Malaysia · Sabah
Silau Tenegang
216 species and 9,137 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July–August, with up to 108 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Wallace's Hawk-EagleNisaetus nanus
Great EgretArdea alba
Green Imperial PigeonDucula aenea
Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
Sunda CrowCorvus enca
Ashy TailorbirdOrthotomus ruficeps
Stork-billed KingfisherPelargopsis capensis
Lesser AdjutantLeptoptilos javanicus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
Blue-throated Bee-eaterMerops viridisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kinabatangan River – Kinabatangan Jungle Camp4 km222 species
- Kinabatangan River – Tenegang to Menanggol4 km209 species
- Menanggol River5 km261 species
- Kinabatangan River – Sukau Rainforest Lodge5 km292 species
- Kinabatangan River – Borneo Nature Lodge5 km217 species
- Kinabatangan River – Bilit Lodges6 km224 species
All 216 species recorded here
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
- Sunda Crow Corvus enca
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Black Hornbill Anthracoceros malayanus
- Storm's Stork Ciconia stormi
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Ashy Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Black-and-red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
- Wrinkled Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Black-eared Barbet Psilopogon duvaucelii
- Wallace's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nanus
- Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
- Rhinoceros Hornbill Buceros rhinoceros
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Plume-toed Swiftlet Collocalia affinis
- Sunda Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Bushy-crested Hornbill Anorrhinus galeritus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- White-chested Babbler Pellorneum rostratum
- Little Green Pigeon Treron olax
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot Loriculus galgulus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Bold-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis bornensis
- Malaysian Blue Flycatcher Cyornis turcosus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Black-and-yellow Broadbill Eurylaimus ochromalus
- Brown Barbet Caloramphus fuliginosus
- White-crowned Hornbill Berenicornis comatus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
- Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni
- Lesser Fish Eagle Icthyophaga humilis
- Buffy Fish Owl Ketupa ketupu
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- Bornean Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx radiceus
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Dusky Munia Lonchura fuscans
- Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Sabah Partridge Tropicoperdix graydoni
- Large Frogmouth Batrachostomus auritus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Asian Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Oriental Bay Owl Phodilus badius
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Chestnut-winged Babbler Cyanoderma erythropterum
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Sooty-capped Babbler Malacopteron affine
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- Maroon Woodpecker Blythipicus rubiginosus
- Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Black-headed Bulbul Microtarsus melanocephalos
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- White-bellied Woodpecker Dryocopus javensis
- Common Flameback Dinopium javanense
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- Buff-necked Woodpecker Meiglyptes tukki
- Scarlet-rumped Trogon Harpactes duvaucelii
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Javan Black-capped Babbler Pellorneum capistratum
- Spectacled Bulbul Ixodia erythropthalmos
- Green Iora Aegithina viridissima
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Fiery Minivet Pericrocotus igneus
- Rufous Piculet Sasia abnormis
- White-fronted Falconet Microhierax latifrons
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
- Red-throated Barbet Psilopogon mystacophanos
- Black-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus maximus
- Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
- Cinnamon-headed Green Pigeon Treron fulvicollis
- Sunda Scops Owl Otus lempiji
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Dusky Broadbill Corydon sumatranus
- Grey-and-buff Woodpecker Hemicircus concretus
- Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus
- Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx vagans
- Streaked Bulbul Ixos malaccensis
- Gould's Frogmouth Batrachostomus stellatus
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Diard's Trogon Harpactes diardii
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Raffles's Malkoha Rhinortha chlorophaea
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Black-crowned Pitta Erythropitta ussheri
- Puff-backed Bulbul Euptilotus eutilotus
- Bornean Crested Fireback Lophura ignita
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Reddish Scops Owl Otus rufescens
- Crested Jayshrike Platylophus galericulatus
- Silver-rumped Spinetail Rhaphidura leucopygialis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Banded Woodpecker Chrysophlegma miniaceum
- Mossy-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus salangana
- Bornean Black Magpie Platysmurus aterrimus
- Orange-backed Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes validus
- Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis
- Banded Broadbill Eurylaimus javanicus
- Yellow-bellied Bulbul Alophoixus phaeocephalus
- Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
- Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
- Copper-throated Sunbird Leptocoma calcostetha
- Blue-rumped Parrot Psittinus cyanurus
- Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler Macronus ptilosus
- Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
- Horsfield's Babbler Malacocincla sepiaria
- Black-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Cream-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus simplex
- Dark-throated Oriole Oriolus xanthonotus
- Van Hasselt's Sunbird Leptocoma brasiliana
- Large Green Pigeon Treron capellei
- Sunda Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis
- Great Argus Argusianus argus
- Red-billed Malkoha Zanclostomus javanicus
- Black-throated Babbler Stachyris nigricollis
- Yellow-vented Flowerpecker Pachyglossa chrysorrhea
- Purple-naped Spiderhunter Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Crested Partridge Rollulus rouloul
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Red-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis amictus
- Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina striata
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Lesser Green Leafbird Chloropsis cyanopogon
- Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker Prionochilus xanthopygius
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus maculatus
- Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Javan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus montanus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella
- Red-naped Trogon Harpactes kasumba
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Bornean Bristlehead Pityriasis gymnocephala
- Red-throated Sunbird Anthreptes rhodolaemus
- Buff-rumped Woodpecker Meiglyptes grammithorax
- Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis
- Crimson-winged Woodpecker Picus puniceus
- Rufous-collared Kingfisher Actenoides concretus
- Bornean Blue Flycatcher Cyornis superbus
- Rufous-fronted Babbler Cyanoderma rufifrons
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Barred Eagle-Owl Ketupa sumatrana
- Whiskered Treeswift Hemiprocne comata
- Charlotte's Bulbul Iole charlottae
- Grey-bellied Bulbul Ixodia cyaniventris
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Chestnut-rumped Babbler Stachyris maculata
- Long-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera robusta
- Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor
- Blyth's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus alboniger
- Giant Pitta Hydrornis caeruleus
- Checker-throated Woodpecker Chrysophlegma mentale
- Bornean Banded Pitta Hydrornis schwaneri
- Yellow-eared Spiderhunter Arachnothera chrysogenys
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Finsch's Bulbul Iole finschii
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Grey-chested Jungle Flycatcher Cyornis umbratilis
- Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Silau Tenegang?
July–August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 108 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Silau Tenegang?
216 species, from 9,137 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Silau Tenegang in November?
The most recorded in November: Purple Heron, Wallace's Hawk-Eagle, Great Egret, Green Imperial Pigeon and Oriental Dollarbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.