Borneo 11-17th November 2007

The aim of this short trip was to see Bornean Ground Cuckoo with a few days to try for a couple of the missing endemics that I need for Borneo. I had two nights at Poring Hot Springs looking for Blue-banded Pitta and Hoses Broadbill without any luck. A morning was spent at the Raffelesia centre looking for Bornean Barbet, only getting poor views as it moved around in the canopy. I then had a quick visit to Mount Kinabalu before flying to Sandakan and then onwards to Kinabatangan Jungle Lodge for three nights.

The highlights included a pair of Bornean Ground Cuckoos watched for 1 hour, some scope filling views, a wonderful Oriental Bay Owl, a very tame Brown Wood Owl, Short-toed Coucal and a heard only Bornean Frogmouth.

Full species list

1. Darter
2. Purple Heron
3. Great Egret
4. Little Egret
5. Cattle Egret
6. Striated Heron
7. Black-crowned Night-Heron
8. Storm's Stork
9. Jerdon's Baza
10. Oriental Honey-Buzzard
11. Black-shouldered Kite
12. Brahminy Kite
13. White-bellied Sea-Eagle
14. Lesser Fish-Eagle
15. Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
16. Mountain Serpent-Eagle
17. Crested Serpent-Eagle
18. Japanese Sparrowhawk
19. Chestnut-necklaced Partridge heard only
20. Great Argus heard only
21. White-breasted Waterhen
22. Common Greenshank
23. Common Sandpiper
24. Spotted Dove
25. Little Cuckoo-Dove
26. Emerald Dove
27. Zebra Dove
28. Little Green-Pigeon
29. Pink-necked Pigeon
30. Green Imperial-Pigeon
31. Mountain Imperial-Pigeon
32. Long-tailed Parakeet
33. Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
34. Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo
35. Indian Cuckoo
36. Banded Bay Cuckoo
37. Plaintive Cuckoo
38. Asian Drongo-Cuckoo
39. Chestnut-bellied Malkoha
40. Bornean Ground-Cuckoo
41. Short-toed Coucal
42. Greater Coucal
43. Oriental Bay-Owl
44. Mountain Scops-Owl
45. Buffy Fish-Owl
46. Brown Wood-Owl
47. Glossy Swiftlet
48. House Swift
49. Gray-rumped Treeswift
50. Common Kingfisher
51. Blue-eared Kingfisher
52. Stork-billed Kingfisher
53. Rufous-collared Kingfisher
54. Blue-throated Bee-eater
55. Dollarbird
56. Oriental Pied-Hornbill
57. Black Hornbill
58. Rhinoceros Hornbill
59. Helmeted Hornbill
60. Bushy-crested Hornbill
61. White-crowned Hornbill
62. Wrinkled Hornbill
63. Wreathed Hornbill
64. Gold-whiskered Barbet
65. Mountain Barbet
66. Blue-eared Barbet
67. White-bellied Woodpecker
68. Maroon Woodpecker
69. Gray-and-buff Woodpecker
70. Great Slaty Woodpecker
71. Black-and-red Broadbill
72. Black-and-yellow Broadbill
73. Black-headed Pitta
74. Hooded Pitta
75. Blue-winged Pitta
76. Barn Swallow
77. Pacific Swallow
78. Eastern Yellow Wagtail
79. Gray Wagtail
80. Oriental Pipit
81. Gray-chinned Minivet
82. Straw-headed Bulbul
83. Black-headed Bulbul
84. Black-crested Bulbul
85. Yellow-vented Bulbul
86. Cream-vented Bulbul
87. Red-eyed Bulbul
88. Ochraceous Bulbul
89. Yellow-bellied Bulbul
90. Hairy-backed Bulbul
91. Greater Green Leafbird
92. Blue-winged Leafbird
93. Sunda Bush-Warbler
94. Oriental Reed-Warbler
95. Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
96. Ashy Tailorbird
97. Mountain Warbler
98. Yellow-breasted Warbler
99. Yellow-bellied Warbler
100. Eyebrowed Jungle-Flycatcher
101. Asian Brown Flycatcher
102. Ferruginous Flycatcher
103. Snowy-browed Flycatcher
104. Little Pied Flycatcher
105. Blue-and-white Flycatcher
106. Indigo Flycatcher
107. White-tailed Flycatcher
108. Malaysian Blue-Flycatcher
109. Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher
110. Siberian Blue Robin
111. Oriental Magpie-Robin
112. White-crowned Shama
113. White-crowned Forktail
114. White-throated Fantail
115. Pied Fantail
116. Black-naped Monarch
117. Bornean Whistler
118. Sunda Laughingthrush
119. Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush
120. White-chested Babbler
121. Black-capped Babbler
122. Moustached Babbler
123. Scaly-crowned Babbler
124. Gray-throated Babbler
125. Gray-headed Babbler
126. Chestnut-winged Babbler
127. Striped Tit-Babbler
128. Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler
129. Brown Fulvetta
130. Chestnut-crested Yuhina
131. Plain-throated Sunbird
132. Purple-naped Sunbird
133. Purple-throated Sunbird
134. Scarlet Sunbird
135. Little Spiderhunter
136. Spectacled Spiderhunter
137. Whitehead's Spiderhunter
138. Black-sided Flowerpecker
139. Black-capped White-eye
140. Black-and-crimson Oriole
141. Asian Fairy-Bluebird
142. Ashy Drongo
143. Hair-crested Drongo
144. Crested Jay
145. Short-tailed Magpie
146. Bornean Treepie
147. Slender-billed Crow
148. Asian Glossy Starling
149. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
150. Dusky Munia