White-fronted Falconet

Considered the smallest Raptor in the world, it is only found in Sabah and Brunei at Borneo Island. Main diet includes Nymph Butterfly and smaller birds such as Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Common Iora and Sunbird. If you are driving along the Kota Kinabalu-Sandakan Road, look for bare or death trees where it likes to perched and wait for its preys.

The series of images was taken in several places around Sabah with Nikon and Swarovski Optik spotting scopes. All Rights Reserved ©

 

 My favorite taken at Tenom

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A Pair Of White-fronted Falconet

5th March 2009

Climax from yesterday's trip with Ben and Karim, White-fronted Falconet perched exactly on the same big death tree where Ben photographed last week hahaha and as a bonus, not only 2 but 3 birds with the single one perched not far from the other pair :)

Digiscoped with Nikon Fieldscope ED82, SRB-Griturn Mk II adapter and Fujifilm F31D

It feed on Dragonflies and smaller birds

This Falconet considered the smallest in the world and found only in the northern part of Borneo Island. In the south of Borneo, this species being replaced by the Black-thigh Falconet which is found in mainland Malaysia and other countries too.

Short video

Ben :p

View of Kota Kinabalu city and surrounding villages around Penampang seen from Sugud

Happy birding !

Scarlet Minivet

1st - 2nd February 2009

Some of the pictures taken at Sugud Forest Reserve with friends and my first lifer for this year was the Grey-bellied Bulbul spotted feeding at fruiting tree this morning hahaha :p

Digiscoped with Nikon Fieldscope ED82, SRB-Griturn Mk II adapter and Fujifim F31D

Greater Green Leafbird female

Black and Yellow Broadbill seen gathering materials for nesting

Me and Karim :p

Dennis

Karim searching for the Blue-eared Barbet

Blue and White Flycatcher

Verditer Flycatcher

Scarlet Minivet

Dark-sided Flycatcher


White-fronted Falconet

Gold-whiskered Barbet

Rufous Woodpecker


Buff-rumped Woodpecker

Amazing place and has at least 60 over species of birds seen so far since last Sunday until today.

Happy birding !