Sabah, Borneo Custom Tour
Systematic Bird List
1st - 17th May 2009
Leader: James Eaton
Bornean Ground Cuckoo, Kinabatangan River © James Eaton / 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 | |
| Chinese Egret | Egretta eulophotes | |
| Pacific Reef Heron | Egretta sacra | |
| Eastern Cattle Egret | Bubulcus coromandus | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
| Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
| CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae | ||
| Storm's Stork | Ciconia stormi | |
| Lesser Adjutant | Leptoptilos javanicus | |
| FALCONIFORMES: Accipitridae | ||
| Jerdon's Baza | Aviceda jerdoni | |
| 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 | heard only |
| Mountain Serpent Eagle | Spilornis kinabaluensis | |
| Crested Serpent Eagle | Spilornis cheela | |
| Crested Goshawk | Accipiter trivirgatus | |
| Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
| Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malayensis | |
| Rufous-bellied Eagle | Aquila kienerii | |
| Changeable Hawk Eagle | Nisaetus limnaetus | |
| Blyth's Hawk Eagle | Nisaetus alboniger | |
| Wallace's Hawk Eagle | Nisaetus nanus | |
| FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae | ||
| White-fronted Falconet | Microhierax latifrons | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
| GALLIFORMES: Megapodiidae | ||
| Tabon Scrubfowl | Megapodius cumingii | |
| GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae | ||
| Great Argus | Argusianus argus | heard only |
| Red-breasted Partridge | Arborophila hyperythra | |
| Chestnut-necklaced Partridge | Arborophila charltonii | heard only |
| Crimson-headed Partridge | Haematortyx sanguiniceps | |
| Bornean [Crested] Fireback | Lophura nobilis | |
| GRUIFORMES: Rallidae | ||
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
| White-browed Crake | Porzana cinerea | |
| Black-backed Swamphen | Porphyrio indicus | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae | ||
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Sternidae | ||
| Greater Crested Tern | Sterna bergii | |
| Little Tern | Sterna albifrons | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | |
| COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae | ||
| Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | |
| Ruddy Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia emiliana | |
| Little Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia ruficeps | |
| Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
| Peaceful 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 | ||
| Bock's Hawk Cuckoo | Cuculus [sparverioides] bocki | heard only |
| Malaysian Hawk Cuckoo | Cuculus fugax | |
| Sunda Cuckoo | Cuculus lepidus | |
| Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus | heard only |
| Banded Bay Cuckoo | Cacomantis sonneratii | |
| Plaintive Cuckoo | Cacomantis merulinus | |
| Rusty-breasted Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | |
| Violet Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus | |
| Asian Drongo Cuckoo | Surniculus lugubris | |
| Raffles's Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus | |
| Red-billed Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus javanicus | |
| Chestnut-breasted Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus curvirostris | |
| Bornean Ground Cuckoo | Carpococcyx radiatus | |
| Short-toed Coucal | Centropus rectunguis | |
| Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | |
| STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae | ||
| Mountain Scops Owl | Otus spilocephalus | heard only |
| Barred Eagle Owl | Bubo sumatranus | |
| Buffy Fish Owl | Ketupa ketupu | |
| Brown (Bartel's) Wood Owl | Strix leptogrammica vaga | heard only |
| CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae | ||
| Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | |
| 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 | |
| Brown-backed Needletail | Hirundapus giganteus | |
| Asian Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
| House Swift | Apus [affinis] 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 | |
| Scarlet-rumped Trogon | Harpactes duvaucelii | |
| Orange-breasted Trogon | Harpactes oreskios | |
| CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae | ||
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| 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 | heard only |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todirhamphus chloris | |
| Rufous-collared Kingfisher | Actenoides concretus | |
| CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae | ||
| Red-bearded Bee-eater | Nyctyornis amictus | |
| Blue-throated Bee-eater | Merops viridis | |
| 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 | |
| Wreathed Hornbill | Aceros undulatus | |
| PICIFORMES: Capitonidae | ||
| Gold-whiskered Barbet | Megalaima chrysopogon | |
| Red-throated Barbet | Megalaima mystacophanos | |
| Mountain Barbet | Megalaima monticola | |
| Golden-naped Barbet | Megalaima pulcherrima | |
| Blue-eared Barbet | Megalaima australis | |
| Bornean Barbet | Megalaima eximia | |
| Bornean Brown Barbet | Calorhamphus [fuliginosus] tertius | |
| PICIFORMES: Picidae | ||
| Rufous Piculet | Sasia abnormis | |
| Grey-capped Woodpecker | Dendrocopos canicapillus | |
| White-bellied Woodpecker | Dryocopus javensis | |
| Banded Woodpecker | Picus mineaceus | |
