Birding Congkak and Skytrex area, KL, Malaysia

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When: March 2026 Weather: Hot 30C

OM1mk2 150-400mm Zuiko Pro

Our second morning’s birding saw WengChun picking us up at 0630am this time and breakfasting in Ulu Langat village before heading onto the Congkak area…whilst the birds were harder to spot compared to Bukit Tinggi, they were more colourful and attractive.

Weng Chun heard the sound of the rufous collared kingfisher and after quite a while, he pointed it out to us, deep in the forest….hidden by branches and leaves
thankfully eventually he flew to a better perch
the beautiful Rufous collared KF
front view
Wengchun then said, yellow broadbill! And here we can see the wings are black and yellow from the back view
he perched to check us out
beautiful blue beak
black and yellow broadbill
Then this handsome banded woodpecker appeared on the scene
banded woodpecker
the rare white bat lily in the wild
further down the road we found the black and red broadbills..here a pair!
food in mouth
magnificent black and red broadbill
profile view
then in the distance a large malkoha stirred
a chestnut breasted malkoha
whilst it also has a greenish beak, the body is much more colourful than the Green billed malkoha.
a blurry shot of the hairy backed bulbul
spectacled bulbul
last bird of the trip was the red bearded bee eater..much closer than the day before….
red bearded bee eater with green back
stunning red bearded bee eater
in flight!

So we birded for some 3.5 hours and had a good time despite only seeing half a dozen species….

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