Bird Family

Casuariidae-cassowaries:
These very large, 1-m tall, flightless birds inhabit the forest of Irian Jaya. The Southern Cassowary is also found on Seram, where it was presumably introduced long ago.(3 species)
Taken from Jepson, P, 1997, Birding Indonesia, Periplus Editions. Singapore

Procellariidae/Hydrobatidae-petrels and shearwaters:
Indonesia is generally poor in seabird and no good sea-watching sites are known, although the Sunda Strait, between Sumatra and Java, has potential in the autumn. Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Bulwer’s Petrel and Matsudaira’s Storm petrel are the species most often seen from inter-island ferries.(15 species)
Taken from Jepson, P, 1997, Birding Indonesia, Periplus Editions. Singapore

BIRD FAMILIES

Bird Families
The following section gives a brief introduction to some of the main bird families and groups found in Indonesia (for a full checklist see Practicalities); like all field guides and lists, it is ordered in taxonomic sequence. The purpose of this sequence is broadly to highlight evolutionary relationships: it starts with bird families that are the oldest in evolutionary terms and ends with the most “modern”
Taken from Jepson, P, 1997, Birding Indonesia, Periplus Editions. Singapore