New Checklist of the Birds of Peninsular Malaysia

The new Checklist of the Birds of Peninsular Malaysia is now on sale at the MNS Bookshop, priced RM30 for non-members and RM25 for members. The checklist includes all birds species accepted up till the end of December 2009 (the most recent being Pied Cuckoo).

A quick summary of facts on birds of PM:

QUICK FACTS on the Birds of Peninsular Malaysia

Total number of bird species 656
Total number of resident birds 445
Total number of migratory and vagrant birds 242
Total number of species with both resident and migratory populations 40
Total number of species considered extinct within Peninsular Malaysia 8
Total number of regional endemics 4
Total number of threatened species 126