ZooChat Big Year 2018

[LaughingDove]

Kuala Selangor:
Dusky Crag martin
White-throated Kingfisher
Purple Heron
Black-naped Oriole
Oriental Honey Buzzard
Brahminy Kite
Spectacled Bulbul
Ashy Tailorbird
Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
Little Bronze Cuckoo
Purple-throated Sunbird
Ashy Bulbul
Golden-bellied Gerygone
Mangrove Whistler
Black-winged Flycatcher Shrike
Collared Kingfisher
Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker
Blue-eared Kingfisher
Cinereous Tit (Great Tit split)
Copper-throated Sunbird
Cinnamon-headed Green-pigeon
Crested Serpent-eagle
Common Tailorbird
Lesser Adjutant
Germain’s Swiftlet
Rusty-breasted Cuckoo
Common Flameback Woodpecker
Pacific Swallow
Laced Woodpecker

Mammals:
Sundaic Silvered Langur
Short-tailed Mongoose

(Note: normally I double check the list for any errors with names or such but I've just copied this directly from my note book without checking. I think it's all fine though)

Blue-throated Bee-eater
Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush (probably the bird of the day – really common and cool looking)
Spectacled Spiderhunter
Striated Swallow
Mountain Tailorbird (super cute!)
Blue-winged Minla
White-throated Fantail
Long-tailed Sibia
Dark-necked Tailorbird
Streaked Spiderhunter
Mountain Fulvetta
Bronzed Drongo
Yellow-bellied Warbler
Black Laughingthrush
White-bellied Yuhnia
Blyth’s Hawk-eagle
Lesser Yellownape Woodpecker
Black-and-crimson Oriole
Mountain Bulbul
Blue-winged Minla
Sultan Tit
Glossy Swiftlet
Pygmy Wren-babbler
Mountain Imperial-pigeon
Silver-breasted Broadbill
257) Fire-tufted Barbet

Mammals:
White-thighed Langur
Pallas’ Squirrel
Western Striped Squirrel
Cave Nectar Bat
Common Palm Civet
Red Giant Flying Squirrel
30) Lesser Giant Flying Squirrel
Heard only: Siamang

(Just realised that I forgot to number the list from yesterday or today, I've added the number to the last one which I think is correct. I'll double check the counting tomorrow)

 

[Maguari]

Quick nocturnal excursion to a reliable spot this evening, detector in hand, added a couple of mammals:

Mammals:
18. Daubenton's Bat - Myotis daubentonii
19. Common Pipistrelle - Pipistrellus pipistrellus

 

[Chlidonias]

257) Fire-tufted Barbet

I think it should be 256.

 

[LaughingDove]

I think it should be 256.

257 is right. Here's the properly numbered list from the last two days: (I'll post today's this evening and be sure to number it this time )

203) Dusky Crag martin
204) White-throated Kingfisher
205) Purple Heron
206) Black-naped Oriole
207) Oriental Honey Buzzard
208) Brahminy Kite
209) Spectacled Bulbul
210) Ashy Tailorbird
211) Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
212) Little Bronze Cuckoo
213) Purple-throated Sunbird
214) Ashy Bulbul
215) Golden-bellied Gerygone
216) Mangrove Whistler
217) Black-winged Flycatcher Shrike
218) Collared Kingfisher
219) Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker
220)Blue-eared Kingfisher
221) Cinereous Tit (Great Tit split)
222) Copper-throated Sunbird
223) Cinnamon-headed Green-pigeon
224) Crested Serpent-eagle
225) Common Tailorbird
226) Lesser Adjutant
227) Germain’s Swiftlet
228) Rusty-breasted Cuckoo
229) Common Flameback Woodpecker
230) Pacific Swallow
231) Laced Woodpecker

Mammals:
22) Sundaic Silvered Langur
23) Short-tailed Mongoose

Birds:
232) Blue-throated Bee-eater
233) Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush (probably the bird of the day – really common and cool looking)
234) Spectacled Spiderhunter
235) Striated Swallow
236) Mountain Tailorbird (super cute!)
237) Blue-winged Minla
238) White-throated Fantail
239) Long-tailed Sibia
240) Dark-necked Tailorbird
241) Streaked Spiderhunter
242) Mountain Fulvetta
243) Bronzed Drongo
244) Yellow-bellied Warbler
245) Black Laughingthrush
246) White-bellied Yuhnia
247) Blyth’s Hawk-eagle
248) Lesser Yellownape Woodpecker
249) Black-and-crimson Oriole
250) Mountain Bulbul
251) Blue-winged Minla
252) Sultan Tit
253) Glossy Swiftlet
254) Pygmy Wren-babbler
255) Mountain Imperial-pigeon
256) Silver-breasted Broadbill
257) Fire-tufted Barbet

Mammals:
24) White-thighed Langur
25) Pallas’ Squirrel
26) Western Striped Squirrel
27) Cave Nectar Bat
28) Common Palm Civet
29) Red Giant Flying Squirrel
30) Lesser Giant Flying Squirrel

Heard only: Siamang


(Note: for some reason the whole list has gone bold now. The bolding for lifers in the original list is correct)

 

[Chlidonias]

(Note: for some reason the whole list has gone bold now. The bolding for lifers in the original list is correct)

Fixed it.

