| Chestnut-bellied
Partridge |
Arborophila javanica |
a couple of birds were seen just
above the park headquarters, heard regularly to above the waterfall. |
| Red Junglefowl |
Gallus gallus |
one seen above the waterfall |
| Sunda Teal |
Anas gibberifrons |
a few on lagoons at Muara Angke |
| Darter |
Anhinga melanogaster |
quite common at Muara Angke |
| Little Black Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris |
Muara Angke |
| Eastern Reef Egret |
Egretta sacra |
Muara Angke |
| Grey Heron |
Ardea cinerea |
Muara Angke |
| Purple Heron |
Ardea purpurea |
|
| Great Egret |
Ardea alba |
|
| Intermediate Egret |
Ardea intermedia |
|
| Cattle Egret |
Ardea ibis |
|
| Javan Pond-Heron |
Ardeola speciosa |
Muara Angke |
| Striated Heron |
Butorides striatus |
Muara Angke |
| Crested Serpent-Eagle |
Spilornis cheela |
Gunung Gede and Carita |
| Black Eagle |
Ictinaetus malayensis |
probably the same bird seen a
number of times at G. Gede in the vicinity of the waterfall |
| Javan Hawk-Eagle |
Spizaetus bartelsi |
one bird seen briefly at the
waterfall |
| Spotted Kestrel |
Falco moluccensis |
one bird seemed to be attending a
nest at the waterfall at G. Gede |
| White-breasted Waterhen |
Amaurornis phoenicurus |
Muara Angke |
| Barred Button-quail |
Turnix suscitator |
|
| Rock Dove |
Columba livia |
|
| Spotted Turtle-Dove |
Streptopelia chinensis |
|
| Yellow-throated
Hanging-Parrot |
Loriculus pusillus |
reasonable flight views
at Cibidas Gardens |
| Large Hawk-Cuckoo |
Cuculus sparverioides |
|
| Indian Cuckoo |
Cuculus micropterus |
seen but not heard at G. Gede |
| Oriental Cuckoo |
Cuculus saturatus |
heard every day at G. Gede |
| Banded Bay Cuckoo |
Cacomantis sonneratii |
one seen and heard at Carita |
| Plaintive Cuckoo |
Cacomantis merulinus |
heard every day G. Gede and
Carita |
| Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo
|
Chrysococcyx basalis |
one seen at Muara Angke |
| Drongo Cuckoo |
Surniculus lugubris |
an adult and a juvenile bird seen
at Carita in the same tree with the Banded Bay Cuckoo |
| Chestnut-breasted Malkoha
|
Phaenicophaeus curvirostris |
Gunung Gede |
| Greater Coucal |
Centropus sinensis |
|
| Lesser Coucal |
Centropus bengalensis |
|
| Sunda Scops-Owl |
Otus bakkamoena |
Eddy showed us this bird and was
adamant that it was a Javan Spops Owl. Unfortunately, it isn't though - it's Sunda Scops
Owl for a number of reasons including eye colour, habitat, call, plumage |
| Grey-rumped Treeswift |
Hemiprocne longipennis |
|
| Waterfall Swift |
Hydrochrous gigas |
a couple of birds were seen
flying over the waterfall at Gunung Gede |
| Glossy Swiftlet |
Aerodramus esculenta |
|
| Cave Swiftlet |
Aerodramus linchi |
|
| Volcano Swiftlet |
Aerodramus vulcanorum |
5 or 6 birds flying around the
crater of Gunung Gede |
| House Swift |
Apus affinis |
|
| Blue-tailed Trogon |
Harpactes reinwardtii |
BIRD OF THE
TRIP! We spent a whole day with Eddy looking for this bird without success and had
pretty well given up on it due to the rowdy crowds. But a few days later we miraculously
spotted one just off the trail below Air Panas - absolutely stunning!
