5 Days Peninsula Malaysia Birding Tour
5 days Kuala Lumpur - Kuala Selangor - Fraser's Hill Bird Watching, Malaysia
This 5 days Bird Watching tour bring you to most of the local birding site and will search for the bird range from the lowland rainforest, wetland, mangrove, secondary forest, rice field and montane rainforest. Generally, birding in Malaysia is all year round, difference have difference species to see. We have migratory bird that come from as far as Siberia also, near as from Thailand. To be able to see variety of bird, best is still from October to End March, if you would like to see local bird only, march till June is the active month for breeding.
Description of itinerary
Day 1
Depart from KL hotel early morning (About 7am)
Start with Taman Rimba Ampang (Lowland forest), Kuala Lumpur, Lowland Forest Birds.
*Check out the star bird, Blue Banded Kingfisher, Buff-rump Woodpecker and Orange-backed Woodpecker, Grey & Buff Woodpecker, Asian Fairy Blue Bird, Whiskered Treeswift , Gold-whiskered barbet, Red-billed Malkoha, Dark-throated Oriole, Purple-naped Sunbird, Ruby-cheeked Sunbird, Yellow-rump Flycatcher, Asian Brown Flycatcher, Scarlet Minivet, Grenn Iora, Greather Leafbird, Banded Broadbill, Black & Yellow Broadbill, Emerald Dove, Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot, Long Tail Paraket, , Drongo Cuckoo,Yellow Breasted Flowerpecker, Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker, Yellow-vented Flowerpecker, Spectacled Spiderhunter and Velvet-fronted Nuthatch.
Afternoon
Check-in resort
Birding Around Kuala Selangor or
Birding at Kuala Selangor Nature park
Owling and optional Firefly river cruise
*Check out the star bird, Milky Stork, Lesser Adjutant and Stork-billed Kingfisher.
Day 2
Breakfast
Early Morning Kuala Selangor Nature Park
Afternoon
Around Kuala Selangor area
Owling or rest
Overnight at resort
*check out the mangrove specialty, Mangrove blue flycatcher, collared kingfisher, Common Flameback woodpecker, Brown capped woodpecker, Laced woodpecker, barred eagle owl, Buffy fish owl and Cinnamon Bitten.
Day 3
Breakfast
Depart from Kuala Selangor to Fraser’s hill
Birding along the way, opportunity to see Purple Heron, Little Egret, Black-crown Night Heron, Osprey, Black Eagle.
Birding Along Kuala Kubu Bahru forest.
Birding at The Gap and
Fraser hill New road,
Check-in
Around Fraser’s hill
* Check out the Hornbill species, Great Hornbill, Rhinoceros, Wreathed, Wrinked, Helmeted, and Bushy crested hornbill. Also, montane speciallity, chestnut-cap Laughingthrush, Silver-eared Mesia, Fire-tufted Barbet, Orange-breasted Trogon, Large Hawk-cuckoo, Yellow-vented Pigeon, Grey-chinned Minivet, Streaked Wren-Babbler, Mountain Imperial Pigeon, and Mountain Bulbul.
Day 4
Breakfast
Early morning birding around Fraser’s hill trail, Telekom Loop and Girdle road.
Afternnon
Jeriau waterfall trail, Bishop Trail, Hemment’s Trail.
Owling
*Brown wood owl, Broadbill species, Hill Pheasants, Slaty Back Forktail, Blyth’s Hawk-eagle, Grey-Headed Flycatcher, Little Pied Flycatcher, Grey-throated Babbler, Cutia, Mountain Leaf Warbler, Red Headed Trogon, Red- Bearded Bee-eater, Silver-breasted Broadbill, Long-tailed Broadbill, Bay Woodpecker, Lesser Yellownape, Golden Babbler, Black Laughingthrush, Speckled Piculet, Collared Owlet, Brown Barbet, Green-billed Malkoha, White-browed Shrike-Babbler, Black-eared Shrike-Babbler, Mountain Tailorbird, Hill Blue Flycatcher, Large Niltava, etc.
Day 5
Breakfast
Check out
Fraser hill old road
The gap
Birding along way back
Templer’s Parks
*Black-thighed Falconet, Crested Serpent Eagle, Yellow Breasted Bulbul, Minivet spp and many more.
Back to KL Expected arrival to Kuala Lumpur at Evening (7-8pm)