 

[LaughingDove]

257 is right. Here's the properly numbered list from the last two days: (I'll post today's this evening and be sure to number it this time )

203) Dusky Crag martin
204) White-throated Kingfisher
205) Purple Heron
206) Black-naped Oriole
207) Oriental Honey Buzzard
208) Brahminy Kite
209) Spectacled Bulbul
210) Ashy Tailorbird
211) Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
212) Little Bronze Cuckoo
213) Purple-throated Sunbird
214) Ashy Bulbul
215) Golden-bellied Gerygone
216) Mangrove Whistler
217) Black-winged Flycatcher Shrike
218) Collared Kingfisher
219) Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker
220)Blue-eared Kingfisher
221) Cinereous Tit (Great Tit split)
222) Copper-throated Sunbird
223) Cinnamon-headed Green-pigeon
224) Crested Serpent-eagle
225) Common Tailorbird
226) Lesser Adjutant
227) Germain’s Swiftlet
228) Rusty-breasted Cuckoo
229) Common Flameback Woodpecker
230) Pacific Swallow
231) Laced Woodpecker

Mammals:
22) Sundaic Silvered Langur
23) Short-tailed Mongoose

Birds:
232) Blue-throated Bee-eater
233) Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush (probably the bird of the day – really common and cool looking)
234) Spectacled Spiderhunter
235) Striated Swallow
236) Mountain Tailorbird (super cute!)
237) Blue-winged Minla
238) White-throated Fantail
239) Long-tailed Sibia
240) Dark-necked Tailorbird
241) Streaked Spiderhunter
242) Mountain Fulvetta
243) Bronzed Drongo
244) Yellow-bellied Warbler
245) Black Laughingthrush
246) White-bellied Yuhnia
247) Blyth’s Hawk-eagle
248) Lesser Yellownape Woodpecker
249) Black-and-crimson Oriole
250) Mountain Bulbul
251) Blue-winged Minla
252) Sultan Tit
253) Glossy Swiftlet
254) Pygmy Wren-babbler
255) Mountain Imperial-pigeon
256) Silver-breasted Broadbill
257) Fire-tufted Barbet

Mammals:
24) White-thighed Langur
25) Pallas’ Squirrel
26) Western Striped Squirrel
27) Cave Nectar Bat
28) Common Palm Civet
29) Red Giant Flying Squirrel
30) Lesser Giant Flying Squirrel

Heard only: Siamang


(Note: for some reason the whole list has gone bold now. The bolding for lifers in the original list is correct)

Birds:
258) Silver-eared Mesia
259) Grey-cheeded Fulvetta
260) Malayan Whistling Thrush
261) Ashy Drongo
262) Large Niltava
263) Black-throated Sunbird
264) Mountain Leaf Warbler
265) Asian Fairy Bluebird
266) Ochraceous Bulbul
267) Streaked Wren-babbler
268) Black-headed Bulbul
269) Long-billed Spiderhunter
270) Orange-bellied Leafbird
271) White-rumped Shama
272) Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
273) Black-browed Barbet
274) Pale Blue Flycatcher
275) Everett’s White Eye
276) Grey-cheeked Bulbul
277) Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher
278) Blue-winged Leafbird
279) Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
280) Oriental Cuckoo
281) Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
282) Yellow-breasted Warbler
283) Grey-chinned Minivet
284) Cutia
285) Blue Nuthatch
286) Chestnut-crowned Warbler

Mammals:
31) Siamang
32) Southern Pig-tailed Macaque
33) Slender Squirrel
34) Dusky Langur
35) Small-toothed Palm Civet

 

[LaughingDove]

