Rusty-Breasted Cuckoo (sub-adult)

6th August 2016, Sg. Congkak, Selangor 

Local Name:  Sewah Dada Oren

Scientific Name: Cacomantis sepulcralis

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

Rufous-Fronted Babbler

6th August 2016, Sg. Congkak, Selangor 

Local Name:  Burung  Rimba Api

Scientific Name: stachyridopsis rufifrons

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

Rufous-Winged Philentoma (female)

6th August 2016, Sg. Congkak, Selangor 

Local Name:  Burung Sambar Paya, Burung Sambar Sayap Merah

Scientific Name: Philentoma pyrhoptera

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

Emerald Dove

31st July 2016, Kemensah, Selangor 

Local Name:  Punai Tanah

Scientific Name: Chalcophaps indica

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

Verditer Flycatcher (male)

30th July 2016, Kemensah, Selangor 

Local Name:  Sambar  Ranting

Scientific Name: Eumyias thalassinus

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

 

Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher (Male)

30th & 31st July 2016, Kemensah, Selangor 

Local Name:  Sambar Kelicap Ranting

Scientific Name: Cyornis tickelliae

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

These could be images of two different birds.

 

 

This bird  puzzles me. She displays bluish feathers on her flanks and the orange-rufous feather on the breast extends down her flanks. Usually Tickell’s Blue Flycatchers have a sharp demarcation of the orange-rufous and the white belly.

Grey-Bellied Bulbul

24th July 2016, Kemensah, Selangor 

Local Name:  Mebah Dada Kelabu

Scientific Name: Pycnonotus cyaniventris

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

Take your pick as your breakfast go walking by

Link to video: https://youtu.be/cTxaLF4tymA