SULAWESI & HALMAHERA

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Indonesia has the highest rate of endemicity of any country and Sulawesi has the highest number of endemic bird species of any of the Indonesian islands. Sulawesi is a large island in Indonesia. It is the world's eleventh largest island, covering an area of 174,600 km². The island is surrounded in the west by Borneo, the north by the Philippines, east by Maluku and to the south by Flores and Timor.

BIRDING SULAWESI
Sulawesi has a total bird count of 350 species, with 4 categories classified: residents 127, endemic 88, migrants 97, and counted as residents or migrants 32. These numbers exclude Sangihe and Talaud, Banggai and Sula islands. Sangihe has 3 endemics, Talaud has 2 endemics, and Banggai has 2 endemics. From the 88 endemic birds of the island, Lore Lindu National Park has the highest number with c. 72, Dumoga Bone 51, and Tangkoko 38 species. Two or three other endemic birds are found in South Sulawesi.

BIRDING TOURS IN NORTH SULAWESI
BIRDING TOURS IN CENTRAL SULAWESI (LORE LINDU NATIONAL PARK)

BIRDING 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.

BIRDING TOURS IN HALMAHERA