Birds:
258) Silver-eared Mesia
259) Grey-cheeded Fulvetta
260) Malayan Whistling Thrush
261) Ashy Drongo
262) Large Niltava
263) Black-throated Sunbird
264) Mountain Leaf Warbler
265) Asian Fairy Bluebird
266) Ochraceous Bulbul
267) Streaked Wren-babbler
268) Black-headed Bulbul
269) Long-billed Spiderhunter
270) Orange-bellied Leafbird
271) White-rumped Shama
272) Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
273) Black-browed Barbet
274) Pale Blue Flycatcher
275) Everett’s White Eye
276) Grey-cheeked Bulbul
277) Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher
278) Blue-winged Leafbird
279) Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
280) Oriental Cuckoo
281) Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
282) Yellow-breasted Warbler
283) Grey-chinned Minivet
284) Cutia
285) Blue Nuthatch
286) Chestnut-crowned Warbler

Mammals:
31) Siamang
32) Southern Pig-tailed Macaque
33) Slender Squirrel
34) Dusky Langur
35) Small-toothed Palm Civet

Birds:
287) Little Cuckoo-dove
288) Slaty-backed Forktail
289) Malayan Laughingthrush
290) Rufous-browed Flycatcher
291) Barred Cuckoo-dove
292) Greater Yellownape
293) Blue-eared Barbet
294) Black-eared Shrike-babbler
295) Chestnut-crowned Warbler
296) Emerald Dove
297) Common Green Magpie
298) Javan Cuckooshrike
299) Black Eagle
300) Buff-breasted Babbler
301) Stripe-throated Bulbul

Mammal:
36) Hoary Bamboo Rat

 

[Macaw16]

Finally another mammal, I don't know how it took so long to see this one (8/3/2018):

4. Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus

First one from 13/5/2018, second from today (19/5/2018):

71. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
72. House Martin Delichon urbicum

A few more from Sutton Bank (30/5/2018):

5. Brown Hare Lepus europaeus

73. Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
74. European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
75. Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa

 

[Mr. Zootycoon]

Another few additions from my local patch. It has become really hard to find new birds there. I can only think of 3 species that are supposed to occur there that I haven't seen yet, and 2 of those are very rare!

Birds
181. Spotted flycatcher [Muscicapa striata]

Herptiles
0. Edible frog [Pelophylax kl. esculentus]*
6. Natterjack toad [Bufo calamita]

Invertebrates
102. Arched marble [Olethreutes arcuella]
103. Orange footman [Eilema sororcula]
104. Green oak tortrix [Tortrix viridana]

* What to do with the edible frog, given that it is a klepton?

 

[LaughingDove]

Birds:
287) Little Cuckoo-dove
288) Slaty-backed Forktail
289) Malayan Laughingthrush
290) Rufous-browed Flycatcher
291) Barred Cuckoo-dove
292) Greater Yellownape
293) Blue-eared Barbet
294) Black-eared Shrike-babbler
295) Chestnut-crowned Warbler
296) Emerald Dove
297) Common Green Magpie
298) Javan Cuckooshrike
299) Black Eagle
300) Buff-breasted Babbler
301) Stripe-throated Bulbul

Mammal:
36) Hoary Bamboo Rat

Birds:
302) Large Woodshrike
303) Rufous-fronted Babbler
304) Striped Tit-babbler
305) Black-crested Bulbul
306) White-tailed Robin
307) Grey-throated Babbler
308) White-browed Shrike-babbler
309) Golden Babbler
310) Rufous-bellied Eagle

Mammals:
37) Asiatic Wild Boar
38) Red-cheeked Flying Squirrel
39) Sunda Slow Loris

 

[Vision]

Bunch of new inverts from in my garden! I'm really having fun identifying moths lately, and the jumping spider was a nice one as well.

INVERTEBRATES:
32) Marpissa muscosa
33) Scarce footman, Manulea complana
34) Mottled rustic, Caradrina morpheus

 

[ThylacineAlive]

In the meantime while I struggle with seabirds:

Birds
150) Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis

~Thylo

Birds
151) Brown-Headed Cowbird Molothrus ater

~Thylo

 

[birdsandbats]

Birds
110. Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus

Herpitiles
6. Common Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina
7. Common Garter Snake Thamnophis sirtalis

Fishes
1. Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
2. Common Carp Cyprinus carpio (VU)

Seen at school (!) on Friday:

Birds
114. Golden-Winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera (NT)

And a few seen while camping this weekend:

Birds
115. Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
116. Red-Eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
117. Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
118. Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
119. Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
120. Black-Throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
121. Common Loon Gavia immer

A little behind on inverts...

Inverts
6. Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle Harmonia axyridis
7. Common Earthworm Lumbricus terrestris
8. Cabbage White Pieris rapae
9. Monarch Danaus plexippus
10. Winnebago Lake Fly Chironomus plumosus

Birds
122. Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
123. Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
124. Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas

Herpitiles
8. Common Map Turtle Graptemys geographica
9. Green Frog Lithobates clamitans

Inverts
11. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Papilio glaucus
12. Ebony Jewelwing Calopteryx maculata

Question: I recently saw a domestic goose that lives free range in a farm, but I know is reproducing outside of the farm. Does this individual count?

