Birds Regions

Within this broad framework-west, transitional and east-biologists have divided Indonesia into seven biological regions based on distinct groupings of unique bird (and animal) species. So, for instance, Celebes has 96 bird species not shared with other regions, and the Lesser Sunda regions, except for Moluccas, where the provincial boundary-which encompasses the Moluccas and parts of the Lesser Sundas, and Papua-has been used for practical travel reasons.

To be continued…………..
Taken from Jepson, P, 1997, Birding Indonesia, Periplus Editions. Singapore

Indonesia Birds

Australians will feel at home in eastern Indonesia among the parrots, honeyeaters, white-eyes and monarchs, likewise, birders from Europe and Asia will find plenty of familiar families in western Indonesia’s pheasants, woodpeckers, pigeons, flycatchers and thrushes. But Americans will face the bewildering and exciting challenge of totally new species-something that awaits us all in Papua, which, though part of the Australasian realm, has a bird fauna all of its own.Taken from Jepson, P, 1997, Birding Indonesia, Periplus Editions. Singapore