Birding in Indonesia : Sulawesi and Halmahera

Maleo in Endangered Status (wikipedia).

Extending along tropical line, Indonesia is blessed with abundace of wild life, including avifauna. In terms of bio-divesity, Indonesia comes in the scond after Brazil which also across tropical line. No wonder, Indonesia has more endemic birds than any other country(wingsbird.com).

Most endemic birds are in the Wallacea region of eastern Indonesia. Sulawesi supports twelve endemic bird genera. Of all Indonesian endemic birds, about sixty-one species are threatened: thirty-seven species are listed as Vulnerable, twenty-three are Endangered and eleven species are listed as Critical on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. (wikipedia.com)

So, it is worth visiting eastern Indonesia, particularly Sulawesi.Sulawesi has the highest number of endemic bird species of any of the Indonesian islands. The avifauna in this area attracts Wings Tour World wide to arrange a Wings Birding Tour to Sulawesi -precisely Central Sulawesi Province- from Oct 16 to Nov 5 2016.

The tour will cover three national reserves: Tangkoko, Lore Lindu, and Tompotika to capture the sight of Maleo which is in the Conservation Status marked as EN or endangered. For more information visit http://wingsbirds.com.

The tour will include Halmahera, lies just a short distance to the east of Sulawesi. Still in the Wallacea region, but it has a totally different avifauna, of which a remarkable 22 are endemic. Halmahera lies in the North Maluku Province with Ternate as the capital.

Source: http://wingsbirds.com