Sulawesi and Halmahera
Systematic List
6th - 25th September 2009
Ivory-breasted Pitta, Halmahera ©Rob Hutchinson/Birdtour Asia
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| PROCELLARIIDAE: Petrels and Shearwaters | |||
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | ||
| PODICIPEDIDAE: Grebes | |||
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | ||
| FRIGATIDAE: Frigatebirds | |||
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | ||
| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | ||
| ARDEIDAE: Herons | |||
| Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana | ||
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | ||
| Eastern Great Egret | Ardea alba modesta | ||
| Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | ||
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | ||
| Pacific Reef Egret | Egretta sacra | ||
| Eastern Cattle Egret | Ardea coromandus | ||
| Javan Pond Heron | Ardeola speciosa | ||
| Striated Heron | Butorides striatus | ||
| CICONIIDAE: Storks | |||
| Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | ||
| ACCIPITRIDAE: Hawks, Eagles and Allies | |||
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | ||
| Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata rufa | ||
| Sulawesi Honey Buzzard | Pernis celebensis | S | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | ||
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | ||
| White-bellied Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | ||
| Lesser Fish Eagle | Ichthyophaga humilis | ||
| Sulawesi Serpent Eagle | Spilornis rufipectus | S | |
| Spotted Harrier | Circus assimilis | ||
| Sulawesi Goshawk | Accipiter griseiceps | S | |
| Spot-tailed Goshawk | Accipiter trinotatus | S | |
| Grey-throated Goshawk | Accipiter griseogularis | M | |
| Small Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nanus | S | |
| Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk | Accipiter erythrauchen erythrauchen | M | |
| Rufous-winged Buzzard | Butastur liventer | ||
| Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malayensis | ||
| Gurney's Eagle | Aquila gurneyi | ||
| Rufous-bellied Eagle | Hieraaetus kienerii | ||
| Sulawesi Hawk Eagle | Spizaetus lanceolatus | S | |
| FALCONIDAE: Falcons and Allies | |||
| Spotted Kestrel | Falco moluccensis | ||
| DENDROCYGNIDAE: Whistling-ducks | |||
| Wandering Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | ||
| ANATIDAE: Ducks, Swans and Geese | |||
| Sunda Teal | Anas gibberifrons | ||
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | ||
| MEGAPODIDAE: Megapodes | |||
| Tabon Scrubfowl | Megapodius cumingii | ||
| Dusky Scrubfowl | Megapodius freycinet | ||
| Moluccan Scrubfowl | Eulipoa wallacei | ||
| Maleo | Macrocephalon maleo | S | |
| TURNICIDAE: Buttonquails | |||
| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | H | |
| Red-backed Buttonquail | Turnix maculosa | ||
| Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator rufilata | ||
| RALLIDAE: Rails | |||
| Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis | ||
| Barred Rail | Gallirallus torquatus | ||
| White-browed Crake | Porzana cinerea | ||
| Rufous-tailed Bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccanus | ||
| Isabelline Water-hen | Amaurornis isabellinus | S | |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | ||
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | ||
| RECURVIROSTRIDAE: Stilts and Avocets | |||
| White-headed Stilt | Himantopus leucocephalus | ||
| CHARADRIIDAE: Lapwings and Plovers | |||
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | ||
| Javan Plover | Charadrius javanicus | ||
| SCOLOPACIDAE: Sandpipers, Snipes and Allies | |||
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | ||
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | H | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | ||
