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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 2022 my countdown of lifers photograph has reached
559/688 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 & 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.......

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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Thursday 28 February 2013

MALKOHA 3/6 - Raffles Malkoha



 


 Raffles Malkoha

My Malkoha no 3 First time up close and intimidate with a family of 3. We r talking 20-25 ft away and I tried not to startle them as I snap away. I was very surprise to see them so low......usually there r at the tree canopy

It was late morning on the way out just past the bridge on the main track. It was a feeding frenzy as they dart from branch to branch on the wild ficus tree searching for grub. For a moment the male RM started what I think is a mating dance le to entice its mate. It cannot be chilly though the weather was then overcast.

Spend almost a full 30 minutes with them and then suddenly the male just dive down to the ground next to the bridge followed by junior. I never encounter this behaviour. Apparently they found grub - large spider argh!

After the feeding time the threesome just rest on the canopy of the medium size tree as I bid adios & see ya !

Malkohas is actually one of the 7 subspecies of Cuckoo ... Cuculidae allies of southeast Asia. These are mostly big, rangy, long-tailed forest birds which live up in the canopy, but they also include the three species of rare and elusive Asian ground-cuckoos.
Several species are just big gray yellow-billed birds, but some of those in Sumatra or the Philippines are truly striking and colorful. Some species have outrageous crests; one in the Philippines has scale-like rows of odd feathers down the throat and over the crown. Most of the malkohas have bare skin around the eyes, and so do the three species which have evolved a terrestrial life-style.
These latter birds are three ground-cuckoos (genus Carpococcyx) in southeast Asia. Although there are ground-cuckoos in the New World, these Asian ground-cuckoos are not closely related. One species, the large and very impressive-appearing Coral-billed Ground-Cuckoo C. renauldi, lives on the Asian mainland in Thailand and Indochina. The others are endemics to Borneo and to Sumatra.




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