Little Cormorant (Microcarbo niger) is a cute, active and attractive birds can be found in Tanjung Tualang. The bird can be found in the abandoned mining ponds located around the area.
Tanjung Tualang is a small town famous for tin mining in the past which has turned into a large aquaculture activities. Other fascinating birding destination nearby Tanjung Tualang is Kinta Nature Park or Taman Alam Kinta in local Malay language located in nearby town of 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.
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