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | ||
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | ||
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Heteroscelus brevipes | ||
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | ||
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | ||
| LARINAE: Gulls | |||
| Black-headed Gull | Larus ridibundus | ||
| STERNINAE: Terns | |||
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | ||
| White-winged Black Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | ||
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo longipennis | ||
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | ||
| Aleutian Tern | Sterna aleutica | ||
| Bridled Tern | Sterna anaethetus | ||
| Little Tern | Sterna albifrons | ||
| Greater Crested Tern | Sterna bergii | ||
| COLUMBIDAE: Pigeons and Doves | |||
| Rock Dove | Columba livia | ||
| Red Collared Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | ||
| Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | ||
| Brown Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia amboinensis albicapilla | ||
| Macropygia amboinensis sedecima | |||
| Sulawesi Black Pigeon | Turacoena manadensis | S | |
| Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | ||
| Stephan's Dove | Chalcophaps stephani | ||
| Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | ||
| Pink-necked Green Pigeon | Treron vernans | ||
| Grey-cheeked Green Pigeon | Treron griseicauda | ||
| Red-eared Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus fischeri fischeri | S | |
| Ptilinopus fischeri centralis | |||
| Maroon-chinned Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus subgularis | S | |
| Scarlet-breasted Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus bernsteinii | M | |
| Superb Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus superbus temminckii | ||
| Ptilinopus superbus superbus | |||
| Blue-capped Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus monacha | M | |
| Grey-headed Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus hyogaster | M | |
| Black-naped Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus melanospila | ||
| White-bellied Imperial Pigeon | Ducula forsteni | S | |
| Grey-headed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula radiata | S | |
| Green Imperial Pigeon | Ducula aenea paulina | ||
| Moluccan Imperial Pigeon | Ducula perspicillata | M | |
| Cinnamon-bellied Imperial Pigeon | Ducula basilica | M | |
| Pied Imperial Pigeon | Ducula bicolor | ||
| Silver-tipped Imperial Pigeon | Ducula luctuosa | S | |
| Sombre Pigeon | Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa | S | |
| PSITTACIDAE: Parrots, Lories and Cockatoos | |||
| Violet-necked Lory | Eos squamata riciniata | ||
| Ornate Lorikeet | Trichoglossus ornatus | S | |
| Yellow-and-green Lorikeet | Trichoglossus flavoviridis meyeri | S | |
| Chattering Lory | Lorius garrulus garrulus | M | |
| Red-flanked Lorikeet | Charmosyna placentis | ||
| Yellow-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua sulphurea sulphurea | ||
| White Cockatoo | Cacatua alba | M | |
| Eclectus Parrot | Elclectus roratus vosmaeri | ||
| Red-cheeked Parrot | Geoffroyus geoffroyi cyanicollis | ||
| Yellow-breasted Racquet-tail | Prioniturus flavicans | S | |
| Golden-mantled Racquet-tail | Prioniturus platurus | S | |
| Blue-backed Parrot | Tanygnathus sumatranus | ||
| Great-billed Parrot | Tanygnathus megalorynchos | ||
| Large Sulawesi Hanging Parrot | Loriculus stigmatus | S | |
| Moluccan Hanging Parrot | Loriculus amabilis | M | |
| Small Sulawesi Hanging Parrot | Loriculus exilis | S | |
| CUCULIDAE: Old world Cuckoos and Allies | |||
| Plaintive Cuckoo | Cacomantis merulinus | H | |
| Rusty-breasted Cuckoo | Cacomantis sepulcralis virescens | ||
| Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus variolosus | ||
| Cacomantis variolosus infaustus | |||
| Moluccan Cuckoo | Cacomantis heinrichi | M | H |
| Gould's Bronze Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx russatus jungei | ||
| Drongo Cuckoo | Surniculus lugubris musschenbroeki | H | |
| Black-billed Koel | Eudynamys melanorhyncha | S | |
| Yellow-billed Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus calyorhynchus | S | |
| CENTROPODIDAE: Coucals | |||
| Goliath Coucal | Centropus goliath | M | |
| Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | ||
| Bay Coucal | Centropus celebensis | S | |
| TYTONIDAE: Barn Owls and Masked Owls | |||
| Sulawesi Masked Owl | Tyto rosenbergii rosenbergii | S | |
| Minahassa Masked Owl | Tyto inexspectata | S | H |
| Eastern Grass Owl | Tyto longimembris | ||
| STRIGIDAE: Typical Owls | |||
| Sulawesi Scops Owl | Otus manadensis | S | |
| Moluccan Scops Owl | Otus magicus leucospilus | ||
| Cinnabar Boobook | Ninox ios | S | |
| Ochre-bellied Boobook | Ninox ochracea | S | |
| Halmahera Boobook | Ninox hypogramma | M | |
| Speckled Boobook | Ninox punctulata | S | |
| AEGOTHELIDAE: Owlet-nightjars | |||
| Moluccan Owlet-Nightjar | Aegotheles crinifrons | M | |
| CAPRIMULGIDAE: Nightjars | |||
| Diabolocal Nightjar | Eurostopodus diabolicus | S | |
| Great Eared Nightjar | Eurostopodus macrotis macropterus | ||
| Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | ||
| Sulawesi Nightjar | Caprimulgus celebensis | S | |
| Savanna Nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis | ||
| APODIDAE: Swifts and Swiftlets | |||
| Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis | ||
| Halmahera Swiftlet | Aerodramus infuscata | M | |
| Sulawesi Swiftlet | Aerodramus sororum | S | |
| Glossy Swiftlet | Aerodramus esculenta | ||
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | ||
| Purple Needletail | Hirundapus celebensis | ||
| House Swift | Apus affinis | ||
| Asian Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | ||
| HEMIPROCNIDAE: Treeswifts | |||
| Grey-rumped Treeswift | Hemiprocne longipennis | ||
| Moustached Treeswift | Hemiprocne mystacea | ||
| HALCYONIDAE: Wood Kingfishers | |||
| Green-backed Kingfisher | Actenoides monachus monachus | S | |
| Actenoides monachus capucinus | |||
| Scaly Kingfisher | Actenoides princeps princeps | S | |
| Actenoides princeps erythrorhamphus | |||
| Common Paradise Kingfisher | Tanysiptera galatea browningi | ||
| Lilac-cheeked Kingfisher | Cittura cyanotis cyanotis | S | |
| Great-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis melanorhyncha | S | |
| Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda | ||
| Blue-and-white Kingfisher | Halcyon diops | M | |
| Sombre Kingfisher | Halcyon funebris | M | |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | ||
| Beach Kingfisher | Halcyon saurophaga | ||
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | ||
| ALCEDINIDAE: Small Kingfisher | |||
| Sulawesi Dwarf Kingfisher | Ceyx fallax | S | |
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis bengalensis | ||
| Alcedo atthis hispidoides | |||
| MEROPIDAE: Bee-eaters | |||
| Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | ||
| Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | ||
| Purple-bearded Bee-eater | Meropogon forsteni | S | |
| CORACIIDAE: Rollers | |||
| Purple-winged Roller | Coracias temminckii | S | |
| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | ||
| BUCEROTIDAE: Hornbills | |||
| Sulawesi Dwarf Hornbill | Penelopides exarhatus exarhatus | S | |
| Penelopides exarhatus sanfordi | |||
| Knobbed Hornbill | Aceros cassidix | S | |
| Blyth's Hornbill | Rhyticeros plicatus | ||
| PICIDAE: Woodpeckers | |||
| Sulawesi Pygmy Woodpecker | Dendrocopos temminckii | S | |
| Ashy Woodpecker | Mullueripicus fulvus | S | |