| Crimson-winged Woodpecker | Picus puniceus | |
| Checker-throated Woodpecker | Picus mentalis | |
| Olive-backed Woodpecker | Dinopium rafflesii | |
| Greater Flameback | Chrysocolaptes lucidus | |
| Maroon Woodpecker | Blythipicus rubiginosus | |
| Orange-backed Woodpecker | Reinwardtipicus validus | |
| Buff-rumped Woodpecker | Meiglyptes tristis | |
| Grey-and-buff Woodpecker | Hemicircus concretus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Eurylaimidae | ||
| Dusky Broadbill | Corydon sumatranus | |
| Black-and-red Broadbill | Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos | |
| Banded Broadbill | Eurylaimus javanicus | |
| Black-and-yellow Broadbill | Eurylaimus ochromalus | |
| Long-tailed Broadbill | Psarisomus dalhousiae | |
| Green Broadbill | Calyptomena viridis | |
| Hose's Broadbill | Calyptomena hosii | |
| Whitehead's Broadbill | Calyptomena whiteheadi | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Pittidae | ||
| Giant Pitta | Pitta caerulea | heard only |
| Bornean Banded Pitta | Pitta [guajana] schwaneri | |
| Blue-headed Pitta | Pitta baudii | |
| Hooded Pitta | Pitta sordida | |
| Blue-banded Pitta | Pitta arquata | |
| Black-crowned Pitta | Pitta ussheri | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae | ||
| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae | ||
| Sunda Cuckooshrike | Coracina larvata | |
| Lesser Cuckooshrike | Coracina fimbriata | |
| Pied Triller | Lalage nigra | |
| Fiery Minivet | Pericrocotus igneus | |
| Scarlet Minivet | Pericrocotus speciosus | |
| Grey-chinned Minivet | Pericrocotus solaris | |
| Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike | Hemipus picatus | |
| Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike | Hemipus hirundinaceus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae | ||
| Straw-headed Bulbul | Pycnonotus zeylanicus | |
| Bornean Bulbul | Pycnonotus montis | |
| Scaly-breasted Bulbul | Pycnonotus squamatus | |
| Grey-bellied Bulbul | Pycnonotus cyaniventris | |
| Puff-backed Bulbul | Pycnonotus eutilotus | |
| Pale-faced Bulbul | Pycnonotus [flavescens] leucops | |
| Yellow-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus goiavier | |
| Olive-winged Bulbul | Pycnonotus plumosus | |
| Red-eyed Bulbul | Pycnonotus brunneus | |
| Spectacled Bulbul | Pycnonotus erythropthalmos | |
| Ochraceous Bulbul | Alophoixus ochraceus | |
| 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 | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Aegithinidae | ||
| Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia | |
| Green Iora | Aegithina viridissima | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae | ||
| Bornean Whistling Thrush | Myophonus borneensis | |
| Everett's Thrush | Zoothera everetti | heard only |
| Fruit-hunter | Chlamydochaera jefferyi | |
| White-browed Shortwing | Brachypteryx montana erythrogyna | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae | ||
| Yellow-bellied Prinia | Prinia flaviventris | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae | ||
| Bornean Stubtail | Urosphena whiteheadi | |
| Sunda Bush Warbler | Cettia vulcania | |
| Friendly Bush Warbler | Bradypterus accentor | |
| Mountain Tailorbird | Orthotomus cuculatus | |
| Rufous-tailed Tailorbird | Orthotomus sericeus | |
| Ashy Tailorbird | Orthotomus ruficeps | |
| Mountain Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus trivirgatus kinabaluensis | |
| 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 | |
| Grey-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | |
| Snowy-browed Flycatcher | Ficedula hyperythra | |
| Little Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula westermanni | |
| Verditer Flycatcher | Eumyias thalassina | |
| Indigo Flycatcher | Eumyias indigo | |
| White-tailed Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis concretus everetti | heard only |
| Pale Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis unicolor herterti | |
| Hill Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis banyumas | |
| Large-billed Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis caerulatus | |
| Malaysian Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis turcosus | |
| Bornean Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis superbus | |
| Mangrove Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis rufigastra | |
| Pygmy Blue Flycatcher | Muscicapella hodgsoni | |
| Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis | |
| Oriental Magpie Robin | Copsychus saularis pluto | |
| White-crowned Shama | Copsychus stricklandii | |
| Rufous-tailed Shama | Trichixos pyrropyga | |
| White-crowned Forktail | Enicurus leschenaulti borneensis | |
| Enicurus leschenaulti frontalis | ||
| 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 | ||
| Mangrove Whistler | Pachycephala grisola | |
| Bornean Whistler | Pachycephala hypoxantha | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Timaliidae | ||
| Sunda Laughingthrush | Garrulax palliatus | |
| Bare-headed Laughingthrush | Melanocichla calvus | |
| Rufous-hooded Laughingthrush | Rhinocichla [mitratus] treacheri | |
| White-chested Babbler | Trichastoma rostratum | |
| Ferruginous Babbler | Trichastoma bicolor | |
| 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 | |
| Striped Wren Babbler | Kenopia striata | |
| Black-throated Wren Babbler | Napothera atrigularis | |
| Mountain Wren Babbler | Napothera crassa | |
