MALUKU ISLANDS
INDONESIALOCALE
# Species: | 597 |
# Excl Vagrants: | 597 |
# Endemics: | 175 |
# Near Endemics: | 8 |
TARGET BIRD LIST
List of target species for the country that could possibly be seen at this location. Target birds are those that are endemic, near endemic, critically endangered or endangered according to the IUCN, best seen in this country, or always considered by us to be a target. Accidentals, vagrants, and very rare species are excluded from this list.
1 | Sunda Teal | Anas gibberifrons | BC |
2 | Moluccan Megapode | Eulipoa wallacei | E |
3 | Sula Megapode | Megapodius bernsteinii | E |
4 | Tanimbar Megapode | Megapodius tenimberensis | E |
5 | Dusky Megapode | Megapodius freycinet | E |
6 | Green Junglefowl | Gallus varius | E |
7 | Timor Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia magna | NE |
8 | Great Cuckoo-Dove | Reinwardtoena reinwardti | NE |
9 | White-faced Cuckoo-Dove | Turacoena manadensis | E |
10 | Sula Cuckoo-Dove | Turacoena sulaensis | E |
11 | Slaty Cuckoo-Dove | Turacoena modesta | BC |
12 | Wetar Ground Dove | Pampusana hoedtii | EN |
13 | Barred Dove | Geopelia maugeus | BC |
14 | Buru Green-Pigeon | Treron aromaticus | E |
15 | Gray-cheeked Green-Pigeon | Treron griseicauda | E |
16 | Timor Green-Pigeon | Treron psittaceus | EN |
17 | Black-backed Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus cinctus | E |
18 | Banggai Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus subgularis | E |
19 | Sula Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus mangoliensis | E |
20 | Scarlet-breasted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus bernsteinii | E |
21 | Wallace's Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus wallacii | E |
22 | Blue-capped Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus monacha | E |
23 | Gray-headed Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus hyogastrus | E |
24 | Carunculated Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus granulifrons | E |
25 | White-bellied Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula forsteni | E |
26 | Seram Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula neglecta | E |
27 | Elegant Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula concinna | E |
28 | Spice Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula myristicivora | NE |
29 | Cinnamon-bellied Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula basilica | E |
30 | Pink-headed Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula rosacea | BC |
31 | Timor Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula cineracea | BC |
32 | Silver-tipped Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula luctuosa | BC |
33 | Buru Mountain-Pigeon | Gymnophaps mada | E |
34 | Seram Mountain-Pigeon | Gymnophaps stalkeri | E |
35 | Sunda Cuckoo | Cuculus lepidus | NE |
36 | Goliath Coucal | Centropus goliath | E |
37 | Black-billed Koel | Eudynamys melanorhynchus | BC |
38 | Moluccan Drongo-Cuckoo | Surniculus musschenbroeki | BC |
39 | Moluccan Cuckoo | Cacomantis aeruginosus | BC |
40 | Sulawesi Nightjar | Caprimulgus celebensis | E |
41 | Moluccan Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles crinifrons | E |
42 | Halmahera Swiftlet | Aerodramus infuscatus | E |
43 | Seram Swiftlet | Aerodramus ceramensis | E |
44 | Invisible Rail | Gallirallus wallacii | E |
45 | Chestnut Rail | Gallirallus castaneoventris | NE |
46 | Band-bellied Crake | Zapornia paykullii | BC |
47 | Japanese Night Heron | Gorsachius goisagi | BC |
