Black and Red Broadbill (Cymbirhynchus macroynchos)

B&R Broadbills are chunky birds which can be found from subtropical to tropical places esp lowland forest near water catchment areas, streams, and rivers. Although said to be quite common and listed as "Least Concern" by IUCN but it cannot be found in every jungle trails. Nevertheless its a beautifull bird to be seen and photographed. Its nests are constructed just the same way as most broadbills would do i.e. a bunch of loosely constructed twigs and branches with a mixture of dry leaves and at times feathers, hanging from a branch and sometimes from a telephone wire.

Here are some pictures of a sub-adult broadbill which Khoo Swee Seng has helped me to id based on the few spots at its coverts and its dull buffy breast colours. Khoo Swee Seng is one of the more experience birders around this region having spotted close to 535 birds species under his birding cap todate.

The purple like eyes are not the results of sunlight effect or photoshop manipulation but probably because of the bird's age.

Crimson-Winged Woodpecker (Picus puniceus)

Woodpeckers have always fascinate me in terms of their bright plumage and peculiar behaviors.  Crimson-winged woodpeckers are fairly common woodpeckers one could find along the jungle trails up to a height of 825 m.  Locally named as "Belatok Emas" and IUCN has listed them as "Least Concern". They are said to liked insects and larvaes. Here are two males - one is a juvenile taken from a recent trip at Sungai Perdik, Hulu Langat, Selangor, West Malaysia.

Male species of these woodpeckers have red crowns and red submoustachial. Although this bird has no red crown but it has a red submoustachial which is absence in female birds of this species. This fellow is probably a juvenile male.

These two pictures above show the adult male is teaching the juve male to find for food, i guess.