Systematic List of Birds
The list indicates where the birds were first seen on the trip. Ducks, Geese and Swans
Sunda Teal Pulau Dua - Five birds seen
Cormorants
Little Black Cormorant Pulau Dua
Anhingas
Oriental Darter Pulau Dua
Frigatebirds
Christmas Island Frigatebird Pulau Dua
Herons, Egrets and Bitterns
Yellow Bittern Muara Angke Nature Reserve – Three birds seen Black Bittern Muara Angke Nature Reserve – Pair of birds seen
Grey Heron Pulau Dua
Purple Heron Pulau Dua
Great Egret Pulau Dua
Intermediate Egret Pulau Dua
Little Egret Pulau Dua
Pacific Reef Egret Pulau Dua
Cattle Egret Pulau Dua
Javan Pond-Heron Pulau Dua
Striated Heron Pulau Dua
Black-crowned Night-Heron Pulau Dua
Ibis and Spoonbills
Glossy Ibis Pulau Dua
Storks
Milky Stork Pulau Rambut – Fourteen birds seen
Osprey
Osprey Pulau Dua – Single bird seen
Hawks, Eagles and Kites
Black Kite Pulau Dua – Single bird seen close-up. Does not occur in Java according to the field guide. White-bellied Sea-Eagle Pulau Rambut
Grey-headed Fish-Eagle Carita
Black Eagle Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens) Single bird seen
Changeable Hawk-Eagle Carita
Javan Hawk-Eagle Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens) Three birds seen
Falcons and Caracaras
Spotted Kestrel Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens) Single bird seen
Rails, Gallinules and Coots
White-breasted Waterhen Muara Angke Nature Reserve
Common Moorhen Muara Angke Nature Reserve - Two birds seen
Plovers and Lapwings
Pacific Golden Plover Pulau Dua
Javan Plover Pulau Dua - At least 6 birds seen on mud flats
Sandpipers
Common Sandpiper Pulau Dua
Marsh Sandpiper Pulau Dua
Whimbrel Pulau Dua
Red-necked Stint Pulau Dua
Terns
Black-naped Tern Carita - Common on coast
Crested Tern Carita
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Dove South Jakarta
Island Collared-Dove Pulau Dua - At least 12 birds seen
Spotted Dove South Jakarta
Emerald Dove Carita - Single bird seen Pink-necked Pigeon Carita - 10 birds seen Pied Imperial-Pigeon Pulau Rambut
Parrots
Red-breasted Parakeet South Jakarta - Flock of six birds seen
Yellow-throated Hanging-Parrot Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP - Five birds seen flying rapidly
Cuckoos
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Muara Angke Nature Reserve - Single bird seen Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo Carita - Uncommon bird for region with no recent
records for West Java Plaintive Cuckoo Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP
Owls
Javan Scops-Owl Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens) Two birds seen
Javan Owlet Carita - Seen briefly flying and heard several times
Frogmouths
Javan Frogmouth Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP - Single bird seen in evening
Nightjars
Salvadori's Nightjar Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens) Single bird seen
Swifts
Waterfall Swift Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP
Linchi Swiftlet South Jakarta
Mossy-nest Swiftlet Pulau Dua - Common bird of the area and nests in the villages
Crested Treeswifts
Grey-rumped Treeswift Carita - Eight birds seen
Trogons and Quetzals
Javan Trogon Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP
Single bird seen close up near Sulphur Springs
Kingfishers
Small Blue Kingfisher Pulau Dua - At least 12 birds seen Javan Kingfisher Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP
Two birds seen on golf course Collared Kingfisher Pulau Dua
Sacred Kingfisher Pulau Rambut
Bee-eaters
Rainbow Bee-eater Pulau Dua
Asian Barbets
Fire-tufted Barbet Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP
Two birds seen. Recent arrival in Java from Sumatra and has been reported over the past two years, Craig Robson trip report July 2008.
Brown-throated Barbet Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP Two birds seen
Flame-fronted Barbet Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP Coppersmith Barbet South Jakarta - Two birds seen
Woodpeckers
Brown-capped Woodpecker Carita
Pittas
Banded Pitta Carita
Single bird seen in early morning in open ground close to bamboos which is its preferred habitat
Shrikes
Long-tailed Shrike Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP (Cibodas)
Cuckoo-shrikes
Sunda Cuckoo-shrike Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP (Cibodas)
Small Minivet Carita
Sunda Minivet Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP (Cibodas) Six birds seen
Scarlet Minivet Carita
Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens)
Ioras
Common Iora Pulau Dua
Swallows
Barn Swallow Pulau Dua
Chickadees and Tits
Great Tit Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens)
Long-tailed Tits
Pygmy Tit Kebun Raya Cibodas - 12 birds seen
Nuthatches
Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Carita
Blue Nuthatch Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens) 14 birds seen
Bulbuls
Black-headed Bulbul Carita
Sooty-headed Bulbul South Jakarta
Orange-spotted Bulbul Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens) Yellow-vented Bulbul South Jakarta
Red-eyed Bulbul Carita - Three birds seen. Not reported on mainland Java but only Mata Siri Islands.