48 | Sulawesi Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis rufipectus | E |
49 | Sulawesi Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus lanceolatus | E |
50 | Gray-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | BC |
51 | Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis | BC |
52 | Moluccan Goshawk | Accipiter henicogrammus | BC |
53 | Rufous-necked Sparrowhawk | Accipiter erythrauchen | E |
54 | Vinous-breasted Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rhodogaster | BC |
55 | Seram Masked-Owl | Tyto almae | E |
56 | Lesser Masked-Owl | Tyto sororcula | E |
57 | Taliabu Masked-Owl | Tyto nigrobrunnea | E |
58 | Moluccan Scops-Owl | Otus magicus | E |
59 | Sulawesi Scops-Owl | Otus manadensis | E |
60 | Halmahera Boobook | Ninox hypogramma | E |
61 | Tanimbar Boobook | Ninox forbesi | E |
62 | Seram Boobook | Ninox squamipila | E |
63 | Buru Boobook | Ninox hantu | E |
64 | Moluccan Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx lepidus | E |
65 | Buru Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx cajeli | E |
66 | Great-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis melanorhyncha | E |
67 | Blue-and-white Kingfisher | Todiramphus diops | E |
68 | Lazuli Kingfisher | Todiramphus lazuli | E |
69 | Sombre Kingfisher | Todiramphus funebris | E |
70 | Cinnamon-banded Kingfisher | Todiramphus australasia | BC |
71 | Azure Roller | Eurystomus azureus | E |
72 | Spotted Kestrel | Falco moluccensis | BC |
73 | Tanimbar Corella | Cacatua goffiniana | E |
74 | White Cockatoo | Cacatua alba | E |
75 | Salmon-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua moluccensis | E |
76 | Yellow-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua sulphurea | CR |
77 | Moluccan King-Parrot | Alisterus amboinensis | E |
78 | Olive-shouldered Parrot | Aprosmictus jonquillaceus | BC |
79 | Buru Racquet-tail | Prioniturus mada | E |
80 | Golden-mantled Racquet-tail | Prioniturus platurus | E |
81 | Moluccan Eclectus | Eclectus roratus | E |
82 | Black-lored Parrot | Tanygnathus gramineus | E |
83 | Great-billed Parrot | Tanygnathus megalorynchos | BC |
84 | Blue-backed Parrot | Tanygnathus everetti | E |
85 | Blue-fronted Lorikeet | Charmosynopsis toxopei | E |
86 | Chattering Lory | Lorius garrulus | E |
87 | Purple-naped Lory | Lorius domicella | E |
88 | Iris Lorikeet | Saudareos iris | BC |
89 | Sula Lorikeet | Saudareos flavoviridis | E |
90 | Blue-streaked Lory | Eos reticulata | E |
91 | Blue-eared Lory | Eos semilarvata | E |
92 | Red Lory | Eos bornea | E |
93 | Violet-necked Lory | Eos squamata | E |
94 | Olive-headed Lorikeet | Trichoglossus euteles | BC |
95 | Sula Hanging-Parrot | Loriculus sclateri | BC |
96 | Moluccan Hanging-Parrot | Loriculus amabilis | E |
97 | Sula Pitta | Erythropitta dohertyi | E |
98 | North Moluccan Pitta | Erythropitta rufiventris | E |
99 | South Moluccan Pitta | Erythropitta rubrinucha | E |
100 | Ivory-breasted Pitta | Pitta maxima | E |
101 | Ornate Pitta | Pitta concinna | BC |
102 | Banda Sea Pitta | Pitta vigorsii | BC |
103 | Black-faced Pitta | Pitta anerythra | BC |
104 | Streak-breasted Honeyeater | Territornis reticulata | BC |
105 | Seram Myzomela | Myzomela blasii | E |
106 | Crimson-hooded Myzomela | Myzomela kuehni | E |
107 | Sulawesi Myzomela | Myzomela chloroptera | BC |
108 | Wakolo Myzomela | Myzomela wakoloensis | E |
109 | Banda Myzomela | Myzomela boiei | E |
110 | Black-breasted Myzomela | Myzomela vulnerata | BC |
111 | Olive Honeyeater | Lichmera argentauris | E |
