vrijdag 9 januari 2009

Birding on Siberut

The only endemic is the Mentawai Scops Owl -- said to be common.
I saw a frogmouth but failed to photograph it or make sound recordings.

Had good views on Storms Stork and Great-billed Herons.

There are many endemic subspecies though.
In general very little is known about the birds on these islands.

Watch out for Silvery Wood Pigeon,

Some 4000 hectares of primary rainforest is protected by the Siberut Conservation Project (SCP):

http://www.siberut-island.org/website.php
http://www.gibbons.de/main/theses/pdf_files/2005waller.pdf
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/4466/siberut1.htm
http://lucy.ukc.ac.uk/Rainforest/Workingpaperspublic/wpa3_7.html



Blyths / Wallaces Hawk-eagle
Hill Myna
Serpent Eagle
Green Broadbill
chestnut breasted malkoha
blue rumped parrot

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