Birds of Old Gombak Road

Old Gombak Road is located between low land forest leading to a town called Bentong. Although the road is narrow and full of trucks and cyclist but it has the potential to produce lifers. Here are some of the birds seen:

This Scarlet-Backed Flowerpecker was spotted at around 7.30am and it was still pretty dark then. At F5.6 that was the best i could managed.

Initially this bird was recorded as a common raffles malkoha but after checking further i discovered that it was actually a Red-Billed Malkoha ! Its diagnostic red bill, rufous throat and chest area and greyish belly can be seen in these 2 photos. Amazing that i could not spot these features with my bins. This shows that at times we do need to have photo-id. These photos were taken right after the scarlet-backed flowerpecker.

Next bird was a juvenile Brown Shrike, i think

(Note: from cross-references, this bird could also been a Juvenile Female Brown Shrike)

Most babblers are sulking but at times they do give a window of opportunity to have a good view of them just like this Striped Tit Babbler

This is an Orange-Bellied Flowerpecker helping itself with riped berries.

This is a Drongo Cuckoo who does not want to turn around for people to see its front view.

This is a female Black-Naped Monarch.

This fellow looks more like an Asian Paradise Flycatcher !

(Note: Experts informed that it could be a male juvenile Black Naped Monarch)

I think this a Common Iora - Yes ? No?

These are Verditer Flycatcher upclose. Unlike in Perdik, the verditers over here are much more friendly! 

This one is probably a female Verditer Flycatcher.

I could not believe when i saw this Asian Paradise Flycatcher (White Morph). I thought it could only be seen in pristine forest like Taman Negara or Panti etc but certaintly not near an urban area.

This is a side view of a Scally-Breasted Bulbul.

This is the milestone where i completed my birding trip although i have a few more miles to go along this road. Will continue from this point the next time.