This is the picture of Yellow-billed Malkoha (Rhamphoccocyx calyorhynchus) that I took in Tounelet Slope of Sonder town of Minahasa highland. The bird is quite big compared to other birds that usually sit in the branches of trees of the slope.
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| Yellow-billed Malkoha in Tounelet slope of Minahasa highland |
The bird plays very important role in the ecosytem of rainforest and farmland as pest controller.
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| Paddy fields in Subdistrict Sonder of North Sulawesi Province of Indonesia |
Yellow-billed Malkoha is an endemic species of Sulawesi island. The bird feeds on insects such as grasshopper, beetle, chockroach; and small vertebrates such as lizards and frogs.
So, it is important for us to protect this bird because it helps farmers to protect their food crops. Farmers in Sonder and other towns of Minahasa grow vegetables such as cabbage, kangkung, long bean, spinach, spring onion and etc. They also grow vanilla, tomatoes and various other fruit plants such as banana, avocado, durian, orange and mango.
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| Traveling to Sonder and other places in North Sulawesi province of Indonesia |
In addition to Yellow-billed Malkoha, birds that we could watch in the forest and farmland of Sonder town include Sulawesi Blue Flycatcher, Snowy-browed Flycatcher, Citrine Canary Flycatcher, Sulawesi Pygmy Woodpecker, Green Imperial Pigeon, Gray-cheeked Green Pigeon, Collared Kingfisher, Warbling White-eye, Black-crowned White-eye, Sulawesi Hanging Parrot, Sulawesi Myzomela, and etc.
If you are interested in taking a sightseeing or birdwatching tour in Sonder and other places in Minahasa and want me to organize your trip, please, contact me by email to: peace4wp@gmail.com or through whatsapp by pressing the following button:
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