My Sarawak (3rd Ed.): Small to medium-sized birds of the lowland dipterocarp rainforest

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Small to medium-sized birds of the lowland dipterocarp rainforest

Ornamental trees along the road

As part of the agro-forestry practices at the Kambatik Park, oil palm trees and many other fruit trees as well as landscaping ornamental trees are mixed in a new landscape to encourage maximum ecological diversity. The idea is to preserve and enhance the rainforest ecology from 0-50 meters above sea level as represented by the original forest formation at the park. The idea of developing the nature park is to conserve the birds habitat and other wildlife. Many small to medium-sized birds (8-20 cm) will come out of the forest and forage the forest edges, plantation and cultivated gardens to look for insects, nectar etc. The park provides shelter, food, water, and nesting sites for these birds. Over a space of about a year and a half, I have noticed many small to medium-sized birds that come perching on twigs and branches of tall trees in the botanic islands, mixed planting areas and many open grassland spaces here. I have taken some pains to compile these pictures and to identify and group them under their family names in this posting for study purposes and a quick reference of the kind of birds that can be observed at the park.