Fruit-hunter (Chlamydochaera jeffery) M-grey, F-buff. I was super happy seeing these, they are cool birds. Endemic to mountains on Borneo and a monotypic member of the thrush family. #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #sabah #kinabalu

Whitehead’s Trogon (M - Red, F - Orange) Mt Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25 #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #sabah #borneo #trogon

Bornean Green-Magpie An amazing colour combination of acid green, red and black. Borneo endemic, this one restricted to true montane forest. Mt Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25 #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #sabah #borneo #kinabalu

Eyebrowed Jungle Flycatcher An undeniably cute ball of a bird… Endemic to the montane regions of Borneo. Mt Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25 #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #sabah #borneo #flycatchers

Crimson-headed Partridge or Bloodhead… The latter is a much more metal 🤘 name! The male has the brighter red parts. Female a little more rufous brown. Thread 🧵 1/3 #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #sabah #borneo

Red-breasted Partridge A rather nice and colourful bird of hilly country. Borneo endemic. Seen at KK Lee’s hide at Trus Madi. Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25 #birds #birding #birdphotos #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #sabah #borneo

Bulwer’s Pheasant These bejewelled and spangly birds of dark forests are real Bobby Dazzlers!! KK Lee’s Hide. Trus Madi, Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25 Vulnerable: habitat loss - hunting. #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #pheasant #sabah #borneo

Dayak Blue Flycatcher (aka Dayak Jungle Flycatcher) Dayak comes from the coverall term for a group of c200 tribes native to Borneo. Trus Madi, Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25 #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #borneo #sabah #borneobirds #malaysia

The Roulroul (aka Crested Partridge) Trus Madi, Sabah, Malaysia, Oct 25. #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #sabah #borneo #partridges

Little Cuckoo-dove (the pigeon type thing) Yellow-breasted Warbler (the yellow one) Both Asian montane species and fairly widespread. Gunung Alab, Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25 #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #sabah #borneo

Orange-headed Thrush - seen very early in the morning (practically at dawn, high ISO) at KK Lee’s hide. Trusmadi, Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25 #bird #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #sabah #borneo

Bornean Black-capped Babbler Another of SE Asia’s LBJ’s, quite an elegant one too… High ISO for these, pics taken at dawn… Sabah, Malaysia, Oct 25 #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #sabah #malaysia

Barn Swallows One of the best things we saw in Borneo was this Barn Swallows roost in middle of Tambunan. Not the usual standard of photo, all from an iPhone at dusk… Thread 🧵 #birds #birding #birdconservation #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #sabah #malaysia

Temminck’s Babbler One of the multitude of Asian babblers, this LBJ species found on Borneo and Java in dense undergrowth. 1&2. Gunung Alab 3&4. Trus Madi Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25. #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #sabah #borneo

Very similar poses for these two birds… 1&3. Chestnut-crested Yuhina 2&4. Bornean Whistler Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25. #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #sabah #borneo

Bornean Treepie A distinctive and noisy bird of Borneo’s uplands and often not too shy around people. This one from Gunung Alab. Treepies are cool corvids… Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25. #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #sabah #borneo

#birdoftheday African Black Oystercatcher. Macaneta, Mozambique. Jun 23. Martial Eagle carrying a young African Wild Cat. Kgalagadi, South Africa, Aug 22. Southern Ground-Hornbill eating a tortoise. Kruger NP. Sept 22. #bird #birding #birdphotography

Bornean Whistling-Thrush Endemic to Borneo and it whistles. Best seen in montane areas. 1-3. Gunung Alab 4. Mt. Kinabalu - meh photo, but the rain drop on its head is fun. Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25 #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #sabah #borneo

Sunda Laughingthrush A rather elegant bird… Gunung Alab, Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25. #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #borneo #sabah

Pale-faced Bulbul Endemic to Borneo’s highlands and another highlight of a visit to Gunung Alab. Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25. #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #sabah #borneo #bulbuls

White-browed Shrike-babbler Some taxonomy to sort out. With a split could be Blyth’s Shrike-Vireo / Shrike-babbler. M black. F grey. KK Lee’s veranda, Gunung Alab, Sabah, Malaysia, Oct 25. #birds #birding #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #sabah #malaysia

Indigo Flycatcher Smart looking birds found in montane areas of Java, Sumatra and Borneo. This one (yet again) from KK Lee’s veranda on Gunung Alab. Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25 #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #flycatcher #sabah #borneo

White-throated Fantail Posing very obligingly… Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25. #birds #birding #fantail #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #borneo #sabah #malaysia

Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush Endemic to Borneo, common and seemly quite happy around people, which made for nice pics… Gunung Alab, Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25. #birds #birding #laughingthrush #birdphotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #sabah #borneo #malaysia

Bornean Shortwing The male is the all black one. Shortwings are a SE Asian genus of old-world flycatchers (Muscicapidae). Gunung Alan, Sabah, Borneo, Oct 25. #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #shortwing #borneo #sabah #malaysia

Aberrant (Sunda) Bush Warbler Pretty common in scrubby spots on the two mountains we visited in Sabah, Borneo. More often heard than seen, but also not shy when hunting for food. #birds #birding #warblers #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #borneo #sabah

Brown Boobook - the owl Greater Coucal - not the owl A couple of good finds on #globalbigday Singapore, Oct 2025. #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #singapore #owls

Blue-eared Kingfisher Saw this yesterday at Sungei Buloh, it caught a prawn for its lunch. Singapore, Sept 25 #birds #birding #birdphotography #kingfisher #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotograpy #singapore

