Such a beautiful sight! Both male and female Malayan Banded Pittas are stunning. Perlis, Malaysia 🌿✨ #BirdsOfMalaysia #NaturePhotography

Was a part of the birding group that won last week’s Fraser’s Hill International Bird Race. Also got many lifers inculding this Red Headed Trogon. #Birds #Birdsofmalaysia #tourismMalaysia

Female Little Pied Flycatcher. Perched on a small branch. Brown back and pale breast with a prominent round black eye surrounded by a light ring.

Female Rusty naped Pitta. Standing up tall on leafy path. Greenish back and rust coloured breast with a dark eye stripe.

Lesser shortwing. A small brown bird with a prominent white "eyebrow", perched on grass by a drain.

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Three birds from last weekend at the Highlands of Fraser's Hill, Malaysia. Female Little Pied Flycatcher, Female Rusty Naped Pitta (Rare bird. Lifer for me!) Lesser Shortwing.

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Just a beautiful Chestnut-breasted Malkoha. So close and low down in some bushes beside the trail! Amazing opportunity for a portrait!

An old one from Malaysia
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A very glossy starling
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The male hill blue flycatcher has deep blue upper parts, and orange throat and breast and a white belly. Perched on a small brach in front of ferns.

The female hill blue flycatcher is less dramatic than the male. Brown head and back, but the same orange throat and breast. Perched on the same small branch.

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Hill Blue Flycatchers at Fraser's Hill. This pair was very cooperative for a while, perching, seemingly unafraid, very close to the roadside.

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Hello again, Bsky! Been a while with lots else happening. Studying odonata as a new interest. Anyway ... female flowerpeckers are tricky to ID, but this lady made it easy by foraging with the male Orange-bellied Flowerpecker. They do love the clidemia and melastoma berries!

A Malayan Laughingthrush, standing on the ground near some breadcrumbs. It has an olive green body, with grey sides to its face and a chestnut crown.

#birds #birdsofmalaysia This is a Malayan Laughingthrush. Previously viewed as a subspecies of Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush, it was separated and is found only in the extreme south of Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia. This one has been ringed and I managed to get both sides to see the number.

Went to Malaysia to see the #hornbills and here is a picture of a Rhinoceros Hornbill that flew over high trees.They are always so high on trees and so fast in flight so not easy to have a clear view of them. #rhinoceroshornbill #birdwatching #birdingtrip2025 #wildlife #birds #birdsofmalaysia

An Asian brown flycatcher, perched on a small branch and holding a large dragonfly in its beak. The bird is pale cream below and light brown above with a large black eye, surrounded by a white ring.

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The Asian brown flycatcher is a winter visitor here, as it breeds further north in China, Japan and Siberia. They are, as the name suggests, insectivorous and are very clever at catching their prey. This one has a large dragonfly and seems to be considering how to eat it!

Blue-tailed Bee-eater in Malaysia #Birds #BirdsofMalaysia #Malaysia

Beautiful small babbler with a black head, bright silver ear, orange underparts, and a bright red wing patch.

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Been a busy week!! But back to birds, now.
This riot of colour is a Silver Eared Mesia. Another resident of the Highlands and one of the signature birds of Fraser's Hill. Not so commonly seen these days, but can show up in noisy flocks.

Bornean Whistling-Thrush

Easy bird to hear, but not easy to photograph. This is the Bornean Whistling-Thrush, seen in Mount Kinabalu in Sabah Borneo. #birds #thrush #birding #birdphotography #birdwatching #birdsofbluesky #bird #birdsofmalaysia

This streaked spiderhunter is perched atop a flower of tight red and yellow buds. It is a medium sized bird, with a brown patterned yellow back and a heavily brown streaked, cream underside. It's bill is black, and very long and down curved.

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This Streaked Spidehunter is a large and noisy inhabitant of Fraser's Hill at an altitude of about 1,350m. It frequently gives a sharp "chitik! chitik!" call. It was probing inside the bell-shaped flowers, with its long tongue, for nectar and small invertebrates.

