Like all rainforest birding what is seen two days running can vary, so
this list indicates only what we saw, not what can be seen.
Description: Gunung Leuser National Park, lowland forest
Location: Sumatra 5-4-98 to 9-4-98
Species Seen: 62
F Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
13 03 012 2 soaring over river
Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis
13 03 205 2
F Wallace's Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus nanus
13 03 233 S1 S1 Feeding single chick on nest
White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
15 02 080 1 flushed by creek bed
Common Sandpiper Tringa hypoleucos
16 03 050 seen regularly along river
Little Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia ruficeps
19 01 075 4
Raffles' Malkoha Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus
23 01 061 3
F Red-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus javanicus
23 01 062 3
F Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
19 01 1 flushed from road on the way to Gunung Leuser NP
Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
23 02 012 1 flushed in creek bed grasses
Gray-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis
26 01 002 2 in trees by dry creek bed
Silver-rumped Needletail Rhaphidura leucopygialis
26 02 055 several over river an hour before dusk
House Swift Apus nipalensis
26 02 096 seen over river in late afternoon
F Diard's Trogon Harpactes diardii
28 01 032 Male in telescope in forest
Rufous-backed Kingfisher Ceyx rufidorsa
29 01 020 1 by small creek in forest near track
entrance
Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis
29 04 017 1 in telescope in trees above dry creek bed
Rhinoceros Hornbill Buceros rhinoceros
29 10 024 Seen and heard daily. Seen in telescope
Red-throated Barbet Megalaima mystacophanos
30 03 011 2 seen in fruiting trees by the river
Blue-eared Barbet Megalaima australis
30 03 022 2 seen in telescope in fruiting trees
Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala
30 03 025 Heard continuously and seen in telescope in
trees beside dry creek bed
F Orange-backed Woodpecker Reinwardtipicus validus
30 08 204 seen on two occasions
Green Broadbill Calyptomena viridis
31 03 012 Pair with feeding flock
Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
31 29 056 2 seen in telescope
F Sumatran Drongo Dicrurus sumatranus
Seen feeding 2 young in a nest in tree beside river
Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
31 36 001 4
Green Iora Aegithina viridissima
31 36 003 3
Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus
31 38 082 2 seen several heard
F Greater Green Leafbird Chloropsis sonnerati
31 39 005 1 seen in telescope
Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis cochinchinensis
31 39 007 seen on 3 occasions
F Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
31 41 001 1 juvenile in telescope, in clearing
Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
31 41 005 1 in cleared land at forest edge
F Fulvous-chested Jungle-Flycatcher Rhinomyias olivacea
31 50 020 1
F Gray-chested Jungle-Flycatcher Rhinomyias umbratilis
31 50 021 1
Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
31 50 031 1
Chestnut-naped Forktail Enicurus ruficapillus
31 50 209 2 in diferent streams in forest
Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica
31 56 046 2 over clearing
Black-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus atriceps
31 58 009 2
Puff-backed Bulbul Pycnonotus eutilotus
31 58 025 4
Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
31 58 034 common in clearing
Cream-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus simplex
31 58 037 seen on two occasions, once in telescope
Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus
31 58 038 2 seen twice
F Spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus erythropthalmos
31 58 039 seen on 4 occasions, once in telescope
Yellow-bellied Bulbul Alophoixus phaeocephalus
31 58 103 seen on two occasions
Hairy-backed Bulbul Tricholestes criniger
31 58 106 2 birds seen on 1 occasion
F Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
31 61 065 several heard, one seen well in long grasses
beside dry creek bed
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
31 62 186 single birds seen on four occasions with feeding flocks
Abbott's Babbler Malacocincla abbotti
31 63 061 3 in one flock
F Moustached Babbler Malacopteron magnirostre
31 63 074 2 seen with other babblers on one occasion
Scaly-crowned Babbler Malacopteron cinereum
31 63 076 2 seen, one well
F Gray-headed Babbler Stachyris poliocephala
31 63 148 seen on a few occasions
Striped Tit-Babbler Macronous gularis
31 63 159 2 seen twice
White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
31 71 105 4
Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
31 72 001 1 bird seen on two occasions
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
31 72 1 seen with telescope in rice fields on the way to park
Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus maculatus
31 76 002 3
Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus percussus
31 76 003 seen the most of the flowerpeckers
F Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma
31 76 022 3 seen, more glimpsed
F Plain Sunbird Anthreptes simplex
31 77 005 seen in the same little gully every day
F Purple-naped Sunbird Hypogramma hypogrammicum
31 77 020 2
Olive-backed Sunbird Nectarinia jugularis
31 77 048 1
Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
31 77 114 1 seen, several heard
F White-headed Munia Lonchura maja
31 71 117 2
Description: Berestagi Waterfall
Trip Date: 9-4-98 Species Seen: 14
2 hours birdwatching
F Rusty-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis
23 01 026 2 seen in poor light. Eventually in the
telescope.
Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
29 05 011 1
F Wrinkled Hornbill Aceros corrugatus
29 10 038 2 flew across road
Fire-tufted Barbet Psilopogon pyrolophus
30 03 001 1 juvenile
F Black-browed Barbet Megalaima oorti
30 03 015 1 in telescope
F Shiny Whistling-Thrush Myiophonus melanurus
31 47 020 1 taped in and seen well
F Blue Nuthatch Sitta azurea
31 51 022 2
Gray-cheeked Bulbul Alophoixus bres
31 58 102 1
F Mountain White-eye Zosterops montanus
31 59 031 2
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
31 62 186 2 in telescope
Pygmy Wren-Babbler Pnoepyga pusilla
31 63 117 calling
Gray-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps
31 63 147 2
White-browed Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius flaviscapis
31 63 205 2
Great Tit Parus major
31 67 037 2
Trevor & Annie Quested
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