Site Report: Deramakot Forest Reserve, Malaysia

Michael Jackson Crossing

Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)

Indonesian Red-winged Dragonfly (Neurothemis terminata)

Leopard Moth (Duomitus sp)

Bronzed Drongo (Dicrurus aeneus)

Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica)

Changeable Hawk-Eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus)

Flat-tailed House Gecko (Hemidactylus platyurus)

Slug Caterpillar Moth (Phocoderma sp)

Bornean Orbweaver (Araneus borneo-sp)

Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis)

Lesser Cuckooshrike (Lalage fimbriata)

Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)

Whiskered Treeswift (Hemiprocne comata)

Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris)

Little Spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra)

Spectacled Spiderhunter (Arachnothera flavigaster)

Yellow-bellied Prinia (Prinia flaviventris)

Dark-eared Tree Frog (Polypedates macrotis)

Charlotte's Bulbul (Iole charlottae)

Cinereous Bulbul (Hemixos cinereus)

Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia)

Rufous-tailed Tailorbird (Orthotomus sericeus)

Ventriloquial Oriole (Oriolus xanthonotus)

Lesser Green Leafbird (Chloropsis cyanopogon)

Mossy-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus salangana)

Red-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes rhodolaemus)

Spectacled Bulbul (Rubigula erythropthalmos)

Thick-billed Green-Pigeon (Treron curvirostra)

Yellow-bellied Bulbul (Alophoixus phaeocephalus)

Little Green-Pigeon (Treron olax)

Gray-throated Babbler (Stachyris nigriceps)

Black Magpie (Platysmurus leucopterus)

Forest

Map of Site Report: Deramakot Forest Reserve, Malaysia

Visits

2023-03-21: After a long drive through a lot of oil palms, we arrived at the logging area. This area is selectively logged, so there is still some wildlife around. We went out for a drive in the afternoon rain to look for Orangutans. Just as we were turning around to give up, I noticed some movement in the trees. It was a large male Orangutan.
2023-03-22: We returned to the site where we saw the Orangutan making his nest, and we arrived in time to see him relaxing. Then, we walked around in some different parts of the forest.
2023-03-23: Time to leave the forest, but not before a close encounter with some unseen elephants in the forest.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (75 records)

Phylum: Arthropods (4 records)

Class: Arachnids (1 record)

Order: Spiders (1 record)
- Family: Orbweavers
- Spiny Orbweaver (Gasteracantha mengei)

Class: Insects (3 records)

Order: Butterflies and Moths (2 records)
- Family: Carpenter and Leopard Moths
- Leopard Moth (Duomitus sp)
- Family: Slug Caterpillar Moths
- Slug Caterpillar Moth (Phocoderma sp)

Order: Dragonflies and Damselflies (1 record)
- Family: Skimmers
- Straight-edge Red Parasol (Neurothemis terminata)

Phylum: Chordates (71 records)

Class: Amphibians (1 record)

Order: Toads and Frogs (1 record)
- Family: Moss Frogs
- Dark-eared Tree Frog (Polypedates macrotis)

Class: Birds (65 records)

Order: Bucerotiformes (3 records)

Order: Cuckoos (5 records)
- Family: Coucals
- Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Little Green-Pigeon (Treron olax)
- Thick-billed Green-Pigeon (Treron curvirostra)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (4 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black Eagle (Ictinaetus malaiensis)
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus)
- Crested Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis cheela)
- Wallace's Hawk-Eagle (Nisaetus nanus)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (4 records)
- Family: Swifts
- Mossy-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus salangana)
- Silver-rumped Spinetail (Rhaphidura leucopygialis)
- Family: Tree-swifts
- Gray-rumped Treeswift (Hemiprocne longipennis)
- Whiskered Treeswift (Hemiprocne comata)

Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (2 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Blue-throated Bee-eater (Merops viridis)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Rufous-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher (Ceyx rufidorsa)

Order: Owls And Nightjars (1 record)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Buffy Fish-Owl (Ketupa ketupu)

Order: Perching Birds (40 records)
- Family: Bristleheads
- Bornean Bristlehead (Pityriasis gymnocephala)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus picatus)
- Lesser Cuckooshrike (Lalage fimbriata)
- Family: Drongos
- Bronzed Drongo (Dicrurus aeneus)
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus)
- Family: Fairy-bluebirds
- Asian Fairy-bluebird (Irena puella)
- Family: Fantails
- Malaysian Pied-Fantail (Rhipidura javanica)
- Family: Iora
- Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Bornean Black Magpie (Platysmurus aterrimus)
- Sunda Crow (Corvus enca)
- Family: Leafbirds
- Lesser Green Leafbird (Chloropsis cyanopogon)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus)
- Family: Old World Orioles
- Ventriloquial Oriole (Oriolus consobrinus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Dusky Munia (Lonchura fuscans)
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Dark-necked Tailorbird (Orthotomus atrogularis)
- Gray-throated Babbler (Stachyris nigriceps)
- Rufous-tailed Tailorbird (Orthotomus sericeus)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Yellow-bellied Prinia (Prinia flaviventris)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Pacific Swallow (Hirundo javanica)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica)
- White-crowned Shama (Copsychus stricklandii)
- Family: Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers and Allies
- Brown Fulvetta (Alcippe brunneicauda)
- Family: Typical Broadbills
- Black-and-yellow Broadbill (Eurylaimus ochromalus)

Order: Turkey-like birds (1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Great Argus (Argusianus argus)

Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Puffbirds (3 records)
- Family: Asian Barbets
- Black-eared Barbet (Psilopogon duvaucelii)
- Gold-whiskered Barbet (Psilopogon chrysopogon)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- White-bellied Woodpecker (Dryocopus javensis)

Class: Mammals (4 records)

Order: Primates (3 records)
- Family: Hominidae
- Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
- Family: Hylobatidae
- Eastern Gray Gibbon (Hylobates funereus)
- Family: Old World Monkeys
- Red Leaf Monkey (Presbytis rubicunda)

Order: Proboscidea (1 record)
- Family: Elephantidae
- Asiatic Elephant (Elephas maximus)

Class: Reptiles (1 record)

Order: Lizards and Snakes (1 record)
- Family: Geckos
- Flat-tailed House Gecko (Hemidactylus platyurus)

Lifelists

Trips

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