Trip Report: Indonesia (2016-02-22 - 2016-03-17)
Sooty-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster)
Solar Eclipse, Halmahera, March 9, 2016 - Third Contact
In love
Rice Paddy
Selfie
Air Terjun
Birds of Wallacea
Palu prepares for Solar Eclipse.
Unidentified Giant Spider
Tangkoko Beach
Lake on Ternate
Weda Mangrove
Bunaken Harbor
Pasir Ris Park
Sulawesi Hanging-Parrot (Loriculus stigmatus)
Sooty-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster)
Great-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis melanorhyncha)
Lemon-bellied White-eye (Zosterops chloris)
White-cheeked Starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus)
Tonkean macaque (Macaca tonkeana) - Male
Sulawesi Thrush (Cataponera turdoides)
Sombre Kingfisher (Todiramphus funebris)
Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
Halmahera Flowerpecker (Dicaeum schistaceiceps)
Sulawesi Babbler (Pellorneum celebense)
Sulawesi Hanging-Parrot (Loriculus stigmatus) - Female
Sulawesi Blue-Flycatcher (Cyornis omissus)
Yellow-billed Malkoha (Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus)
Sulawesi Drongo (Dicrurus montanus)
Sulawesi Hornbill (Rhabdotorrhinus exarhatus)
White-rumped Cuckooshrike (Coracina leucopygia)
Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha)
Blue-fronted Flycatcher (Cyornis hoevelli) - Male
Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis) - Female
Lesser Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris)
Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Yellow-sided Flowerpecker (Dicaeum aureolimbatum)
Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
Water Monitor Lizard (Varanus salvator)
Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis)
Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier)
Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis)
White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia)
Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
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Sooty-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster)
Solar Eclipse, Halmahera, March 9, 2016 - Third Contact
In love
Rice Paddy
Selfie
Air Terjun
Birds of Wallacea
Palu prepares for Solar Eclipse.
Unidentified Giant Spider
Tangkoko Beach
Lake on Ternate
Weda Mangrove
Bunaken Harbor
Pasir Ris Park
Sulawesi Hanging-Parrot (Loriculus stigmatus)
Sooty-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster)
Great-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis melanorhyncha)
Lemon-bellied White-eye (Zosterops chloris)
White-cheeked Starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus)
Tonkean macaque (Macaca tonkeana) - Male
Sulawesi Thrush (Cataponera turdoides)
Sombre Kingfisher (Todiramphus funebris)
Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
Halmahera Flowerpecker (Dicaeum schistaceiceps)
Sulawesi Babbler (Pellorneum celebense)
Sulawesi Hanging-Parrot (Loriculus stigmatus) - Female
Sulawesi Blue-Flycatcher (Cyornis omissus)
Yellow-billed Malkoha (Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus)
Sulawesi Drongo (Dicrurus montanus)
Sulawesi Hornbill (Rhabdotorrhinus exarhatus)
White-rumped Cuckooshrike (Coracina leucopygia)
Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha)
Blue-fronted Flycatcher (Cyornis hoevelli) - Male
Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis) - Female
Lesser Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris)
Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Yellow-sided Flowerpecker (Dicaeum aureolimbatum)
Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
Water Monitor Lizard (Varanus salvator)
Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis)
Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier)
Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis)
White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia)
Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
A trip to Sulawesi and Halmahera to view a solar eclipse plus layovers in Singapore and Tokyo.
