Tabin is a bird-watcher's paradise as the forest of Tabin attracts an amazingly rich diversity of birds, including rare and endemic species, due to the abundance of food plants here. The relatively low canopy with sufficient natural lights makes birding and photography a delightful experience.
About 42 indigenous families representing more than 260 species have been recorded here including all the 8 of Sabah's Hornbill species; Black Hornbill, Rhinoceros Hornbill, Wreathed Hornbill, Pied Hornbill, White-crowned Hornbill, Wrinkled Hornbill, Bushy-crested Hornbill and Helmeted Hornbill. Other sought-after species, such as the Blue-headed Pitta, Black-and-crimson Pitta, Malaysian Blue Flycatcher, Temminck's Sunbird, Purple-throated Sunbird, Everett's White-eye, Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker, and rarely seen species such as Storm's Stork, Jambu Fruit Dove, Large Green Pigeon, White-fronted Falconet, Great-billed Heron and Giant Pitta have been sighted in Tabin.
BIRD LIST FOR TABIN WILDLIFE RESORT
Updated 1st
May 2013
By CK Leong
01. Chestnut-necklaced Partridge
02. Black Partridge
03. Crested Fireback
04. Great Argus
05. Wandering Whistling Duck
06. Storm’s Stork
07. Eastern Cattle Egret
08. Great Egret
09. Little Egret
10. Great-billed Heron
11. Purple Heron
12. Oriental Darter
13. White-fronted Falconet
14. Peregrine Falconet
15. Jerdon’s Baza
16. Bat Hawk
17. Black-shouldered Kite
18. Brahminy Kite
19. White-bellied Sea-eagle
20. Lesser Fish-eagle
21. Crested Serpent-eagle
22. Crested Goshawk
23. Black Eagle
24. Wallace’s Hawk-eagle
25. Blyth’s Hawk-eagle
26. Changeable Hawk-eagle
27. Rufous-bellied Eagle
28. Common Moorhen 29. White-breasted Waterhen
30. Common Sandpiper
31. Emerald Dove
32. Jambu Fruit-dove
33. Little Green-pigeon
34. Pink-necked Green-pigeon
35. Thick-billed Green-pigeon
36. Large Green-pigeon
37. Green Imperial-pigeon
38. Grey Imperial-pigeon
39. Blue-crowned Hanging-parrot
40. Long-tailed Parakeet
41. Moustached Hawk-cuckoo
42. Malaysian Hawk-cuckoo
43. Indian Cuckoo
44. Banded Bay Cuckoo
45. Plaintive Cuckoo
46. Violet Cuckoo
47. Little Bronze Cuckoo
48. Drongo Cuckoo
49. Bornean Ground-Cuckoo
50. Black-bellied Malkoha
51. Red-billed Malkoha
52. Raffle’s Malkoha
53. Chestnut-breasted Malkoha
54. Greated Coucal
55. Lesser Coucal
56. Sunda Scops-Owl
57. Barred Eagle-owl
58. Buffy Fish-owl
59. Brown Wood-owl
60. Bornean Frogmouth
61. Blyth’s Frogmouth 62. Glossy Swiftlet
63. Mossy-nest Swiftlet
64. Black-nest Swiflet
65. Edible-nest Swiftlet
66. Asian Palm-swift
67. Silver-rumped Needletail
68. Grey-rumped Treeswift
69. Whiskered Treeswift
70. Red-naped Trogon
71. Diard’s Trogon
72. Scarlet-rumped Trogon
73. Dollarbird
74. Rufous-collared Kingfisher
75. Banded Kingfisher
76. Ruddy Kingfisher
77. Stork-billed Kingfisher
78. Collared Kingfisher
79. Oriental Dwarf-kingfisher
80. Blue-banded Kingfisher
81. Blue-eared Kingfisher
82. Red-bearded Bee-eater
83. Blue-throated Bee-eater
84. Bushy-crested Hornbill
85. Oriental Pied Hornbill
86. Black Hornbill
87. Rhinoceros Hornbill
88. Helmeted Hornbill
89. White-crowned Hornbill
90. Wrinkled Hornbill
91. Wreathed Hornbill
92. Gold-whiskered Barbet
93. Red-crowned Barbet
94. Red-throated Barbet 95. Yellow-crowned Barbet
96. Blue-eared Barbet
97. Brown Barbet
98. Malaysian Honeyguide
99. Rufous Piculet
100. Speckled Piculet
101. Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
102. White-bellied Woodpecker
103. Rufous Woodpecker
104. Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker
