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B2A Sulawesi & Halmahera 2011 tour report

11 – 28 August

   

Participants ; Keith Blomerley, Theo Buchholz, Richard Winspear, Simon Wotton

Tour leaders ; Peter Ericsson & Royke Mananta

   

Tour list and photos by Peter Ericsson

    

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

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