Sites Visited
Country: Hong Kong
(1 sites)
Country: Indonesia
(16 sites)
Country: Japan
(1 sites)
Country: Singapore
(3 sites)
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (254 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(254 records)
Class: Amphibians
(1 record)
- Order: Toads and Frogs
(1 record)
- Family: True Toads
- Asian Common Toad (Duttaphrynus melanostictus)
Class: Birds
(242 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(8 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
- Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha)
- Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope)
- Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
- Lesser Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
- Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
- Wandering Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata)
- Order: Bucerotiformes (3 records)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (6 records)
- Order: Cuckoos (8 records)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)
- Black-billed Koel (Eudynamys melanorhynchus)
- Little Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites minutillus)
- Moluccan Drongo-Cuckoo (Surniculus musschenbroeki)
- Sulawesi Brush Cuckoo (Cacomantis virescens)
- Yellow-billed Malkoha (Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(19 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Gray-cheeked Green-Pigeon (Treron griseicauda)
- Gray-headed Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus hyogastrus)
- Gray-headed Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula radiata)
- Great Cuckoo-Dove (Reinwardtoena reinwardti)
- Green Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula aenea)
- Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
- Pied Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula bicolor)
- Pink-necked Green-Pigeon (Treron vernans)
- Red-eared Fruit-Dove (Ramphiculus fischeri)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Silver-tipped Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula luctuosa)
- Spectacled Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula perspicillata)
- Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
- Stephan's Dove (Chalcophaps stephani)
- Sultan's Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia doreya)
- Superb Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus superbus)
- White-bellied Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula forsteni)
- White-faced Cuckoo-Dove (Turacoena manadensis)
- Zebra Dove (Geopelia striata)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(14 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
- Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
- Brown Goshawk (Tachyspiza fasciata)
- Gray-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus)
- Gurney's Eagle (Aquila gurneyi)
- Lesser Fish-Eagle (Icthyophaga humilis)
- Rufous-bellied Eagle (Lophotriorchis kienerii)
- Spotted Harrier (Circus assimilis)
- Sulawesi Hawk-Eagle (Nisaetus lanceolatus)
- Sulawesi Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis rufipectus)
- Variable Goshawk (Tachyspiza hiogaster)
- White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Icthyophaga leucogaster)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (7 records)
- Family: Tree-swifts
- Gray-rumped Treeswift (Hemiprocne longipennis)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(16 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Merops philippinus)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Blue-and-white Kingfisher (Todiramphus diops)
- Blue-eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meninting)
- Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris)
- Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
- Common Paradise-Kingfisher (Tanysiptera galatea)
- Great-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis melanorhyncha)
- Green-backed Kingfisher (Actenoides monachus)
- Scaly-breasted Kingfisher (Actenoides princeps)
- Sombre Kingfisher (Todiramphus funebris)
- Sulawesi Dwarf-Kingfisher (Ceyx fallax)
- Sulawesi Lilac Kingfisher (Cittura cyanotis)
- White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
- Family: Rollers
- Azure Roller (Eurystomus azureus)
- Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
- Purple-winged Roller (Coracias temminckii)
- Order: Owlet-nightjar
(1 record)
- Family: Owlet-Nightjars
- Moluccan Owlet-Nightjar (Aegotheles crinifrons)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(8 records)
- Family: Barn Owl and Grass-owls
- Sulawesi Masked-Owl (Tyto rosenbergii)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Great Eared-Nightjar (Lyncornis macrotis)
- Sulawesi Nightjar (Caprimulgus celebensis)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Cinnabar Boobook (Ninox ios)
- Halmahera Boobook (Ninox hypogramma)
- Moluccan Scops-Owl (Otus magicus)
- Ochre-bellied Boobook (Ninox ochracea)
- Speckled Boobook (Ninox punctulata)
- Order: Parrots
(12 records)
- Family: Cockatoos
- White Cockatoo (Cacatua alba)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Black-capped Lory (Lorius lory)
- Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot (Loriculus galgulus)
- Golden-mantled Racquet-tail (Prioniturus platurus)
- Long-tailed Parakeet (Psittacula longicauda)
- Red-breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri)
- Red-cheeked Parrot (Geoffroyus geoffroyi)
- Red-flanked Lorikeet (Hypocharmosyna placentis)
- Sulawesi Hanging-Parrot (Loriculus stigmatus)
- Family: Old World Parrots
- Moluccan Eclectus (Eclectus roratus)
- Violet-necked Lory (Trichoglossus squamatus)
- Yellow-cheeked Lorikeet (Trichoglossus meyeri)
- Order: Pelicans
(24 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Spotted Kestrel (Falco moluccensis)
- Family: Frigatebirds
- Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor)
- Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel)
- Family: Herons
- Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Cinnamon Bittern (Botaurus cinnamomeus)
- Eastern Cattle-Egret (Ardea coromanda)
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Javan Pond-Heron (Ardeola speciosa)
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Little Heron (Butorides atricapilla)
