Lore Lindu National Park

Montane forest, Anaso track
Photo by wintibird, October 2014

Overview

Lore Lindu National Park is located in central Sulawesi and consists of lowland and montane rainforest. It covers 2,180 km². Most birdwatchers visit the park from August to October.

Birds

More than 70 Sulawesi endemics can be found in the park.

Check-list

Birds you can see here include:

Spotted Whistling Duck, Red-backed Buttonquail, Little Egret, Cattle Egret, Sulawesi Woodcock, Sulawesi Serpent Eagle, Sulawesi Goshawk, Spot-tailed Goshawk, Japanese Sparrowhawk, Small Sparrowhawk, Sulawesi Hawk Eagle, Spotted Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, Sulawesi Masked Owl, Sulawesi Scops Owl, Cinnabar Boobook, Ochre-bellied Boobook, Satanic Nightjar, Great Eared Nightjar, Uniform Swiftlet, Sulawesi Swiftlet, Glossy Swiftlet, Purple Needletail, Pacific Swift, Grey-rumped Treeswift, Sulawesi Cuckoo, Rusty-breasted Cuckoo, Yellow-billed Malkoha, Lesser Coucal, Green-backed Kingfisher, Scaly Kingfisher, Common Kingfisher, Purple-bearded Bee-eater, Knobbed Hornbill, Sulawesi Pygmy Woodpecker, Ashy Woodpecker, Brown Cuckoo Dove, Common Emerald Dove, Sulawesi Ground Dove, Red-eared Fruit Dove, Superb Fruit Dove, White-bellied Imperial Pigeon, Grey-headed Imperial Pigeon, Silver-tipped Imperial Pigeon, Sombre Pigeon, Yellow-and-green Lorikeet, Golden-mantled Racket-tail, Barn Swallow, Pacific Swallow, Grey Wagtail, Cerulean Cuckooshrike, Pygmy Cuckooshrike, Sulawesi Cicadabird, White-rumped Triller, Citrine Canary-Flycatcher, Rusty-bellied Fantail, Maroon-backed Whistler, Yellow-vented Whistler, Golden-bellied Gerygone, Golden-headed Cisticola, Grey-streaked Flycatcher, Island Flycatcher, Snowy-browed Flycatcher, Little Pied Flycatcher, Blue-fronted Flycatcher, Great Shortwing, Sulawesi Thrush, Chestnut-backed Bush Warbler, Mountain Tailorbird, Sulawesi Leaf Warbler, White-breasted Woodswallow, Ivory-backed Woodswallow, Short-tailed Starling, White-necked Myna, Fiery-browed Myna, Grosbeak Starling, Sulawesi Drongo, Black-naped Oriole, Piping Crow, Sulawesi Babbler, Malia, Geomalia, Dark-eared Myza, White-eared Myza, Sulawesi Myzomela, Black Sunbird, Olive-backed Sunbird, Crimson Sunbird, Yellow-sided Flowerpecker, Crimson-crowned Flowerpecker, Grey-sided Flowerpecker, Mountain White-eye, Lemon-bellied White-eye, Black-fronted White-eye, Streak-headed White-eye, Scaly-breasted Munia, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Hylocitrea, Mountain Serin