Sabah, Borneo
Systematic Bird List
8th - 19th June 2008
Leader: Rob Hutchinson
Blue-banded Pitta, Danum Valley © Rob Hutchinson / Birdtour Asia
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Systematic List
| PELECANIFORMES: Anhingidae | |||
| Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | ||
| CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae | |||
| Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana | ||
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | ||
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea [alba] modesta | ||
| Intermediate Egret | Egretta intermedia | ||
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | ||
| Eastern Cattle Egret | Bubulcus coromandus | ||
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | ||
| CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae | |||
| Storm's Stork | Ciconia stormi | ||
| Lesser Adjutant | Leptoptilos javanicus | ||
| FALCONIFORMES: Pandionidae | |||
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | ||
| FALCONIFORMES: Accipitridae | |||
| Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus | ||
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | ||
| White-bellied Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | ||
| Lesser Fish Eagle | Ichthyophaga humilis | ||
| Grey-headed Fish Eagle | Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus | ||
| Crested Serpent Eagle | Spilornis cheela | ||
| Crested Goshawk | Accipiter trivirgatus | ||
| Rufous-bellied Eagle | Aquila kienerii | ||
| Blyth's Hawk Eagle | Spizaetus alboniger | ||
| Wallace's Hawk Eagle | Spizaetus nanus | ||
| FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae | |||
| White-fronted Falconet | Microhierax latifrons | e | |
| GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae | |||
| Great Argus | Argusianus argus | ||
| Red-breasted Partridge | Arborophila hyperythra | e | |
| Chestnut-necklaced Partridge | Arborophila charltonii | ||
| Crimson-headed Partridge | Haematortyx sanguiniceps | e | |
| Bornean Fireback | Lophura nobilis | e | |
| GRUIFORMES: Rallidae | |||
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | ||
| COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae | |||
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | ||
| Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | ||
| Little Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia ruficeps | ||
| Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | ||
| Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | ||
| Little Green Pigeon | Treron olax | ||
| Pink-necked Green Pigeon | Treron vernans | ||
| Thick-billed Green Pigeon | Treron curvirostra | ||
| Large Green Pigeon | Treron capellei | ||
| Green Imperial Pigeon | Ducula aenea | ||
| Mountain Imperial Pigeon | Ducula badia | ||
| PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae | |||
| Long-tailed Parakeet | Psittacula longicauda | ||
| Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot | Loriculus galgulus | ||
| CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae | |||
| Moustached Hawk Cuckoo | Cuculus vagans | Heard only | |
| Sunda Cuckoo | Cuculus lepidus | ||
| Indian Cuckoo | |||
| Banded Bay Cuckoo | Cacomantis sonneratii | ||
| Plaintive Cuckoo | Cacomantis merulinus | ||
| Malaysian Bronze Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx minutillus | Heard only | |
| Violet Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus | ||
| Asian Drongo-Cuckoo | Surniculus lugubris | ||
| Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopacea | Heard only | |
| Chestnut-bellied Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus sumatranus | ||
| Raffles's Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus | ||
| Red-billed Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus javanicus | ||
| Chestnut-breasted Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus curvirostris | ||
| Bornean Ground Cuckoo | Carpococcyx radiatus | e | |
| Short-toed Coucal | Centropus rectunguis | Heard only | |
| Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | ||
| Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | ||
| STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae | |||
| Mountain Scops Owl | Otus spilocephalus | Heard only | |
| Buffy Fish Owl | Ketupa ketupu | ||
| Brown Wood Owl | Strix leptogrammica vega | Heard only | |
| APODIFORMES: Apodidae | |||
| Giant Swiftlet | Hydrochous gigas | ||
| Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | ||
| Bornean Swiftlet | Collocalia dodgei | ||
| Mossy-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus salangana | ||
| Black-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus maximus | ||
