Malaysia · Johor
Sungai Balang rice fields
171 species and 9,678 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December, with up to 93 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Lesser AdjutantLeptoptilos javanicus
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Medium EgretArdea intermedia75 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 171 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Batang Tiga Ricefields75 km152 species
All 171 species recorded here
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White-headed Munia Lonchura maja
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Sunda Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica
- Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Black-backed Swamphen Porphyrio indicus
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Pied Triller Lalage nigra
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
- Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Mangrove Pitta Pitta megarhyncha
- Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea
- Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Ashy Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Dark-throated Oriole Oriolus xanthonotus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Mangrove Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rufigastra
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Common Flameback Dinopium javanense
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- White-faced Plover Anarhynchus dealbatus
- Javan Munia Lonchura leucogastroides
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-legged Crake Rallina fasciata
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Silver-rumped Spinetail Rhaphidura leucopygialis
- Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea
- Black-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus maximus
- Oriental Bay Owl Phodilus badius
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Abbott's Babbler Malacocincla abbotti
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Stripe-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni
- Asian Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
- Asian Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus
- Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus
- White-capped Munia Lonchura ferruginosa
- Plume-toed Swiftlet Collocalia affinis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Little Green Pigeon Treron olax
- White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sungai Balang rice fields?
December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 93 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sungai Balang rice fields?
171 species, from 9,678 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sungai Balang rice fields in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-winged Kite, Lesser Adjutant, Red-wattled Lapwing, Purple Heron and Scaly-breasted Munia.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.