| PITTIDAE: Pitta | |||
| Red-bellied Pitta | Pitta erythrogaster celebensis | ||
| Pitta erythrogaster rufiventris | H | ||
| Ivory-breasted Pitta | Pitta maxima | M | |
| Elegant Pitta | Pitta elegans elegans | ||
| HIRUNDINIDAE: Swallows and Martins | |||
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | ||
| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | ||
| MOTACILLIDAE: Wagtails and Pipits | |||
| Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | ||
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | ||
| CAMPEPHAGIDAE: Cuckooshrikes, Trillers and Minivets | |||
| Moluccan Cuckooshrike | Coracina fortis magnirostris | M | |
| Cerulean Cuckooshrike | Coracina temminckii | S | |
| Pied Cuckooshrike | Coracina bicolor | S | |
| White-rumped Cuckooshrike | Coracina leucopygia | S | |
| White-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina papuensis | ||
| Halmahera Cuckooshrike | Coracina parvula | M | |
| Pygmy Cuckooshrike | Coracina abbotti | S | |
| Common Cicadabird | Coracina tenuirostris grayi | ||
| Sulawesi Cicadabird | Coracina morio | S | |
| Sulawesi Triller | Lalage leucopygialis | S | |
| White-shouldered Triller | Lalage sueurii | ||
| Rufous-bellied Triller | Lalage aurea | M | |
| PYCNONOTIDAE: Bulbuls | |||
| Sooty-headed Bulbul | Pycnonotus aurigaster | ||
| Yellow-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus goiavier | ||
| Northern Golden Bulbul | Alophoixus longorostris chloris | ||
| DICRURIDAE: Drongos | |||
| Sulawesi Drongo | Dicrurus montanus | S | |
| Spangled Drongo | Dicrurus bracteatus atrocaeruleus | ||
| Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentotus leucops | ||
| ORIOLIDAE: Old World Orioles | |||
| Dusky-Brown Oriole | Oriolus phaeochromus | M | |
| Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | ||
| CORVIDAE: Crows | |||
| Slender-billed Crow | Corvus enca celebensis | ||
| Piping Crow | Corvus typicus | S | |
| Long-billed Crow | Corvus validus | M | |
| Torresian Crow | Corvus orru | ||
| PARADISAEIDAE: Birds of Paradise | |||
| Paradise Crow | Lycocorax pyrrhopterus | M | |
| Standardwing Bird of Paradise | Semioptera wallacei | M | |
| TIMALIIDAE: Babblers | |||
| Sulawesi Babbler | Trichastoma celebense | S | |
| Malia | Malia grata stresemanni | S | |
| Malia grata recondita | |||
| Geomalia | Geomalia heinrichi | S | |
| TURDIDAE: Thrushes and Chats | |||
| Great Shortwing | Heinrichia calligyna calligyna | S | |
| Heinrichia calligyna simplex | |||
| Red-backed Thrush | Zoothera erythronota | S | |
| Sulawesi Thrush | Cataponera turdoides | S | |
| Pied Bushchat | Saxicola caprata | ||
| PARDALOTIDAE: Australian Warblers and Allies | |||
| Golden-bellied Gerygone | Gerygone sulphurea flaveola | ||
| SYLVIIDAE: Old World Warblers | |||
| Chestnut-backed Bush Warbler | Bradypterus castaneus castaneus | S | |
| Mountain Tailorbird | Orthotomus cuculatus riedeli | ||
| Orthotomus cuculatus stentor | |||
| Sulawesi Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus sarasinorum | S | |
| Tawny Grassbird | Megalurus timoriensis | ||
| CISTICOLIDAE: African Warblers | |||
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | ||
| Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis | ||
| MUSCICAPIDAE: Old World Flycatchers | |||
| Grey-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | ||
| Island Verditer Flycatcher | Eumyias panayensis | ||
| Snowy-browed Flycatcher | Ficedula hyperythra | ||
| Little Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula westermanni | ||
| Blue-fronted Flycatcher | Cyornis hoevelli | S | |
| Matinan Flycatcher | Cyornis sanfordi | S | |
| Sulawesi Blue-Flycatcher | Cyornis omissa | S | |
| MONARCHIDAE: Monarch Flycatchers | |||
| Pale Blue Monarch | Hypothymis puella | S | |
| White-naped Monarch | Monarcha pileatus pileatus | ||
