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Indonesia Bali Birding Extension

14th to 20th September 2018 (7 days)

Trip Report

Javan Banded Pitta by Rich Lindie

Trip report compiled by Tour Leader: Rich Lindie

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Trip Report – RBL Indonesia - Bali Birding Extension 2018 2


Sunda Warbler by Holger Teichmann

Tour Summary

Wasting no time in starting our Bali adventures, we departed a good deal before dawn on the first

morning. This, of course, had the added advantage of ensuring we'd miss the mad-rush that is daylight

Denpasar traffic! Our first planned stop, other than to buy coffee, of course, was Batukaru Temple,

located in the cooler climes at the base of Mount Batukar. There, in just a few short hours, we racked up

several good birds, as well as familiarised ourselves with some of the more common species on Bali.

Foremost among the former were two barbets – Flame-fronted and Yellow-eared – Javan Owlet,

Crescent-chested Babbler and Lesser Shortwing – all of which we saw, and most were seen very well.

Olive-backed Tailorbird, Cave Swiftlet, Sooty-headed Bulbul and Olive-backed Sunbird also put in

appearances.

That was all before lunch, which itself was enjoyed with more birds! At a little cafe overlooking some

productive little rice-paddies replete with waterhens, Javan Kingfishers, egrets, swallows and more, we

savoured the first of many delicious dishes on Bali. It was, however, soon time to tackle the narrow, busy

roads again, and we spent a few hours in the early afternoon making our way to Bali Barat, on the north-

western end of the island.

Needless to say, the journey wasn't at all boring, what with all the ongoings by the roadside, as well as

all the interesting architecture and other sights this jam-packed island has to offer. We also had a few

more birds to look forward to, as our late afternoon stops near our accommodation yielded sightings of

Scarlet-headed Flowerpecker, Green Junglefowl, the striking roseus subspecies of Coppersmith Barbet

and even a Javan Banded Pitta (from the bus!).





Two full days in the Bali Barat area were to follow, and things didn't slow down as a result at all. Well,

except in all the best ways – we did a lot less driving and our wonderful accommodations were in

decidedly much-less-crowded surroundings!

On our first morning there, we popped around the corner from our accommodation to catch up with

Black-winged Starling – now very much scarcer than Bali Myna – and picked up a Freckle-breasted

Woodpecker as a bonus. Enjoying our first of many wonderful sit-down breakfasts, we then made our

way out the park to some mangroves, where a Banded Bay Cuckoo, a Mangrove Whistler and two

Cerulean Kingfishers put in appearances. Shortly after, we found ourselves staring down the scope at a

gorgeous Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher in forest nearby; and then, as if that wasn't enough, we visited a

blind, where several great birds were admired at close-range, including Laced Woodpecker, Javan

Banded Pitta (several!), Horsfield's Babbler and Fulvous-chested Jungle Flycatcher! Not a bad morning!

After lunch on the beach (where we had our first Bar-winged Prinia sighting and a quick look at a roosting

Sunda Scops Owl), we departed our hotel in the late afternoon to visit some salt pans and coastal lagoons

where Sunda Teal, Javan Plover, Malaysian Plover and Savanna Nightjar were among the highlights

spotted – leaving us with nothing to do but enjoy another relaxed and top-end dinner!

For our second morning in the area, we once again popped out to the dry scrub near our accommodation,

where a Racket-tailed Treepie was picked up without much effort. After that, it was another leisurely

breakfast followed by a drive to Grojogan forest, where our main target – Ruby-throated Bulbul – also

gave up without much of a fight. We also managed to pick up a Plaintive Cuckoo during our efforts but,

wanting to avoid the heat of the day, we soon pushed off to another section of Bali Barat National Park,

where Javan Cuckooshrike became the third major target of the day to fall – flying straight into the first

recording we played!

Lunch followed, again on the beach, before a short break and then a visit to some forest edge and

farmland, where a couple of Yellow-throated Hanging Parrots were eventually found feeding in an

African Flame/Tulip tree! Returning to the 'cuckooshrike site', we gave it another go for Javan

Flameback, but this species is incredibly rare on Bali and we weren't too surprised that we failed – despite

the moments of thrill when a Common Flameback came in to recordings of the bird we wanted! In any

case, we had plenty of other stuff to look at, including several Lineated Barbet, more Javan Cuckooshrike,

Scarlet Minivets, Black-winged Flycatcher-Shrike and the only Hair-crested Drongo of the trip. A

handful of Orange-breasted Green Pigeon was our last sighting of the day.