 

[Najade]

Birds (non-passerines)
262. Black-shouldered Kite
263. Feral Domestic Rock Pigeon

Birds (non-passerines)
264. Caspian Tern

 

[Chlidonias]

Question: I recently saw a domestic goose that lives free range in a farm, but I know is reproducing outside of the farm. Does this individual count?

No, it's a domestic goose living on a farm.

 

[DesertRhino150]

Realised I haven't updated my year list since mid-April. Here are all the new species I have seen in that time:

96. Common tern Sterna hirundo
97. Common cuckoo Cuculus canorus
98. Sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
99. Common whitethroat Sylvia communis
100. Common swift Apus apus

3. Small white butterfly Pieris rapae
4. Orange-tip butterfly Anthocharis cardamines

5. Common wasp Vespula vulgaris
6. Tawny mining bee Andrena fulva
7. European hornet Vespa crabro
8. European honeybee Apis mellifera

3. Harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis

1. Dark bush cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera

Thank heavens for Paul Brock's Comprehensive Guide to Insects of Britain and Ireland, or my invertebrate list would probably be half the length it is now.

For the sake of everybody's sanity (especially mine), I will no longer divide the invertebrates up into separate lists. I am now on 17 identified species in total.

Been having a very difficult few weeks at home, so I have barely been able to go anywhere. I do still have some updates from this month however:

101. House martin Delichon urbicum

6. West European hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus

18. Holly blue butterfly Celastrina argiolus
19. Red-tailed bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
20. Wasp beetle Clytus arietis
21. Common shore crab Carcinus maenas
22. Red-headed cardinal beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis
23. Common blue damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
24. Hairy dragonfly Brachytron pratense
25. Broad-bodied chaser dragonfly Libellula depressa

 

[Hix]

Birds
22. Lesser Frigatebird
23. Great Egret
24. Cattle Egret
25. White-winged Black Tern
26. Glossy Ibis


Reptiles
1. Asian House Gecko
2. Mutilata Gecko
3. Green Sea Turtle

Fish
309 Green Birdnose Wrasse
310 Violetlined Wrasse
311 Bigtail Fusilier
312 Banded Moray
313 Orange Anemonefish
314 Coral Beauty
315 Clown Coris
316 Whitetail Damsel
317 Leaf Scorpionfish
318 Pinklined Coris
319 Sixspot Glidergoby
320 Twospot Goby

Inverts
30. Tiger Cowrie
31. Nudibranch Phyllidia varicosa
32. Amberfish Sea Cucumber
33. Squat Shrimp



Hix

 

[LaughingDove]

Birds:
302) Large Woodshrike
303) Rufous-fronted Babbler
304) Striped Tit-babbler
305) Black-crested Bulbul
306) White-tailed Robin
307) Grey-throated Babbler
308) White-browed Shrike-babbler
309) Golden Babbler
310) Rufous-bellied Eagle

Mammals:
37) Asiatic Wild Boar
38) Red-cheeked Flying Squirrel
39) Sunda Slow Loris

Bukit Fraser:
311) Speckled Piculet
312) Long-tailed Broadbill
313) White-tailed Flycatcher

Kuala Lipis:
314) Crimson Sunbird

Jerantut:
315) Oriental Pied Hornbill

Taman Negara:
Birds:
316) Scaly-breasted Bulbul
317) Ferruginous Babbler
318) Malayan Peacock Pheasant
319) Maroon-breasted Philentoma
320) Yellow-bellied Bulbul
321) Brown Fulvetta
322) Hairy-backed Bulbul
323) Diard’s Trogon
324) Straw-headed Bulbul
325) Red-naped Trogon
326) Abbott’s Babbler
327) Large Green Pigeon

Mammal:
40) Plantain Squirrel

+Herps still to be identified
Monitor Lizard sp. (not water monitor)
Skink sp.
Toad sp.
Treefrog sp.

 

[Mehdi]

And forgot to list another one which I basically see every week :

BIRDS:
59 - Lesser black-backed gull, Larus fuscus

And an interesting addition from yesterday:

INVERTS:
3 - "Maid Alice", Amata alicia

You know it's summer when you see a scrub-robin.

BIRDS:
60 - Rufous-tailed scrub-robin, Cercotrichas galactotes
61 - Trumpeter finch, Bucanetes githagineus
62 - Meadow pipit, Anthus pratensis

INVERTEBRATES:
4 - Large white, Pieris brassicae

 

[Chlidonias]

323) Diard’s Trogon

And that puts LaughingDove in the lead for birds...