Birds Wallacea Line
There are 332 species of birds known from Celebes of which 92 (27%) are endemic, and 81 (25%) are migratory (White 1974, 1976, 1977; White and Bruce 1986). Nrecords of species not previously known from Celebes are still being made (Escott and Holmes 1980; Watling 1983) among the resident birds, 17 genera are endemic to Celebes and its surrounding islands including a large number of spectacular endemic birds such as the dark green bee-eater (Meropogon forsteni), the large brightly coloured hornbill (Rhyticeros cassidix), the crowned myna (Basilornis celebensis), and the finch-billed starling (Scissirostrum dubium) which nests in huge numbers in holes bored out of tall dead trees. Celebes best-known bird is the maleo (Macrocephalon maleo) which incubates its egg in pits that the adult birds dig.
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