- Medium Egret (Ardea intermedia)
- Pacific Reef-Heron (Egretta sacra)
- Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Eurasian Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Pied Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus)
- Order: Perching Birds (103 records)
- Family: Bush Warblers
- Sulawesi Bush Warbler (Locustella castanea)
- Family: Bush Warblers and Allies
- Mountain Tailorbird (Phyllergates cucullatus)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Asian Tit (Parus cinereus)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Cerulean Cuckooshrike (Coracina temminckii)
- North Moluccan Cicadabird (Edolisoma grayi)
- Pygmy Cuckooshrike (Celebesica abbotti)
- Rufous-bellied Triller (Lalage aurea)
- Sulawesi Cicadabird (Edolisoma morio)
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike (Coracina papuensis)
- White-rumped Cuckooshrike (Coracina leucopygia)
- White-rumped Triller (Lalage leucopygialis)
- White-shouldered Triller (Lalage sueurii)
- Family: Drongos
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus)
- Hair-crested Drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus)
- Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus)
- Sulawesi Drongo (Dicrurus montanus)
- Family: Flowerpeckers
- Crimson-crowned Flowerpecker (Dicaeum nehrkorni)
- Gray-sided Flowerpecker (Dicaeum celebicum)
- Halmahera Flowerpecker (Dicaeum schistaceiceps)
- Orange-bellied Flowerpecker (Dicaeum trigonostigma)
- Yellow-sided Flowerpecker (Dicaeum aureolimbatum)
- Family: Ground Babblers and Allies
- Sulawesi Babbler (Pellorneum celebense)
- Family: Honeyeaters
- Dark-eared Myza (Myza celebensis)
- Sulawesi Myzomela (Myzomela chloroptera)
- White-eared Myza (Myza sarasinorum)
- White-streaked Friarbird (Melitograis gilolensis)
- Family: Iora
- Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
- House Crow (Corvus splendens)
- Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
- Piping Crow (Corvus typicus)
- Standardwing Bird-of-Paradise (Semioptera wallacii)
- Sulawesi Crow (Corvus celebensis)
- White-naped Monarch (Carterornis pileatus)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis)
- Lompobattang Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus sarasinorum)
- Sulawesi Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus nesophilus)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Blue-fronted Flycatcher (Eumyias hoevelli)
- Pied Bushchat (Saxicola caprata)
- Sulawesi Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis omissus)
- Turquoise Flycatcher (Eumyias panayensis)
- Family: Old World Orioles
- Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
- Halmahera Oriole (Oriolus phaeochromus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Black-faced Munia (Lonchura molucca)
- Chestnut Munia (Lonchura atricapilla)
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
- Pale-headed Munia (Lonchura pallida)
- Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)
- Streaked Weaver (Ploceus manyar)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- Moluccan Flycatcher (Myiagra galeata)
- Pale-blue Monarch (Hypothymis puella)
- Shining Flycatcher (Myiagra alecto)
- Family: Pittas
- Ivory-breasted Pitta (Pitta maxima)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Golden-headed Cisticola (Cisticola exilis)
- Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis)
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Fiery-browed Myna (Enodes erythrophris)
- Finch-billed Myna (Scissirostrum dubium)
- Javan Myna (Acridotheres javanicus)
- Metallic Starling (Aplonis metallica)
- Short-tailed Starling (Aplonis minor)
- Sulawesi Myna (Basilornis celebensis)
- White-cheeked Starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus)
- White-necked Myna (Streptocitta albicollis)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Black Sunbird (Leptocoma aspasia)
- Brown-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis)
- Ornate Sunbird (Cinnyris ornatus)
- Sahul Sunbird (Cinnyris frenatus)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Pacific Swallow (Hirundo javanica)
- Family: Thornbills and Allies
- Golden-bellied Gerygone (Gerygone sulphurea)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica)
- Citrine Canary-Flycatcher (Culicicapa helianthea)
- Dusky Thrush (Turdus eunomus)
- Gray-streaked Flycatcher (Muscicapa griseisticta)
- Green-backed Flycatcher (Ficedula elisae)
- Little Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula westermanni)
- Lompobattang Flycatcher (Ficedula bonthaina)
- Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis)
- Rusty-backed Thrush (Geokichla erythronota)
- Snowy-browed Flycatcher (Ficedula hyperythra)
- Sulawesi Thrush (Turdus turdoides)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)
- Gray Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Family: Whistlers and Allies
- Sulphur-bellied Whistler (Pachycephala sulfuriventer)
- Family: White-eyes
- Black-crowned White-eye (Zosterops atrifrons)
- Black-ringed White-eye (Zosterops anomalus)
- Lemon-bellied White-eye (Zosterops chloris)
- Sulawesi Heleia (Heleia squamiceps)
- Warbling White-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
- Family: Woodswallows, Bellmagpies and Allies
- White-breasted Woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(6 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
- Common Gull (Larus canus)
- Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
- Vega Gull (Larus vegae)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(3 records)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (4 records)
Class: Mammals
(6 records)
- Order: Diprotodontia
(1 record)
- Family: Phalangeridae
- Sulawesi Bear Cuscus (Ailurops ursinus)
- Order: Primates
(3 records)
- Family: Old World Monkeys
- Celebes Crested Macaque (Macaca nigra)
- Tonkean macaque (Macaca tonkeana)
- Family: Tarsiidae
- Spectral Tarsier (Tarsius spectrum)
- Order: Rodents (2 records)
Class: Reptiles
(5 records)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(4 records)
- Family: Agamas
- Sulawesi Gliding Lizard (Draco walkeri)
- Family: Skinks
- Sulawesi Mabuya (Eutropis macrophthalma)
- Order: Turtles
(1 record)
- Family: Fresh Water Turtle
- Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta)