Birding - Melaka

An Osprey with fresh fish. Picture taken by my host, Ang.

He and his Melaka birding pals showed me around Air Keroh Forest Reserve.
We saw more than 60 species for the morning. Started off with rain which abated fairly early.

List for my reference:

> Little Heron
> Yellow Bittern (only at first site)
> Osprey
> Black-shouldered Kite
> Brahminy Kite
> Crested Serpent Eagle
> Changeable Hawk-Eagle (white morph)
> Black-thighed Falconet
> White-bellied Sea-Eagle juv (only at first site)
> Red Junglefowl (heard)
> Thick-billed Green-Pigeon
> Pink-necked Pigeon
> Spotted Dove
> Peaceful Dove
> Long-tailed Parakeet
> Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot
> Asian Koel
> Plaintive Cuckoo (heard)
> Greater Coucal
> Nightjar sp.
> Grey-rumped Treeswift
> Swiflet sp.
> White-throated Kingfisher
> Stork-billed Kingfisher (only at first site)
> Blue-throated Bee-eater
> Blue-tailed Bee-Eater (I only saw at first site)
> Dollarbird
> Gold-whiskered Barbet
> Banded Woodpecker
> Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker (only at first site)
> Common Goldenback/Flameback
> Buff-necked Woodpecker
> Banded Broadbill
> Barn Swallow
> ? Pacific Swallow (I wasn't looking properly)
> Black-winged Flycather-shrike
> Pied Triller (only at first site)
> Scarlet Minivet
> Common Iora
> Black-headed Bulbul
> Stripe-throated Bulbul
> Yellow-vented Bulbul
> Olive-winged Bulbul
> Red-eyed Bulbul
> Ashy Drongo
> Crow-billed Drongo juv ( I saw white spots on upp breast and vent)
> Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
> Black-naped Oriole
> Large-billed Crow
> Striped Tit-babbler (heard)
> Magpie Robin
> Common Tailorbird
> Dark-necked Tailorbird
> Grey Wagtail
> Richard's Pipit (only at first site)
> Brown Shrike
> Asian Glossy Starling
> Purple-backed Starling
> Javan Myna
> Common Myna
> Purple-throated Sunbird
> Crimson Sunbird
> Spectacled Spiderhunter
> Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
> Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
> Eurasian Tree-Sparrow (only at first site)
>
> More than 60 species!
> Including 7 raptors, 5 bulbuls, 4 woodpeckers, 3 drongos