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Indonesia Maluku

Moluccan Scops Owl Otus magicus �James Eaton http://www.birdtourasia.com

Maluku is a province of Indonesia, comprising, broadly, the southern part of the Maluku Islands (also known as the Moluccas, Molucca Islands or Moluccan Islands). Maluku traditionally belongs to Melanesia.

The main city and capital of Maluku province is Ambon on the small Ambon Island. The province has a population of 1,313,022 (2004).

All the Maluku Islands formed a single province of Indonesia from 1950 until 1999. In 1999 the Maluku Utara Regency and Halmahera Tengah Regency were split off as a separate province of North Maluku.

contributor

Wikipedia
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maluku_(province)

useful reading

* Field Guides & Bird Song

For a comprehensive list of recommended titles covering Indonesia as a whole - please see the Indonesia page of Fatbirder

trip reports

Travelling Birder
http://www.travellingbirder.com
The Travellingbirder.com birding trip report search engine guides you to 7,000+ birding trip reports on the Internet. You can search for trip reports from a specific country and time of year. Not all these reports are in English. So, if you can�t find the trip report you want on this Fatbirder page� give them a try!

2003 [October] Gave Gandy - Halmahera - North Malaku

http://www.surfbirds.com/mb/trips/halmahera-dg-1103.html
Dave Gandy and Abdullah Iskandar spent 3 days birding on Halmahera, using Sidangoli as a base, and exploring the forests at Kali Batu Putih (2nd-3rd Oct); one of the most popular areas for birding in Halmahera, as well as the area of Mangroves around Sidangoli (4th Oct)...

2006 [August] - Mehd Halaouate - Buru island

http://www.travellingbirder.com/tripreports/view_birding_tripreport.php?id=141
Even though Buru Island is not rich in species it still holds some of the rarest and less known species on the planet...

2007 [August] - Ron Hoff

http://www.birdtours.co.uk/tripreports/indonesia/Maluku/South-maluku-07.htm
...This morning we went to the NW part of the island to place called Ohoililur Beach Resort. There is some decent forest there and it was fairly birdy, besides being a gorgeous location. Most of the rest of the island is pretty much cut over, with only remnant patches of trees and lots of scrub habitat. The weather was good and we never had any rain on these islands. New birds for today were Little Pied Cormorant, Variable Goshawk (sylvestris ssp), Orange-footed Scrubfowl, Great Crested Tern, Uniform Swiftlet, Barred Dove, Wallace�s Fruit-Dove (RE), Elegant Imperial-Pigeon, Tanimbar Corella (E), Kai Coucal (E � Kai), Kai Cuckoo-shrike (E � Kai), Varied Triller, Cinnamon-chested Flycatcher...

tour operators

Vacation Indonesia Tours

http://www.vacationindonesiatours.com
Vacation Indonesia Tours, owned by Nurlin Djuni & Darwin Sumang, is your gateway to Indonesia. We can immerse you in our culture, heritage and our extraordinarily diverse natural history. The Islands of Indonesia are justly famous for birdwatching. Over 372 species have been recorded and many are found nowhere else. Nurlin Djuni specialises in Birdwatching/Holidays Tours in Sulawesi, Halmahera, Papua, Java, Bali, Kalimantan, Lesser Sundas and Sumatera...

Birding Sulawesi and Halmahera

http://homepage.mac.com/alanwilkinson/birding/sulawesi/
During September 1999 I was lucky enough to be a client on a Birdquest tour to Sulawesi and Halmahera in Indonesia, led by Pete Morris and Dave Farrow. Here is a trip report adapted from the tour report produced by Pete for Birdquest tour participants. The accompanying photos and sounds are all derived from Pete`s video and audio recordings made on the trip. I have added a reference list with itinerary to help anyone planning their own trip.