Trip Report: Indonesia (2016-02-22 - 2016-03-17)
Sooty-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster)
Solar Eclipse, Halmahera, March 9, 2016 - Third Contact
Rice Paddy
Pasir Ris Park
Weda Mangrove
Lake on Ternate
Tangkoko Beach
Unidentified Giant Spider
Palu prepares for Solar Eclipse.
In love
Birds of Wallacea
Air Terjun
Selfie
Bunaken Harbor
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)
Sombre Kingfisher (Todiramphus funebris)
Tonkean macaque (Macaca tonkeana) - Male
Sulawesi Thrush (Cataponera turdoides)
Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
Sulawesi Babbler (Pellorneum celebense)
Halmahera Flowerpecker (Dicaeum schistaceiceps)
Sulawesi Hanging-Parrot (Loriculus stigmatus) - Female
Sulawesi Blue-Flycatcher (Cyornis omissus)
Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha)
Yellow-billed Malkoha (Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus)
White-rumped Cuckooshrike (Coracina leucopygia)
Sulawesi Hornbill (Rhabdotorrhinus exarhatus)
Sulawesi Drongo (Dicrurus montanus)
Blue-fronted Flycatcher (Cyornis hoevelli) - Male
Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis) - Female
Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris)
Lesser Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
Yellow-sided Flowerpecker (Dicaeum aureolimbatum)
Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Pacific Swallow (Hirundo javanica)
White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis)
Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier)
Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis)
White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
Gray-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus)
Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
Scaly-breasted Kingfisher (Actenoides princeps) - Female
Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
Water Monitor Lizard (Varanus salvator)
Warbling White-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
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Sooty-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster)
Solar Eclipse, Halmahera, March 9, 2016 - Third Contact
Rice Paddy
Pasir Ris Park
Weda Mangrove
Lake on Ternate
Tangkoko Beach
Unidentified Giant Spider
Palu prepares for Solar Eclipse.
In love
Birds of Wallacea
Air Terjun
Selfie
Bunaken Harbor
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)
Sombre Kingfisher (Todiramphus funebris)
Tonkean macaque (Macaca tonkeana) - Male
Sulawesi Thrush (Cataponera turdoides)
Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
Sulawesi Babbler (Pellorneum celebense)
Halmahera Flowerpecker (Dicaeum schistaceiceps)
Sulawesi Hanging-Parrot (Loriculus stigmatus) - Female
Sulawesi Blue-Flycatcher (Cyornis omissus)
Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha)
Yellow-billed Malkoha (Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus)
White-rumped Cuckooshrike (Coracina leucopygia)
Sulawesi Hornbill (Rhabdotorrhinus exarhatus)
Sulawesi Drongo (Dicrurus montanus)
Blue-fronted Flycatcher (Cyornis hoevelli) - Male
Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis) - Female
Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris)
Lesser Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
Yellow-sided Flowerpecker (Dicaeum aureolimbatum)
Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Pacific Swallow (Hirundo javanica)
White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis)
Yellow-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier)
Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis)
White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
Gray-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus)
Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
Scaly-breasted Kingfisher (Actenoides princeps) - Female
Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
Water Monitor Lizard (Varanus salvator)
Warbling White-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
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
- Wandering Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna arcuata)
- Lesser Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna javanica)
- Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
- Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
- Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope)
- Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
- Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha)
- Order: Bucerotiformes (3 records)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (6 records)
- Order: Cuckoos (8 records)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Little Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites minutillus)
- Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)
- Black-billed Koel (Eudynamys melanorhynchus)
- Yellow-billed Malkoha (Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus)
- Moluccan Drongo-Cuckoo (Surniculus musschenbroeki)
- Sulawesi Brush Cuckoo (Cacomantis virescens)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(19 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
- Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
- Sultan's Cuckoo-Dove (Macropygia doreya)
- Great Cuckoo-Dove (Reinwardtoena reinwardti)
- White-faced Cuckoo-Dove (Turacoena manadensis)
- Stephan's Dove (Chalcophaps stephani)
- Zebra Dove (Geopelia striata)
- Pink-necked Green-Pigeon (Treron vernans)
- Gray-cheeked Green-Pigeon (Treron griseicauda)
- Red-eared Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus fischeri)
- Superb Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus superbus)
- Gray-headed Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus hyogastrus)
- White-bellied Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula forsteni)
- Gray-headed Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula radiata)
- Green Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula aenea)
- Spectacled Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula perspicillata)
- Pied Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula bicolor)
- Silver-tipped Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula luctuosa)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(14 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
- White-bellied Sea-Eagle (Icthyophaga leucogaster)
- Lesser Fish-Eagle (Icthyophaga humilis)
- Sulawesi Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis rufipectus)
- Spotted Harrier (Circus assimilis)
- Brown Goshawk (Tachyspiza fasciata)
- Gray-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus)
- Gurney's Eagle (Aquila gurneyi)
- Rufous-bellied Eagle (Lophotriorchis kienerii)
- Sulawesi Hawk-Eagle (Nisaetus lanceolatus)
- Variable Goshawk (Tachyspiza hiogaster)
- 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
- Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