105. Banded Woodpecker
106. Checkered Throated Woodpecker
107. Crimson-winged Woodpecker
108. Olive-backed Woodpecker
109. Maroon Woodpecker
110. Orange-backed Woodpecker
111. Buff-rumped Woodpecker
112. Buff-necked Woodpecker
113. Grey-and-buff Woodpecker
114. Great Slaty Woodpecker
115. Green Broadbill
116. Dusky Broadbill
117. Black-and-red Broadbill
118. Banded Broadbill
119. Black-and-yellow Broadbill
120. Hooded Pitta
121. Blue-headed Pitta
122. Blue-banded Pitta
123. Black-and-crimson Pitta
124. Giant Pitta
125. Bornean Banded Pitta
126. White-bellied Erpornis
127. Golden-Bellied Gerygone 128. Lesser Cuckooshrike
129. Fiery Minivet
130. Scarlet Minivet
131. Dark-throated Oriole
132. Large Woodshrike
133. Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
134. Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike
135. Rufous-winged Philentoma
136. Maroon-breasted Philentoma
137. White-breasted Woodswallow
138. Common Iora
139. Green Iora
140. Pied Fantail
141. Spotted Fantail
142. Black-naped Monarch
143. Asian Paradise-flycatcher
144. Crow-billed Drongo
145. Bronzed Drongo
146. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
147. Slender-billed Crow
148. Bornean Black Magpie
149. Crested Jay
150. Tiger Shrike
151. Brown Shrike
152. Plain Sunbird
153. Brown-throated Sunbird
154. Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
155. Van Hasselt’s Sunbird
156. Olive-backed Sunbird
157. Crimson Sunbird
158. Temminck’s Sunbird
159. Purple-naped Sunbird
160. Little Spiderhunter 161. Thick-billed Spiderhunter
162. Long-billed Spiderhunter
163. Spectacled Spiderhunter
164. Yellow-eared Spiderhunter
165. Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker
166. Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker
167. Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
168. Yellow-vented Flowerpecker
169. Greater Green Leafbird
170. Lesser Green Leafbird
171. Asian Fairy-bluebird
172. Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
173. Dusky Munia
174. White-bellied Munia
175. Chestnut Munia
176. Eurasian Tree-sparrow
177. Grey Wagtail
178. Javan Myna
179. Common Hill-myna
180. Asian Glossy Starling
181. Chestnut-cheeked Starling
182. Oriental Magpie-robin
183. White-crowned Shama
184. Rufous-tailed Shama
185. White-crowned Forktail
186. Malaysian Blue-flycatcher
187. Bornean Blue-flycatcher
188. Verditer Flycatcher
189. Narcissus Flycatcher
190. Grey-streaked Flycatcher
191. Asian Brown Flycatcher
192. Rufous-tailed Jungle-flycatcher
193. Black-headed Bulbul 194. Black-and-white Bulbul
195. Grey-bellied Bulbul
196. Puff-backed Bulbul
197. Yellow-vented Bulbul
198. Olive-winged Bulbul
199. Cream-vented Bulbul
200. Red-eyed Bulbul
201. Spectacled Bulbul
202. Buff-vented Bulbul
203. Hairy-backed Bulbul
204. Finsch’s Bulbul
205. Yellow-bellied Bulbul
206. Grey-cheeked Bulbul
207. Streaked Bulbul
208. Barn Swallow
209. Pacific (House) Swallow
210. Arctic Warbler
211. Brown Fulvetta
212. Black-throated Babbler
213. Grey-headed Babbler
214. Chested-winged Babbler
215. Chested-rumped Babbler
216. Chestnut-backed Scimitar-babbler
217. Bold-striped Tit-babbler
218. Fluffy-backed Tit-babbler
219. Black-capped Babbler
220. Sooty-capped Babbler
221. Scaly-crowned Babbler
222. Rufous-crowned Babbler
223. White-chested Babbler
224. Short-tailed Babbler
225. Striped Wren-babbler
226. Black-throated Wren-babbler 227. Ashy Tailorbird
228. Rufous-tailed Tailorbird
229. Dark-necked Tailorbird
230. Yellow-bellied Prinia
