Birding in Indonesia: Java

Java, indeed, offers a great destination for bird watching. Extending from the west to the east, Java Island is well known for its diversity including in avifauna. Here are birding spots in Java Island along with their endemic birds :

• Carita (West Java): Black-banded Barbet, Javan Kingfisher,Red-billed Malkoha, Black-naped Fruit-Dove,Javan Hawk-Eagle,Banded Pitta, Banded Broadbill, Chestnut-capped Thrush,Sunda Forktail,Bar-winged Prinia,Horsfield's Babbler, Large Wren-Babbler,White-breasted Babbler,Grey-faced Tit-Babbler, Scarlet Sunbird.

• Pulau Dua (West Java):Grey Teal, Savanna Nightjar,Island Collared-Dove,Oriental Darter,Little Black Cormorant,Glossy Ibis,Black-headed Ibis,Milky Stork,Lesser Adjutant,Black-winged Starling, Javan White-eye,Streaked Weaver,Red Avadavat. 

• Bogor Botanical garden (West Java): Laced Woodpecker,Blue-eared Kingfisher, Collared Kingfisher,Spotted Dove,Pink-necked Green-Pigeon,Grey-cheeked Green-Pigeon, Black-naped Fruit-Dove,Black-crowned Night-Heron,Black-naped Oriole,Pied Fantail, Common Iora,Chestnut-capped Thrush,Orange-headed Thrush,Oriental Magpie-Robin,Pale-bellied Myna,Sooty-headed Bulbul,Bar-winged Prinia,Oriental White-eye, Scarlet-headed Flowerpecker,Plain-throated Sunbird,Olive-backed Sunbird, Javan Munia, Scaly-breasted Munia,White-headed Munia,Java Sparrow. 

• Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park: Chestnut-bellied Partridge, Crimson-winged Woodpecker,Brown-throated Barbet,Blue-eared Barbet,Blue-tailed Trogon,Collared Kingfisher, Yellow-throated Hanging-Parrot, Waterfall Swift,Volcano Swiftlet, Javan Scops-Owl, Salvadori's Nightjar,Pink-necked Green-Pigeon,Sumatran Green-Pigeon, Dark-backed Imperial-Pigeon,Rufous Woodcock, Javan Hawk-Eagle: a good site seems to be the Cibereum Waterfalls. Short-tailed Magpie: rare. Sunda Minivet, Rufous-tailed Fantail, White-bellied Fantail, Ashy Drongo,Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo,Sunda Whistling-Thrush,Orange-headed Thrush,Sunda Thrush,Scaly Thrush,Island Thrush, White-browed Shortwing,Indigo Flycatcher,Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher, Sunda Robin, Sunda Forktail, White-crowned Forktail, Javan Cochoa, Blue Nuthatch,Pygmy Tit, Javan Grey-throated White-eye,Javan Tesia,Sunda Bush-Warbler,Sunda Warbler, Rufous-fronted Laughingthrush,Chestnut-backed Scimitar-Babbler, Large Wren-Babbler,Pygmy Wren-Babbler,White-breasted Babbler, Crescent-chested Babbler, Javan Fulvetta,Spotted Crocias,Blood-breasted Flowerpecker, White-flanked Sunbird,Tawny-breasted Parrotfinch,Pin-tailed Parrotfinch, Javan Munia, Mountain Serin.

• Pangandaraan National Park (West Java):Blue-breasted Quail,Green Junglefowl,Black-banded Barbet,Oriental Pied-Hornbill, Rhinoceros Hornbill,Collared Kingfisher,Little Cuckoo-Dove,Black-naped Fruit-Dove,Spotted Kestrel,Pacific Reef-Egret:,Lesser Frigatebird,Christmas Island Frigatebird,Banded Pitta, Large-billed Crow, Black-naped Oriole,Ashy Drongo,Oriental Magpie-Robin,White-rumped Shama,Sooty-headed Bulbul, Olive-winged Bulbul,Cream-vented Bulbul,Oriental White-eye. 

• Segara Anakan (Central Java): Wandering Whistling-Duck, Sunda Teal,Small Blue Kingfisher,Ruddy Kingfisher, Javan Kingfisher,Collared Kingfisher, Sacred Kingfisher, Greater Coucal, Sunda Coucal,Island Collared-Dove, Ruddy Cuckoo-Dove,Green Imperial-Pigeon, Sl,aty-breasted Rail, White-breasted Waterhen,Ruddy-breasted Crake, White-browed Crak,Whimbrel,Far Eastern Curlew,Common Redshank,Terek Sandpiper,Common Sandpiper,Grey-tailed Tattler,Pacific Golden-Plover,Oriental Darter,Little Egret, Grey Heron,Great-billed Heron,Great Egret,Intermediate Egre Javan Pond-Heron,Striated Heron, Cinnamon Bittern,Milky Stork,Lesser Adjutant, Racket-tailed Treepie, Great Tit,Pacific Swallow,Copper-throated Sunbird, Streaked Weaver, Red Avadavat, Pin-tailed Parrotfinch. 

• Bromo-Semeru National Park (East Java):Pacific Black Ducks Salvadori's Nightjar,Black-backed Fruit-Dove,Spotted Kestrel, Black-winged Starling,Russet Bush-Warbler. 

• Baluran National Park (East Java): Green Junglefowl:Green Peafowl Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker Small Blue Kingfisher,Javan Kingfisher, Red-breasted Parakeet, Barred Eagle-Owl,Buffy Fish-Owl,Savanna Nightjar, Island Collared-Dove,Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon: several groups. Peregrine Falcon: several. Lesser Adjutant: a few. Banded Pitta,Mangrove Whistler: White-shouldered Triller,Small Minivet,Black-winged Starling, Brown Prinia, Bar-winged Prinia,Horsfield's Babbler, Crescent-chested Babbler,Grey-cheeked Tit-Babbler, Java Sparrow.

Source: Birding on Java (http://http://id.indo.com/birding/jsites.html)