Birds and I

Temminck's sunbird is a species of sunbird. It is found in up to 1800 m altitude in Borneo, Sumatra, West Malaysia, and south west Thailand in tropical moist montane forests. This bird's common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Dutch aristocrat and zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.

The indigo flycatcher is found in Indonesia and Malaysia, where it is found in Sumatra, Java and northern montane areas of Borneo. Its natural habitat is tropical moist submontane montane forests between 900m to 3000m, where it is a common to fairly common species.

Oriental Magpie-robin is a juvenile. It is mostly seen close to the ground, hopping along branches or foraging in leaf-litter on the ground with a cocked tail. Males sing loudly from the top of trees or other high perches during the breeding season.

The mountain tailorbird found in China, India, Indonesia, and Malaysia.  Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

The female olive-backed sunbird builds the nest using grass, cotton, moss, lichens, leaf fragments, vegetable fibers, and spider webs, lined with bark or feathers.  The nest has the form of a hanging oval pouch with a sheltered side opening, and lays eggs in May and June.

It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

The Bornean swiftlet is endemic to the Kinababu mountain of the island of Borneo. It has been found nesting on a hut at 2370 m above sea level on Kinabalu.

This species ranges from the eastern foothills of the Himalayas through northeastern India, southern China, mainland Southeast Asia to Sumatra and Borneo.  Its habitat is montane forest about 1,000–2,000m in elevation.

The black-nest swiftlet is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Its saliva is one of the main sources of edible nests for bird's nest soup.

The scarlet minivet is found in tropical southern Asia from Northeast India to southern China, Indonesia, and the Philippines. They are common resident breeding birds in forests and other well-wooded habitats including gardens, especially in hilly country.