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Welcome to my Malaysian Birding Blog. I migrated to blogspot.com as my blog at multiply.com closed shop in 2012. I wish to showcase all Malaysian birds that I have photographed whether here or overseas. My countdown of lifers started in 2005. Coming to Oct 2024 my countdown of lifers photograph has reached
577/688 species of birds of Malaysia in photos.

My shooting gear was a EF400mm f4 DO lens and Canon 7D body which to me is the ideal setup for mobility and bird chasing at that time. Eventhen the weight over my shoulder is more that 5.5 kg. As of June 2016 I have also acquired a Fuji XF 100-400mm OIS lens to complement my travelling cum birding trip overseas. My Fuji X-T2 went kaput recently and I upgraded to the X-T5 in 2023 ; the weight over my shoulder is much lighter now by 30%. In December 2018 I acquired the Nikon Coolpix P1000 as supplementary camera for distance shooting of 3000mm.
Fuji have finally made available their new XF 200-600mm lens which I yet to decide to spend another RM10,000. As for Fuji body I will stop with X-T5 36megapixel ..........

I am a weekend birder. Do feel free to drop me a line at mikebirding@gmail.com and I see whether you can tag along in my outings. My usual day trip is just an hour ride away to Hulu Langat, Lancang, Kemensah, Krau, Awana, Hulu Kali, Gombak Ole Road, Fraser's Hill , Bukit Tinggi and KSNP & Coastal Sg Janggut Jeram side of the coast . Overnite trip to Merapoh & Amp; Cameron, Air Hitam and further north to Kuala Sidim is a seldom affair but for lifer we travel. Panti in Johor is another good birding site that I yet to go. Then there are the Borneo birds of Sabah and Sarawak of Malaysia which I seriously much go to chalk up more lifers. This I did in 2018 to Sepilok Sandakan and Kinabalu Park. Next Danum and LahatDatu . In 2024 I visited a new happening birding spot inTalang Seremban.......

WARNING Birding is an addiction once you started its hard to stop. The wifey and children are now birding widow and orphan.

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Monday, 24 September 2012

BROADBILL 7/7 - Banded Broadbill

The Banded Broadbill was the best encounter among the subspecies that I have seen. In actual fact in South-East Asia SEA there are 11 species - of which 7 species can be found in Malaysia peninsula. We are lucky indeed, Malaysia can be hailed as a Broadbill country becos we could easily spot all the species that could be seen . Africa have the other 4 subspecies whilst Borneo - KK have the other 2 endemic Green Broadbills ie Hose's & Whitehead's Philippines has 2 endemic too

My previous encounter are as follows:-
1. Green Broadbill Near-threatened ( Uncommon Perdik UluLangat)
2. Black & Red Broadbill (Common FRIM and many lowland forest)
3. Long-tailed Broadbill (Common Bkt Tinggi/Awana)
4. Silver-breasted Broadbill (Common Ditto)
5. Banded Broadbill (Rarely - Kemensah)
6. Black & Yellow Broadbill (Common Kemensah)
7. Dusky Broadbill (Rare - Kemensah)

The Banded Broadbill has a very distinct rolling call. Come to think about it I would say that hearing the Banded Broadbill calls in lowland forest is quite often as its loud and sharp serenade can travel quite a distance over hill.

On the contrary, this bird is less seen when compared with the Black & Red or the Black & Yellow of the lowland Broadbills. The bird prefers middle storey, which means staying rather high on tall trees and silhuoetted in the canopy shade. This explain why the bird is spotted less frequent when compared to the other two Broadbills. While the nest may have the untidy Broadbill style outlook, these nests too are suspended very high up on the tree. Very much opposite that of Black & Yellow which is at low height and away from area with water.

As the name suggests, these are birds with very conspicuous bills. Short & broad. More important to note is the ostentatious colors that it has for its bill. As for the Banded is aquamarine blue lips. The bright colors simple punctuate the profile. Almost all of them, not gaudy, are very tastefully colorful. Most birders would agree with me that they are considered as one of the more beautiful birds. 4 of the species are generally small, just below that of an average sized bird. The long-tailed Broadbill with its tail looks very prominent as a fair size bird. The exception to this rule is the Dusky Broadbill. This bird is large, dark colored and comes with an "ugly" call as well and the largest beak second to none except the frogmouth's.
  


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