Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
Recorded on 3 days at Halmahera.
Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
Tangkoko
Javan Pond-Heron Ardeola speciosa
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Little Heron Butorides striatus
Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
on route to Ambang and field near Palu
Wandering Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
1 day at Dumoga Bone, 50 – 80 birds
Sunda Teal Anas gibberifrons
1 day Dumoga-Bone, 20 – 30 birds
Barred Honey-buzzard Pernis celebensis Near-endemic
1 seen perched
Black Kite Milvus migrans
2 days at Gunung Ambang
Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
Almost daily
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster
1 day
Lesser Fish-Eagle Ichthyophaga humilis Near-threatened (NT)
1 at Dumoga Bone
Sulawesi Serpent-Eagle Spilornis rufipectus Country endemic
6 days
Vinous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rhodogaster Country endemic
1 day at Tangkoko
Sulawesi Goshawk Accipiter griseiceps Country endemic
1 day, Sulawesi
Spot-tailed Goshawk Accipiter trinotatus Country endemic
heard at Ambang and on route from Lore Lindu to Palu
Variable Goshawk Accipiter hiogaster
1 day
Moluccan Goshawk Accipiter henicogrammus Country endemic
3 days at Halmahera
Small Sparrowhawk Accipiter nanus Near-threatened (NT) Country endemic
heard at Ambang, seen at Lore Lindu
Black Eagle Ictinaetus malayensis
4 days at Sulawesi
Gurney's Eagle Aquila gurneyi Near-threatened (NT) Near-endemic
3 days at Halmahera
Rufous-bellied Eagle Aquila kienerii
1 day at Lore Lindu.
Sulawesi Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus lanceolatus Country endemic
seen 5 days, heard 2
Spotted Kestrel Falco moluccensis
8 days at both Sulawesi and Halmahera
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
2 days en-route
Maleo Macrocephalon maleo Endangered (EN) Country endemic
1 day seen Tambun
Tabon Scrubfowl Megapodius cumingii
3 days at Tangkoko
Dusky Scrubfowl Megapodius freycinet Near-endemic
1 day seen, 2 days heard at Halmahera
Red-back Buttonquail Turnix maculosa
1 day, Palu
Blue-breasted Quail Coturnix chinensis
1 day, on route to Ambang
Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
2 days, on route
Barred Rail Gallirallus torquatus Near-endemic
4 days, Sulawesi
Common Bush-hen Amaurornis olivaceus
1 day, on route at Halmahera
Isabelline Bush-hen Amaurornis isabellina Country endemic
1 day Tangkoko, 2 days heard
White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
2 days
White-browed Crake Porzana cinerea
2 days, Ambang
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
1 day Dumoga-Bone
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
1 day Dumoga-Bone
Lesser Sandplover Charadrius mongolus
1 day Tangkoko
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
1 day Palu
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
5 days on Sulawesi
Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
1 bird on the Tangkoko boat trip
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
1 day, on route to Ambang
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
1 day, on route to Ambang
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
1 day, open waters between Ternate and Halmahera
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
1 day
Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
seen off Halmahera
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus
Red Collared-Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
2 days, Ambang, Lore Lindu
Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
common
Brown Cuckoo-Dove [Slender-billed] Macropygia amboinensis
11 days, Sulawesi, Halmahera
Great Cuckoo-Dove Reinwardtoena reinwardtii Near-endemic
1 day, Halmahera
Sulawesi Black Pigeon Turacoena manadensis Country endemic
1 day Tangkoko
Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
2 days, Halmahera, Palu
Stephan's Dove Chalcophaps stephani
5 sightings at Tangkoko
Pink-necked Pigeon Treron vernans
2 days, Tangkoko
Grey-cheeked Pigeon Treron griseicauda Country endemic
2 days, Tangkoko
Red-eared Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus fischeri Country endemic
3 days, Ambang, Lore Lindu
Maroon-chinned Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus subgularis Near-threatened (NT) Country endemic
once seen at Toraut
Superb Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus superbus
