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The olive-backed sunbird is the most common urban sunbird throughout most of its expansive distribution; ranges from Andaman and Nicobar Islands to Lesser Sundas.  Both sexes have a plain olive back, a yellow belly, and white tail edges that are flared out in flight. The female has a yellow throat and eyebrow.   The male flashes an iridescent blue throat.

It is endemic to the island of Borneo. It is sometimes treated as a subspecies of the Sumatran treepie. It is fairly common in most mountain ranges in the northern and central parts of Borneo. It mainly occurs between 300 and 2,800 metres above sea-level, being most common in valleys and foothills at the lower end of that range.

The ashy tailorbird is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.

The chestnut-crested yuhina is found in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia where it is endemic to the island of Borneo. This sprightly and social little bird is the only yuhina in Borneo, where it can be found in forested areas within the island’s central highlands.

I saw over 60 species during my 3 nights 5 days birdwatch in Kota Kinivalu. Today, I finish the post with Java sparrow, which is endemic to Borneo.

Their breeding habitat is marshes across tropical Asia from Pakistan east to Indonesia. Black-winged Stilt (장다리물떼새) The black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) is a widely distributed, stilt family Recurvirostridae. Alternatively, it is restricted to the form that is widespread in Europe, Asia and Africa. Meanwhile, the black-necked (H. mexicanus) and white-backed stilts (H. melanurus) both i..