Birding Indonesia

A picture of the bio-geographic patterns in Indonesia’s bird distribution is essential to understanding its bird mega-biodiversity, and also to planning a birding itinerary. The world has five major groupings of bird families and Indonesia straddles two of these, the Oriental and Australasian faunal realms.

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

Birds of Indonesia

Introduction
Birds of Indonesia
Diversity at the crossroads of the Orient and Australasia

Indonesia holds 17% of the world’s bird species, so becoming familiar with them might seem more like a post-graduate study than a fun vacation. In reality it is not nearly as daunting as it might seem: the 1,539 species are the sum of more manageable numbers occurring in distinct regions, islands and habitats. Narrowing the field by knowing what to expect is the key to bird identification.

Taken from Jepson, P, 1997, Birding Indonesia, Periplus Editions. Singapore