Grey-cheeked Bulbul Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens) Sunda Bulbul Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP (Cibodas)
Cisticolas and Allies
Zitting Cisticola Pulau Dua
Bar-winged Prinia Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens) Plain Prinia Pulau Dua - Single bird seen
Old World Warblers
Javan Tesia Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP
Sunda Bush-Warbler Telaga Warna - Two birds seen
Clamorous Reed-Warbler Pulau Dua - Single bird seen and heard calling Mountain Tailorbird Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens)
Ashy Tailorbird Carita
Olive-backed Tailorbird Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens) Mountain Warbler Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP
Sunda Warbler Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP
Striated Grassbird Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens)
Old World Flycatchers
Asian Brown Flycatcher Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens) Mugimaki Flycatcher Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens) Snowy-browed Flycatcher Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP (Cibodas)
Little Pied Flycatcher Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens) Indigo Flycatcher Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens) Oriental Magpie-Robin Pulau Rambut - Pair seen
Sunda Robin Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP (Cibodas)
Sunda Forktail Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens) Pair of birds seen in early morning
White-crowned Forktail Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens) Single bird seen
Javan Cochoa Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP (Cibodas)
Single bird seen - main target for Sulphur Springs
Thrushes
Javan Whistling-Thrush Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP (Cibodas) Siberian Thrush Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP (Cibodas) Sunda Thrush Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP (Cibodas) Eyebrowed Thrush Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP (Cibodas)
Single bird seen, an uncommon bird for the area Lesser Shortwing Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens)
Single bird seen
White-browed Shortwing Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP (Cibodas)
Fantails
Rufous-tailed Fantail Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP
White-bellied Fantail Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP - Two birds seen Pied Fantail Pulau Dua - 8 birds seen in mangroves
Babblers
Rufous-fronted Laughingthrush Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP - Flock of birds seen near Sulphur Springs
Horsfield's Babbler Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP Scaly-crowned Babbler Java: Carita - Two birds seen Chestnut-backed Scimitar-Babbler Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP Pygmy Wren-Babbler Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP White-breasted Babbler Carita - Flock of six birds seen
Crescent-chested Babbler Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens) Grey-cheeked Tit-Babbler Carita - Six birds seen
White-browed Shrike-Babbler Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP
Chestnut-fronted Shrike-Babbler Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens) Javan Fulvetta Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP
Spotted Crocias Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP - Two birds seen
White-eyes
Oriental White-eye Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens) Javan Grey-throated White-eye Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens)
Thornbills and Allies
Golden-bellied Gerygone Pulau Dua - At least 30 birds seen in mangroves
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Carita - Pair of birds seen
Plain-throated Sunbird South Jakarta - Pair of birds seen Olive-backed Sunbird South Jakarta - Single bird seen
White-flanked Sunbird Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens) Little Spiderhunter Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens) Streaky-breasted Spiderhunter Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens)
Flowerpeckers
Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Carita
Blood-breasted Flowerpecker Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens) Scarlet-headed Flowerpecker South Jakarta - Pair of birds seen
Old World Orioles
Black-naped Oriole Pulau Rambut
Drongos
Ashy Drongo Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP
Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP
Woodswallows
Starlings
Javan Myna Pulau Rambut – Two birds seen
Wagtails and Pipits
Grey Wagtail Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens)
Siskins, Crossbills and Allies
Mountain Serin Gunung Gede-Pangrango NP - Usually a difficult bird to find. Saw 9 birds at entry to NP in a pine tree.
Old World Sparrows
Eurasian Tree Sparrow South Jakarta
Weavers and Allies
Streaked Weaver Pulau Dua
Waxbills and Allies
Tawny-breasted Parrotfinch Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens) Two birds seen up close
Javan Munia Kebun Raya Cibodas (Cibodas Botanical Gardens)
Nutmeg Mannikin Pulau Dua
White-headed Munia Pulau Dua - Four birds seen
Java Sparrow Pulau Dua
