raffle’s Malkoha landed for less than 5 seconds and then she was gone.	View from the birding area . Kemensah’s version of Gorilla Mountain. No gorillas here, George!
Startled a Rufous Piculet ( local name: Belatuk Kecil ). Nearly dropped her catch. . . . . . . . . Just discovered that my son Ilyas had taken a photo (partly hidden) of a female Rufous-Collared Kingfisher in Kemensah a week ago which I earlier thought was a Common Kingfisher. I intend to get better photos of the Blue-Eared Kingfisher as well so maybe Mission Kingfisher is next on the agenda.	Seeing a Rufous Piculet for the first time, it struck me as to how small the bird was. It’s really tiny!