Category: Animals

Bornean Flowerpecker [Dicaeum monticolum]

Found 4 Nov. 2023. 4.22 PM. Gunung Alab. Posted 4 Apr. 2024
Found 4 Nov. 2023. 4.22 PM. Gunung Alab. Posted 4 Apr. 2024
Male and its poops. I found it feeding on fruit of Medinella sp. It was late in the afternoon in this area. With up to 1200 A.S.L, this area is no doubt always experience heavy mist which really a challenge for me as a photographer. Found 4 Nov. 2023. 4.22 PM. Gunung Alab. Posted 20 Dec. 2023
Male showing the beauty of its abdomen. Found 4 Nov. 2023. 4:26 PM. Gunung Alab. Posted 20 Dec. 2023
A record shot of the female. Found 4 Nov. 2023. 8:59 AM. Gunung Alab. Seen visiting the same parasite plant with the male earlier. Posted 8 Jan. 2024

Mountain Black-Eye [Chlorocharis emiliae]

Found 4 Nov. 2023. 3:00 PM. Gunung Alab. Posted 22 Feb. 2024
The bird is high mountain endemic. I saw it in a small group (more or less 4). I took this shot while it busy looking for prey which I believed to be insect. Found 4 Nov. 2023. 12:36 PM. Gunung Alab. Posted 19 Dec. 2023.
I found it nectaring too. Found 4 Nov. 2023. 3:00 PM. Gunung Alab. Posted 19 Dec. 2023

Ruby-cheeked Sunbird [Chalcoparia singalensis]

Finally I have a chance to photograph this female. High above on tree branch but better image quality than the last time. Found 7 Jan. 2024. 7:40 AM. Kiulu, Tamparuli. Posted 15 Feb. 2024
Male. Found 18 Nov. 2023. 2:14 PM. Kiulu. Posted 1 Dec. 2023
Record shot of the female. Not a good shot but very important to me as for now. Hope to see it again. Found 18 Nov. 2023. 2:14 PM. Kiulu, Tamparuli. Posted 1 Dec. 2023
Male. Found 18 Nov. 2023. 2:14 PM. Kiulu, Tamparuli. Posted 3 Dec. 2023

Rufous Backed Kingfisher [Ceyx rufidorsa motleyi]- Sabah Race

Found 28 Sept. 2023. 12:10 PM. Kiulu, Tamparuli. Posted 13 Feb. 2024.
Found 28 Sept. 2023. 12:08 PM. Kiulu, Tamparuli. Posted 26 Oct. 2023. This one is Sabah race.
Found 28 Sept. 2023. 12:08 PM. Kiulu, Tamparuli. Posted 26 Oct. 2023. This one is Sabah race.

Pygmy White-eye/ Bornean Ibon [Heleia squamifrons]

Found 27 Aug. 2023. 5:02 PM. Sayap, Kota Belud. Posted 26 Oct. 2023. ID help by Chui Wui Jing, David Tseu Teck Hiong, Oliver Balanting and Khairulikhwan Matnin.
Found 27 Aug. 2023. 5:02 PM. Sayap, Kota Belud. Posted 26 Oct. 2023
Found 27 Aug. 2023. 5:02 PM. Sayap, Kota Belud. Posted 26 Oct. 2023
Found 27 Aug. 2023. 5:02 PM. Sayap, Kota Belud. Posted 26 Oct. 2023