Rosli Omar
rosliomar@fastmail.fm
Posted 22 May 2020
KLNFR is planned for degazettement by the Selangor government (see yesterday’s posting). To see what would be lost, my friend, Mike H.N. Chong, and I did bird and butterfly (see yesterday’s posting) surveys of KLNFR. If there are healthy bird and butterfly diversity then the forest has a healthy biodiversity generally.
Because of time constraint this survey was done only over two days in mid February 2020.
A total of 50 bird species from 25 families were recorded. From the total of 50 bird species, 46 species were residents and four species were migrants. Three species were with resident/migrant status.
Of note are four bird species that are listed as “Near Threatened” under the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Black-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi, Blue-rumped Parrot Psittinus cyanurus, Lesser Green Leafbird Chloropsis cyanopogon and Green Iora Aegithina viridissima. This fact is not surprising given that they are all principally lowland forest birds, the most threatened class of birds since this forest habitat is the most threatened of forests. From the 50 bird species recorded in the 2-day surveys, bird diversity appears to be moderately high, given the short survey period.
Some of the birds are shown below (not all photographed in KLNFR). Caption: Common English name, scientific name, Malay name (from *Rosli Omar 2018 or #A. Jeyarajasingam and A. Pearson 2012).
Photo credit: Francis Yap
Photo credit: Jason Tan
Photo credit: Danaraj Maniam
A juvenile Changeable Hawk Eagle was heard actively calling in the survey area, suggesting this species is breeding here. An adult of the same species was observed as well.
A longer survey of the area is needed for larger forest and threatened bird species to be recorded, in efforts to documents the full bird diversity of KLNFR. This would greatly assist in the efforts to conserve and save KLNFR from being totally cleared along with its biodiversity. Still, there is a healthy diversity of 50 bird species It is likely with more extensive surveys that other species could be added to the list.
Complete List of birds recorded at KLNFR during the bird survey
1. Sparrowhawk species. Accipiter sp., 2. Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus, 3. Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela, 4. Changeable Hawk Eagle Spizaetus cirrhatus,5. Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus, 6. White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus, 7. Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans, 8. Peaceful Dove Geopelia striata, 9. Emerald Dove Chacophaps indica, 10. Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx vagans, 11. Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus, 12. Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis,13. Black-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi, 14. Raffles’ Malkoha Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus,15. Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot Loriculus galgulus, 16. Blue-rumped Parrot Psittinus cyanurus, 17. Swiftlet species, Collocalia sp., 18. White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis,19. Oriental Roller/Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis, 20. Gold-whiskered Barbet Psilopogon chrysopogon,21. Blue-eared Barbet Megalaima australis, 22. Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus,23. Orange-backed Woodpecker Reinwardtipicus validus,24. Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis gularis,25. Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus,26. Banded Broadbill Eurylaimus harterti,27. Lesser Green Leafbird Chloropsis cyanopogon,28. Green Iora Aegithina viridissima,29. Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus,30. Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus, 31. Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goaivier,32. Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis,33. Black Magpie Platysmurus leucopterus,34. Leaf warbler species Phylloscopus sp.,35. Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius,36. Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis,37. Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus,38. Ashy Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps,39. Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris,40. Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Macronus gularis,41. Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis,42. Green-backed Flycatcher Ficedula elisae,43. Eye-browed Thrush Turdus obscurus,44. Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica,45. Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea,46. Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa, 47. Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptis malacensis,48. Plain Sunbird Anthreptis simplex,49. Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra, 50. Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata.
Note: Species in bold letters are IUCN Near-Threatened species.
REFERENCES:
*Rosli Omar 2018. “Birds of the Forests of Peninsular Malaysia: a photographic guide”, published by SIRD, Petaling Jaya.
#A. Jeyarajasingam and A. Pearson 2012. “AField Guide to the Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore”, published by Oxford University Press, London.
Acknowledgement: For part funding of the surveys we are grateful to the Coalition for the Protection of Selangor Forests (CPSF), a coalition by Centre for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC), Global Environment Centre (GEC), Malaysian Nature Society (MNS), Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Friends of the Earth, Malaysia or SAM), Treat Every Environment Special (TrEES), Persatuan Aktivis Alam Sekitar (KUASA), and Petubuhan Alam Sekitar Sejahtera (GRASS). It was formed to oppose degazettement of KLNFR.
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