Site Report: Kupang to Rote Crossing

Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)

Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)

Ferry Crossing

Visits

2024-08-22: The crossing to Rote was pretty easy though I think we might have arrived late.
2024-08-23: Back to Kupang to catch our flight to Alor the next day.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (9 records)

Phylum: Chordates (9 records)

Class: Birds (9 records)

Order: Boobies (1 record)
- Family: Boobies and Gannets
- Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)

Order: Perching Birds (3 records)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Pacific Swallow (Hirundo javanica)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (5 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Lesser Crested Tern (Thalasseus bengalensis)
- Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
- Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana)
- Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
- Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)

Lifelists

World

Trips

Indonesia