Oriental Magpie Robin

Oriental Magpie Robin, a common bird seen all over Malaysia and Southeast Asia. #magpies #robins #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdwatching #BirdsofMalaysia #BirdsofBluesky #bird #nature

A pair of Oriental Dollarbirds, sitting facing opposite directions, on a small branch. A stocky, dark blue bird, with a bright orange beak. The white "dollar" under-wing coin patterns are not visible while they are perched

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A pair of Oriental Dollarbirds. They get their name from the white, or pale blue "coin" shapes visible under the wings, in flight. Stocky, dark blue, birds, members of the Roller family. Often seen on high tree perches, with a call like quacking ducks!

Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker

Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker seen in Selangor, Malaysia.
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Black Drongo

Black Drongos are often perched higher on trees, but this time around, it was eye level, which was a bonus! #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdsofMalaysia #nature #birdphotography #blackdrongo

A female Baya Weaver posing.
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A Common Kingfisher perched on a broken, grey post next to tall green grass on a river bank. It is a small bird with an orange breast and belly, a speckled blue head and back, and a white flash on the cheek.

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Yet another example of an uncommon bird whose name suggests otherwise! The Common Kingfisher lives on river banks and lakes. Almost any habitat with fresh or brackish water ... and fish! This is a pretty little blue and orange bird with a white flash on the cheek.

A Chestnut Munia. A small, plump finch, with a rich chestnut body and black head and breast. This one sitting on a fine grass blade.

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The Black Headed Munia (aka Chestnut Munia) This small, plump finch is usually seen in wetlands and paddyfields. Less common than its Scaly Breasted and White Rumped cousins and always a beautiful one to see.

A Red Crowned Barbet perched on top of a small branch. A largish, stocky bird, with a heavy black bill, two tone green body, red, blue, black and yellow patches on its face and a red crown to its head.

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This amazing patchwork of red, blue, yellow, green, and black is a Red Crowned Barbet. Quite commonly heard in the forests, with its series of resonant hoots, but less often seen so nicely as this one. Like the related woodpeckers, they hollow out a nest in a tree trunk.

A Red Billed Malkoha. A sleek and slender cuckoo, grey above with an orange breast and prominent white bars on the long tail.

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It's not so common, this Red Billed Malkoha. One of the cuckoo family, but this species builds its own nest and doesn't lay its eggs in another bird's nest, like some other cuckoos. Resident in Malaysia and other S. E. Asian countries.

A common iora, perched on a small branch. It is greenish yellow above and below, with darker wings having a zig zag white pattern.

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This is a Common Iora. For once the word "common" is correct as it is a regular visitor in our garden. The breeding male is a bright yellow and black, with bright white wing markings, but this is either a female or non-breeding male. They have a lovely song.

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The Brahminy Kite is a beautiful rich chestnut colour, with a white head and breast. Seen over coasts as well as paddyfields.

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These pictures of a Pied Crow may be familiar to any bskyers living in Africa, but this one showed up in Johor, Malaysia, just a few miles from Singapore. Really prompted a "What's that??!" moment, when we saw it sitting with the House Crows.

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The Oriental Honey Buzzards migrate from Japan to Indonesia for the northern winter and at a few places in Malaysia they can be seen in hundreds circling on thermals, rising, ready to cross the Makacca Straits. Caught this one nicely.

Two Lesser Whistling Ducks, on the wet edges of a paddyfield. They are chubby things, with a yellow eye ring, light brown head and neck, dark brown back and grey legs.

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These are Lesser Whistling Ducks, also known as Tree Ducks. Unusually, they nest in hollow trees or build a nest in the fork of branches, which gives the youngsters a long drop, early in their life! They are mostly seen on river banks and wet paddfields.

Two blue tailed bee eaters. Slim birds, with a long down curved black bill, orange and chestnut throat, green head and blue lower back and tail.

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A pair of Blue-tailed Bee Eaters.
Very pretty slim birds, with amazing sight and flight abilities, to pick small flying insects from the air. Then they fly back to a perch and whack them on the branch, before eating them!

A scarlet rumped trogon perched on a small branch. Vivid scarlet body, finely striped blue wings, black head and bright blue bill and eyebrow. Amazing bird!

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No apologies for another shot of a favourite brightly coloured, lowland forest bird, a Scarlet-rumped Trogon.
I don't agree with playing recorded calls to attract birds, but imitation by voice is fair game, and I'm quite good at this one! :)