Ashy Tailorbird Amazingly, these (warbler-like) birds make a nest by folding a leaf and sewing the edges together making a cup, using natural fibres or spiderwebs… Common in Singapore and lowland areas across much of SE Asia. #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography

That old chestnut… 1 & 3. Chestnut-bellied Malkoha 2 & 4. Chestnut-breasted Malkoha More info on nostrils in the 🧵 1 & 3. Singapore Sept 25 2 & 4. Malaysia May 25 #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #malkoha #singapore #malaysia

White-crested Laughing Thrush Mohawk toting beauties… Traded cage birds in SE Asia, which was probably their route for introduction to 🇸🇬, where they are now quite common. Bukit Batok, Singapore, Sept 25. #birds #birding #birdphotography #singapore #naturephotography #wildlifephotography

Banded Woodpecker A snazzy and colourful woodpecker found only in SE Asia and its fairy common. Dairyfarm Nature Reserve, Sept 25. #birds #birding #birdphoto #nature #naturephoto #wildlife #wildlifephotography #singapore

Keeled Rat Snake About 1.5m and as fat as your wrist. Non-venomous, eats rats 🐀 along with frogs and other small mammals. I think this is the 12th snake species I’ve seen so far in Singapore… Dairy Farm, Singapore, Sept 25. #snakes #singapore #naturephotography #wildlifephoto #reptiles

(Oriental) Dollarbird Pretty common in open areas across Singapore. And, it’s called a Dollarbird because it has markings on the underwing that look like silver dollars (which I failed to photo🤦‍♂️) Sept 25. #birds #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #singapore

Scaly-breasted Munia A common birds across Asia, found in grasslands, gardens, fields etc and they eat seeds, hence the chunky beak. Just down the road from our house, it perched nicely for a few pics. Lucky me! Singapore. Sept 25. #birds #birding #birdphotography #urbanwildlife

Birds with wet legs… 1. African Jacana 2. African Oystercatcher 3. Lesser Moorhen 4. White-rumped Sandpiper.This was the only second record for Mozambique. Quite an exciting find! All from Mozambique 🇲🇿 2022-23 #birds #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotograpy #waders

Outstanding in their fields…. 1. African / Purple Swamphen (Getting lumped on AviList) 2. Black-necked Heron 3. Spur-wing Goose and a little Nile Crocodile 4. Red-necked Spurfowl. Ssp. Swynnertoni Mozambique 2023 #birds #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography

1. Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia) The most common migrant ficedula flycatcher that passes through Singapore. Singapore Botanic Gardens, Sept 25. #birds #birding #birdphotography #singapore #flycatcher

Tiger Shrike A non-breeding visitor and passage migrant in 🇸🇬. Seen at the Healing Garden at Singapore Botanical Garden, which seems to be a migrant trap. Sg, Sept 25. #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #singapore #migration #shrike

Oriental Magpie Robin This one not shy, nice close ups… A Fem - M have a darker head. Not rare in 🇸🇬, but rarer across parts of Asia where it is illegally traded as a cage bird. LSingapore. Sept 25. #birds #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #singapore

Birds as always… 1. Black-breasted Thrush 2. Long-tailed Shrike 3. Pied Bushchat 4. Crested Finchbill Northern Thailand, Mar 25 #birds #birding #birdphotography #thailand #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography

Crested Treeswift Only after taking this photo and zooming in did I see it was perched on a nest🤯. Quite precarious, bark flakes and feathers glued together with spit, precariously places on an⚡️ wire… N. Thailand, Mar 25. #birds #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography

More birds from North Thailand. 1. Grey-throated Babbler 2. Hill Prinia 3 & 4. Brown-cheeked Fulvetta None colourful, but lovely nevertheless… Canon RF 100-500mm lens with 1.4x TC. F10 and high iso. #birds #birding #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography

A few birds from North Thailand earlier this year… 1. Rufous-bellied Niltava 2. Verditer Flycatcher 3. Grey-headed Parrotbill 4. Sapphire Flycatcher March 2025 🙏 to @black_magpie_is (insta) for guiding. #birds #birding #birdphotography #thailand #naturephotography #wildlifephotography

1 & 2. Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker 3 & 4. Sooty-capped Babbler Plenty of both families in SE Asia. Many flowerpeckers are straightforward to ID, the babblers are one of the regions LBJ challenges. Both at Panti Forest, May 25. #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #wildlife

Two flavours (or more properly colour morphs) of Pacific Reef Heron. I had hoped for some unusual terns after a storm, but nothing too exciting showed up. Marina Bay, Singapore, Sept 25 For you @everyheron.bsky.social #birds #birding #herons #birdsseenin2025 #birdphotography #singapore

Orange-bellied Leafbird The main issue for this family of birds is habitat loss, but the illegal cage-bird trade is decimating populations in some areas. This one seen near Chiang Mai, Thailand. Mar 25. #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #thailand #conservation

Back in Nov-Dec 2023 I joined an expedition to look for Steppe Whimbrel and survey migrant waders. The results are now published and show what a globally important place #Mozambique is for wader conservation… Excellent birding and nearly 1/2 the 3000km coastline unsurveyed.

Nankeen Night-Heron Pretty common, ranging from parts of SE Asia across to Australia. I couldn’t get a frame filling photo since the bird was too far away, but I think it’s sometimes beneficial to see a bird in its habitat. Tangkoko, Aug 25 #birds #birding #birdphotography #nature #wildlife

2.24cm is roughly two Half-finches… Estrildidae finches are always pretty cute, here are two pretty common and widespread species. 1. Chestnut Munia 2. Scaly-breasted Munia Tomohon, Aug 25 #birds #birding #munia #birdphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotograpy #sulawesi