On our final morning in the west, some of us started a little earlier than usual, seeing a very cooperative

Large-tailed Nightjar as a reward, before heading out as a full group to see Bali Myna up-close. Much

appreciated, this final excursion in the area was as enjoyable for the insight into this species' plight that

we were given as it was for the photo opportunities it provided! One final breakfast in the tower then

drew the curtains on our stay at the lovely Menjangan, before a few hours’ drive would take us back into

the highlands – this time around Bedugul.

Stopping first for fish and chips at a local restaurant, we checked into our hotel then headed straight into

the botanical gardens. Our first target there – Indonesian Honeyeater – put up no fight at all, followed by

several other good birds that were only marginally more difficult! Highlights among these were Banded

Fruit Dove, Dark-backed Imperial Pigeon, Lesser Cuckooshrike, Rusty-breasted Whistler, Grey-headed

Canary-Flycatcher, Sunda Warbler, Mountain Leaf Warbler, Mees's White-eye and Snowy-browed

Flycatcher. It took a little more effort to get our first views of Javan Whistling Thrush and Orange-headed





Thrush, but then we didn't have to do much more than wait on the side of the road. Bonus sightings along

the way included our first Chestnut-backed Scimitar Babbler, another Lesser Shortwing and even a

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch – the latter being rather uncommon on Bali.

Bali Starling by Holger Teichmann

Heading back to the botanical gardens the following morning, we were hoping to settle the score with a

Sunda Thrush but our efforts were to no avail. Unfortunately, this species is also trapped, on a regular

basis, for the illegal caged-bird trade - evidence of which we saw without any effort. Anyway, back to

the good news. We did see several more Javan Whistling Thrushes, another Orange-headed Thrush and

several nice species we had only seen the previous day - all of which were appreciated the second time.

We also made a special effort to track down one last species found only in the highlands, and although it

took some time, it was well worth it! Javan Bush Warbler, until then, had not been sighted on one of our

tours, so it was with a little extra motivation that we set out to the hills above town. We heard several but

couldn't catch a glimpse at first, and just when it seemed we would have to follow in the footsteps of

others, we forced a change! Having drawn one individual very close to my speaker (lying in the

vegetation by the roadside), I decided to try 'walk' the bird out into the open - mostly prompted by the

sound of an oncoming motorbike. To say it worked would be an understatement, as we all managed to

get more than a couple of views of this tricky bird, out in the open understorey! Magic! And with that,

just one more major target remained - Java Sparrow. Thankfully, it took little more than a stroll to the

edge of some rice paddies, en route to Denpasar, where a family of three of these lovely little birds

obliged- a great way to finish the day and the tour.

The final morning of the tour was set aside as a departure day, so some of us began our homeward

journeys, while others joined me for the start of our Lesser Sundas adventures.





Annotated List of species recorded Note: Number in brackets ( ) indicate number of days on the tour the species was recorded.

List powered through the report generator of our partner iGoTerra.

Birds (138 in total: 136 seen, 2 heard)

Nomenclature and taxonomy follows Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2018. IOC World Bird List (v 8.1).

Status codes: E = Endemic, NE = Near-endemic, I = Introduced

IUCN codes: CR = Critically endangered, EN = Endangered, VU = Vulnerable, EW = Extinct in the

Wild, NT = Near Threatened, DD = Data Deficient

Ducks, Geese & Swans Anatidae

Sunda Teal (NT) Anas gibberifrons

Observed 1 day(s) in total.

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies Phasianidae

Green Junglefowl Gallus varius

(3) Observed Bali Barat NP 15-17.9.

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns Ardeidae

Striated Heron Butorides striata


Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa speciosa


Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus


Purple Heron Ardea purpurea manilensis


Great Egret Ardea alba modesta


Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia


Little Egret Egretta garzetta


Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra sacra


Cormorants and Shags Phalacrocoracidae

Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos melanoleucos


Kites, Hawks & Eagles Accipitridae

Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela

(2) Batukaru Temple 15.9 and Bali Barat NP 17.9.

Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus






Rails, Crakes & Coots Rallidae

White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus


Stilts and Avocets Recurvirostridae

Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus


Plovers and Lapwings Charadriidae

Javan Plover (NT) Charadrius javanicus


Malaysian Plover (NT) Charadrius peronii


Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii leschenaultii


Painted-Snipes Rostratulidae

Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis


Sandpipers and Allies Scolopacidae

Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus variegatus


Far Eastern Curlew (VU) Numenius madagascariensis


Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres interpres


Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata


Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos


Grey-tailed Tattler (NT) Tringa brevipes


Common Redshank Tringa totanus


Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola


Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia


Gulls, Terns & Skimmers Laridae

Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii


Little Tern Sternula albifrons sinensis


Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana sumatrana






Pigeons and Doves Columbidae

Rock Dove Columba livia var. domestica


Island Collared Dove Streptopelia bitorquata bitorquata

(3) Bali Barat NP 16.9 and Bali Barat NP 17.9.

Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis tigrina


Ruddy Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia emiliana

(4) 1 heard Batukaru Temple 15.9, Bali Barat NP 16.9 and Bedugul 18.9.

Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica

(1) Bali Barat NP 16.9.

Zebra Dove Geopelia striata


Orange-breasted Green Pigeon Treron bicinctus javanus


Grey-cheeked Green Pigeon Treron griseicauda

(3) Bali Barat NP 15.9 and Bedugul 18.9.

Banded Fruit Dove Ptilinopus cinctus

(1) Bedugul 18.9.

Black-naped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus melanospilus


Dark-backed Imperial Pigeon Ducula lacernulata

(2) Bedugul 18.9.

Cuckoos Cuculidae

Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis

(2) 1 heard Batukaru Temple 15.9 and Bali Barat NP 17.9.

Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris


Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii


Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus


Sunda Cuckoo Cuculus lepidus

(1) 1 heard Bedugul 18.9.

Owls Strigidae

Sunda Scops Owl Otus lempiji


Javan Owlet Glaucidium castanopterum

(2) Batukaru Temple 15.9 and 1 heard Bedugul 18.9.

Nightjars and Allies Caprimulgidae

Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus

(1) Bedugul 18.9.

Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis






Treeswifts Hemiprocnidae

Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis


Swifts Apodidae

Cave Swiftlet Collocalia linchi


Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus


House Swift Apus nipalensis


Rollers Coraciidae

Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis


Kingfishers Alcedinidae

Javan Kingfisher Halcyon cyanoventris


Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris


Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus sanctus


Cerulean Kingfisher Alcedo coerulescens


Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca


Bee-eaters Meropidae

Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus


Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti quinticolor


Asian Barbets Megalaimidae

Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus lineatus


Flame-fronted Barbet Psilopogon armillaris

(2) Batukaru Temple 15.9 and Bedugul 18.9.

Yellow-eared Barbet Psilopogon australis

(4) Batukaru Temple 15.9 and 1 heard Bedugul 18.9.

Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus


Woodpeckers Picidae

Freckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos analis analis






Laced Woodpecker Picus vittatus


Common Flameback Dinopium javanense


Old World Parrots Psittaculidae

Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot (NT) Loriculus pusillus


Pittas Pittidae

Javan Banded Pitta Hydrornis guajanus

(3) Observed Bali Barat NP 15-17.9.

Honeyeaters Meliphagidae

Indonesian Honeyeater Lichmera limbata

(1) Bedugul 18.9.

Australasian Warblers Acanthizidae

Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea


Woodshrikes and allies Tephrodornithidae

Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus hirundinaceus


Woodswallows, Butcherbirds and allies Artamidae

White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus


Ioras Aegithinidae

Common Iora Aegithina tiphia


Cuckoo-shrikes Campephagidae

Javan Cuckooshrike Coracina javensis


Lesser Cuckooshrike Coracina fimbriata

(1) Bedugul 18.9.

White-shouldered Triller Lalage sueurii


Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus saturatus


Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus


Whistlers and allies Pachycephalidae

Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea cinerea






Rusty-breasted Whistler Pachycephala fulvotincta

(2) 1 heard Batukaru Temple 15.9 and Bedugul 18.9.

