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The oddly-shaped islands of Sulawesi and Halmahera boast many endemic birds, so are must visit destinations for big listers, people interested in finding all the families (i.e. Hylocitrea on Sulawesi), or those looking to see some of Asia’s bestlooking birds. This year’s tour was unusually wet, with landslides and flooding impacting us on both Sulawesi and Halmahera.
Conversely, we ended up with more species than ever before, 292 species, including 131 regional endemics (89 on Sulawesi and 42 on Halmahera; depending on taxonomy), and featured 27 Pigeons and Doves, 17 parrots and cockatoos, 17 raptor species (including all 4 of Sulawesi’s endemic accipiters and Moluccan Goshawk), 16 kingfishers, 12 cuckooshrikes, 9 starlings and mynas, 8 owls, 6 white-eyes, 5 nightjars, 4 megapodes, 3 pittas, and 2 birds-of paradise.