Wednesday, October 07th, 2009 /
Birding Sites, and Birds we should see in Halmahera:
Halmahera is the right island to see one of the most exotic Bird of Paradise in the Wallacea region – the Standardwing Bird of Paradise. We can also watch this fascinating bird at the leg display site including Moluccan Scops-owl, Moluccan Owlet-nightjar, Eclectus Parrot, Chattering Lory, White Cockatoo, Moluccan King Parrot with hope Drummer Rail, Blyth’s Hornbill, Golden Bulbul, Common Golden Whistler, Dusky-brown Oriole, Dusky Scrubfowl, Moluccan Scrubfowl, Variable Goshawk, Moluccan Goshawk, Blue-and-white Kingfisher, Common Paradise and Sombre Kingfishers, Long-billed Crow, Metalic Starling, Moluccan Cucoo-shrike, and many more including Ivory-breasted Pitta.
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Wednesday, October 07th, 2009 /
Tangkoko Batuangus Duasaudara Reserve from beach level (dry low land forest) to 1100 m a.s.l. is a special site for Kingfishers circa 8-10 Kingfishers. We may also such Sulawesi Nightjar, Sulawesi Scops-owl, Pied Imperial Pigeon, Sulawesi and Large Hanging Parrot, Sulawesi Babler, Green Imperial Pigeon, the rare Red-backed Thrush, and many more. Sulawesi’s endemic mamal Crested Macaque and the Spectral Tarsier on will be a part of our bird trip.
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Wednesday, October 07th, 2009 /
Sulawesi (formerly Celebes) is the largest island in the Wallacea region. It is located almost at the centre of the Indonesian archipelago. The island has many satellite islands: in the north Sangihe and Talaud islands adjacent to the Philippines; to the east Peleng and Banggai islands including Sula island near Halmahera; to the south Bonerate, Kalaotoa, and Madu islands towards Flores and Timor; and to the west Borneo. The island covers a land area of circa 185.450 sq. kilometers including the Tomoni and Tolo bays. Sulawesi has a distinctive shape, looking like a four-legged starfish. It has several national parks and nature reserves, established to protect the flora and fauna and extraordinary avifauna of the island which, which attract birdwatchers, biologists, scientists, conservationists, and film-makers to the island.
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Wednesday, October 07th, 2009 /
The Wallacea Region has many things to offer to the visitors, not the least a wide variety of birds. This region of tropical islands marks the transition zone between two biological worlds and harbours a wealth of biological diversity. Its name is derived from the renowned naturalist Alfred Russell Wallace, who, during his travels through the region (1854-62), collected and described much of its natural wonders and noted, in parallel to Darwin, the forces that drive natural diversity. Indeed, Wallacea forms a transition zone between the oriental and Australo-Papuan biological regions. The myriad of islands and their separation from each other have given rise to a very rich and interesting avifauna. Taken together Wallacea has should rank high on every keen birdwatcher’s list of places to visit.
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