* Now split from the Sumatran subspecies and tentatively placed in a new genus. See
Handbook of Birds of the World for a discussion of the rationale. |
| Banded Kingfisher |
Lacedo pulchella |
a beautiful pair kept us
entertained for quite a few minutes in degraded forest below the waterfall at Carita |
| Collared Kingfisher |
Todiramphus chloris |
not uncommon at G. Gede and
Cibodas |
| Black-banded Barbet |
Megalaima javensis |
a brief view of one bird at
Carita |
| [Brown-throated Barbet E |
|
heard frequently at G. Gede but
never seen] |
| Flame-fronted Barbet |
Megalaima armillaris |
this attractive barbet was seen a
few times at G. Gede mostly from the park HQ to Blue Lake |
| [Blue-eared Barbet |
Megalaima australis |
often heard] |
| Sunda Woodpecker |
Dendrocopos moluccensis |
common at Muara Angke |
| Fulvous-breasted
Woodpecker |
Dendrocopos macei |
one bird seen at Muara Angke |
| Crimson-winged Woodpecker
|
Picus puniceus |
not uncommon at G. Gede |
| Banded Pitta |
Pitta guajana |
only seen and heard once at
Carita |
| Banded Broadbill |
Eurylaimus javanicus |
frequently heard at G. Gede and
Carita, seen once at Carita in degraded forest |
| Rufous-tailed Fantail |
Rhipidura phoenicura |
common at any elevation between
the botanic gardens and Air Panas; from reading Freddy's birding log nobody has seen the
White-bellied Fantail for a few years so it would appear that this species has displaced
it |
| Pied Fantail |
Rhipidura javanica |
common at Muara Angke |
| Ashy Drongo |
Dicrurus leucophaeus |
|
| Lesser Racket-tailed
Drongo |
Dicrurus remifer |
|
| Greater Racket-tailed
Drongo |
Dicrurus paradiseus |
|
| Common Iora |
Aegithina tiphia |
|
| Sunda Minivet |
Pericrocotus miniatus |
only seen once on the trail just
above the waterfall at Gunung Gede |
| Scarlet Minivet |
Pericrocotus flammeus |
|
| White-breasted
Woodswallow |
Artamus leucorynchus |
Muara Angke |
| Racket-tailed Treepie |
Crypsirina temia |
appeared to be not uncommon at
Muara Angke |
| House Crow |
Corvus splendens |
|
| Greater Green Leafbird |
Chloropsis sonnerati |
|
| Long-tailed Shrike |
Lanius schach |
Muara Angke |
| Large Woodshrike |
Tephrodornis gularis |
|
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow |
Passer montanus |
|
| Javan Munia |
Lonchura leucogastroides |
in the paddi fields at Carita |
| Nutmeg Mannikin |
Lonchura punctulata |
|
| White-headed Munia |
Lonchura maja |
|
| Mountain Serin |
Serinus estherae |
a group of 4 or 5 birds seen
feeding in a bush in the hut just above the level of the waterfall at Gunung Gede |
| Ruby-cheeked Sunbird |
Anthreptes singalensis |
|
| Yellow-bellied Sunbird |
Nectarinia jugularis |
|
| White-flanked Sunbird |
Aethopyga eximia |
common at Gunung Gede at lower
elevations and in the Cibodas Botanic Gardens |
| Scarlet Sunbird |
Aethopyga mystacalis |
one bird seen at Carita below the
primary forest |
| Little Spiderhunter |
Arachnothera longirostra |
Carita |
| Crimson-breasted
Flowerpecker |
Prionochilus percussus |
|
| Plain Flowerpecker |
Dicaeum concolor |
|
| Blood-breasted
Flowerpecker |
Dicaeum sanguinolentum |
|
| Velvet-fronted Nuthatch |
Sitta frontalis |
two bird seen foraging on an
emergent tree at Carita |
| Blue Nuthatch |
Sitta azurea |
amazingly common on the main
trail at Gunung Gede, usually a precursor to the arrival of a mixed flock, I never grew
tired of seeing this gorgeous bird |
| Pygmy Tit |
Psaltria exilis |
quite common both in the gardens
and on the G. Gede trail, usually in small flocks of up to 10 birds |
| Pacific Swallow |
Hirundo tahitica |
|
| Sooty-headed Bulbul |
Pycnonotus aurigaster |
Muara Angke |
| Orange-spotted Bulbul |
Pycnonotus bimaculatus |
only seen a couple of times on
the lower trail at G. Gede |