4 days, Sulawesi, Halmahera
Grey-headed Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus hyogastrus Country endemic
5 days, Halmahera
Black-naped Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus melanospilus Near-endemic
6 days, Sulawesi
White-bellied Imperial-Pigeon Ducula forsteni Country endemic
2 days, Tangkoko, Lore Lindu
Grey-headed Imperial-Pigeon Ducula radiata Country endemic
2 days, Tangkoko, Lore Lindu
Green Imperial-Pigeon Ducula aenea
5 days, DB, Tangkoko
Spectacled Imperial-Pigeon Ducula perspicillata Near-endemic
1 day Halmahera
Cinnamon-bellied Imperial-Pigeon Ducula basilica Country endemic
1 day heard only, Halmahera
Pied Imperial-Pigeon Ducula bicolor
4 days, Tangkoko, Halmahera
Silver-tipped Imperial-Pigeon Ducula luctuosa Country endemic
Tangkoko and Dumoga Bone
White Cockatoo Cacatua alba Vulnerable (VU) Country endemic
4 days, Halmahera
Yellow-crested Cockatoo Cacatua sulphurea Endangered (EN) Country endemic
1 day, Tangkoko
Violet-necked Lory Eos squamata Near-endemic
2 days, Halmahera
Ornate Lorikeet Trichoglossus ornatus Country endemic
4 days, DM, Lore Lindu
Yellow-and-green Lorikeet Trichoglossus flavoviridis Country endemic
4 days, GA, Lore Lindu
Chattering Lory Lorius garrulus Endangered (EN) Country endemic
1 day, Halmahera
Red-flanked Lorikeet Charmosyna placentis
1 day, Halmahera
Red-cheeked Parrot Geoffroyus geoffroyi
5 days, Halmahera
Yellow-breasted Racquet-tail Prioniturus flavicans Near-threatened (NT) Country endemic
3 days, Sulawesi
Golden-mantled Racquet-tail Prioniturus platurus Country endemic
4 days, Sulawesi
Blue-backed Parrot Tanygnathus sumatranus Near-endemic
3 days, DB, Tangkoko
Great-billed Parrot Tanygnathus megalorhynchos
2 days, Halmahera
Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus
3 days, Halmahera
Large Sulawesi Hanging-Parrot Loriculus stigmatus Country endemic
10 days
Small Sulawesi Hanging-Parrot Loriculus exilis Near-threatened (NT) Country endemic
Seen once at Tangkoko
Moluccan Hanging-Parrot Loriculus amabilis Near-threatened (NT) Country endemic
2 days, Halmahera
Rusty-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis
2 days, GA, LL
Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
1 day, heard at Halmahera
Mollucan Cuckoo Cacomantis heinrichi
1 day, Halmahera
Gould’s Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx russatus
1 day, Lore Lindu
Drongo Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
1 day heard, 1 day seen, Tangkoko
Black-billed Koel Eudynamys melanorhynchus Country endemic
5 days seen, 4 days heard, Sulawesi
Yellow-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus calyorhynchus Country endemic
9 days, Sulawesi
Bay Coucal Centropus celebensis Country endemic
5 days, Sulawesi
Goliath Coucal Centropus goliath Country endemic
4 days, Halmahera
Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
7 days, Sulawesi, Halmahera
Sulawesi Masked Owl Tyto rosenbergii Country endemic
2 days, heard, Ambang, DB
Moluccan Scops-Owl Otus magicus Country endemic
2 days seen, 1 day heard, Halmahera
Sulawesi Scops-Owl Otus manadensis Country endemic
1 day seen, DB, 3 days heard
Ochre-bellied Boobook Ninox ochracea Near-threatened (NT) Country endemic
1 day seen Tangkoko, 1 day heard, Ambang
Cinnabar Boobook Ninox ios Vulnerable (VU) Country endemic
1 day, Ambang
Speckled Boobook Ninox punctulata Country endemic
2 days seen, 1 day heard, Ambang, DB
Moluccan Owlet-Nightjar Aegotheles crinifrons Country endemic
1 day seen, 1 day heard, Halmahera
Great Eared-Nightjar Eurostopodus macrotis
5 days, Sulawesi
Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
2 days, Halmahera
Heinrich’s Nightjar Eurostopodus diabolicus Country endemic
3 days, Ambang, Lore Lindu
Sulawesi Nightjar Caprimulgus celebensis Country endemic
2 days, Tangkoko
Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
1 day, Palu
Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
common
Sulawesi Swiftlet Aerodramus sororum Country endemic
4 days
Moluccan Swiftlet Collocalia infuscate
5 days, Halmahera
Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis
common
Purple Needletail Hirundapus celebensis Near-endemic
3 days, Ambang, DB, Tangkoko
House Swift Apus nipalensis
Manado
Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
3 days, Sulawesi
Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis
common
Moustached Treeswift Hemiprocne mystacea
