This impressive granite massif is Gunung or Mount Kinabalu, in the northernmost Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo. The distinctive peaks at the top can often be seen looming large in the distance from Sabah's small capital, Kota Kinabalu. It is the highest mountain between New Guinea and the Himalayas. Gunung Kinabalu is a diverse mountain holding a rich variety of plants, animals and birds. As well as being diverse it is also a major centre of endemism for both plants and birds. The flagship plants that are found there are the rafflesias, that produce the largest blooms of any flower on Earth (and can be seen regularly close to Poring Hot Springs, a major tourist site in the area). A photo of one of these impressive flowers is in the wildlife gallery on this PBase site. The cloudforest that cloaks this vast mountain holds some truly gorgeous endemic birds, and it is the famous Whitehead's trio that most people come seeking and are usually top of their hit lists - the strikingly patterned Whitehead's Spiderhunter, the vivid green Whitehead's Broadbill, and the vermillion Whitehead's Trogon. On the more common side other endemics include the Bornean Whistling-thrush that likes to hop around on the roads at dawn, roaming flocks of Chestnut-crested Yuhinas are hard to avoid feeding on the forested roadsides, alongside Bornean Whistlers and others.