Species
Short-tailed
Babbler
Malacocincla malaccensis
A couple of pairs along Bunker Trail
Black-capped Babbler
Pellorneum capistratum
A couple of pairs along Bunker Trail; one of the showier babblers and
a real ground dweller
Moustached Babbler
Malacopteron magnirostre
Several pairs, mainly around swampy areas along Bunker Trail; a delightful
song
Sooty-capped Babbler
Malacopteron affine
Several pairs along Bunker Trail; also around wet areas; male and female
singing a duet
Rufous-crowned
Babbler
Malacopteron magnum
Moderately common along Bunker Trail, several pairs seen
Grey-breasted Babbler
Malacopteron albogulare
One bird seen harassing a Garnet Pitta for reasons unknown.
Large Wren Babbler
Napothera macrodactyla
One only, seen near a creek crossing along Bunker Trail; has an extraordinarily
varied song and the bird much larger than anticipated
Grey-headed Babbler
Stachyris poliocephala
One only seen near a patch of swamp forest along Bunker Trail; a beautiful
bird
Black-throated
Babbler
Stachyris nigricollis
One pair only, seen on 270 km Trail, a deep voice for such a little bird
Chestnut-rumped
Babbler
Stachyris maculata
A couple of birds seen individually towards the start of Bunker Trail
Chestnut-winged
Babbler
Stachyris erythroptera
Quite a few pairs seen, including a pair with two young just out of the
nest. One of the more common babblers in Panti - on Bunker and 270 km
Trails
Striped Tit Babbler
Macronous gularis
A few pairs along Bunker Trail; also in low scrub beyond the sand quarry
Fluffy-backed Tit
Babbler
Macronous ptilosus
A couple of pairs seen along Bunker Trail; also in low scrub near the
lake past the sand quarries; an impressive bird
White-bellied Yuhina
Yuhina zantholeuca
Seen on a couple of occasions, including a group of about four birds working
the canopy with a feeding flock
Yellow-breasted
Flowerpecker
Prionochilus maculatus
Moderately common, seen on quite a few occasions along Bunker Trail
Crimson-breasted
Flowerpecker
Prionochilus percussus
Fairly common, quite a few seen along Bunker - the commonest flowerpecker
seen in Panti
Orange-bellied
Flowerpecker
Dicaeum trigonostigma
Several of these attractive Flowerpeckers seen along Bunker Trail. All
the flowerpeckers seemed to be working the low regrowth along roadsides
Plain Sunbird
Anthreptes simplex
One only, an adult male seen along Bunker Trail
Ruby-checked Sunbird
Anthreptes singalensis
One male seen briefly along Bunker
Purple-naped Sunbird
Hypramma hyogrammicum
Several seen on Bunker and 270 km Trail including an adult male up close
and personal.
Purple-throated
Sunbird
Nectarina sperata
A couple of adult males seen along Bunker, one up very close in low scrubby
rainforest towards the sand quarries
Crimson Sunbird
Aethopyga siparaja
One only, along Bunker Trail
Little Spiderhunter
Arachnothera longirostra
One only, along Bunker Trail
Spectacled Spiderhunter
Arachnothera flavigaster
A pair and a single seen along Bunker Trail - an impressive bird
Grey-breasted Spiderhunter
Arachnothera affinis
One adult along Bunker Trail, possibly another seen briefly on 270 km
Trail
Richard's
Pipit
Anthus richardi
Two seen, one in an abandoned sand quarry and the other on the road before
the sand quarries; studied fairly closely and thought to be this species
Scaly-breasted
Munia
Lonchura punctulata
A small flock of juveniles in one of the abandoned sand quarries was thought
to be this species.
Black-headed Munia
Lonchura malacca
A few in the abandoned sand quarries on Bunker Trail
Taxonomy follows:
Robson C. (2000) A Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia, New Holland
Publishers (UK) Ltd.
Mammals
Slow Loris
Nycticebus coucang
One seen well in the spotlight high up in a tree near the start of Bunker
Trail; very bright eye shine
Spectacled Langur
Presbytis obscura
Fairly common along Bunker Trail, seen on many occasions.
Pig-tailed Macaque
Macaca nemestrina
Several large troops seen along Bunker Trail; this species seems to descend
to the ground when alarmed rather than stay in the trees
White-handed Gibbon
Hylobates agilis
Fairly common, some large troops seen. They move rapidly through the treetops
and I assume that this was the species responsible for the splendid loud
wooping calls which was a feature of the Panti forest in the early morning
Cream-colored Giant
Squirrel
Ratufa affinis (pale form)
One seen along one of the side trails off Bunker Trail, moves with the
agility of a monkey leaping from tree to tree. A great animal
Plaintain Squirrel
Callosciurus notatus
A few seen along Bunker Trail
Three-striped Ground
Squirrel
Lariscus insignis
One seen in the forest along Bunker Trail
Sun Bear
Helarctos malayanus
The tracks of what must have been this species was seen a couple of kilometres
along Bunker Trail
Oriental Small-clawed
Otter
Aonyx cinera
Two or three spotlighted in a small stream at night and another one or
two seen on the bank of a larger creek in the afternoon; tentatively identified
as this species on range and habitat
Malay Civet
Viverra tangalunga
Two seen on different nights in the same area which may have been the
same individual. A beautiful mammal and quite tame; seen at less than
10 metres
Small-toothed Palm
Civit
Arctogalidia trivirgata
Tentatively identified as this species; the same animal was seen up in
a tall tree on a horizontal branch on two different nights in the same
area. It appeared in the spotlight to be all black with a greyish belly.
Other features included a very long tail, a flat head with pronounced
round ears protruding from the side of the head. It ate a fruit from the
tree on one occasion. Thought not to be a Binturong (Bearcat) as the tail
was too long and thin and the ears round
Short-tailed Mongoose
Herpestes brachyurus
One seen in the forest during the day, quite close; tentatively identified
as this species although the hair color was dark grey rather than brown
as illustrated
Asian Elephant
Elephas maximus
Not seen in the flesh but plenty of fresh evidence of this species was
seen, particularly in the area around and beyond the sand quarries.
Common Barking
Deer
Muntiacus muntjac
A small deer (less than a metre tall and dark fawn in color) ran across
the road in front of me during the day; it ran with an unusual gait; tentatively
identified as this species
Taxonomy follows:
Payne J, Francis CM & Phillips K (1997) A Field Guide to the Mammals
of Borneo
The Sabah Society, Sabah, Malaysia with the WWF, Malaysia, Petaling Jaya
Malaysia
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