Thursday 30 July 2020

Greater Painted-snipe @ Kinta Nature Park, Batu Gajah, Perak, Malaysia

Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) is a colorful, cute and active birds can be found in Batu Gajah. It can be found in the vegetation around the ponds located nearby the park. 

Kinta Nature Park or Taman Alam Kinta in local Malay language is located in Batu Gajah, state of Perak, Malaysia. It has the largest man-made pond in the state and the largest heronry in Malaysia, where thousand of heron-like birds can be found here in the park. The park is open to public everyday from 8.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. with free admission. It can be reached in approximately 2.5 hours from Kuala Lumpur by car. 

The park, especially the pond attracts many activities to the local and tourist alike, including, fishing, bird watching, family get away and jogging.

Kinta Nature Park has a large bird population and varieties. It certainly entices many birders to be there. The main target birds include different types of herons, egrets, hornbills, bee-eaters, kingfishers, shrikes, weavers, snipes, bulbuls, pigeons just to name a few. 



























6 comments:

  1. Di tempat saya , bangsa burung jenis ini sudah habis ditangkap/ ditembaki orang , untuk disantap sebagai lauk pauk . Mau berkata apa ? Dilarang yang ada , malah akan dicaci maki .

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    1. Kasihan sekali ya. Dengan populasi burung yg semangkin hari semangkin sedikit terus di buruh kan akan hilang dari muka bumi ini. Nanti generasi berikut nya gak pernah bisa melihat nya

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  2. Mereka yang berburu hewan liar akan berkomentar binatang itu ciptaan Tuhan ? Kenapa tak boleh diburu untuk disantap ? Kalau sudah diciptakan oleh Tuhan, kiranya ada kegunaannya untuk manusia .

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    1. Kasihan kan mereka. Nasib mereka lebih baik kalau mereka hidup disini karena gak ada yg mau nyantap cuma motoin aja

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  3. Have to redo as you did not get the male..........hahaha

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    1. I wish I can do friend. But recently, they disappeared suddenly. No one has shot them at the same place.

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