2 days, Halmahera
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
4 days, Sulawesi
Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
1 day, DB
Sulawesi Kingfisher Ceyx fallax Near-threatened (NT) Country endemic
1 day, DB
Lilac Kingfisher Cittura cyanotis Near-threatened (NT) Country endemic
2 days at Tangkoko
Black-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis melanorhyncha Country endemic
1 day, Tangkoko
Blue-and-white Kingfisher Todiramphus diops Country endemic
4 days, Halmahera
Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
Common
Talaud Kingfisher Todiramphus enigma Country endemic
1 day, Tangkoko
Sombre Kingfisher Todiramphus funebris Vulnerable (VU) Country endemic
2 days, Halmahera
Beach Kingfisher Todiramphus saurophagus Country endemic
1 day, Halmahera
Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
7 days, Sul and Hal
Green-backed Kingfisher Actenoides monachus Near-threatened (NT) Country endemic
2 days, Tangkoko
Scaly Kingfisher Actenoides princeps Country endemic
1 day at Gunung Ambang
Common Paradise-Kingfisher Tanysiptera galatea Near-endemic
3 days, Halmahera
Purple-bearded Bee-eater Meropogon forsteni Country endemic
2 days, Ambang, Lore Lindu
Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
1 day, Palu
Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
5 days, Halmahera
Purple-winged Roller Coracias temminckii Country endemic
2 days, DM, Tangkoko
Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
4 days, Halmahera
Sulawesi Dwarf Hornbill Penelopides exarhatus Country endemic
2 days, DB, Tangkoko
Knobbed Hornbill Aceros cassidix Country endemic
4 days, DB, Tangkoko, Lore Lindu
Blyth's Hornbill Aceros plicatus
5 days, Halmahera
Sulawesi Woodpecker Dendrocopos temminckii Country endemic
4 days, Ambang, LL
Ashy Woodpecker Mulleripicus fulvus Country endemic
5 days, Ambang, DB, Tangkoko
Ivory-breasted Pitta Pitta maxima Country endemic
1 days seen, 3 days heard, Halmahera
Red-bellied Pitta Pitta erythrogaster
2 days, Tangkoko
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
common
Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica
common
Pied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina bicolor Near-threatened (NT) Country endemic
2 days, DB, Tangkoko
Moluccan Cuckoo-shrike Coracina atriceps Country endemic
1 day, Halmahera
Cerulean Cuckoo-shrike Coracina temminckii Country endemic
3 days, Ambang, LL
White-rumped Cuckoo-shrike Coracina leucopygia Country endemic
2 days Tangkoko
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis
Only 2 birds seen Halmahera, at Gunung Mamin
Halmahera Cuckoo-shrike Coracina parvula Country endemic
2 days, Halmahera
Pygmy Cuckoo-shrike Coracina abbotti Country endemic
1 day, Lore Lindu
Common Cicadabird Coracina tenuirostris
1 day, Halmahera
Sulawesi Cicadabird Coracina morio Country endemic
4 days, DB, Tangkoko
Sulawesi Triller Lalage leucopygialis Country endemic
4 days, DB, Tangkoko
White-shouldered Triller Lalage sueurii Near-endemic
1 day, Palu
Rufous-bellied Triller Lalage aurea Country endemic
5 days, Halmahera
Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
6 days, Sulawesi
Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
2 days, Manado, Palu
Golden Bulbul Alophoixus affinis Country endemic
5 days, Halmahera
Red-backed Thrush Zoothera erythronota Near-threatened (NT) Country endemic
1 day, Tangkoko
Sulawesi Thrush Cataponera turdoides Country endemic
1 day Lore Lindu
Geomalia Geomalia heinrichi
1 day, Lore Lindu
Great Shortwing Heinrichia calligyna Country endemic
2 days, Lore Lindu
Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
2 days, Ambang, Palu
Chestnut-backed Bush-Warbler Bradypterus castaneus Country endemic
1 day Ambang, 2 days heard, LL
Mountain Tailorbird Orthotomus cuculatus
3 days, Ambang, LL
Sulawesi Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus sarasinorum Country endemic
4 days, Ambang, Lore Lindu
Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
2 days, Lore Lindu
Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
4 days, LL
Rufous-throated Flycatcher Ficedula rufigula Country endemic
1 day Lore Lindu
Island Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias panayensis Near-endemic
5 days, Ambang, LL
Matinan Flycatcher Cyornis sanfordi Endangered (EN) Country endemic
1 day, Gunung Ambang
Blue-fronted Flycatcher Cyornis hoevelli Country endemic
3 days, LL
