OVERVIEW NORTH SULAWESI BIRDING TRIP
Duration: 9 days
Starting Point: Manado (North Sulawesi)
Ending Point: Manado (North Sulawesi)
Physical difficulty: moderate to difficult
Focus: birding photograph
Min. group size: 2 persons
Max group size: 6 persons
Available : 6 Persons
If you are planning to go bird photography in North Sulawesi, here are a few tips:- Use the right equipment.
A good camera with a telephoto lens is essential for bird photography.
You may also want to consider using a tripod to steady your camera.
- Be patient. Birds can be difficult to photograph. It takes time and patience to get the perfect shot.
- Be respectful of the birds. Do not disturb the birds or their habitat.
Here are some of the best places to go bird photography in North Sulawesi:
- Tangkoko National Park:
This national park is home to a variety of endemic and endangered
birds, including the Sulawesi crested macaque, and the tarsier (mammals/primate), Bear cus-cus (marsupial), insect, amphibians and reptiles
- Tomohon, Mount mahawu : This place is representing highland bird,sulawesi mysomela,scaly breasted kingfisher,superb fruit dove,sulawesi blue flycather,sulawesi pitta Etc. and reptiles
- Dumoga Bone National Park:
This national park is home to a variety of birds, including the, the Sulawesi myna, and the maleo bird Etc.
With a little planning and effort, you can capture some stunning images of the birds of North Sulawesi.
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sulawesi lillac |
Side covered :
Key bird; Knobbed hornbill,Sulawesi dwarf hornbill,green
backed kingfisher,Sulawesi dwarf kingfisher,Sulawesi lilac kingfisher,great
billed kingfisher,ruddy kingfisher,Sulawesi roller,Sulawesi malkoha,Sulawesi pygmy-woodpecker,ashy
woodpecker,blue-backed parrot,Sulawesi hanging parrot,pygmy hanging
parrot,minahasa racquet-tail,ornate lorikeet,white-necked myna,short crested
myna, grosbeak myna, red-backed thrush,sahul pitta,Sulawesi bush-hen,barred
rail,buff-banded rail,great eared nightjar,Sulawesi nightjar, Sulawesi scop
owl, Ochre-bellied boobook, Minahasa masked owl, pale-blue monarch, Sulawesi serpent
eagle, Sulawesi hawk eagle, black eagle,white-bellied fish-eagle, spot-tailed
sparrowhawk, small sparrowhawk, vinous-brested sparrowhawk, Sulawesi goshawk,
silver-tipped imperial pigeon, green imperial pigeon, black-naped fruit dove, Stephan
dove, grey-cheeked green pigeon, white-face cuckoo dove, Sulawesi cuckoo dove,
white-rumped cuckooshrike, pied-cuckooshrike, bay coucal, Sulawesi cicadabird, Sulawesi
triller, tabon scrubfowl Etc.
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Sulawesi dwarf kingfisher
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Great bill kingfisher
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Green backed kingfisher
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Sulawesi pitta |
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Knobb hornbill |
2. Tomohon-mt. mahawu
Key bird; Scaly kingfisher, speckled boobook, white-bellied
imperial pigeon, superb-fruit dove, red-eared fruit dove, Sulawesi myzomela,
crimson sunbird, yellow-sided flowerpecker, grey-sided flowerpecker, black-crowned
white eye, mountain white-eye , mountain leaftoiler, Sulawesi jungle-flycatcher,
turquoise warbling-flycatcher, sulphur-bellied whistler, citrine
canary-flycatcher, Sulawesi brush cuckoo, little cuckoo dove, Sulawesi malkoha,
Sulawesi pygmy woodpecker Etc.
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Scaly breassted kingfisher | |
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Sulawesi myzomela
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Superb fruit dove
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3. Kotamobagu-tambun,tapakulintang-toraut
Key bird; Maleo, Red knobb hornbill, ivory-backed woodswallow, white-breasted woodswallow, short crested myna,sulawesi dwarf hornbill, cerulean
cuukooshrike, little egret, javan pond heron,purple heron,intermediate egret,
cattle egret, pied stilt Etc.
you need to know that on Mount Ambang it is more suitable for watching birds, not too good for bird photography, because the road is quite difficult to go through with a large camera, so sometimes we skip this place for guests don't like heavy terrain, or who are not strong enough to climb.
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Macrocephalom Maleo (bird)
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Purple bearded bee-eater
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Sulawesi Short crested Myna
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Dwarf Hornbill
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Minaha racquat tail
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Price is included : Accommodation
(share room, max, 2 pax/ room) plus meals, transport during the trip
(car,boat driver,gasoline) park entrance fee,local guide fee, and water
mineral.
Price is not included : Personal expenses, and typing.
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