Summary
Timor Island Timor is the island with the highest number of endemic birds in the Lesser Sunda. Birdwatching in Timor is relatively easier than other islands around. All birding sites are easily accessible. Besides the richness of its endemic species, West Timor has Kupang Bay, the most potential shorebird and seabird site in Nusa Tenggara. It is also part of the East Asian – Australasian Flyway.
Key Birds of West Timor
Olive-headed Lorikeet, Jonquil (Olive-shouldered) Parrot, Iris Lorikeet, Timor Boobook, Timor Nightjar, Red-backed Buttonquail, Red-capped Plover, Timor Green-Pigeon, Pink-headed Imperial Pigeon; Timor Imperial Pigeon, Black-backed Fruit Dove, Rose-crowned Fruit Dove, Timor Cuckoo Dove, Black Cuckoo Dove, Drab Swiftlet, Cinnamon-banded Kingfisher; Timor Figbird, Timor Oriole, Timor Bushchat, Timor Stubtail, Buff-banded Thicketbird, Pygmy Cupwing, Black-banded Flycatcher, Timor Warbling Blue Flycatcher, Orange-banded Thrush, Timor Spangled Drongo, Plain Gerygone; Fawn-breasted Whistler, Tenggara Whistler, Broad-billed Monarch, Spectacled Monarch, Timor Friarbird, Timor Myzomela, Indonesian Honeyeater, Timor Meliphaga, Yellow-eared Honeyeater, Black-faced Woodswallow, Timor Heleia (Spot-breasted White-eye), Red-chested Flowerpecker, Timor Flowerpecker, Tenggara Flowerpecker, Red Avadavat, Five-coloured Munia, Tri-coloured Parrotfinch, Mount Mutis (Timor) Parrotfinch, Timor Sparrow.
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival day – Birding at Kupang Bay
On arrival time in Kupang, driver and guide pick up you at El Tari international airport then take you to the hotel. After check-in at the hotel, drive to Bipolo (Kupang Bay part). Birding here till afternoon. End with owling to see Timor Boobook.
Back to Kupang, dinner and stay overnight at On The Rock hotel.
Day 2: Kupang – Birding at Camplong – So’e
Depart early in the morning, visit Camplong reserve for morning birding. Lunch at a local restaurant in Camplong.
After lunch drive to So’e
Dinner and stay overnight at Bahagia Hotel in So’e.
Day 3: Birding in The Gunung Mutis reserve
Depart at 04:30 from So’e, drive to Fatumnasi. Visit Mutis nature reserve for birding till afternoon.
Back to So’e, dinner and stay overnight at Bahagia Hotel.
Day 4: So’e – Birding at Olenasi – Kupang
Morning birding at Olenasi forest till midday. Back to So’e for lunch then drive to Kupang.
Dinner and stay overnight at On The Rock Hotel
Day 5: Transfer to the airport – Denpasar
Free program in the morning, then transfer out to the airport.
For program details, please email me:
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