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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