| Grey-throated Babbler | Stachyris nigriceps | |
| Grey-headed Babbler | Stachyris poliocephala | |
| Black-throated Babbler | Stachyris nigricollis | heard only |
| 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 | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Acanthizidae | ||
| Golden-bellied Gerygone | Gerygone sulphurea | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Sittidae | ||
| Velvet-fronted Nuthatch | Sitta frontalis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae | ||
| Ruby-cheeked Sunbird | Chalcoparia singalensis | |
| Plain Sunbird | Anthreptes simplex | |
| Brown-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes malacensis | |
| 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 | |
| Streaky-breasted Spiderhunter | Arachnothera affinis everetti | |
| Grey-breasted Spiderhunter | Arachnothera modesta | |
| Whitehead's Spiderhunter | Arachnothera juliae | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Dicaeidae | ||
| Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker | Prionochilus maculatus | |
| Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker | Prionochilus xanthopygius | |
| Yellow-vented Flowerpecker | Dicaeum chrysorrheum | |
| Orange-bellied Flowerpecker | Dicaeum trigonostigma | |
| Black-sided Flowerpecker | Dicaeum monticolum | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae | ||
| Black-capped White-eye | Zosterops atricapillus | |
| Mountain Black-eye | Chlorocharis emiliae | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae | ||
| Dark-throated Oriole | Oriolus xanthonotus | |
| Black-and-crimson Oriole | Oriolus cruentus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Irenidae | ||
| Asian Fairy Bluebird | Irena puella | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae | ||
| Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Prionopidae | ||
| Large Woodshrike | Tephrodornis gularis | |
| Rufous-winged Philentoma | Philentoma pyrhopterum | |
| Maroon-breasted Philentoma | Philentoma velatum | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae | ||
| Sunda [Ashy] Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus stigmatops | |
| Bronzed Drongo | Dicrurus aeneus | |
| Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus borneensis | |
| Greater Racket-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus paradiseus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Artamidae | ||
| White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucorynchus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Pityriaseidae | ||
| Bristlehead | Pityriasis gymnocephala | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae | ||
| Crested Jay | Platylophus galericulatus coronatus | |
| Bornean Black Magpie | Platysmurus aterrimus | |
| Short-tailed Magpie | Cissa thalassina | |
| Bornean Treepie | Dendrocitta cinerascens | |
| Slender-billed Crow | Corvus enca compilator | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae | ||
| Asian Glossy Starling | Aplonis panayensis | |
| Common Hill Myna | Gracula religiosa | |
| Crested Myna | Acridotheres cristatellus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae | ||
| Dusky Munia | Lonchura fuscans | |
| White-bellied Munia | Lonchura leucogastra | |
| Black-headed Munia | Lonchura atricapilla | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae | ||
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae | ||
| White-browed Shrike Babbler | Pteruthius flaviscapis | |
| White-bellied Erpornis | Erpornis zantholeuca | |
| MAMMALS | ||
| Sunda Shrew | Crocidura monticola | |
| Mountain Treeshrew | Tupaia montana baluensis | |
| Lesser Treeshrew | Tupaia minor minor | |
| Smooth-tailed Treeshrew | Dendrogale melanura baluensis | |
| Maroon Leaf Monkey | Presbytis rubicunda | |
| Sunda Silvered Leaf Monkey | Presbytis cristata | |
| Proboscis Monkey | Nasalis larvatus | |
| Long-tailed Macaque | Macaca fascicularis | |
| Sunda Pig-tailed Macaque | Macca nemestrina | |
| Bornean Gibbon | Hylobates muelleri | |
| Bornean Orang-utan | Pongo pygmaeus | |
| Pale Giant Squirrel | Ratufa affinis | |
| Prevost's Squirrel | Callosciurus prevostii pluto | |
| Kinabalu Squirrel | Callosciurus baluensis | |
| Plantain Squirrel | Callosciurus notatus | |
| Bornean Black-banded Squirrel | Callosciurus orestes | |
| Brooke's Squirrel | Sundasciurus brookei | |
| Four-striped Ground Squirrel | Lariscus hosei | |
| Bornean Mountain Ground Squirrel | Dremomys everetti | |
| Plain Pygmy Squirrel | Exilisciurus exilis | |
| Whitehead's Pygmy Squirrel | Exilisciurus whiteheadi | |
| Thomas's Flying Squirrel | Aeromys thomasi | |
| Red Giant Flying Squirrel | Petaurista petaurista | |
| Malayan Porcupine | Hystrix brachyura | |
| Malay Civet (Tangalung) | Viverra tangalunga | |
| Common Palm Civet | Paradoxurus hermaphroditus | |
| Asian [Pygmy] Elephant | Elephas maximus borneensis | |
| Bearded Pig | Sus barbatus | |
| Lesser Mouse-Deer | Tragulus kanchil | |
| Greater Mouse-Deer | Tragulus napu | |
| Bornean Yellow Muntjac | Muntiacus atherodes | |
| Sambar Deer | Cervus unicolor | |
| 295 species recorded including 13 heard only | ||
| Birds of the tour | ||
| 1 | Bornean Ground Cuckoo | |
| 2 | Blue-banded Pitta | |
| 3 | Blue-headed Pitta | |
| 4 | Helmeted Hornbill | |
| 5 | Black-and-yellow Broadbill | |
295 species recorded including 40 endemics and 13 heard only
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