Sulawesi Blue-Flycatcher Cyornis omissus Country endemic
3 days, Ambang, LL
Citrine Canary-Flycatcher Culicicapa helianthea Near-endemic
7 days, Ambang, DB, LL
Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata
3 days, Lore Lindu
Willie-wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
5 days, Halmahera
Rusty-flanked Fantail Rhipidura teysmanni Country endemic
6 days, Ambang, LL
Pale-blue Monarch Hypothymis puella Country endemic
4 days seen, 2 days heard, Sulawesi
White-naped Monarch Monarcha pileatus Country endemic
1 day, Halmahera
Spectacled Monarch Monarcha trivirgatus
5 days, Halmahera
Slaty Flycatcher Myiagra galeata Country endemic
3 days, Halmahera
Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto
2 days, Halmahera
Yellow-flanked Whistler Hylocitrea bonensis Country endemic
2 days, LL
Maroon-backed Whistler Coracornis raveni Country endemic
2 days, LL
Sulphur-bellied Whistler (Yellow-vented) Pachycephala sulfuriventer Country endemic
6 days, Ambang, DB, LL
Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
2 days, Halmahera
Drab Whistler Pachycephala griseonota Country endemic
2 days, Halmahera
Malia Malia grata Country endemic
3 days, Ambang, Lore Lindu
Sulawesi Babbler Trichastoma celebense Country endemic
8 days, Sulawesi
Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea
4 days, Manado, Lore Lindu
Plain-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
2 days, Sulawesi
Black Sunbird Leptocoma sericea Near-endemic
7 days, Sul/Hal
Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
Common
Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
4 days, Sulawesi
Yellow-sided Flowerpecker Dicaeum aureolimbatum Country endemic
12 days, Sulawesi
Crimson-crowned Flowerpecker Dicaeum nehrkorni Country endemic
2 days, Ambang, LL
Flame-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrothorax Country endemic
1 day, Halmahera
Grey-sided Flowerpecker Dicaeum celebicum Country endemic
6 days, Ambang, DB, LL
Mountain White-eye Zosterops montanus Near-endemic
4 days, LL
Lemon-bellied White-eye Zosterops chloris Near-endemic
2 days, LL
Black-fronted White-eye Zosterops atrifrons Near-endemic
8 days, Sulawesi
Cream-throated White-eye Zosterops atriceps Country endemic
4 days, Halmahera
Streak-headed White-eye Lophozosterops squamiceps Country endemic
3 days, Ambang, LL
Sulawesi Myzomela Myzomela chloroptera Country endemic
3 days, Ambang, DB, LL
White-streaked Friarbird Melitograis gilolensis Country endemic
2 days, Halmahera
Dusky Friarbird Philemon fuscicapillus
2 days, Halmahera
Lesser Sulawesi Honeyeater Myza celebensis Country endemic
4 days, DB, LL
Greater Sulawesi Honeyeater Myza sarasinorum Country endemic
1 day, Lore Lindu
Halmahera Oriole Oriolus phaeochromus Country endemic
3 days, Halmahera
Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
5 days, Sulawesi
Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
7 days, Sulawesi
Sulawesi Drongo Dicrurus montanus Country endemic
5 days, DB, LL
Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
3 days, Halmahera
White-backed Woodswallow Artamus monachus Country endemic
2 days, DB
White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
10 days, Sul/Hal
Paradise-crow Lycocorax pyrrhopterus Country endemic
2 days, Halmahera
Standardwing Bird of Paradise Semioptera wallacii Country endemic
1 day, Halmahera
Slender-billed Crow Corvus enca
6 days, Sulawesi
Piping Crow Corvus typicus Country endemic
2 days, Lore Lindu
Long-billed Crow Corvus validus Country endemic
4 days, Halmahera
Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
5 days, Halmahera
Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
4 days, Sulawesi
Short-tailed Starling Aplonis minor
2 days, LL
Moluccan Starling Aplonis mysolensis Near-endemic
1 day, Halmahera
Sulawesi Crested Myna Basilornis celebensis Country endemic
2 days, DB, Tangkoko
White-necked Myna Streptocitta albicollis Country endemic
4 days, DB, Tangkoko
Fiery-browed Myna Enodes erythrophris Country endemic
7 days, DB, LL
Finch-billed Myna (Grosbeak Starling) Scissirostrum dubium Country endemic
5 days, Ambang, DB, Tangkoko, LL
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
common
Black-faced Munia Lonchura molucca Near-endemic
5 days, Sulawesi
Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
4 days, LL
Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
7 days, Sulawesi
Pale-headed Munia Lonchura pallida Near-endemic
2 days, Palu |