Bird AlbumMalaysia · Selangor
Taman Botani Negara Shah Alam
272 species and 27,086 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–March, with up to 135 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Asian Glossy StarlingAplonis panayensis
Zebra DoveGeopelia striata
Long-tailed ParakeetPsittacula longicauda
Pink-necked Green PigeonTreron vernans
Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Asian Red-eyed BulbulPycnonotus brunneus
Greater Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus paradiseus
Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
Pin-striped Tit-BabblerMixornis gularis
Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
Asian Brown FlycatcherMuscicapa dauurica
Yellow-vented BulbulPycnonotus goiavier
Blue-crowned Hanging ParrotLoriculus galgulusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Perdana Botanical Garden20 km217 species
- FRIM – Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Main Campus20 km269 species
- Kapar Power Station22 km138 species
- Sungai Janggut, Jeram25 km140 species
- Putrajaya Wetland Park25 km170 species
- Sungai Congkak Recreational Forest39 km278 species
All 272 species recorded here
- Asian Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Long-tailed Parakeet Psittacula longicauda
- Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis
- Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis
- Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot Loriculus galgulus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Common Flameback Dinopium javanense
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Banded Woodpecker Chrysophlegma miniaceum
- Sooty Barbet Caloramphus hayii
- Spectacled Spiderhunter Arachnothera flavigaster
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
- Raffles's Malkoha Rhinortha chlorophaea
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Grey-breasted Spiderhunter Arachnothera modesta
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Lesser Green Leafbird Chloropsis cyanopogon
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Cream-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus simplex
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus
- Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus
- White-headed Munia Lonchura maja
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Black-and-yellow Broadbill Eurylaimus ochromalus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Buff-vented Bulbul Iole crypta
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Crimson-winged Woodpecker Picus puniceus
- Black-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi
- Little Green Pigeon Treron olax
- Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
- Black-eared Barbet Psilopogon duvaucelii
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Banded Broadbill Eurylaimus javanicus
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-thighed Falconet Microhierax fringillarius
- Black-and-red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Green-backed Flycatcher Ficedula elisae
- Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler Macronus ptilosus
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- Stripe-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectens
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus percussus
- Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Green Iora Aegithina viridissima
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Spectacled Bulbul Ixodia erythropthalmos
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Malayan Black Magpie Platysmurus leucopterus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
- Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Buff-necked Woodpecker Meiglyptes tukki
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
- Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
- Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus moluccensis
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea
- Buff-rumped Woodpecker Meiglyptes grammithorax
- Amur Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei
- Purple-naped Spiderhunter Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Grey-headed Fish Eagle Icthyophaga ichthyaetus
- Orange-backed Woodpecker Chrysocolaptes validus
- Plain Sunbird Anthreptes simplex
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Grey-and-buff Woodpecker Hemicircus concretus
- Chestnut-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus sumatranus
- Sunda Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Black Hornbill Anthracoceros malayanus
- Ashy Tailorbird Orthotomus ruficeps
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Sunda Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis
- Silver-rumped Spinetail Rhaphidura leucopygialis
- Van Hasselt's Sunbird Leptocoma brasiliana
- Yellow-vented Flowerpecker Pachyglossa chrysorrhea
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Rufescent Prinia Prinia rufescens
- Pied Triller Lalage nigra
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Golden-whiskered Barbet Psilopogon chrysopogon
- Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker Prionochilus maculatus
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Whiskered Treeswift Hemiprocne comata
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes
- Checker-throated Woodpecker Chrysophlegma mentale
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Yellow-eared Spiderhunter Arachnothera chrysogenys
- Barred Eagle-Owl Ketupa sumatrana
- Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Blue-rumped Parrot Psittinus cyanurus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Laced Woodpecker Picus vittatus
- Rufous-tailed Tailorbird Orthotomus sericeus
- Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Buffy Fish Owl Ketupa ketupu
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Abbott's Babbler Malacocincla abbotti
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Plume-toed Swiftlet Collocalia affinis
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- Long-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera robusta
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Red-throated Sunbird Anthreptes rhodolaemus
- Javan Black-capped Babbler Pellorneum capistratum
- Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- Hairy-backed Bulbul Tricholestes criniger
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Streaked Bulbul Ixos malaccensis
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer
- Thick-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera crassirostris
- Banded Kingfisher Lacedo pulchella
- Moustached Babbler Malacopteron magnirostre
- Chestnut-winged Babbler Cyanoderma erythropterum
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei
- Red-billed Malkoha Zanclostomus javanicus
- White-chested Babbler Pellorneum rostratum
- Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Streaked Spiderhunter Arachnothera magna
- Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Chestnut-rumped Babbler Stachyris maculata
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Sunda Crow Corvus enca
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Indochinese Blue Flycatcher Cyornis sumatrensis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Grey-bellied Bulbul Ixodia cyaniventris
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Lesser Fish Eagle Icthyophaga humilis
- Sunda Cuckoo Cuculus lepidus
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- Maroon Woodpecker Blythipicus rubiginosus
- Lesser Cuckooshrike Lalage fimbriata
- Horsfield's Babbler Malacocincla sepiaria
- Black-headed Bulbul Microtarsus melanocephalos
- Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Red-throated Barbet Psilopogon mystacophanos
- Dark-throated Oriole Oriolus xanthonotus
- Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris
- Dusky Broadbill Corydon sumatranus
- Great Iora Aegithina lafresnayei
- Red-legged Crake Rallina fasciata
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophris
- Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
- Rufous Piculet Sasia abnormis
- Pied Imperial Pigeon Ducula bicolor
- Grey-chested Jungle Flycatcher Cyornis umbratilis
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Javan Oriole Oriolus cruentus
- White-tailed Flycatcher Leucoptilon concretum
- Diard's Trogon Harpactes diardii
- Black-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus maximus
- Scarlet-rumped Trogon Harpactes duvaucelii
- White-bellied Woodpecker Dryocopus javensis
- Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus
- Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
- Red-crowned Barbet Psilopogon rafflesii
- Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Brown-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa williamsoni
- Rufous-crowned Babbler Malacopteron magnum
- Fiery Minivet Pericrocotus igneus
- Yellow-bellied Bulbul Alophoixus phaeocephalus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Chestnut-naped Forktail Enicurus ruficapillus
- Grey-headed Babbler Stachyris poliocephala
- Scaly-breasted Bulbul Ixodia squamata
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Rufous-bellied Eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Taman Botani Negara Shah Alam?
December–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 135 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Taman Botani Negara Shah Alam?
272 species, from 27,086 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Taman Botani Negara Shah Alam in November?
The most recorded in November: Asian Glossy Starling, Zebra Dove, Long-tailed Parakeet, Pink-necked Green Pigeon and Blue-tailed Bee-eater.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.