112 | White-tufted Honeyeater | Lichmera squamata | E |
113 | Buru Honeyeater | Lichmera deningeri | E |
114 | Seram Honeyeater | Lichmera monticola | E |
115 | Black-chested Honeyeater | Lichmera notabilis | E |
116 | White-streaked Friarbird | Melitograis gilolensis | E |
117 | Timor Friarbird | Philemon inornatus | BC |
118 | Gray Friarbird | Philemon kisserensis | BC |
119 | Morotai Friarbird | Philemon fuscicapillus | E |
120 | Buru Friarbird | Philemon moluccensis | E |
121 | Tanimbar Friarbird | Philemon plumigenis | E |
122 | Seram Friarbird | Philemon subcorniculatus | E |
123 | Plain Gerygone | Gerygone inornata | BC |
124 | Rufous-sided Gerygone | Gerygone dorsalis | E |
125 | Pied Cuckooshrike | Coracina bicolor | E |
126 | Moluccan Cuckooshrike | Coracina atriceps | E |
127 | Wallacean Cuckooshrike | Coracina personata | E |
128 | Buru Cuckooshrike | Coracina fortis | E |
129 | Slaty Cuckooshrike | Coracina schistacea | E |
130 | White-shouldered Triller | Lalage sueurii | E |
131 | White-browed Triller | Lalage moesta | BC |
132 | White-rumped Triller | Lalage leucopygialis | BC |
133 | Rufous-bellied Triller | Lalage aurea | E |
134 | Halmahera Cuckooshrike | Celebesia parvula | E |
135 | Pale Cicadabird | Edolisoma ceramense | E |
136 | Kai Cicadabird | Edolisoma dispar | E |
137 | Sula Cicadabird | Edolisoma sula | E |
138 | Fawn-breasted Whistler | Pachycephala orpheus | E |
139 | Yellow-throated Whistler | Pachycephala macrorhyncha | E |
140 | Black-chinned Whistler | Pachycephala mentalis | E |
141 | Island Whistler | Pachycephala phaionota | E |
142 | Wallacean Whistler | Pachycephala arctitorquis | BC |
143 | Drab Whistler | Pachycephala griseonota | E |
144 | Timor Oriole | Oriolus melanotis | BC |
145 | Buru Oriole | Oriolus bouroensis | E |
146 | Tanimbar Oriole | Oriolus decipiens | E |
147 | Seram Oriole | Oriolus forsteni | E |
148 | Halmahera Oriole | Oriolus phaeochromus | E |
149 | Wetar Figbird | Sphecotheres hypoleucus | E |
150 | Ivory-backed Woodswallow | Artamus monachus | E |
151 | Cinnamon-tailed Fantail | Rhipidura fuscorufa | E |
152 | Sulawesi Fantail | Rhipidura teysmanni | E |
153 | Tawny-backed Fantail | Rhipidura superflua | E |
154 | Streak-breasted Fantail | Rhipidura dedemi | E |
155 | Long-tailed Fantail | Rhipidura opistherythra | E |
156 | Gilolo Fantail | Rhipidura torrida | BC |
157 | Supertramp Fantail | Rhipidura semicollaris | NE |
158 | Wallacean Drongo | Dicrurus densus | BC |
159 | Halmahera Paradise-crow | Lycocorax pyrrhopterus | E |
160 | Obi Paradise-crow | Lycocorax obiensis | E |
161 | Standardwing Bird-of-Paradise | Semioptera wallacii | E |
162 | Pale-blue Monarch | Hypothymis puella | BC |
163 | White-naped Monarch | Carterornis pileatus | E |
164 | Loetoe Monarch | Carterornis castus | BC |
165 | Island Monarch | Monarcha cinerascens | BC |
166 | Black-chinned Monarch | Symposiachrus boanensis | E |
167 | White-tailed Monarch | Symposiachrus leucurus | E |
168 | Black-tipped Monarch | Symposiachrus loricatus | E |
169 | Black-bibbed Monarch | Symposiachrus mundus | E |
170 | Moluccan Flycatcher | Myiagra galeata | E |
171 | Violet Crow | Corvus violaceus | E |
172 | Long-billed Crow | Corvus validus | E |
173 | Golden-bellied Flyrobin | Microeca hemixantha | E |
174 | Seram Bush Warbler | Locustella musculus | E |
175 | Buru Bush Warbler | Locustella distrbans | E |
176 | Buff-banded Bushbird | Cincloramphus bivittata | BC |
177 | Seram Golden-Bulbul | Hypsipetes affinis | E |
178 | Sula Golden-Bulbul | Hypsipetes longirostris | E |
