Showing posts with label Fantail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fantail. Show all posts

Sunday, August 13, 2017

Pied Fantail comes for first visit

Pied Fantail (Samabar Murai Gila) - Rhipidura javanica is seen at the Mango tree branch
Location : Kambatik garden, Kuching.

 All the years we have been staying at Kuching, the garden has never been visited by the Pied Fantail until a few days ago.  And then again, after that singular sighting, the bird came almost on a daily basis to check out the garden.  The presence of the Pied Fantail is most welcomed here because while this bird is a permanent  resident at the park in Bintulu, this is the first time I come across the bird in our Kuching garden  What's more remarkable is the opportunity it gave me to get sharperimages of the bird. With its habit of coming to garden on a daily basis I would therefore consider it a common garden bird of Sarawak, especially in the lowland areas.
A common lowland resident throughout Sarawak.  Feeds on insects and forages in the lower and middle storeys. Active and noisy and regularly fan out its tail.



Saturday, August 16, 2014

Birds at Pustaka

Collared Kingfisher at the compounds of Pustaka

Stork-billed Kingfisher
 I spent just a mere one hour for a quick tour of the Pustaka Sarawak grounds on the 16th of August.  There is  large landscape compound around the Pustaka (Sarawak State Library).  On many of my earlier trips I frequently bump into the Stork-billed Kingfisher and on this trip it was there as usual. Two other birds that interest me on this trip was the Pied Fantail and the Striated Heron.  The tiny Brown-throated Sunbird was of no surprise and so was the Common Iora.  By the pond I noticed the Common Sandpiper and nearby the rockery the little Oriental Tree Sparrow.  The Red- Headed Tailorbird was also seen among the leaves and branches of the Bungor tree.  For a brief one hour visit to the park, I dare say the visit was very fruitful.  The Pustaka can generally be reached in about 20 - 30 minutes by car from the Kuching City centre.
Brown-throated Sunbird - Kelicap Mayang Kelapa (Malay)
Anthreptes malacensis


Common Iora - Kunyit Kacat (Malay)
Aegithina tiphia

Common Iora - Kunyit Kacat (Malay)
Aegithina tiphia

Common Myna

Common Sandpiper - Kedidi Pasir (Malay)
Actitis hypoleucos

Pied Fantail - Sambar Murai Gila (Malay)
Rhipidura javanica

Oriental Tree Sparrow

Red-headed Tailorbird - Perenjak Kelapu
Orthotomus ruficeps

Striated Heron - Pucung Keladi (Malay)
Butorides striata