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Checklist of the birds of the Sula Islands, with particular reference to Taliabu Island
No full textThe results are presented of a survey conducted on Taliabu, the Sula Islands, Maluku, Indonesia in September October 1991. Apart from two brief visits by single scientists in the previous three years, no ornithological investigations had been conducted in the island group for fifty years. The Sula Islands lie midway between the Sulawesi and Moluccan faunal regions and contain representative species derived from both, with a high degree of endemism at species and subspecies level. The survey recorded 152 bird species, including 47 species new to the islands (a further 8 species have been added to the islands' list by other observers previous to the present survey). While 34 of these may be considered as migrant or vagrant species with no particular significance (including the first record for Indonesia of Black faced Bunting), some 14 additions are considered important. The majority of the latter have Sulawesi affinities and include Lesser Fish eagle, Rufous bellied Eagle, Oriental Hobby, White bellied Imperial Pigeon, Great Eared Nightjar, Citrine Flycatcher, Mountain Tailorbird and Red backed Thrush, whereas the Island Leaf warbler has Moluccan affinities. Records of Snowy browed Flycatcher, Little Pied Flycatcher, Island Flycatcher, Crimson Honey eater and Mountain White eye fill gaps in the known distribution between the two regions. Several of the Sula Island (or Sula Banggai islands) endemics were found to have healthy populations (Sula Scrubfowl, Slaty Cuckoo shrike, Sula Cicadabird, Helmeted Myna and Bare eyed Myna), although both the mynas are apparently uncommon. However, the Sula Pitta (here split from Red bellied Pitta) was considered uncommon, while there was only one observation of the Taliabu Masked Owl, constituting the second known record. More intensive survey work is required to determine the status of this owl. Almost all endemic taxa, however, are dependent upon forest, and proposals have been submitted for the establishment of a reserve covering some 900 sq. km
Bird observations in the Muratus Mountains, Kalimantan Selatan
Get PDFA brief survey was made of birds in the Muratus Mountains, Kalimantan Selatan, in October 1996. At least 21 montane specialists occur there. These are all first records for the area, and major extensions of known range are made for Mountain Tailorbird Orthotomus cuculatus, White browed Rhinomyias Rhinomyias gularis and Black capped White eye Zosterops atricapilla
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No full textA Field Guide to the Bird Songs of South-East Asia", compiled and edited by Terry White. The British Library National Sound Archive 1984
The Birds of Indonesia, Kukila Checklist No. 1: Additions, corrections and notes - 2
Get PDFThis is the second update of the Kukila Checklist of the birds of Indonesia. The authorship of these checklist updates will be the Ornithological Society of Indonesia, or Kukila for ease of reference. The inaugural checklist was published in 1992 (Andrew 1992) and the first update appeared a year later (Andrew 1993). This second supplement is organized in the same way except that the many issues of classification that have been published since 1993 will be desk with in a separate paper that is currently in preparation. The main objective of the present paper is to present new distributional data. Most of the data are derived from published references, although a few are from submitted notes that await publication
The birds of Siberut, Mentawai Islands, West Sumatra
Get PDFThe island of Siberut is the largest of the Mentawai Archipelago, which lies 125145 km from the coast of mainland West Sumatra. Primary lowland rain forest and freshwater swamp forest cover is extensive on Siberut, and supports a unique fauna with high levels of endemism, the most studied examples of which are the four endemic species of primates. The Mentawais also have an endemic species of Scopsowl Otus mentawi as well as 12 other birds endemic at the subspecific level. Unlike the primates and other mammals however, the avifauna has been poorly studied and its ecology is not well understood. Information is provided on bird surveys carried out between August 1997 and March 2000 whilst the author lived and worked on the island for the Siberut National Park Authority. Data are presented for Siberut bird communities, including significant bird records during the 2½ year period. These records include 28 new species for the island, three new provincial records (Whiteheaded Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus. Gullbilled Tern Gelochelidon nilotica and Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus) and a new record for Sumatra (Grey-tailed Tattler Heteroscelus brevipes). A discussion about the threats to Siberut's forests and the future impact that these will have on the bird population of Siberut is given. An appendix lists all 134 species recorded on Siberut, with information on habitat, status and abundance
