Wilson’s Bird-of-Paradise
Papua, July - Aug 2024
Papua Bird Photo Trip
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Superb Bird of Paradise
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Taken from Maibri Birding Ecolodge Arfak
Clean up all endemic birds target di Gunung Mahawu
Rusty breasted Cuckoo
Sulawesi pigmy woodpecker
Sulawesi jungle flycatcher
Suphure bellied whistler
Crimson crowned flowerpecker
Gray-sided flowerpecker
Yellow sided flowerpecker
White-bellied imperial pigeon
Superb fruit dove
Sulawesi myzomela
Barred rail
Citrine canari flycatcher
Island flycatcher
bay coucal
sulawesi malkoha
chiness sparrow-hawk
Warbling white eye
dark fronted whitw eye
Best of North Sulawesi Escorted Birding Tour
Starting Point: Manado airport in North Sulawesi
Ending Point : Novotel Manado in North Sulawesi
The best site for birds in North Sulawesi:
Tangkoko Park, Gunung Mahawu Tomohon, Maleo nesting ground in Muara Pusian Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park
Birding Itinerary
Sulawesi provides the adventurous with some of the richest ornithological experiences to be found anywhere in the world, for this is one of the most biologically diverse and endemic-rich areas on earth. We design this as a special itinerary for those who want to see the many exciting endemics of Sulawesi. During our trip, we will be birding on Wallacea’s line which is so very different from that of mainland Southeast Asia. On this trip you will visit four of Sulawesi’s fine forest reserves, North Sulawesi covering the area of Tangkoko Nature Reserve, Gunung Mahawu Nature Reserve, and Dumoga Bone Park, Our exciting birding trip begins at Tangkoko Park. We will see our first exciting the wonderful lowland forest where Lilac cheeked kingfisher, Green-backed kingfisher, Sulawesi-dwarf kingfisher, Great-billed kingfisher, Ochre-bellied Boobook, Sulawesi scops owl, Sulawesi-hawk eagle, and highly-vocal Red-Knobbed hornbill. We will travel next to the endemic montane of Gunung Mahawu here we will have a chance to photograph Sulawesi Pitta, the Scaly-breasted Kingfisher, Isabelline bush-hen, and much more. At Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park, Muara Pusian, we will hope to find the extraordinary Maleo.
Birding Itinerary
Day 1 Manado arrival at 15.45 PM, - Tangkoko.
Upon arrival at Manado airport then direct drive to Tarsius Homestay, Check-in and we will do night birding for Sulawesi scops owl. Dinner and Night at Tarsius Homestay
Day 2-3 Tangkoko Nature Reserve is famous for having no less then eight resident species, of which four are endemic and four are resident but remember that Tangkoko also has much more to offer than its kingfisher though. Our
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