Site Report: Batanta
Longhorn Beetle (Ceresium sp)
Radjah Shelduck (Radjah radjah)
Giant Golden Orbweaver Spider (Nephila pilipes)
Glossy-mantled Manucode (Manucodia ater)
New Guinea Mudskipper (Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis)
Pyralid Snout Moth (Pyraliidae sp)
Sahul Sunbird (Cinnyris frenatus) - Female
Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
Tawny Hermit Crab (Coenobita rugosus)
Mimic Honeyeater (Microptilotis analogus)
Mottled Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus albolineatus)
Mottled Crab (Metasesarma obesum)
Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana)
Large-billed Gerygone (Gerygone magnirostris)
Sahul Sunbird (Cinnyris frenatus) - Male
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Longhorn Beetle (Ceresium sp)
Radjah Shelduck (Radjah radjah)
Giant Golden Orbweaver Spider (Nephila pilipes)
Glossy-mantled Manucode (Manucodia ater)
New Guinea Mudskipper (Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis)
Pyralid Snout Moth (Pyraliidae sp)
Sahul Sunbird (Cinnyris frenatus) - Female
Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
Tawny Hermit Crab (Coenobita rugosus)
Mimic Honeyeater (Microptilotis analogus)
Mottled Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus albolineatus)
Mottled Crab (Metasesarma obesum)
Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana)
Large-billed Gerygone (Gerygone magnirostris)
Sahul Sunbird (Cinnyris frenatus) - Male
Forested Island
Visits
- 2024-08-04: After our trip to see bops in Waigeo, we were headed to Batanta to do some snorkeling and maybe even see the Northern Cassowary. We rode the boat across the strait, and once we arrived there, we got right into the snorkeling, which was impressive just off of the beach.
- 2024-08-05: The day started with an osprey catching a fish just outside our housing on the beach. Then, we got in the boat to go visit the cassowary area. When we got to the cassowary place, it was discovered that it was basically a swamp. Of course, I left my rubber boots behind, and I was thus struggling to walk around in mud using flip flops. It was extremely annoying to do this, and I am pretty sure that there is some parasitic snail eating part of my brain after that adventure.
- 2024-08-06:
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (36 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(6 records)
Class: Arachnids
(1 record)
- Order: Spiders
(1 record)
- Family: Golden Orbweavers
- Giant Golden Orbweaver (Nephila pilipes)
Class: Insects
(2 records)
- Order: Beetles
(1 record)
- Family: Longhorn Beetles
- Longhorn Beetle (Ceresium sp)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(1 record)
- Family: Pyralid Snout Moths
- Pyralid Snout Moth (Pyralidae sp)
Class: Malacostracans
(3 records)
- Order: Crabs
(3 records)
- Family: Hermit Crabs
- Tawny Hermit Crab (Coenobita rugosus)
- Family: Sesarmid Marsh Crabs
- Mottled Crab (Metasesarma obesum)
- Family: Shore Crabs
- Mottled Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus albolineatus)
Phylum: Chordates
(30 records)
Class: Birds
(29 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Radjah Shelduck (Radjah radjah)
- Order: Bucerotiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Hornbills
- Blyth's Hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Pinon Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula pinon)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Swifts
- Glossy Swiftlet (Collocalia esculenta)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (4 records)
- Family: Rollers
- Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
- Order: Parrots
(3 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Red-cheeked Parrot (Geoffroyus geoffroyi)
- Family: Old World Parrots
- Coconut Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)
- Papuan Eclectus (Eclectus polychloros)
- Order: Pelicans (2 records)
- Order: Perching Birds
(12 records)
- Family: Birds of Paradise
- Glossy-mantled Manucode (Manucodia ater)
- Family: Fantails
- Willie-wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
- Family: Flowerpeckers
- Olive-crowned Flowerpecker (Dicaeum pectorale)
- Family: Honeyeaters
- Mimic Honeyeater (Meliphaga analoga)
- Helmeted Friarbird (Philemon buceroides)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Torresian Crow (Corvus orru)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- Shining Flycatcher (Myiagra alecto)
- Family: Swallows
- Pacific Swallow (Hirundo javanica)
- Family: Thornbills and Allies
- Large-billed Gerygone (Gerygone magnirostris)
- Family: Whistlers and Allies
- Waigeo Shrikethrush (Colluricincla affinis)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Lesser Crested Tern (Thalasseus bengalensis)
- Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana)
Class: Ray-finned Fish
(1 record)
- Order: Goby
(1 record)
- Family: Mudskippers and Allies
- New Guinea Mudskipper (Periophthalmus novaeguineaensis)