| Edible-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus fuciphagus | ||
| Silver-rumped Needletail | Rhaphidura leucopygialis | ||
| Asian Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | ||
| House Swift | Apus nipalensis | ||
| APODIFORMES: Hemiprocnidae | |||
| Grey-rumped Treeswift | Hemiprocne longipennis | ||
| Whiskered Treeswift | Hemiprocne comata | ||
| TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae | |||
| Red-naped Trogon | Harpactes kasumba | ||
| Diard's Trogon | Harpactes diardii | ||
| Whitehead's Trogon | Harpactes whiteheadi | e | |
| Scarlet-rumped Trogon | Harpactes duvaucelii | ||
| Orange-breasted Trogon | Harpactes oreskios | ||
| CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae | |||
| Blue-eared Kingfisher | Alcedo meninting | ||
| Black-backed Kingfisher | Ceyx erithacus | ||
| Banded Kingfisher | Lacedo pulchella melanops | Heard only | |
| Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis | ||
| Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda | ||
| Collared Kingfisher | Todirhamphus chloris | ||
| Rufous-collared Kingfisher | Actenoides concretus | ||
| CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae | |||
| Red-bearded Bee-eater | Nyctyornis amictus | ||
| Blue-throated Bee-eater | Merops viridis | ||
| Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | ||
| CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae | |||
| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | ||
| CORACIIFORMES: Bucerotidae | |||
| Oriental Pied-Hornbill | Anthracoceros albirostris | ||
| Black Hornbill | Anthracoceros malayanus | ||
| Rhinoceros Hornbill | Buceros rhinoceros | ||
| Helmeted Hornbill | Buceros vigil | ||
| Bushy-crested Hornbill | Anorrhinus galeritus | ||
| White-crowned Hornbill | Aceros comatus | ||
| Wrinkled Hornbill | Aceros corrugatus | ||
| PICIFORMES: Capitonidae | |||
| Gold-whiskered Barbet | Megalaima chrysopogon | ||
| Red-throated Barbet | Megalaima mystacophanos | ||
| Mountain Barbet | Megalaima monticola | e | |
| Yellow-crowned Barbet | Megalaima henricii | ||
| Golden-naped Barbet | Megalaima pulcherrima | e | |
| Blue-eared Barbet | Megalaima australis | ||
| Bornean Barbet | Megalaima eximia | e | |
| Bornean Brown Barbet | Calorhamphus [fuliginosus] tertius | e | |
| PICIFORMES: Picidae | |||
| Rufous Piculet | Sasia abnormis | ||
| Grey-capped Woodpecker | Dendrocopos canicapillus | Heard only | |
| Rufous Woodpecker | Celeus brachyurus | ||
| White-bellied Woodpecker | Dryocopus javensis | ||
| Banded Woodpecker | Picus mineaceus | ||
| Crimson-winged Woodpecker | Picus puniceus | ||
| Maroon Woodpecker | Blythipicus rubiginosus | ||
| Orange-backed Woodpecker | Reinwardtipicus validus | ||
| Buff-rumped Woodpecker | Meiglyptes tristis | ||
| Buff-necked Woodpecker | Meiglyptes tukki | ||
| Grey-and-buff Woodpecker | Hemicircus concretus | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Eurylaimidae | |||
| Black-and-red Broadbill | Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos | ||
| Banded Broadbill | Eurylaimus javanicus | ||
| Black-and-yellow Broadbill | Eurylaimus ochromalus | ||
| Green Broadbill | Calyptomena viridis | ||
| Whitehead's Broadbill | Calyptomena whiteheadi | e | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Pittidae | |||
| Giant Pitta | Pitta caerulea | ||
| Bornean Banded Pitta | Pitta [guajana] schwaneri | e | |
| Blue-headed Pitta | Pitta baudii | e | |
| Blue-banded Pitta | Pitta arquata | e | |
| Black-crowned Pitta | Pitta ussheri | e | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae | |||
| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae | |||
| Sunda Cuckooshrike | Coracina larvata | ||
| Lesser Cuckooshrike | Coracina fimbriata | ||
| Fiery Minivet | Pericrocotus igneus | ||
| Grey-chinned Minivet | Pericrocotus solaris | ||
| Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike | Hemipus picatus | ||
| Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike | Hemipus hirundinaceus | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae | |||
| Black-headed Bulbul | Pycnonotus atriceps | ||
| Bornean Bulbul | Pycnonotus montis | e | |
| Puff-backed Bulbul | Pycnonotus eutilotus | ||
| Pale-faced Bulbul | Pycnonotus [flavescens] leucops | e | |
| Yellow-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus goiavier | ||
| Red-eyed Bulbul | Pycnonotus brunneus | ||
| Spectacled Bulbul | Pycnonotus erythropthalmos | ||
| Ochraceous Bulbul | Alophoixus ochraceus | ||
| Grey-cheeked Bulbul | Alophoixus bres | ||
| Yellow-bellied Bulbul | Alophoixus phaeocephalus | ||
| Hairy-backed Bulbul | Tricholestes criniger | ||
| Buff-vented Bulbul | Iole olivacea | ||
| Streaked Bulbul | Ixos malaccensis | ||
| Cinereous Bulbul | Hemixos cinereus | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Chloropseidae | |||
| Greater Green Leafbird | Chloropsis sonnerati | ||
| Lesser Green Leafbird | Chloropsis cyanopogon | ||
| Bornean Leafbird | Chloropsis kinabaluensis | e | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Aegithinidae | |||
| Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia | ||
| Green Iora | Aegithina viridissima | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae | |||
| Bornean Whistling Thrush | Myophonus borneensis | e | |
| Everett's Thrush | Zoothera everetti | e | |
| Fruit-hunter | Chlamydochaera jefferyi | e | |
| White-browed Shortwing | Brachypteryx montana erythrogyna | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae | |||
| Yellow-bellied Prinia | Prinia flaviventris | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae | |||
| Bornean Stubtail | Urosphena whiteheadi | e | |
| Sunda Bush Warbler | Cettia vulcania | ||
| Friendly Bush Warbler | Bradypterus accentor | e | |
| Mountain Tailorbird | Orthotomus cuculatus | ||
| Rufous-tailed Tailorbird | Orthotomus sericeus | ||
| Ashy Tailorbird | Orthotomus ruficeps | ||
| Mountain Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus trivirgatus | ||
| Yellow-breasted Warbler | Seicercus montis | ||
| Yellow-bellied Warbler | Abroscopus superciliaris | ||
| Striated Grassbird | Megalurus palustris | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae | |||
| Grey-chested Jungle Flycatcher | Rhinomyias umbratilis | ||
| Eye-browed Jungle Flycatcher | Rhinomyias gularis | e | |
| Snowy-browed Flycatcher | Ficedula hyperythra | ||
| Rufous-chested Flycatcher | Ficedula dumetoria | ||
| Little Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula westermanni | ||
| Verditer Flycatcher | Eumyias thalassina | ||
| Indigo Flycatcher | Eumyias indigo | ||
| White-tailed Flycatcher | Cyornis concretus | ||
| Large-billed Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis caerulatus | ||
| Malaysian Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis turcosus | ||
| Bornean Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis superbus | e | |
| Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis | ||
| Oriental Magpie Robin | Copsychus saularis pluto | ||
| White-crowned Shama | Copsychus stricklandii | e | |
| White-crowned Forktail | Enicurus leschenaulti | ||
| Pied Bushchat | Saxicola caprata | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Rhipiduridae | |||
| White-throated Fantail | Rhipidura albicollis | ||
| Pied Fantail | Rhipidura javanica | ||
| Spotted Fantail | Rhipidura perlata | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae | |||
| Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | ||
| Asian Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone paradisi | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Pachycephalidae | |||
| Bornean Whistler | Pachycephala hypoxantha | e | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Timaliidae | |||
| Sunda Laughingthrush | Garrulax palliatus | ||
| Bare-headed Laughingthrush | Melanocichla calvus | e | |
| Rufous-hooded Laughingthrush | Rhinocichla [mitratus] treacheri | e | |
| White-browed Shrike Babbler | Pteruthius flaviscapis | ||
| White-chested Babbler | Trichastoma rostratum | ||
| Ferruginous Babbler | Trichastoma bicolor | ||
| Abbott's Babbler | Malacocincla abbotti | Heard only | |
| Horsfield's Babbler | Malacocincla sepiarium | ||
| Short-tailed Babbler | Malacocincla malaccensis | ||
| Temminck's Babbler | Pellorneum pyrrogenys | ||
| Black-capped Babbler | Pellorneum capistratum | ||
| Moustached Babbler | Malacopteron magnirostre | ||
| Sooty-capped Babbler | Malacopteron affine | ||
| Scaly-crowned Babbler | Malacopteron cinereum | ||
| Rufous-crowned Babbler | Malacopteron magnum | ||
| Chestnut-backed Scimitar Babbler | Pomatorhinus montanus | ||
| Bornean Ground Babbler | Ptilocichla leucogrammica | e | |
| Striped Wren Babbler | Kenopia striata | ||
| Black-throated Wren Babbler | Napothera atrigularis | e | |
| Mountain Wren Babbler | Napothera crassa | e | |
| Eye-browed Wren Babbler | Napothera epilepidota | ||
| Grey-throated Babbler | Stachyris nigriceps | ||
| Grey-headed Babbler | Stachyris poliocephala | ||
| Chestnut-rumped Babbler | Stachyris maculata | ||
| Chestnut-winged Babbler | Stachyris erythroptera | ||
| Bold-striped Tit Babbler | Macronous bornensis | ||
| Fluffy-backed Tit Babbler | Macronous ptilosus | ||
| Brown Fulvetta | Alcippe brunneicauda | ||
| Chestnut-crested Yuhina | Yuhina everetti | e | |
| White-bellied Erpornis | Erpornis zantholeuca | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Sittidae | |||
| Velvet-fronted Nuthatch | Sitta frontalis | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae | |||
| Ruby-cheeked Sunbird | Chalcoparia singalensis | ||
| Plain Sunbird | Anthreptes simplex | ||
| Brown-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes malacensis | ||
| Red-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes rhodolaema | ||
| Purple-naped Sunbird | Hypogramma hypogrammicum | ||
| Olive-backed Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | ||
| Crimson Sunbird | Aethopyga siparaja | ||
| Temminck's Sunbird | Aethopyga temminckii | ||
| Spectacled Spiderhunter | Arachnothera flavigaster | ||
| Little Spiderhunter | Arachnothera longirostra | ||
| Yellow-eared Spiderhunter | Arachnothera chrysogenys | ||
| Bornean Spiderhunter | Arachnothera [affinis] everetti | e | |
| Whitehead's Spiderhunter | Arachnothera juliae | e | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Dicaeidae | |||
| Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker | Prionochilus percussus | ||
| Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker | Prionochilus xanthopygius | e | |
| Thick-billed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum agile | ||
| Orange-bellied Flowerpecker | Dicaeum trigonostigma | ||
| Black-sided Flowerpecker | Dicaeum monticolum | e | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae | |||
| Black-capped White-eye | Zosterops atricapillus | ||
| Everett's White-eye | Zosterops everetti | ||
| Mountain Black-eye | Chlorocharis emiliae | e | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae | |||
| Dark-throated Oriole | Oriolus xanthonotus | ||
| Black-and-crimson Oriole | Oriolus cruentus | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Irenidae | |||
| Asian Fairy-bluebird | Irena puella | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Prionopidae | |||
| Large Woodshrike | Tephrodornis gularis | ||
| Rufous-winged Philentoma | Philentoma pyrhopterum | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae | |||
| Sunda [Ashy] Drongo | Dicrurus [leucophaeus] leucophaeus | ||
| Bronzed Drongo | Dicrurus aeneus | ||
| Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | ||
| Greater Racket-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus paradiseus | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Artamidae | |||
| White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucorynchus | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Pityriaseidae | |||
| Bristlehead | Pityriasis gymnocephala | e | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae | |||
| Crested Jay | Platylophus galericulatus coronatus | ||
| Bornean Black Magpie | Platysmurus aterrimus | e | |
| Short-tailed Magpie | Cissa thalassina | ||
| Bornean Treepie | Dendrocitta cinerascens | e | |
| Slender-billed Crow | Corvus enca | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae | |||
| Asian Glossy Starling | Aplonis panayensis | ||
| Common Hill Myna | Gracula religiosa | ||
| Crested Myna | Acridotheres cristatellus | ||
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae | |||
| Dusky Munia | Lonchura fuscans | e | |
| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | ||
| Black-headed Munia | Lonchura atricapilla | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae | |||
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | ||
| Selected mammals | |||
| Colugo (Flying Lemur) | Cynocephalus variegatus | ||
| Maroon Langur (Red Leaf Monkey) | Presbytis rubicunda | ||
| Silvered Langur | Presbytis cristata | ||
| Proboscis Monkey | Nasalis larvatus | ||
| Long-tailed (Crab-eating) Macaque | Macaca fascicularis | ||
| Pig-tailed Macaque | Macca nemestrina | ||
| Bornean Gibbon | Hylobates muelleri | ||
| Orang-utan | Pongo pygmaeus | ||
| Prevost's Squirrel | Callosciurus prevostii | ||
| Kinabalu Squirrel | Callosciurus baluensis | ||
| Plantain Squirrel | Callosciurus notatus | ||
| Jentink's Squirrel | Sundasciurus jentinki | ||
| Plain Pigmy Squirrel | Exilisciurus exilis | ||
| Thomas's Flying Squirrel | Aeromys thomasi | ||
| Red Giant Flying Squirrel | Petaurista petaurista | ||
| Common Palm Civet | Paradoxurus hermaphroditus | ||
| Masked Palm Civet | Paguma larvata | ||
| Binturong (Bearcat) | Arctictis binturong | ||
| Small-toothed Palm Civet | Arctogalidia trivirgata | ||
| Bornean Pygmy Elephant | Elephas maximus | ||
| Bearded Pig | Sus barbatus | ||
| Greater Mouse-Deer | Tragulus napu |
265 species recorded including 9 heard only
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