Although we don’t call ourselves real birders, we are increasingly obsessed in documenting the different birds we see and hear in and around our plantation.
We are also on a mission to protect the birds in and around our plantation and educate the village’s farmers that birds in the wild are worth more than the ones caught for the bird trade. We do this for instance by catering to bird watchers and photographers, who start to discover our place. We are also releasing barn owls in our valley, hoping they will help reducing the rat population and increasing yield from the surrounding rice fields.
We have a few proper Bird Hides in our plantation, where we also feed the birds regularly. An increasing number of bird species now stay in the area and are relative easy to see from the hides, at least most of the times.
Below a growing list of the birds identified so far.
Unless mentioned otherwise, all photos taken by us here in our plantation or at walking distance.
You can click the photos for a larger view.
Seen or heard, but not yet properly photographed ourselves:
(these photos are not taken in our plantation and only for illustration)
Bird Videos from our Bird Hides
Hi-resolution, so watch full screen !
Collared Kingfisher
Javan Banded Pitta – female
White-crowned Forktail – feeding
Bird List
The birds identified so far in our plantation or in and around the rice fields next to us.
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Javan Banded Pitta
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Orange-headed Thrush
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Ornate Sunbird (Olive-backed Sunbird)
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Red-legged Crake
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Orange-bellied Flowerpecker
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Little Spider-hunter
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Green Jungle Fowl
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White-crowned Forktail
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Javan Tailorbird
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Asian Glossy Starling
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Common Gallinule
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Long-tailed Shrike
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Spotted Dove
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Sangkar White-eye
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Lemon-bellied White-eye
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Scarlet-headed Flowerpecker
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Fulvous-chested Jungle Flycatcher
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Barred Button Quail
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Common Emerald Dove
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Horsfield’s Babbler
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Collared Kingfisher
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Javan Kingfisher
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Javan Munia
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Black-headed Bulbul
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Yellow-vented Bulbul
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Asian Cattle Egret
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Javan Pond Heron
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White-breasted Waterhen
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Sunda Pied Fantail
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Freckle-breasted Woodpecker
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Black-winged Kite
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Javan Heleia (Javan Gray-throated White-eye)
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Common Iora
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Rufous-backed Kingfisher
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Crescent-chested Babbler
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Cave Swiftlet
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Brown-cheeked Bulbul
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Chestnut-breasted Malkoha
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Striated Heron
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Square-tailed Drongo Cuckoo
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Lineated Barbet
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Javan Flowerpecker (Blood-breasted Flowerpecker)
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Brown-throated Sunbird
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Black-naped Fruit Dove
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Javan Myna
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Sunda Scops Owl
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Greated Coucal
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Oriental Bay Owl
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Blue-eared Kingfisher
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Intermediate Egret
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Plaintive Cuckoo
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Square-tailed Drongo Cuckoo
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Pacific Swift
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Scaly-breasted Munia
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White-headed Munia
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Oriental Magpie Robin
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Javan Owlet
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Golden-headed Cisticola
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Ruddy-breasted Crake
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Crested Honey Buzzard (migratory)
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White-breasted Woodswallow
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Gray-rumped Treeswift
Javan Flameback? (not clearly seen)
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Javan Whistling Thrush? (song only)
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Coming soon…!
if you’re a bird enthusiast and believe we mis-identified a bird please let us know!
West Bali National Park
One of the most popular bird watching places near to us is the West Bali National Park. Here a selection of the most commonly seen birds there. I took all these photos on a single day, just to give you an idea of how rich the area is!
We can help you arrange bird watching or bird photography tours in and around the national park. There are some great bird hides, managed by local farmers and forest rangers.
