Two White-fronted Falconets (an adult and a fledgling) chased butterflies along the entrance drive. A hunting Verditer Flycatcher flashed in the sun as it chased insects right over our heads - and gave Allen his 3000th world bird.
Two Helmeted Hornbills flew in and landed in a big dead tree, giving us our 8th hornbill species - and finally allowing us to connect an actual bird with the crazy laughing song we'd been hearing for days. A Crested Fireback stalked through the gloom under our cabins at dusk one evening. Handsome and confiding Whiskered Treeswifts made frequent short forays from their favorite perches. And who will soon forget the Bornean Pygmy Elephant rolling around in the water at the edge of the Kinabatangan, having a most vigorous bath?!Īt Borneo Rainforest Lodge, a family of monotypic Bornean Bristleheads appeared and disappeared as they moved through the canopy, their bizarre, featherless, red-and-yellow heads bright against the green leaves. A pair of Gray-and-buff Woodpeckers flicked through riverside bushes. A row of fruiting trees along the Menanggul attracted an ever-changing cast of characters, including Blue-eared, Brown and Red-throated barbets. Among our highlights there were perched and flying Storm's Storks, a Bornean Ground-Cuckoo that crept along the bank and then hopped up into low branches to sing, good looks at five species of hornbills (including a pair of Wrinkled Hornbills gleaming against storm clouds during a brief break in an afternoon downpour, and a close pair of White-crowned Hornbills along the riverside), a Buffy Fish-Owl perched only yards from the dining room, a perched Bat Hawk and a perched dark-morph Changeable Hawk-Eagle (the latter eventually chased away by a persistent gang of Slender-billed Crows), a calling Dusky Broadbill, and a point-blank mom and baby Orangutan, right over one of the cabins. Among them were a mournfully whistling Black-capped Pitta that edged along an eye-level branch, a Hooded Pitta that perched right in the open further along the boardwalk trail, a family group of Black Magpies serenading us with their surprising musical songs, two interacting Red-billed Malkohas, a surprisingly low male Van Hasselt's Sunbird, a Spotted Fantail dancing right over our heads, and a big, noisy group of Black-throated Babblers, one of which worked through a viny tangle right beside us.įrom our base at Sukau Rainforest Lodge, we explored the Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, by day and by night, via a network of rivers and streams and a conveniently close boardwalk trail. Many additional treats awaited us between the cave and the beginning of the Gomantong entrance road. Chief among the highlights here were a host of White-nest, Black-nest and Mossy-nest swiftlets coming and going, with hundreds sitting on their distinctive nests in the famous cave itself.
En route to Sukau, we detoured slightly to visit the Gomantong Caves, an area we would visit again in the coming days. Along the trails below, we spotted our first Bearded Pig (and seven Bearded Piglets!) and reveled as a Black-capped Babbler strolled through the leaf litter practically to our boot tips. From the wonderfully sturdy towers and walkways, we studied our first handsome Green Ioras, Yellow-vented and Plain flowerpeckers, Buff-rumped Woodpeckers, flyby Cinnamon-headed Pigeons and Brown-backed Needletail, and a handful of nest-prospecting Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrots. Our adventure began at Sepilok's Rainforest Discovery Center, where we connected with many common lowland species - starting right in the parking lot, where we had a great look at our first endemic Dusky Munias. Throughout it all, there were so many sights and sounds and experiences to enjoy. For the final quarter of our stay, we climbed into the cool highlands of the spectacular Mount Kinabalu massif, where we wandered through a beautiful cloud forest with its masses of mosses and ferns and epiphytes. Via tidal rivers and tiny, meandering streams, we poked into otherwise inaccessible seasonally flooded forest near Sukau.
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For sixteen days, we explored luxuriant, tangled lowland jungle and hill forest, venturing even into the heady heights of its great canopy, thanks to a series of fabulous canopy towers and walkways. Though scores of acres of the Malaysian state of Sabah are weekly being converted to oil palm plantations, there are still vast swaths of primeval forest, cloaked with some of the tallest trees on earth.
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See this triplist in printable PDF format with media only on page 1.īorneo is home to some amazing plants and animals - including Rafflesia keithii, the world's second-biggest flower. For our tour description, itinerary, past triplists, dates, fees, and more, please VISIT OUR TOUR PAGE.
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