- Blue-eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meninting)
- Sulawesi Dwarf-Kingfisher (Ceyx fallax)
- Lilac-cheeked Kingfisher (Cittura cyanotis)
- Great-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis melanorhyncha)
- White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
- Blue-and-white Kingfisher (Todiramphus diops)
- Sombre Kingfisher (Todiramphus funebris)
- Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris)
- Green-backed Kingfisher (Actenoides monachus)
- Scaly-breasted Kingfisher (Actenoides princeps)
- Common Paradise-Kingfisher (Tanysiptera galatea)
- Family: Rollers
- Purple-winged Roller (Coracias temminckii)
- Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
- Azure Roller (Eurystomus azureus)
- 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
- Moluccan Scops-Owl (Otus magicus)
- Ochre-bellied Boobook (Ninox ochracea)
- Speckled Boobook (Ninox punctulata)
- Cinnabar Boobook (Ninox ios)
- Halmahera Boobook (Ninox hypogramma)
- Order: Parrots
(12 records)
- Family: Cockatoos
- White Cockatoo (Cacatua alba)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Black-capped Lory (Lorius lory)
- Red-flanked Lorikeet (Hypocharmosyna placentis)
- Red-cheeked Parrot (Geoffroyus geoffroyi)
- Golden-mantled Racquet-tail (Prioniturus platurus)
- Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot (Loriculus galgulus)
- Sulawesi Hanging-Parrot (Loriculus stigmatus)
- Red-breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri)
- Long-tailed Parakeet (Psittacula longicauda)
- Family: Old World Parrots
- Violet-necked Lory (Trichoglossus squamatus)
- Yellow-cheeked Lorikeet (Trichoglossus meyeri)
- Moluccan Eclectus (Eclectus roratus)
- Order: Pelicans
(24 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Spotted Kestrel (Falco moluccensis)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Family: Frigatebirds
- Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor)
- Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel)
- Family: Herons
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Pacific Reef-Heron (Egretta sacra)
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Medium Egret (Ardea intermedia)
- Javan Pond-Heron (Ardeola speciosa)
- Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
- Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Cinnamon Bittern (Botaurus cinnamomeus)
- Eastern Cattle Egret (Ardea coromanda)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
- Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- 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)
- White-rumped Cuckooshrike (Coracina leucopygia)
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike (Coracina papuensis)
- Pygmy Cuckooshrike (Celebesica abbotti)
- North Moluccan Cicadabird (Edolisoma grayi)
- Sulawesi Cicadabird (Edolisoma morio)
- White-rumped Triller (Lalage leucopygialis)
- White-shouldered Triller (Lalage sueurii)
- Rufous-bellied Triller (Lalage aurea)
- Family: Drongos
- Hair-crested Drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus)
- Sulawesi Drongo (Dicrurus montanus)
- Spangled Drongo (Dicrurus bracteatus)
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus)
- Family: Flowerpeckers
- Yellow-sided Flowerpecker (Dicaeum aureolimbatum)
- Orange-bellied Flowerpecker (Dicaeum trigonostigma)
- Crimson-crowned Flowerpecker (Dicaeum nehrkorni)
- Gray-sided Flowerpecker (Dicaeum celebicum)
- Halmahera Flowerpecker (Dicaeum schistaceiceps)
- Family: Ground Babblers and Allies
- Sulawesi Babbler (Pellorneum celebense)
- Family: Honeyeaters
- Sulawesi Myzomela (Myzomela chloroptera)
- White-streaked Friarbird (Melitograis gilolensis)
- Dark-eared Myza (Myza celebensis)
- White-eared Myza (Myza sarasinorum)
- Family: Iora
- Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- House Crow (Corvus splendens)
- Sulawesi Crow (Corvus celebensis)
- Piping Crow (Corvus typicus)
- Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
- Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
- Standardwing Bird-of-Paradise (Semioptera wallacii)
- 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
- Island Flycatcher (Eumyias panayensis)
- Blue-fronted Flycatcher (Eumyias hoevelli)
- Sulawesi Blue-Flycatcher (Cyornis omissus)
- Pied Bushchat (Saxicola caprata)
- Family: Old World Orioles
- Halmahera Oriole (Oriolus phaeochromus)
- Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
- Streaked Weaver (Ploceus manyar)
- Black-faced Munia (Lonchura molucca)
- Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)
- Pale-headed Munia (Lonchura pallida)
- Chestnut Munia (Lonchura atricapilla)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- Moluccan Flycatcher (Myiagra galeata)
- Shining Flycatcher (Myiagra alecto)
- Pale-blue Monarch (Hypothymis puella)
- Family: Pittas
- Ivory-breasted Pitta (Pitta maxima)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
- Golden-headed Cisticola (Cisticola exilis)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Short-tailed Starling (Aplonis minor)
- Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis)
- Metallic Starling (Aplonis metallica)
- White-cheeked Starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus)
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Sulawesi Myna (Basilornis celebensis)
- White-necked Myna (Streptocitta albicollis)
- Fiery-browed Myna (Enodes erythrophris)
- Finch-billed Myna (Scissirostrum dubium)
- Javan Myna (Acridotheres javanicus)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Brown-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis)
- Black Sunbird (Leptocoma aspasia)
- 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
- Rusty-backed Thrush (Geokichla erythronota)
- Sulawesi Thrush (Turdus turdoides)
- Gray-streaked Flycatcher (Muscicapa griseisticta)
- Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica)
- Snowy-browed Flycatcher (Ficedula hyperythra)
- Lompobattang Flycatcher (Ficedula bonthaina)
- Little Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula westermanni)
- Citrine Canary-Flycatcher (Culicicapa helianthea)
- Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis)
- Dusky Thrush (Turdus eunomus)
- Green-backed Flycatcher (Ficedula elisae)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Gray Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)
- Family: Whistlers and Allies
- Sulphur-bellied Whistler (Pachycephala sulfuriventer)
- Family: White-eyes
- Warbling White-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
- Lemon-bellied White-eye (Zosterops chloris)
- Black-ringed White-eye (Zosterops anomalus)
- Black-crowned White-eye (Zosterops atrifrons)
- Streak-headed White-eye (Heleia squamiceps)
- 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)
- Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
- Common Gull (Larus canus)
- 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)