| Yellow-vented Bulbul |
Pycnonotus goiavier |
Muara Angke |
| Cream-vented Bulbul |
Pycnonotus simplex |
|
| Grey-cheeked Bulbul |
Alophoixus bres |
|
| Sunda Bulbul |
Hypsipetes virescens |
|
| Javan Tesia |
Tesia superciliaris |
very commonly heard and not hard
to observe at Gunung Gede, they appeared to be nesting; one of my favourite birds of the
trip |
| Sunda Bush-Warbler |
Cettia vulcania |
|
| Mountain Tailorbird |
Orthotomus cuculatus |
heard everywhere at Gunung Gede |
| Common Tailorbird |
Orthotomus sutorius |
|
| Olive-backed Tailorbird |
Orthotomus sepium |
|
| Arctic Warbler |
Phylloscopus borealis |
|
| Mountain Leaf-Warbler |
Phylloscopus trivirgatus |
|
| Sunda Warbler |
Seicercus grammiceps |
|
| Bar-winged Prinia |
Prinia familiaris |
Muara Angke |
| Yellow-bellied Prinia |
Prinia flaviventris |
|
| Horsfield's Babbler |
Malacocincla sepiarium |
|
| Black-capped Babbler |
Pellorneum capistratum |
a couple birds seen well on the
trail below the entrance hut to the waterfall at Carita |
| Scaly-crowned Babbler |
Malacopteron cinereum |
|
| Chestnut-backed
Scimitar-Babbler |
Pomatorhinus montanus |
only seen once at Gunung Gede
just below Air Panas |
| Eyebrowed Wren-Babbler |
Napothera epilepidota |
less commonly heard than Pygmy,
we only saw one bird on the birdwatching trail |
| Pygmy Wren-Babbler |
Pnoepyga pusilla |
very common at Gunung Gede and
Cibodas but hard to see, we saw a couple of birds on the birdwatching trail |
| White-breasted Babbler |
Stachyris grammiceps |
this endemic babbler was seen in
a group loosely associating with Scaly-crowned Babblers |
| White-bibbed Babbler |
Stachyris thoracica |
encountered about 3 times in
noisy, cohesive groups of 5 to 6 birds at Gunung Gede, now one of my favourite babblers! |
| Crescent-chested Babbler |
Stachyris melanothorax |
not uncommon in both the gardens
and the lower slopes of G. Gede, very often heard |
| Striped Tit-Babbler |
Macronous gularis |
|
| Grey-cheeked Tit-babbler |
Macronous flavicollis |
not uncommon on the lower parts
of the trail at Carita |
| White-browed
Shrike-Babbler |
Pteruthius flaviscapis |
encountered regularly at G. Gede |
| Chestnut-fronted
Shrike-Babbler |
Pteruthius aenobarbus |
common in mixed flocks at G. Gede |
| Javan Fulvetta |
Alcippe pyrrhoptera |
one of the commonest birds at G.
Gede |
| Spotted Crocias |
Crocias albonotatus |
4 or 5 seen in mixed flocks at G.
Gede, forages in the thick foliage in the upper canopy so quite tricky to get on to at
times |
| Great Tit |
Parus major |
very common in the Cibodas
gardens |
| Oriental White-eye |
Zosterops palpebrosus |
|
| Mountain White-eye |
Zosterops montanus |
|
| Javan Grey-throated
White-eye |
Lophozosterops javanicus |
not uncommon at G. Gede where we
saw it on both the lower and upper sections of the main trail |
| Sunda Whistling-Thrush |
Myiophonus glaucinus |
quite common and confiding at G.
Gede |
| Scaly Thrush |
Zoothera dauma |
two birds were seen in the upper
montane forest at G. Gede |
| Lesser Shortwing |
Brachypteryx leucophrys |
|
| White-browed Shortwing |
Brachypteryx montana |
|
| Snowy-browed Flycatcher |
Ficedula hyperythra |
another common bird at G. Gede |
| Little Pied Flycatcher |
Ficedula westermanni |
seen a few times in the Cibodas
gardens and on G. Gede |
| Indigo Flycatcher |
Eumyias indigo |
|
| Grey-headed
Canary-Flycatcher |
Culicicapa ceylonensis |
|
| Sunda Robin |
Cinclidium diana |
encountered three or
four times on the mid to higher slopes of G. Gede |
| Sunda Forktail |
Enicurus velatus |
super view of a
beautiful female bird in Cibodas Gardens |
| White-crowned Forktail |
Enicurus leschenaulti |
|
| White-vented Myna |
Acridotheres grandis |
|
Birds observed in Java at Gunung Gede, Bandar Carita & Muara Angke
