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Notes on short trip to West-Timor, 15-16/9/2005 and 13/11/2005,
Locations visited:
Muara Oli’o (MO) (15/9/2005)
Kupang El Tari Airport (16/9/2005 and 13/11/2005)
Kupang Sea-front (Northern shore) on all dates
Muara Olio was visited at around 13.00pm-16.00pmTide was in so very few shorebirds were present
Birds
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata
ariel
More than 10 birds over the Kupang sea-front on 16/9/05 with another 4 birds
there on 13/11/05.
Little Heron Butorides
striolata
A single adult bird was flushed at the MO fishponds.
Spotted Kestrel Falco
moluccensis
A male bird of this species was seen hunting at the airport on 16/9/05.
Sunda Teal Anas
gibberifons
A pair was seen at the MO fishpondsBulged foreheads clearly visible, identifying
them from Grey Teal A.gracilis, which could occur on Timor.
[Red-backed Buttonquail Turnix maculosa]
A Buttonquail was flushed near the MO fishpondsIt lacked the distinct barring
of Barred Buttonquail T.suscitator which has not yet been identified
on Timor
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis
fulva
At least 25 birds of this species were observed at the airport on 16/9/05,
in a flock of Oriental Plover Charadrius veredusAnother 50+ birds at
the airport on 13/11/05, again in a group of Oriental Plover.
Greater Sand-plover Charadrius
leschenaultia
Two birds at the MO mudflats.
Oriental Plover Charadrius
veredus
At least 35 birds at the Kupang airport on 16/9 with c.150 birds there
on 13/11/05.
Whimbrel Numenius
phaeopus
Three birds at the MO mudflats.
Far-eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
Two birds seen on the MO mudflats with N.phaeopus.
Common Sandpiper Actitis
hypoleucos
A total of c.15 birds seen at MO mudflats and fishponds.
Australian Pratincole Stiltia
Isabella
A single bird at MO on 15/9/05Five birds at the airport on 16/9/05 with at
least 90 birds there on 13/11/05.
Little Tern Sterna
albifrons
Two birds over the sea near the sea-front in Kupang on 16/9/05.
Great Crested Tern Sterna
bergii
At least 15 birds over the sea near the sea-front on 13/11/05.
Rock Pigeon Columba
livia
Four birds seen feeding in a dried up fishpond at MO.
Spotted Dove Streptopelia
chinensis
Two birds at the MO fishponds.
Barred Dove Geopelia
maugei
Five birds at the MO fishponds with several birds heard calling from the bordering
mangroves and bushes.
Goulds’ Bronze Cuckoo Chrysococcyx
russatus
A single bird heard singing from the MO mangroves.
Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus
affinis
Two birds flushed at the MO fishponds.
Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia
esculenta
Common over MO and over Kupang city.
Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
At least 15 birds seen over MO and several over the Kupang sea-front on 13/11/05.
Little Swift Apus
affinis
Five birds seen over Kupang sea-front on 16/9/05.
Common Kingfisher Alcedo
atthis
Three birds observed at the MO mangroves.
Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus
sanctus
Two birds at the MO fishponds and mangroves.
Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus
chloris
Two birds at the MO fishponds and mangroves.
Rainbow Bee-eater Merops
ornatus
At least 15 birds over MO
Barn Swallow Hirundo
rustica
Six birds over MO with >15 birds at the airport on 16/9 and 3 birds there
on 13/11/05.
Pacific Swallow Hirundo
tahitica
Three birds over MOAlso common to abundant over Kupang city, especially the
sea-front.
Richard’s Pipit Anthus
novaeseelandiae
A single bird at the Kupang airport on 13/11/05Treated by some authors as
separate species Paddyfield Pipit A.rufulus.
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina
novaehollandiae
A single bird observed feeding in the MO mangroves.
Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnototus
aurigaster
At least 5 birds at MO and more than 20 birds on 16/9 and 13/11 at the Kupang
airport.
Pied Chat Saxicola
caprata
More than 5 pairs at the MO fishponds and mangroves and common around the airportAlso
a pair near the sea-front in downtown Kupang on 16/9/05.
Clamorous Reed-warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
A single bird heard singing from the MO mangroves.
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola
juncidis
Two birds at MO and a single bird at the airport on 16/9/05.
Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
More than 10 birds at the MO fishponds and surrounding scrub.
Plain Gerygone Gerygone
inornata
At least 2 birds heard singing from the mangroves and trees at MO.
Northern Fantail Rhipidura
rufiventris
A single birds observed in scrub near the airport entrance on 16/9/05.
Red-chested Flowerpecker Dicaeum
maugei
Several pairs in trees, mangroves and scrub at MO.
Flame-breasted Sunbird Nectarinia solaris
One pair at MO.
Ashy-bellied White-eye Zosterops
citrinellus
A city-bird in Kupang with flocks of up to 10 birds observed in the Coconut-palms
at the sea-front on 15/9 and 13/11/05.
Brown Honeyeater Lichmera
indistincta
Abundant in the trees and scrub at MO
Streaky-breasted Honeyeater Meliphaga
reticulate
Two birds at MO, seen feeding in scrub.
Helmeted Friarbird Philemon
buceroides
More than 5 birds in the MO mangroves and scrub.
Zebra Finch Taeniopygia
guttata
Common at MO with flocks of up to 26 birdsAlso common at the airport.
Black-faced Munia Lonchura molucca
Three birds at MO and 11 birds at the airport on 16/9/05.
Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura
punctulata
Abundant at the airport, where birds were observed collecting nest-material
on 13/11/05.
Tree Sparrow Passer
montanus
Common bird in Kupang city, the airport and villages.
References:
Pizzey G& Knight F 1997, Birds of Australia, HarperCollins Publishers, London
Coates B.J& Bishop K.D1997, Birds of Wallacea Sulawesi, The Moluccas and Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, Dove Publications, Alderley
Drijvers R2000 NTT birdsounds, cassette.
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