Tangkoko Bird List

There are a lot of species of birds that birdwatchers could see while exploring the rainforest, farmland, coastal area and rivers in Tangkoko Batu Angus Nature Reserve. Here is the list of some of the birds in Tangkoko and its surrounding areas:

• Sulawesi Hanging Parrot
• Pygmy Hanging Parrot
• Minahasa Racquet-tail (Yellow-breasted Racquet-tail)
• Golden-mantled Racquet-tail
• Blue-backed Parrot
• Green-backed Kingfisher
• Lilac Kingfisher
• Ruddy Kingfisher
• Sulawesi Dwarf Kingfisher
• Great-billed Kingfisher
• Collared Kingfisher
• Pink-necked Green Pigeon
• Pied Imperial Pigeon
• Silver-tipped Imperial Pigeon
• Gray-cheeked Green Pigeon
• Green Imperial Pigeon
• Black-naped Fruit-dove
• Spotted Dove
• Stephan's Dove
• Zebra Dove
• Red-collared Dove
• Sulawesi Cuckoo-dove (also called Sultan's Cuckoo-dove)
• Black-naped Oriole
• Purple-winged Roller
• Black-billed Koel
• White-rumped Triller
• Sulawesi Cicadabird
• Sulawesi Brush Cuckoo
• Bay Coucal
• Lesser Coucal
• Yellow-sided Flowerpecker
• Gray-sided Flowerpecker
• Crimson Sunbird
• Sahul Sunbird
• Brown-throated Sunbird
• Common Sandpiper
• Whimbrel
• Little Grebe
• Yellow-bittern
• White-breasted Waterhen
• Oriental Darter
• Black-naped Tern
• Pacific Reef Heron
• Purple Heron
• Gray-billed Heron
• Nankeen Night Heron
• Little Heron
• Striated Heron
• Speckled Boobook
• Ochre-bellied Boobook
• Spot-tailed Goshawk
• Brahminy Kite
• White-bellied Sea Eagle
• and etc.

When we explore deeper into Minahasa highland, we will see more interesting avifauna. There are overlapping occurance in range of the birds. Here are some of them:

• Lesser Fish Eagle
• Sulawesi Goshawk
• Black Kite
• Hair-crested (White-eyed) Drongo
• Sulawesi Drongo
• Sulawesi Serpent Eagle
• Sulawesi Scops Owl
• Speckled Boobook
• Sulawesi Crow
• Sulawesi Blue Flycatcher
• Snowy-browed Flycatcher
• Citrine Canary Flycatcher
• Turquoise Flycatcher
• Black-crowned White-eye
• Warbling White-eye
• Crimson-crowned Flowerpecker
• Gray-sided Flowerpecker
• Yellow-sided Flowerpecker
• Sulawesi Myzomela
• Sulawesi Hanging Parrot
• Pygmy Hanging Parrot
• Black Sunbird
• Sahul Sunbird
• Brown-throated Sunbird
• Sahul Sunbird
• Crimson Sunbird
• Sulawesi Bush Warbler
• Stephan's Dove
• Superb Fruit-dove
• Sulawesi Cuckoo-dove
• White-faced Cuckoo-dove
• Red-eared Fruit Dove
• Scaly-breasted Kingfisher
• Collared Kingfisher
• Pale Blue Monarch
• Pygmy Woodpecker
• Yellow-billed Malkoha
• Black Kite
• Barred Rail
• Buff-banded Rail
• Isabelline Bush-hen
• White-browed Crake
• Cinnamon Bittern
• Javan Pond Heron
• Little Egret
• Cattle Egret
• Sulawesi Pitta
• Gray Wagtail
• Gray-rumped Treeswift
• Glossy Swiftlet
• Edible Nest Swiftlet
• Sooty-headed Bulbul
• Black-faced Munia
• Chestnut Munia
• Scaly-breasted Munia
• and etc.

If you are interested in taking a birdwatching/ photography trip in Tangkoko Nature Reserve and Minahasa Highland, and want me to organize your tour, please, contact me (Charles Roring) by email to: peace4wp@gmail.com or by whatsapp to: +6281332245180. 

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Brown-throated Sunbird

This is the picture of Brown-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis celebensis) that was taken in the small forest of Tounelet village in Subdistrict Sonder of Minahasa regency.  The bird, according to Wikipedia, has got a thick bill with an average length of 14 cm. It can be found in open forest, along the roadside where there are flowering plants or in coconut plantations. The bird likes the nectar of coconut flower. The male bird is more colourful than the female one. 

