Birds of Sabah (C)

Chestnut-crested Yuhina
Spotted in Kinabalu Park (montane forest).

Chestnut-hooded Laughing Thrush
Spotted in Kinabalu Park (montane forest).

Chinese Egret
This look like ordinary egrets we see everywhere. But this one is a rare migratory bird and every birders want to see it. Note the green leg, and mandibles in different colors.

Cinnamon Bittern
Very common water bird in paddy field and wetland.

Common Greenshank
Spotted in KK Wetland Centre. This one should be a migratory bird but seem like it decides to settle in Sabah. I see it there most of the time.

Common Iora
Common bird in forested or mangrove area of countryside. Most of the time you hear it but can’t see it. It hides itself in the tree very well.

Common Moorhen
Spotted in paddy field of Penampang.

Common Redshank
Spotted in paddy field of Penampang.

Common Ringed Plover
Spotted in Likas Lagoon (Kota Kinabalu).

Common Sandpiper
Spotted in mudflat next to golf course of Sutera Harbor Resort.

Copper-throated sunbird
Spotted in mangrove of Sepilok Laut.

Photos taken in Sabah, Malaysia Borneo