Bird species In Bukit Cerakah

The National Botanic Garden at Shah Alam or I fondly called Bukit Cerakah is one of my frequently visited places for birding. Altough there are free bus services inside, I normally just take a walk alone in various trek from the entrance.

In this particular day, I just walk through the paddy fields.

Here can see few species of munia such as white-headed, scaly-breasted and white-rumped. Also the normal javan myna. The waterhen are here but quite shy. Since this day is almost noon, no luck..

then moving on to the cocoa/oil-palm area, trying to spot the red eyed bulbul. no luck here either.

so went on to the danau perikanan, walk up to the water tunnel.. there are fences bordering the park, I notice some indon family fishing.. I wonder did they pay to get in or any other means..broke the fence??

anyway... shoot this in the water tunnel. Hirundo tahitica... nice scientific name.. stuck in my head.. remind me of hula hula hawaian.. :)

Pacific Swallow
Layang-layang Pasifik
Hirundo tahitica

coming out of the tunnel, I notice the fishing indon family wasnt there anymore.. split already.. notice broken fences in the tunnel, there must be somemore broken fences.. went to the other sides of the lake..

Suddenly there are some commotion in the canopy.. Aha! a bird wave...led by


Rembah Kayu Besar
Large Wood-shrike
Tephrodornis gularis

there are some other bird I cant identify, notice some species of woodpecker though.. being in the high canopy, just took some record shots.. the wood shrike a quite tough to id.. being bird pic to small..

then the birds went to the taman haiwan area with me following. No I'm not running, just walk.. at top of the hill, the leaf bird are low enough to shoot.

Daun Sayap Biru
Blue-winged Leafbird
Chloropsis cochinchinensis



my futile attempt shooting bird in flight.. the female leafbird to blur to shown here..

after that I just walk back to the entrance.. Birding, just another reason to walk..

Zoo Bird Species Behind

One Sunday, I received a call Physician and Madibirder to memburung in Kemensah. Dah no longer hear the forest area behind the zoo this country, but never arrived. To the extent that the front door of the state zoo, Physician, and Madi Madi son (Elias) were having breakfast. Finished eating, we went into the forest area by train Kemensah Madi.

To the point, enter the taxable je trail climbs the hill. Wow! mengah-mengah son climbed to the top .. perhaps because a month off running.

Up in a pond, while diorang looking pekaka. I caught this bird image ..

Bird Merbah grove (Olive-winged Bulbul) are chirping as he noticed by her partner.

Bird Kite Pacific (Pacific Swallow) is also being berehat above the terpacak cerucuk iron in the sea.

Rose again to the top of the hill, I found with my first lifer that day ..


Bird Kite Small tuft (Whiskered Treeswift), interested me in a way he folds his wings after the perch, a kind of robot.

arrived at a valley, many more see the various species of birds.

Migrant birds have also returned.

This bird Sambar Asia (Asian-Brown Flycatcher).


This bird also Kelicap Red Cheeks female. (Ruby-cheeked Sunbird)

Rather than a set of 5 birds Cenuk this crust, I can only take a picture of a crust Cenuk Females (Raffle's Malkoha; female)

A female bird again?, Belatuk Red. (Banded Yellownape; female). probably yes, since there is no visible red mark on the side of the head.

After exit from the region, Madi took us riding on the roads around Kemensah. In one more place on the edge of the road ..

Lifer a second!

Birds Eye White Wilderness (Everett's White-eye)

Can hardly catch my third lifer.


Merbah Siam (Black-headed Bulbul)

Thank you to the doctor because Madibirder and invited me to visit the area that has many bird species are really close to Kuala Lumpur.

My birdlist (seen, shot and with clear ID)

1. Whiskered Treeswift
2. Rufous Woodpecker
3. Yellow-bellied warbler
4. Pacific Swallow
5. Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
6. Raffle's Malkoha
7. Banded Yellownape
8. Olive-winged Bulbul
9. Blue-tailed Beeater
10. Everett White-eye
11. Black Headed Bulbul
12. Barn Swallow