Raptor Migration in Malaysia, 2003 Autumn

Perlis State Park
Observer: Kanda Kumar
N 6.40, E 100.12


View of north	View of South	Flock of Chinese Goshawks

Observation Date	Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus	Chinese Goshawk Accipiter soloensis	Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis	Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus	Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes	Unid. raptors	Others
Oct.

TOTAL

Taiping Updated
Observer: Lim Kim Chye, Lim Swee Yian, Ang Wai Sheng
N 6.40, E 100.12


Black Baza thermaling over Scott's Hill, Taiping Photo by Lim Kim Chye, Malaysian Nature Society	Migrating Black Bazas Photo by Lim Kim Chye, Malaysian Nature Society

Week 1	15-Sep	16-Sep	17-Sep	18-Sep	19-Sep	20-Sep	21-Sep
Species						(no obsvn.)		Weekly Total
Chinese Goshawk	0	0	0	0	0		51	51
Oriental Honey Buzzard	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
Grey-faced Buzzard	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
Black Baza	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
Osprey	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
Japanese Sparrowhawk	0	0	0	0	0		2	2
Rufous-bellied Eagle	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
Booted Eagle	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
Common Buzzard	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
Greater Spotted	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
Northern Harrier	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
Unid. Accipiter	0	0	0	0	0		2	2
Unid Buteo	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
Unid Eagle	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
Unid Falcon	0	0	0	0	0		0	0
Unid. Raptor	0	0	1	0	0		0	1

Sub-total	0	0	1	0	0		55	56

Week 2	22-Sep	23-Sep	24-Sep	25-Sep	26-Sep	27-Sep	28-Sep
Species								W. Total
Chinese Goshawk	43	37	167	78	9	271	2	607
Oriental Honey Buzzard	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Grey-faced Buzzard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Black Baza	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osprey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese Sparrowhawk	11	2	4	3	7	11	2	40
Rufous-bellied Eagle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Booted Eagle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Common Buzzard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greater Spotted	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Harrier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unid. Accipiter	45	6	8	35	5	3	122	224
Unid Buteo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unid Eagle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unid Falcon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unid. Raptor	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	6

Sub-total	103	45	179	116	21	285	129	878

Week 3	29-Sep	30-Sep	1-Oct	2-Oct	3-Oct	4-Oct	5-Oct
Species	(no obsvn)					(rain)		W. Total
Chinese Goshawk		141	35	1	0	0	1038	1215
Oriental Honey Buzzard		0	0	8	0	0	898	906
Grey-faced Buzzard		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Black Baza		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osprey		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese Sparrowhawk		0	0	1	0	0	1	2
Rufous-bellied Eagle		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peregrine Falcon		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Booted Eagle		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Common Buzzard		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greater Spotted		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Harrier		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unid. Accipiter		16	0	106	3	0	2680	2805
Unid Buteo		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unid Eagle		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unid Falcon		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unid. Raptor		108	0	0	3	0	22	133

Sub-total		265	35	116	6	0	4639	5061

Week 4	6-Oct	7-Oct	8-Oct	9-Oct	10-Oct	11-Oct	12-Oct	W. Total
Species							No obsvn.
Chinese Goshawk	105	378	3	136	1	1		624
Oriental Honey Buzzard	204	529	189	413	30	289		1654
Grey-faced Buzzard	8	6	0	0	0	1		15
Black Baza	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Osprey	1	0	0	0	0	1		2
Japanese Sparrowhawk	4	1	1	0	0	0		6
Rufous-bellied Eagle	0	2	1	0	0	0		3
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Booted Eagle	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Common Buzzard	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Greater Spotted	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Northern Harrier	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Unid. Accipiter	921	502	76	326	9	388		2222
Unid Buteo	1	0	0	0	0	0		1
Unide Eagle	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
Unid Falcon	1	0	0	0	0	0		1
Unid. Raptor	54	116	8	29	1	6		214

Sub-total	1299	1534	278	904	41	686		4742

Week 5	13-Oct	14-Oct	15-Oct	16-Oct	17-Oct	18-Oct	19-Oct	W. Total
Species
Chinese Goshawk	261	0	0	0	0	0	0	261
Oriental Honey Buzzard	173	0	0	3	12	0	2	190
Grey-faced Buzzard	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Black Baza	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Osprey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese Sparrowhawk	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rufous-bellied Eagle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Booted Eagle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Common Buzzard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greater Spotted	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Harrier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unid. Accipiter	2627	20	5	141	93	1	4	2891
Unid Buteo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unid Eagle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unid Falcon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unid. Raptor	11	1	0	0	1	0	3	16

Sub-total	3072	21	5	144	107	1	9	3359

Week 6	20-Oct	21-Oct	22-Oct	23-Oct	24-Oct	25-Oct	26-Oct	W. Total
Species
Chinese Goshawk	0	0	0	0	0	0	165	165
Oriental Honey Buzzard	0	0	0	2	0	7	237	246
Grey-faced Buzzard	0	0	0	0	0	0	57	57
Black Baza	0	0	0	0	0	0	1817	1817
Osprey	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Japanese Sparrowhawk	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3
Rufous-bellied Eagle	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Booted Eagle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Common Buzzard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greater Spotted	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Harrier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unid. Accipiter	1	2	4	10	0	1	219	237
Unid Buteo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unide Eagle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unid Falcon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unid. Raptor	0	0	1	5	0	0	1194	1200

