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 With thousand
of islands, great biological value, hundred of nature reserves and more than 1500
species of birds or 17% of the world's species represented, 381 could not be found
elsewhere on the earth, Indonesia is a birdwatcher's paradise!
It
is a great pleasure for us to take you in the journeys through some of the more
easily accessible, though still fascinating, birdwatching sites in the exotic
islands of Indonesia archipelago. See
the list of birds: - SUMATRA:
Black-shouldered
Kite, Black Eagle, Salvadori's Pheasant, Ashy Drongo, Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo,
Green Magpie, White-breasted Woodswallow, Gray-chinned Minivet, White-throated
Fantail, Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike, Long-tailed Shrik, Lesser Shortwing, White-browed
Shortwing, Snowy-browed Flycatcher, Little Pied Flycatcher, Pygmy Blue-Flycatcher,
Blue Nuthatch, Asian Martin, Black-capped White-eye, Mountain Tailorbird, Mountain
Leaf-Warbler, Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush, Rusty-breasted Wren-Babbler, Golden
Babbler, Silver-eared Mesia, Long-tailed Sibia, White-headed Munia, Temminck's
Sunbird. - KALIMANTAN (BORNEO):
Red-headed
Trogon, Long-tailed Broadbill, Slaty-backed Forktail, Green Magpie, and Silver-eared
Mesia, Black Laughingthrush, Fire-tufted Barbet, Chestnut-bellied Malkoha and
the spectacular Mangrove Pitta, Black-thighed Falconet, Masked Finfoot, Blue-crowned
Hanging-Parrot, Raffles', Chestnut-breasted malkohas, Buffy Fish-Owl, hornbills
(including the magnificent Rhinoceros and Helmeted), Malayan Peacock-Pheasant,
Crested Fireback, Great Argus, Red-breasted and Crimson-headed partridges, Whitehead's
Trogon, Golden-naped Barbet, Whitehead's Broadbill, Bornean Treepie, Fruit-hunter,
Chestnut-crested Yuhina, Whitehead's Spiderhunter, Large Frogmouth, Bornean Bristlehead,
Storm's Stork, Blue-headed Pitta, Black-headed Pitta and many more... - JAVA:
Black-banded
Barbet, Javan Kingfisher, Red-billed Malkoha, Javan Hawk-Eagle (rare), Banded
Broadbill, Chestnut-capped Thrush, Sunda Forktail, Horsfield's Babbler, Scarlet
Sunbird, Grey Teal, Milky Stork, Lesser Adjutant, Black-winged Starling, Javan
White-eye, Streaked Weaver, Red Avadavat, Laced Woodpecker, Blue-eared Kingfisher,
Grey-cheeked Green-Pigeon, Black-naped Fruit-Dove, Black-crowned Night-Heron,
Pied Fantail, Chestnut-capped Thrush, Orange-headed Thrush, Scarlet-headed Flowerpecker,
Plain-throated Sunbird, Olive-backed Sunbird, Chestnut-bellied Partridge, Crimson-winged
Woodpecker, Pink-necked Green-Pigeon, Sumatran Green-Pigeon (rare), Dark-backed
Imperial-Pigeon, (rare), Sunda Forktail, Javan Tesia, Javan Fulvetta, Spotted
Crocias, , Mountain Serin, Wandering Whistling-Duck, Far Eastern Curlew, Pacific
Black Duck, Green Junglefowl, Peregrine Falcon). - BALI:
Green Junglefowl,
Lineated Barbet, Dollarbird, Javan Kingfisher, Collared Kingfisher, Sacred Kingfisher,
Chestnut-headed Bee-eater, Lesser Coucal, Red-breasted Parakeet, Grey-rumped Treeswift,
Island Collared-Dove, Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon, Grey-cheeked Green-Pigeon,
Green Imperial-Pigeon, Beach Thick-knee, Black-thighed Falconet, White-faced Heron,
Racket-tailed Treepie, White-breasted Woodswallow, Black-winged Starling, Bali
Myna (extremely rare), Sooty-headed Bulbul, Java Sparrow (rare), Javan Munia,
Collared Kingfisher, Asian Palm-Swift, Collared Scops-Owl, Pallas's Grasshopper-Warbler.
- SULAWESI:
 Maleo (Macrocephalon
maleo), Sulawesi Hornbill, Lilac-cheeked Kingfisher, Ochre-bellied Hawk-Owl, Speckled
Hawk-Owl, Maroon-chinned Fruit-Dove, Isabelline Waterhen, Lesser Fish-Eagle, Spot-tailed
Goshawk, Rufous Night-Heron, Red-bellied Pitta, Knobbed Hornbill, Purple-winged
Roller, Purple-bearded Bee-eater, Black-billed Koel, Yellow-billed Malkoha, Ornate
Lorikeet, Yellow-and-green Lorikeet, Sulawesi Hanging-Parrot, Red-billed Hanging-Parrot,
Purple Needletail, Sulawesi Scops-Owl, White-faced Cuckoo-Dove, Red-eared Fruit-Dove,
White-bellied Imperial-Pigeon, Grey-headed Imperial-Pigeon, Green Imperial-Pigeon,
Barred Honey-buzzard, Sulawesi Serpent-Eagle, Sulawesi Goshawk, Sulawesi Hawk-Eagle,
Dark-eared Myza, White-eared Myza, Piping Crow, Ivory-backed Woodswallow, Sulawesi
Cicadabird, Geomalia, Great Shortwing, Sulawesi Myna, White-necked Myna, Fiery-browed
Myna, Finch-billed Myna. - IRIAN JAYA:
Northern
Cassowary, Bulwer's Petrel, Great Frigate Bird, Lesser Frigate Bird, Brown-collared
Brush Turkey, Wattled Brush Turkey, Common Scrubfowl, Little Pied Cormorant, Brown
Booby, Glossy Ibis, Eastern Reef Egret, Grey-headed Goshawk, Crested Hawk, Long-tailed
Buzzard, Gurney's Eagle, New Guinea Harpy Eagle, Swamp Harrier, Australian Pratincole,
Red-necked Phalarope, Whimbrel, Beach Stone Curlew, Red Knot, Black-billed Cuckoo
Dove, Beautiful Fruit Dove, Zoe Imperial Pigeon, Spice Imperial Pigeon, Papua
Mountain Pigeon, Papuan Lorikeet, Biak Red Lory, Moluccan Red Lory, Western Black-capped
Lory, Rainbow Lorikeet, Plum-faced Lorikeet, Papuan King Parrot, Eclectus Parrot,
Vulturine Parrot, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Palm Cockatoo, Buff-faced Pygmy Parrot,
Large Fig Parrot, Modest Tiger Parrot, Lesser Black Coucal, Biak Paradise Kingfisher,
Azure Kingfisher, Yellow-billed Kingfisher, Forest Kingfisher, Rufous-bellied
Kookaburra, Marbled Frogmouth, Feline Owlet-nightjar, Papuan Spine-tailed Swift,
Spotted Jewel Babbler, Wallace's Fairy Wren, Emperor Fairy Wren, Northern Fantail,
Lesser Ground Robin, Regent Whistler, Crested Pitohui, Mid-mountain Berrypecker,
Yellow-bellied Sunbird, Western Mountain White-eye, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Sclater's
Myzomela, Helmeted Friarbird, Papuan Parrot Finch, Mountain Drongo, King Bird
of Paradise, Magnificent Bird of Paradise, Lesser Bird of Paradise, Red Bird of
Paradise, Torresian Crow.
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