Tiger Shrike

26th November 2016, Nuang, Selangor 

Local Name:  Tirjup Rimau

Scientific Name: Lanius tigrinus

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

Tiger Shrike [Moulting]

9th February 2016, Kemensah, Selangor

Local Name:  Tirjup Rimau

Scientific Name: Lanius tigrinus

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

Drying herself after taking a dip  in a  nearby stream. Surely a most welcomed relief especially on a hot day like this.  She appears to be moulting, growing the distinctive grey and black feathers on the head.

Black & Red Broadbill , Tiger Shrike

13th October 2012, Kemensah , Selangor

Black & Red Broadbill Local Name: Takau Rakit Scientific Name: Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos Equipment: Nikon V1, Nikkor AFS 400mm f2.8ED VR+TC20EIII Tiger Shrike Local Name: Tirjup Rimau Scientific Name: Lanius tigrinus Equipment: Nikon V1, Nikkor AFS 400mm f2.8ED VR+TC20EIII

Female Tiger Shrike : moulting into breeding plumage

30th September 2012, Kemensah , Selangor

Local Name: Tirjup Rimau Scientific Name: Lanius tigrinus Equipment: Nikon D7000, Nikkor AFS 400mm f2.8ED VR+TC20EIII Juvenile/ First winter bird. Note: Both Tiger shrikes were photographed on the same day.

Long-Tailed Shrike

14th March 2012, Tok Kassim, Sabak, Kelantan

Local Name: Tirjup Ekor Panjang Scientific Name: Lanius schach Compared to the Tiger and Brown shrikes, Long-tailed shrikes are less commonly sighted  and not as approacheable as the other two species. I managed to take  these few shots from a distance , luckily they turned out ok.

Plaintive Cuckoo & Tiger Shrike

25th February 2012, Kemensah, Selangor

Common Name: Plaintive Cuckoo Local Name: Sewah Mati Anak Scientific Name: Cocamantis merulinus Plaintive Cuckoo has two different calls, one of them is so similar to the call of the Rusty-breasted Cuckoos that sometimes you do  get surprised when a different bird flies into view while you’re expecting it to to be the other. Common Name: Tiger Shrike Local Name: Tirjup Rimau Scientific Name: Lanius tigrinus   Almost time for her to fly north.

Brown Shrike

24th December 2011, Kemensah, Selangor

A beautiful female Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus lucionensis)  looking  for potential prey from this vantage point. f

Adult Male Tiger Shrike

30th April 2011, Gunung Ulu Kali, Genting Highlands, Pahang

Most Tiger Shrikes that we see here are the first-winter birds and there’s always some excitement out  in the field when an adult is sighted.

Tiger Shrike

13th February 2011, Bukit Tinggi, Pahang.

A Tiger Shrike was on the prowl, eyes intently focused on her target.     A grasshopper was on the menu for breakfast.

She’s Not Camera Shy: Brown Shrike

23rd January 2011, Kemensah , Selangor

She just wanted her pictures taken, went through the various poses like a beautiful model would. She even let me  in really really close.

Today’s Highlight : Tiger Shrike

31st October 2010, Old Pump House Road, Genting Highland, Pahang

Local Name: Tirjup Rimau.  Scientific Name: (Lanius tigrinus)  A vertical ray of light was shining though the leaves, directly onto this bird producing very dramatic light  & shadows. These images were shot  without the use of flash so  as to capture/ retain  the highlights on the feathers. Tough but very satisfying in the end.

Tiger Shrike

9th October 2010, Kemensah, Selangor

My first Tiger Shrike since the start of the migratory season. This is a juvenile.

Two Brown Shrikes

9th October 2010, Kemensah, Selangor

Birds were few and far in between, only the Shrikes provided us with some action. Shot the first one thinking that she was a Tiger Shrike. Turned out to be a juvenile Brown Shrike. An adult male Brown Shrike ( Lanius lucionensis ) was in the same area as the juvenile. The scaley patterns on the body become less conspicuous as they mature.

Gone Bananas: Brown Shrike

9th January 2010,  Kemensah, Selangor

A Brown Shrike using  a banana tree as a vantage point for hunting. I kept bumping into her in the same area this last couple of weeks.

On the fence too!: Tiger Shrike

22nd December 2009,  Taman Melawati, Selangor   She was trying to regurgitate something  from her throat

A female Tiger Shrike (Lanius tigrinus)  using the barbed wire fence as her vantage point to observe her prey.

Adult Female Tiger Shrike

14th November 2009, Taman Rimba Ampang, Selangor

They say that adult Tiger Shrikes are hard to come by. I have never come across any adults before and all my previous photos of the Tiger Shrikes have been of the juveniles. Today an adult female  alighted onto a branch about 15 feet from us.

Tiger on the Prowl

3rd  October 2009, Kemensah, Selangor

They have returned. A Tiger Shrike (Lanius tigrinus)  local name : Tirjup Rimau, after a long absence from Kemensah.

Tiger Shrike of Kemensah

Kemensah, Selangor These photos were taken on 7th March 2009 after an early morning downpour. They are the clearest photos of the Tiger Shrike (Lanius tigrinus , local name: Tirjup Rimau ) that I have. One thing I can’t figure out is how come there’s a V at the end of the tail.