Shrikes Laniidae

Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach


Drongos Dicruridae

Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus javanus


Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus

(3) Bali Barat NP 15.9 and Bedugul 18.9.

Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus


Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus

(4) Bedugul 18.9.

Fantails Rhipiduridae

Malaysian Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica


Monarchs Monarchidae

Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea


Crows, Jays, and Magpies Corvidae

Racket-tailed Treepie Crypsirina temia


Fairy Flycatchers Stenostiridae

Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis

(1) Bedugul 18.9.

Tits, Chickadees Paridae

Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus


Bulbuls Pycnonotidae

Ruby-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus dispar


Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster aurigaster


Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier


Grey-cheeked Bulbul Alophoixus bres

(1) Batukaru Temple 15.9.





Swallows Hirundinidae

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica


Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica


Leaf warblers and allies Phylloscopidae

Mountain Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus trivirgatus


Sunda Warbler Seicercus grammiceps

(1) Bedugul 18.9.

Grassbirds and allies Locustellidae

Javan Bush Warbler Locustella montis


Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris


Cisticolas and allies Cisticolidae

Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis


Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis


Bar-winged Prinia Prinia familiaris


Olive-backed Tailorbird Orthotomus sepium


Babblers Timaliidae

Chestnut-backed Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus montanus

(2) Bedugul 18.9.

Crescent-chested Babbler Stachyris melanothorax


Fulvettas, Ground Babblers Pellorneidae

Horsfield's Babbler Malacocincla sepiaria


White-eyes Zosteropidae

Mees's White-eye Lophozosterops javanicus


Oriental White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus


Nuthatches Sittidae

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis

(1) Bedugul 18.9.





Starlings Sturnidae

Short-tailed Starling Aplonis minor minor

(2) Bedugul 18.9.

Javan Myna Acridotheres javanicus


Black-winged Starling Acridotheres melanopterus


Bali Myna (CR) Leucopsar rothschildi

(3) Bali Barat NP 15.9, Bali Barat NP 16.9 and Bedugul 18.9.

Thrushes and Allies Turdidae

Sunda Thrush Zoothera andromedae

(2) Bedugul 18.9 and Bedugul 19.9.

Chats, Old World Flycatchers Muscicapidae

Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis


Fulvous-chested Jungle Flycatcher Cyornis olivaceus


Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophris leucophris

(3) Batukaru Temple 15.9, Bedugul 18.9 and Bedugul 19.9.

White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti


Javan Whistling Thrush Myophonus glaucinus


Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra

(1) Bedugul 18.9.

Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni


Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata


Flowerpeckers Dicaeidae

Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma


Blood-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum sanguinolentum


Scarlet-headed Flowerpecker Dicaeum trochileum


Sunbirds and Spiderhunters Nectariniidae

Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis


Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra

(1) 1 heard Batukaru Temple 15.9.





Old World Sparrows Passeridae

Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus malaccensis


Weavers, Widowbirds Ploceidae

Streaked Weaver Ploceus manyar manyar


Waxbills, Munias and allies Estrildidae

Javan Munia Lonchura leucogastroides


Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata


White-headed Munia Lonchura maja


Java Sparrow Lonchura oryzivora


Mammals (8 in total: 8 seen)

Status codes: E = Endemic, NE = Near-endemic, I = Introduced

IUCN codes: CR = Critically endangered, EN = Endangered, VU = Vulnerable, EW = Extinct in the

Wild, NT = Near Threatened, DD = Data Deficient

Old World monkeys Cercopithecidae

Crab-eating Macaque Macaca fascicularis fascicularis

(4) Observed Bali Barat NP 15-17.9 and Bedugul 19.9.

Javan Lutung Trachypithecus auratus


Squirrels Sciuridae

Plantain Squirrel Callosciurus notatus


Black Giant Squirrel Ratufa bicolor


Civets, Genets Viverridae

Common Palm Civet Paradoxurus hermaphroditus


Pigs Suidae

Wild Boar Sus scrofa


Deer Cervidae

Southern Red Muntjac Muntiacus muntjak






Javan Rusa Rusa timorensis


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