Sub-total	1	2	6	19	0	8	3693	3729

Week 7	27-Oct	28-Oct	29-Oct	30-Oct	31-Oct	1-Nov	2-Nov	W. Total
Species
Chinese Goshawk	2	3	61	0	33	0	7	106
Oriental Honey Buzzard	300	5	47	3	59	19	9	442
Grey-faced Buzzard	4	1	9	2	24	6	23	69
Black Baza	2748	88	1344	430	2261	3710	8410	18991
Osprey	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Japanese Sparrowhawk	1	0	0	1	8	7	9	26
Rufous-bellied Eagle	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Booted Eagle	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Common Buzzard	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5
Greater Spotted-Eagle	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Northern Harrier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unid. Accipiter	10	0	9	6	42	36	22	125
Unid Buteo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unid Eagle	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	3
Unid Falcon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unid. Raptor	115	110	186	163	140	128	24	866

Sub-total	3180	208	1658	605	2568	3914	8505	20638

Week 8	3-Nov	4-Nov	5-Nov	6-Nov	7-Nov	8-Nov	9-Nov	W. Total
Species
Chinese Goshawk	1	1	0	1	0	0	4	7
Oriental Honey Buzzard	9	0	0	2	2	0	48	61
Grey-faced Buzzard	0	0	0	1	1	0	7	9
Black Baza	193	456	50	27	7	15	1192	1940
Osprey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japanese Sparrowhawk	0	3	1	2	0	0	16	22
Rufous-bellied Eagle	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Booted Eagle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Common Buzzard	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3
Greater Spotted Eagle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Harrier	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Unid. Accipiter	2	5	4	4	2	3	33	53
Unid Buteo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unid Eagle	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Unid Falcon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unid. Raptor	15	1	5	3	9	6	10	49

Sub-total	221	467	60	41	22	24	1313	2148

Week 9	10-Nov	11-Nov	12-Nov	13-Nov	14-Nov	15-Nov	16-Nov	W. Total
Species
Chinese Goshawk	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	5
Oriental Honey Buzzard	14	61	36	8	0	0	16	135
Grey-faced Buzzard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Black Baza	223	822	204	91	0	0	286	1626
Osprey	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
Japanese Sparrowhawk	3	0	3	0	1	0	4	11
Rufous-bellied Eagle	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Peregrine Falcon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Booted Eagle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Common Buzzard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Greater Spotted	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northern Harrier	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unid. Accipiter	5	5	14	2	1	0	6	33
Unid Buteo	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unid Eagle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Unid Falcon	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Unid. Raptor	10	1	6	2	1	0	0	20

Sub-total	255	892	264	104	3	0	316	1834

Week 10	17-Nov	18-Nov	19-Nov	20-Nov	21-Nov	22-Nov	23-Nov	W. Total	Total
Species		No obsvn.				No obsvn	No obsvn
Chinese Goshawk	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	3041
Oriental Honey Buzzard	1		9	11	8	0	0	29	3664
Grey-faced Buzzard	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	151
Black Baza	1		8	64	8	0	0	81	24455
Osprey	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	7
Japanese Sparrowhawk	0		0	2	0	0	0	2	114
Rufous-bellied Eagle	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	9
Peregrine Falcon	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Booted Eagle	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Common Buzzard	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	8
Greater Spotted	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Northern Harrier	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Unid. Accipiter	1		1	2	1	0	0	5	8597
Unid Buteo	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Unid Eagle	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	5
Unid Falcon	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Unid. Raptor	0		1	2	5	0	0	8	2513

Sub-total	3		20	81	22	0	0	126	42571

Ipoh
Observer: Chiu Sein Chion, Ooi Beng Yean, Laurence Poh, Phang Chee Mun
N 4.35, E 101.04

Observation Date	Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus	Chinese Goshawk Accipiter soloensis	Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis	Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus	Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes	Unid. raptors	Others
Sep.
Oct.

TOTAL

Huhu Klang
Observer: Mike Chong
N 3.12, E 101.48

Observation Date	Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus	Chinese Goshawk Accipiter soloensis	Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis	Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus	Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes	Unid. raptors	Others
Sep.
Oct.

TOTAL

Bukit Kiara
Observer: Lim Aun Tian, Anthony Lau, Kong Tuck Soon
N 3.06, E 101.37

Observation Date	Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus	Chinese Goshawk Accipiter soloensis	Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis	Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus	Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes	Unid. raptors	Others
Oct.

TOTAL

Bagan Lalang, Selangor
Observer: Lim Aun Tiah, Ho Siew Ping, Lim Bing Yee, Anthony Lau, Choo Boo Cheng, Anwar Junge
N 2.36, E 101.42

Observation Date	Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus	Chinese Goshawk Accipiter soloensis	Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis	Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus	Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes	Unid. raptors	Others
Oct.

TOTAL