Indonesia / Malaysia – birds

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia,  is a sovereign island country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. It is the largest island country in the world by the number of islands, with more than fourteen thousand islands.Indonesia has an estimated population of over 255 million people and is the world’s fourth most populous country and the most populous Muslim-majority country. The world’s most populous island of Java contains more than half of the country’s population. In addition to the many resident birds, of which the most important are the 380 endemics, a considerable number of migratory species winter in the country to escape their northern breeding grounds.List of Birds of Indonesia.

Malaysia  is a federal constitutional monarchy located in Southeast Asia. It consists of thirteen states and three federal territories and has a total landmass of 330,803 square kilometres (127,720 sq mi) separated by the South China Sea into two similarly sized regions, Peninsular Malaysia andEast Malaysia (Malaysian Borneo). Peninsular Malaysia shares a land and maritime border with Thailand and maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia. East Malaysia shares land and maritime borders with Brunei and Indonesia and a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam. The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government. With a population of over 30 million, Malaysia is the 44th most populous country. Located in the tropics, Malaysia is one of 17 megadiverse countries on earth, with large numbers of endemic species. The avifauna of Malaysia include a total of 781 species, of which four are endemic, three have been introduced by humans and ten are rare or accidental. Forty-five species are globally threatened. List of Birds of Malaysia

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Greater Bird of Paradise

The birds-of-paradise are members of the family Paradisaeidae of the order Passeriformes. The majority of species are found in eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and eastern Australia. The family has 42 species in 14 genera. The members of this family are perhaps best known for the plumage of the males of the sexually dimorphic species (the majority), in particular the highly elongated and elaborate feathers extending from the beak, wings, tail or head. For the most part they are confined to dense rainforest habitat. The diet of all species is dominated by fruit and to a lesser extent arthropods. The birds-of-paradise have a variety of breeding systems, ranging from monogamy to lek-type polygamy.

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Bali; Birding on Bali
Indonesia; Birding in Indonesia; Birds of Indonesia
Java and Bali
Lesser Sunda Islands
Malayasia
New Guinea
Phillipines

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There are about 720 species of birds in Malaysia and twice that many in Indonesia; these are truly rich bird habitats.

 

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