179 | Halmahera Golden-Bulbul | Hypsipetes chloris | E |
180 | Obi Golden-Bulbul | Hypsipetes lucasi | E |
181 | Buru Golden-Bulbul | Hypsipetes mystacalis | E |
182 | Timor Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus presbytes | BC |
183 | Sulawesi Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus nesophilus | E |
184 | Timor Stubtail | Urosphena subulata | BC |
185 | Tanimbar Bush Warbler | Horornis carolinae | E |
186 | Gray-hooded White-eye | Heleia pinaiae | E |
187 | Timor White-eye | Heleia muelleri | BC |
188 | Yellow-spectacled White-eye | Heleia wallacei | E |
189 | Rufescent White-eye | Tephrozosterops stalkeri | E |
190 | Black-capped White-eye | Zosterops atricapilla | NE |
191 | Lemon-bellied White-eye | Zosterops chloris | E |
192 | Black-crowned White-eye | Zosterops atrifrons | E |
193 | Morotai White-eye | Zosterops dehaani | E |
194 | Cream-throated White-eye | Zosterops atriceps | E |
195 | Buru White-eye | Zosterops buruensis | E |
196 | Seram White-eye | Zosterops stalkeri | E |
197 | Javan White-eye | Zosterops flavus | E |
198 | Ashy-bellied White-eye | Zosterops citrinella | NE |
199 | Ambon White-eye | Zosterops kuehni | E |
200 | Great Kai White-eye | Zosterops grayi | E |
201 | Little Kai White-eye | Zosterops uropygialis | E |
202 | Tanimbar Starling | Aplonis crassa | E |
203 | Moluccan Starling | Aplonis mysolensis | E |
204 | Helmeted Myna | Basilornis galeatus | E |
205 | Long-crested Myna | Basilornis corythaix | E |
206 | Bare-eyed Myna | Streptocitta albertinae | E |
207 | Buru Thrush | Geokichla dumasi | E |
208 | Seram Thrush | Geokichla joiceyi | E |
209 | Chestnut-backed Thrush | Geokichla dohertyi | BC |
210 | Orange-banded Thrush | Geokichla peronii | BC |
211 | Slaty-backed Thrush | Geokichla schistacea | E |
212 | Rusty-backed Thrush | Geokichla erythronota | E |
213 | Red-and-black Thrush | Geokichla mendeni | BC |
214 | Fawn-breasted Thrush | Zoothera machiki | E |
215 | Timor Blue Flycatcher | Eumyias hyacinthinus | BC |
216 | Buru Jungle Flycatcher | Eumyias additus | E |
217 | Sula Jungle Flycatcher | Cyornis colonus | E |
218 | Mugimaki Flycatcher | Ficedula mugimaki | BC |
219 | Tanimbar Flycatcher | Ficedula riedeli | E |
220 | Damar Flycatcher | Ficedula henrici | E |
221 | Cinnamon-chested Flycatcher | Ficedula buruensis | E |
222 | Black-banded Flycatcher | Ficedula timorensis | BC |
223 | Timor Bushchat | Saxicola gutturalis | BC |
224 | Halmahera Flowerpecker | Dicaeum schistaceiceps | E |
225 | Buru Flowerpecker | Dicaeum erythrothorax | E |
226 | Ashy Flowerpecker | Dicaeum vulneratum | E |
227 | Black-fronted Flowerpecker | Dicaeum igniferum | E |
228 | Red-chested Flowerpecker | Dicaeum maugei | E |
229 | Gray-sided Flowerpecker | Dicaeum celebicum | E |
230 | Blood-breasted Flowerpecker | Dicaeum sanguinolentum | E |
231 | South Moluccan Sunbird | Cinnyris clementiae | E |
232 | Flame-breasted Sunbird | Cinnyris solaris | BC |
233 | Java Sparrow | Padda oryzivora | EN |
234 | Timor Sparrow | Padda fuscata | BC |
235 | Black-faced Munia | Lonchura molucca | E |
236 | Five-colored Munia | Lonchura quinticolor | E |
237 | Pale-headed Munia | Lonchura pallida | E |
238 | Tricolored Parrotfinch | Erythrura tricolor | BC |
239 | Madanga | Anthus ruficollis | E |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
REASON CODES
Code | Description | ## |
E | Endemic | 173 |
NE | Near Endemic | 8 |
CR | Critically Endangered | 1 |
EN | Endangered | 3 |
BC | Best Seen in This Country | 54 |
AT | Always a Target | 0 |