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NATURE LOVERS, END OF MARCH 1998 AT FRASER'S HILL |
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Forest in the highlands is different from that in the lowlands, and supports a different community of birds. The forest is cooler, damper, shorter in stature and contains mostly different plants species from those found in the lowlands. Bird species in the highlands tend to be related to those of subtropical mainland Asia, whereas birds in the lowlands tend to be related to those in the rest of island Southeast Asia. |
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Some of the 74 Peninsular Malaysian & 62 Sabah/Sarawak highland birds arer shared, but many are only found in one region or the other, so that the highland total is 113 resident species in the whole of Malaysia. |
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These birds are the ones that are confined to highlands, but they are not the only birds to occur there. In addition, there are many birds typical of the lowlands, but which also extend up the highland forest. In the entire region of FRASER'S HILL, for example, from the Gap at 2, 700ft to the peak at 4, 200ft, about 260 species of birds have been recorded. This includes 70 of 74 highland residents, 5 of the 6 highland migrants and 185 that are widespread and that may extend just a short distance up into highland forest or reach all the ways up to the peaks. |
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