My Sarawak (3rd Ed.): January 2014

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.

Blue -throated Bee-eater (Merops viridus)
Family : Meropidae - Bee-eater family


Brown-throated Sunbird (Anthrepes malacensis) Family : Nectariniidae - Sunbird family

White- breasted Woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus)
Family : Artamidae - Wood-swallow family

Little Green Pigeon (Treron olax)
Family : Columbidae - Pigeon family

Oriental Magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis)
Family : Muscicapidae - Thrush family

Philippines Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis)
Family : Sturnidae - Starling family

White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicuruc)
Family : Rallidae - Rail family

Pied Fantail (Rhipidura javanica)
Family : Rhipiduridae - Fantail flycatchers family


Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pyconotus goiavier) Family : Pycnonotidae - Bulbul family

Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pyconotus goiavier)
Family : Pycnonotidae - Bulbul family

Red-eyed Bulbul (Pyconotus brunneus)
Family : Pycnonotidae - Bulbul family

Black-headed Bulbul (Pyconotus atriceps)
Family : Pycnonotidae - Bulbul family


Brown Barbet (Calorhamphus fulginosus) Family : Capitonidae - Barbet family

Brown Barbet (Calorhamphus fulginosus)
Family : Capitonidae - Barbet family

Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus)
Family : Caprimulgidae - Nightjar family

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Very tiny birds of the lowland dipterocarp rainforest

Preserved original lowland dipterocarp forest at the park (Botanic Island Two area, seen in the backgroun) with planted oil palm trees at the foreground at the Kambatik Park, Bintulu.

As part of the agro-forestry practices of the Kambatik Park in Bintulu, 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 our rainforest ecology from 0-50 meters above sea level which is represented by the original forest at the park. The idea of developing the nature park is to conserve the birds habitat and other wildlife. Many very tiny birds (7-10 cm) will come out of the forest and forage the forest edges and cultivated plantation and 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 tiny birds that come perching on tall twigs and branches of tall trees and many open grassland spaces. Here's a gallery of pictures of the many very tiny birds can can be observed at the park. For more birdwatch albums, please follow this link ..>>>http://kambatikpark.blogspot.com/search/label/Birdwatch%20album