Brown-throated Sunbird

The Brown-throated Sunbird looks similar to Sahul Sunbird (Cynniris frenatus) whose habitat is the same. 

Sahul Sunbird

The tropical rainforest and farmland of North Sulawesi from Tangkoko Nature Reserve to Mount Mahawu and Sonder's forest are the habitat of various species of sunbirds such as Sahul Sunbird, Brown-throated Sunbird, Crimson Sunbird, and Black Sunbird.

Crimson Sunbird

There are also a lot of other species of birds in Minahasa Peninsula which visitors could watch including Yellow-billed Malkoha, Sulawesi-crested Myna, Sulawesi Pitta, Pale Blue Monarch, Sulawesi Myzomela, Knobbed Hornbill, Sulawesi Hanging Parrot, Pygmy Hanging Parrot, Ashy Woodpecker, Pygmy Woodpecker, and etc. 

If you are interested in taking a birdwatching tour in Tangkoko Nature Reserve, Mount Mahawu, Lake Linow, Sonder's forest, and Tincep's ricefield and want me to organize your trip, please, contact me by email to: peace4wp@gmail.com or by whatsapp to: +6281332245180. 

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• Birds in Tangkoko and Minahasa Highland
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• Birding in Tangkoko Nature Reserve and Minahasa Highland

Birds in Tangkoko and Minahasa Highland

Tangkoko Nature Reserve is a protected tropical rainforest area in the Province of North Sulawesi. The forest is the habitat of a lot of species of birds such as Green-backed Kingfisher, Ruddy Kingfisher, Great-billed Kingfisher, Sulawesi Dwarf Kingfisher, Sulawesi Lilac Kingfisher, White-necked Myna, Sulawesi-crested Myna, Green Imperial Pigeon, Gray-cheeked Green Pigeon, Black-naped Fruit-dove, Sulawesi Brush Cuckoo, Sulawesi Cicadabird, Sulawesi Dwarf Hornbill, Knobbed Hornbill, Sulawesi Hanging Parrot, Pygmy Hanging Parrot, Minahasa Racquet-tail (also called Yellow-breasted Racquet-tail), Sulawesi Racquet-tail (also known as Golden-mantled Racquet-tail), Blue-backed Parrot. 

Some birds from Tangkoko of Minahasa Peninsula: Sulawesi Dwarf Hornbill, Purple-winged Roller, Sulawesi Hanging Parrot, Knobbed Hornbill

Because the forest is located along the coastal area, sometimes we could see such birds as White-bellied Sea Eagle, Brahminy Kite, Little Egret, Sulawesi Crow, Great-billed Heron, Pacific Reef Heron, and etc. 

There is a man-made lake near the forest of Tangkoko Nature Reserve. We could see Oriental Darter, White-breasted Waterhen, Yellow Bittern, Little Grebe, Purple-winged Roller. 

Gursky's Spectral Tarsier

Minahasa Highland

Most visitors, combine their birdwatching tour in Tangkoko with another trip to Minahasa Highland. The recommended birding sites include farm forest of Sonder, Lake Linow, Tincep Ricefield, Pine Forest, and Kiawa farmland. Birds that could be watched in these areas include Scaly-breasted Kingfisher, Sulawesi Pitta, Mountain White-eye, Black-crowned White-eye, Sulawesi Myzomela, Crimson-crowned Flowerpecker, Crimson Sunbird, Sulawesi Blue Flycatcher, Citrine Canary Flycatcher, Superb Fruit-dove, and etc.

Scaly-breasted Kingfisher

On the average, birdwatchers spend on the average 7 days/ 6 nights for the birding trip in Tangkoko and Minahasa Highland. To share the cost, it is better for participants to travel in a group of 2 to 4 people. 

Warbling White-eye (also called: Mountain White-eye)

Most birdwatchers bring binoculars. To enhance the birding experience, a digital camera with telephoto lens or a spotting scope that is mounted on a tripod can be brought during the trip.

Speckled Boobook

Accommodation

There are homestays/ lodges in Tangkoko. There are also hotels in Tomohon of Minahasa Highland. 

Booking

To take birding tour in Tangkoko and Minahasa highland, participants need to fly to Manado city of Indonesia.

If you are interested in taking a birding tour in Tangkoko Nature Reserve and Minahasa highland, and want me to organize your trip, please, contact me by email to: peace4wp@gmail.com or by whatsapp to: +6281332245180. 

Also read:

• Wildlife Photography Tour in Tangkoko and Minahasa Highland
• Birding in Tangkoko Nature Reserve and Minahasa Highland