Birdwatching in Indonesia

Birding contacts and birdwatching information



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Local Birdingpal Contacts

Local Birdwatchers Using the Birdingpal resources you must agree to the following: If you contact a local Birdingpal and make arrangement to go birding, you should note it is common courtesy to make sure you show up for the appointment. If for any reason you are unable to do this, the least you must do is contacting the local Pal right away. Please note that most Birdingpals are serious birdwatchers. It is a privilege to contact them, and your message should reflect it. A local Pal does not get paid, but should he/she offer to take you out birding, using their own vehicle, it would be courteous to pay for the fuel. A lunch and/or a small gift would also be appropriate, something as simple as a souvenir of your country, or a pin from your local birding club.
		Initial	Last Name	Area	Available	Language
		N	KN	Gilimanuk, Jembrana, Bali	Anytime	English/Indonesian
		I am a local birding guide at Bali Barat National Park, our national park has 160 bird species, especially Bali starling. Let's go for birding at BBNP.
		T	Srinivasa	Jakarta, DKI	Weekend	English/Indonesian
		My work is in areas where there is no internet access. I return to Jakarta once in three months. Many times it is too late to respond to fellow birders on short notice, so please give me time to contact you.
		B	Lesomar	Biak, Papua	Anytime	English/Japanese Kai/Bahasa Kei Javan
		I	Mauro	Sorong, Papua	Anytime	English/Dutch French/Indonesian
		C	Merung	Palu, Central Sulawesi	Anytime	Indonesian/some English
		I'm an amateur birdwatcher, but can identify many birds of Sulawesi. I have worked with WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) as a field assistant researcher doing a survey of the biodiversity in Sulawesi. Vegetation, Mammals and Birds. I want to help anyone who wanting to birdwatch in Sulawesi, since I know many places to watch birds.
		M	Rustam	Pekanbaru/Riau, Sumatera	Anytime	English
		W	Strickland	Bandung, West Java	Weekend	English
		I am an American living in Bandung. I've been here only since June of 2007, but I can provide transportation to areas close to Bandung or even to Cibodas and Gunung Gede Pangrango where most of the Javan endemics can be found.
		S	Winnasis	Banyuwangi, Jawa Timur	Anytime	English/Bahasa
		I work in Baluran National Park as a field observer. I frequently do monitoring in Baluran NP and in Ijen Crater in my spare time. I have write a field guide book of Birds of Baluran National Park (in Bahasa languange).
Professional Guides If you contact a professional Birdingpal guide you must be prepared to pay a fee for guiding services.
		Initial	Last Name	Area	Available	Language
		N	Djuni	Bali and Indonesia	Anytime	Kaili/Bahasa English
		If you go to Sulawesi you must get in touch with Nurlin Djuni, he is the best guide in the area and has all the contacts to source mammal sites if he doesn’t know them himself. He is originally from Palu but works all over Sulawesi, nearby islands and I think Irian Jaya as well. The only world-class birding guide we had was Nurlin Djuni. Nurlin joined us for our few days on Halmahera and a day on Ternate. He helped us find most of our target birds fairly quickly and I had the feeling that any extra days on Halmahera would have been frustratingly slow in terms of new birds found. Steve Anyon-Smith, NSW, Australia steveas@tpg.com.au As for Nurlin, he is both top-flight and a lot of fun. He has professional bird books and knows his birds so well. He treks in places that I am too old to cover, but the places he took me had different endemic birds and he identified them all. Sense of humor and warmness. This guy, maybe around 30 now, is so outgoing and understands foreigners. He has a guitar which he lugs around and sings some funny songs in both English and his native Bahasa Indonesia, not to mention his dialect of Kaili from his native village on Sulawesi. Experience--I first met him when he was an English teacher at a language center in Palu, Central Sulawesi. Flexible--I asked him to guide my cycling tour customers for the trekking portion, and he was the highlight of their trip. I could not compete in any way. They loved everything he did and said. He is very patient and hard-working. I watched as he etched black crayon off of a poster he had drawn underneath, all done by hand. He has trekked for days into places I wouldn't imagine going, but the younger bird-watchers loved it. He will work day and night for you. He loves his family. Everything he does, he does for the people of his village, though he himself remains poor and humble. He is one of the most thoughtful people I have ever met. Richard Fuller, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam richjf2001(AT)yahoo.com

Local Information

	Name	Description
	Birder friendly lodging	Indonesia
	Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia	Indonesia
	Local weather	Yahoo
	Electronic maps	Google
	Field guides recommended by Birdingpals	Indonesia
	Find lowest prices for field guides, books, maps etc.	BookFinder4U
	Bird check list	Printable
	Read a Birdingpal's Trip Report	Bali and Java
	Yayasan Kutilang Indonesia	Club
	The Indonesian Ornithologists’ Union (IdOU)	Club
	Burung Nusantara	Birding news
	Birding Hotspots around the world	Sites

Last update 15/05/2012