ELUSIVE BORNEO BIRDS - Mount Kinabalu

There are 52 types of endemic birds in Borneo and Kinabalu National Park has 24 types itself. There are specifically 3 species of birds namely “3W”, they are the Whitehead’s Trogon, Whitehead’s Broadbill, and the Whitehead’s Spiderhunter. Many bird lovers around the world come here mainly for these birds.

Here you can find also others elusive sub montane to montane endemic called BORNEAN LAUGHING-THRUSH ( Bare-headed Laughing-thrush ) Melanocichla calva, it was formerly considered conspecific with Black Laughingthrush.

Identification
25.5 - 27cm. A medium-sized laughingthrush:
Glossy blackish to blackish-grey plumage
Bluish-slate to violet orbital skin
Bluish-white postocular skin
Orange-red bill
Brownish to yellowish bare head and red bill
Sexes similar. Juveniles are browner and duller.

HabitatBroadleaf evergreen forest, forest edge and secondary growth. Found at 800 - 1800m.

Behaviour
Feeds on insects, spiders and sometimes seeds.
Moves around in small noisy groups. Keeps mostly to thick cover, does not engage in long laborious flight, preferring to glide from place to place.
Breeding season October to April. The nest is a bulky cup made of vegetable fibres and leaves. It's placed about 2.5m above the ground in a tree fork. Lays 2 eggs.
Resident species.

A tiny elusive montane endemic warbler called BONEAN STUBTAIL Urosphena whiteheadi also an uncommon resident which you can find only at montane forest up to 3,100 meter.

TRAVEL SABAH - BORNEO BIRDING TRIP

9D8N BORNEO BIRDWATCHING AND BIRDS PHOTOGRAPHY  TOURS (RDC–BILIT–KNP – PORING) 

A tour brought to you the different experience in searching of different bird species from the different geographical  level of tropical rainforest – Lowland forest bird species ( at RDC ), Riverain and peat swamp forest bird species ( at Bilit ), Montane and high mountain bird species ( at Mount Kinabalu / Kinabalu National Park ), Sub montane bird species ( at Poring ).

Endemic Birds Of Borneo - BORNEAN BANDED PITTA

BORNEAN BANDED PITTA  Pitta guajana 
The Banded Pitta has been split into three new species, one endemic to Borneo, one endemic to Java and Bali, and one found in Sumatra and the Thai-Malay Peninsula.

It is beautiful........ one of the most colorful pitta I have ever seen with its black color crown, bright yellow supercilium, black color broad mask, white throat to yellow sides of neck, underparts barred deep purplish-blue and yellow with deep purplish-blue patch in centre of belly, black chestnut-brown, wing-coverts black with broad white stripe, rump and tail deep blue, iris dark brown, bill black, legs and feet pinkish-grey.

Borneo Sabah - The Best Birdwatching / Birding Destination In South East Asia

Borneo Sabah is a very strategic land with the advantage of different high level for different species of birds, ie.Upper montane forest (1,800m-3,500m) bird species, Montane forest (900m-1,800m) bird species, Hill and submontane forest (300m-900m) bird species, Lowland rainforest bird species, Peat swamp forest bird species, Freshwater swamp, river, lake and padi fields bird species, and secondary forest bird species. With all these geographical advantage in BORNEO SABAH make all different interest of birder satisfactory in searching different kind of bird species.

Endemic Birds Of Borneo - WHITEHEAD'S BROADBILL

Recently, we have found this elusive bird very active in Sabah. They are in a group of six ( 3 pairs ) nesting at a very close distant each ( around hundred meter each ).

Whitehead’s Broadbill  Calyptomena whiteheadi 
( montane endemic birds of Borneo)
This is a species of bird in the Eurylaimidae family. It is restricted to montane forest in northern Borneo. It is the largest member of the genus Calyptomena.

Best Birding & Birdwatching & Birds Photography Tour Searching Of The Most Elusive Borneo Endemic Birds

Birding at BORNEO SABAH, searching of  the elusive Borneo wild birds in Sabah such as Whitehead’s Trogon, Whitehead’s Broadbill, Bornean Laughing-thrush, Golden-naped Barbet , and many others unique bird species are not something you can find easily in other places such as Black-breasted Fruithunter, Mountain Black-eye, Bornean Stubtail, Everett’s Thrush and variety of montane Borneo endemic bird species like Chestnut-crested Yuhina, Bornean Flowerpecker, Bornean treepie, warbler, jungle flycatchers, wren babbler, laughing-thrush, forktail, bulbul, and many more. 

Fruithunter                                        Bornean Treepie                       Whitehead's Trogon

                  Golden-naped Barbet                                                              Mountain Black-eye
Borneo Sabah is known as “Land Below the Wind” as it is away from typhoon-hit areas. Due to its proximity to the equator, 82% of the land area in Sabah is covered with dense tropical rainforests where   many unique bird species live. There are 669 species of birds being recorded across the state. For example, there are 6 types of Trogons, 8 types of Broadbills, 8 types of Hornbills, 10 types of Pittas, 9 types of Barbets, 12 types of Kingfishers, 21 types of Woodpeckers, 31 types of Flowerpeckers, 8 types of Spiderhunters, and 10 types of Sunbirds. Among all these,  there are also 52 types of endemic bird species. Bird watchers are often given surprises and remarkable memories by the variety of bird species.