| Spectacled Monarch | Monarcha trivirgatus bimaculatus | ||
| Slaty Flycatcher | Myiagra galeata galeata | M | |
| Shining Flycatcher | Piezorhynchus alecto alecto | ||
| RHIPIDURIDAE: Fantails | |||
| Willie Wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys | ||
| Rusty-bellied Fantail | Rhipidura teysmanni | S | |
| PETROICIDAE: Australian Robins | |||
| Citrine Canary Flycatcher | Culicicapa helianthea | ||
| PACHYCEPHALIDAE: Whistlers | |||
| Yellow-flanked Whistler | Hylocitrea bonensis | S | |
| Maroon-backed Whistler | Coracornis raveni | S | |
| Yellow-vented Whistler | Pachycephala sulfuriventer | S | |
| Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis mentalis | ||
| Drab Whistler | Pachycephala griseonota | M | |
| ARTAMIDAE: Woodswallows and Allies | |||
| White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucorynchus | ||
| Ivory-backed Woodswallow | Artamus monachus | S | |
| STURNIDAE: Starlings and Mynas | |||
| Moluccan Starling | Aplonis mysolensis | ||
| Short-tailed Starling | Aplonis minor | ||
| Asian Glossy Starling | Aplonis panayensis | ||
| Metallic Starling | Aplonis metallica | ||
| Sulawesi Crested Myna | Basilornis celebensis | S | |
| White-necked Myna | Streptocitta albicollis albicollis | S | |
| Streptocitta albicollis torquata | |||
| Fiery-browed Myna | Enodes erythrophris | S | |
| Finch-billed (Grosbeak) Myna | Scissirostrum dubium | S | |
| MELIPHAGIDAE: Honeyeaters | |||
| Lesser Sulawesi Honeyeater | Myza celebensis | S | |
| Greater Sulawesi Honeyeater | Myza sarasinorum | S | |
| White-streaked Friarbird | Melitograis gilolensis | M | |
| Dusky Honeyeater | Myzomela obscura | M | |
| Sulawesi Myzomela | Myzomela chloroptera | S | |
| NECTARINIIDAE: Sunbirds | |||
| Brown-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes malacensis celebensis | ||
| Black Sunbird | Nectarinia aspasia grayi | ||
| Olive-backed Sunbird | Nectarinia jugularis plateni | ||
| Crimson Sunbird | Aethopyga siparaja flavostriata | ||
| DICAEIDAE: Flowerpeckers | |||
| Yellow-sided Flowerpecker | Dicaeum aureolimbatum | S | |
| Crimson-crowned Flowerpecker | Dicaeum nehrkorni | S | |
| Halmahera Flowerpecker | Dicaeum schistaceiceps | M | |
| Grey-sided Flowerpecker | Dicaeum celebicum | S | |
| ZOSTEROPIDAE: White-eyes and Dark-eyes | |||
| Mountain White-eye | Zosterops montanus montanus | ||
| Lemon-bellied White-eye | Zosterops chloris mentoris | ||
| Zosterops chloris intermedius | |||
| Black-ringed White-eye | Zosterops anomalus | S | |
| Cream-throated White-eye | Zosterops atriceps | M | |
| Black-fronted White-eye | Zosterops atrifrons atrifrons | ||
| Streak-headed White-eye | Lophozosterops squamiceps | S | |
| PASSERINAE: Sparrow | |||
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | ||
| ESTRILDINAE: Estrildine Finches | |||
| Blue-faced Parrot-Finch | Erythrura trichroa | ||
| Black-faced Munia | Lonchura molucca | ||
| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | ||
| Black-headed Munia | Lonchura malacca | ||
| Pale-headed Munia | Lonchura pallida | ||
| FRINGILLIDAE: Typical Finches and Allies | |||
| Mountain Serin | Serinus estherae ssp? | ||
| Mammals | |||
| Bear Cuscus | Ailurops ursinus | ||
| Sulawesi Giant Squirrel | Rubrisciurus rubiventer | ||
| Spectral Tarsier | Tarsius spectrum | ||
| Moor Macaque | Macaca maura | ||
| Sulawesi Crested Macaque | Macaca nigra | ||
| Gorontalo Macaque | Macaca nigrescens | ||
| S = Species endemic to Sulawesi subregion | |||
| M = Species endemic to Molluccas | |||
| H = Species heard only | |||
| Bird of the tour | |||
| 1 = Ivory-breasted Pitta | |||
| 2 = Sulawesi Dwarf Kingfisher | |||
| 3 = Scaly Kingfisher | |||
| 4 = Geomalia | |||
| 5 = Wallace's Standardwing | |||
Our total of 274 species recorded included six species heard only.
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