One is close to completion and the pocket guide Birds of Celebes by Derek Holmes illustrates a selection of species, but, for the moment, serious birders still have to rely on “White & Bruce”: The Birds of Wallacea, an impressive work of taxonomic scholarship but a challenge to use for field identification. To overcome this problem, many birders come armed with notes and sketches of species from difficult or diverse families made from the excellent series of books dealing with individual families.
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Field Guide
Field Guides
A pair of binoculars, a field guide and a notebook are essential for identifying birds. There is no single field guide for Indonesia. A Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali by John MacKinnon and Karen Phillipps and A Field Guide to the Birds of New Guinea by Bruce Beehler both clearly illustrate and describe all the species of these regions, but neither is available in Indonesia. Wallacea (Celebes, Nusa Tenggara and Maluku) has the frustrating distinction of being one of the last regions on earth without a field guide.
To be continued………………………
Taken from Jepson, P, 1997, Birding Indonesia, Periplus Editions. Singapore
A pair of binoculars, a field guide and a notebook are essential for identifying birds. There is no single field guide for Indonesia. A Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali by John MacKinnon and Karen Phillipps and A Field Guide to the Birds of New Guinea by Bruce Beehler both clearly illustrate and describe all the species of these regions, but neither is available in Indonesia. Wallacea (Celebes, Nusa Tenggara and Maluku) has the frustrating distinction of being one of the last regions on earth without a field guide.
To be continued………………………
Taken from Jepson, P, 1997, Birding Indonesia, Periplus Editions. Singapore
Endemic species
They are located mainly in Wallacea, where the colonization of numerous oceanic islands from east and west has promoted the rapid evolution of new species through isolation, and in Papua, where the distinct vegetation types and secluded valleys have similarly led to rapid speciation। For those interested in finding new species, Endemic Bird Areas are not to be missed, but to catch up with all Indonesia’s endemic species will entail several visits, or many weeks traveling around the islands of Wallacea
Taken from Jepson, P, 1997, Birding Indonesia, Periplus Editions। Singapore
Endemic Species
Endemic Species
To be continued…………….
Taken from Jepson, P, 1997, Birding Indonesia, Periplus Editions. Singapore
the great attraction of birding in Indonesia is the large number of species found nowhere else on earth: 381, or 4% of all bird species. Every serious “world lister” must come to Indonesia some time. For the purpose of targeting scarce conservation resources, Birdlife International has identified areas of the globe with concentrations of unique species. They are termed Endemic Bird Areas (EBAs) and Indonesia, with 24, has more EBAs than any other nation.
Taken from Jepson, P, 1997, Birding Indonesia, Periplus Editions. Singapore
Endemic SPECIES
Endemic Species
To be continued…………….
Taken from Jepson, P, 1997, Birding Indonesia, Periplus Editions. Singapore
The great attraction of birding in Indonesia is the large number of species found nowhere else on earth: 381, or 4% of all bird species. Every serious “world lister” must come to Indonesia some time. For the purpose of targeting scarce conservation resources, Birdlife International has identified areas of the globe with concentrations of unique species. They are termed Endemic Bird Areas (EBAs) and Indonesia, with 24, has more EBAs than any other nation.
Taken from Jepson, P, 1997, Birding Indonesia, Periplus Editions. Singapore
BIRDS REGION
Sumatra and Papua are the regions with the greatest numbers of bird species-605 and 647 respectively; Celebes and Nusa Tenggara, with 379 and 398, have the smallest. By focusing on one of these regions it is quite possible to come away from a 2- or 3-week birding holiday feeling that you know the birds well. Conversely, if your goal is to see as many species as possible, the advice is to choose an itinerary the includes sites in two or more of these regions.
Taken from Jepson, P, 1997, Birding Indonesia, Periplus Editions. Singapore
Taken from Jepson, P, 1997, Birding Indonesia, Periplus Editions. Singapore
Birds Regions
Within this broad framework-west, transitional and east-biologists have divided Indonesia into seven biological regions based on distinct groupings of unique bird (and animal) species. So, for instance, Celebes has 96 bird species not shared with other regions, and the Lesser Sunda regions, except for Moluccas, where the provincial boundary-which encompasses the Moluccas and parts of the Lesser Sundas, and Papua-has been used for practical travel reasons.
To be continued…………..
Taken from Jepson, P, 1997, Birding Indonesia, Periplus Editions. Singapore
To be continued…………..
Taken from Jepson, P, 1997, Birding Indonesia, Periplus Editions. Singapore
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