Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo)
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Recorded Species
620
Hotspots
100
Overview
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Hotspot Map
100 mapped locations · click a pin to exploreTop Hotspots
Abai Jungle Lodge
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Abai Jungle Restaurant and Lodge
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Apas Parit
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Arus Sawit Plantation Sdn Bhd, Sabah, MY (6.083, 117.359)
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Bigfin Divers & Bigfin Beach Resort area
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Bongawan
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Borneo Jungle Girl Camp (Trus Madi Conservation Area)
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Borneo Mangrove and Beach Resort
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Borneo Rainforest Lodge
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Borneo Tree House
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Bukit Gemok Forest Reserve
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Bukit Kopungit
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Bukit Payung Wetland, Tuaran
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Bukit Tawai, Telupid
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Bukit Trig
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Bukit TV Tawau
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Crocker Range HQ
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Crocker Range NP (please use more specific location if possible)
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Crocker Range NP--Gunung Alab Substation
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Crocker Range NP--Kipandi area
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Crocker Range NP--Kitomoling Waterfall trail
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Crocker Range NP--Mahua Waterfall
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Crocker Range NP--Masakob Waterfall
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Crocker Range NP--Rafflesia Information Centre
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Crocker Range Park -- Gate 2
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Crocker Range Park -- Manis-Manis Resort
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Crocker Range Park, Inobong Substation
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Dalit Bay Golf & Country Club
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Danau Girang Field Centre
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Danum Canopy Tower
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Danum Valley Borneo Rainforest Lodge--Canopy Walkway
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Danum Valley Borneo Rainforest Lodge--General Area (please use more specific location if possible)
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Danum Valley Borneo Rainforest Lodge--Hornbill Trail
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Danum Valley Borneo Rainforest Lodge--Jacuzzi Loop Trail
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Danum Valley Borneo Rainforest Lodge--Lodge Road
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Danum Valley Borneo Rainforest Lodge--Sapa Babandil Trail
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Danum Valley Borneo Rainforest Lodge--Segama Trail
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Danum Valley Borneo Rainforest Lodge--Viewpoint Trail & Fairy Waterfall
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Danum Valley Entrance Road (general area)
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Danum Valley Field Centre (DVFC)
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Deramakot Forest Reserve
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Deramakot FR--Ecology Trail
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Deramakot FR--Kinabatangan River at Balat
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Deramakot FR--Road from Gate to HQ
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Fire flies mangrove tour
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Gomantong Cave & forest reserve
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Gunong Andrassy, Tawau
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Gunung Alab Restaurant & Motel area
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Gunung Andrassy. Jln Bukit TV
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Happy Garden
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Hutan Lipur Kawang
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Imbak Canyon Conservation Area
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Infapro
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Inobong Substation Office
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IPS Telupid
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Jalan Fook Hin
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Jalan Hutan Rekreasi Sugud
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Jalan Tangki Kebun Cina, Sandakan
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Kampung Batu Putih Baru
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Kampung Benoni Marsh
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Kampung Bestaria
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Karambunai
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Kawa-Kawa River Cruise
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Kawag Nature Lodge
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Khairul Ikhwan's BPP hide, Telupid area
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Kinabalu NP--Sayap Substation
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Kinabalu Park--Botanical Garden
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Kinabalu Park--Bukit Ular Trail
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Kinabalu Park--Bundu Tuhan View Trail
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Kinabalu Park--Entrance area
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Kinabalu Park--Flypod Kinabalu Mountain Lodge
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Kinabalu Park--Hill Lodge
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Kinabalu Park--HQ area (between entrance and Timpohon Gate)
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Kinabalu Park--Kiau Gap View Monument
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Kinabalu Park--Kiau View Trail
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Kinabalu Park--Kiau View/Silau Silau Trail Junction
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Kinabalu Park--Laban Rata (do not report lower elevation Summit Trail or Park HQ birds)
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Kinabalu Park--Langanan Waterfall Trail
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Kinabalu Park--Liwagu Trail
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Kinabalu Park--Lupa Masa Rainforest Camp
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Kinabalu Park--Mempening Trail
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Kinabalu Park--Mesilau Substation
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Kinabalu Park--Mount Kinabalu summit area (only report birds from the rocky summit above treeline)
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Kinabalu Park--Mt. Tambuyukon
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Kinabalu Park--Pandanus Trail
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Kinabalu Park--Power Station Road
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Kinabalu Park--Silau Silau Trail
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Kinabalu Park--Summit trail (Timpohon Gate to Laban Rata)
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Kinabalu Park--Swine Hill
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Kinabalu Park--Timpohon Gate
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Kinabalu Pine Resort
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Kinabatangan - Bukit Garam Jeti to Lokan River
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Kinabatangan Bird Hide
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Kinabatangan River
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Kinabatangan River slough to Oxbow Lake
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Kinabatangan River--Bilit Lodges
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Kinabatangan River--Borneo Nature Lodge
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Kinabatangan River, downstream of Abai Resort
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Kinabatangan River, heading downstream from Abai Jungle Resort
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KK Lee's Hide
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"April through July along the Kinabatangan River sees the greatest hornbill activity and active nesting colonies."