The enigmatic blue-billed curassow (Crax alberti – local name “Paujil”), endemic to the tropical humid forests of northern Colombia, is the cracid species most threatened with extinction in the wild from #deforestation
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Timneh Parrot Psittacus timneh
Timneh Parrot Psittacus timneh Endangered Côte d’Ivoire; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Liberia; Sierra Leone Although typically inhabiting dense forest, individuals are commonly observed at forest edges, clearings, gallery forest, mangroves, wooded savannah, cultivated areas, and even gardens (Juniper and Parr 1998), but it is not clear whether these are self-sustaining populations. They may make seasonal movements outContinue reading “Timneh Parrot Psittacus timneh”
Wrinkled Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus
Wrinkled Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus Endangered Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Brunei Extinct: Singapore The Wrinkled Hornbill is a magnificent and ancient looking bird that lives in primary evergreen and swamp forests up to 1,000 m. They can live in selectively logged forest if primary forests are adjacent, but they do not occur in secondary forest. Forest firesContinue reading “Wrinkled Hornbill Rhabdotorrhinus corrugatus”
Storm’s Stork Ciconia stormi
Storm’s Stork Ciconia stormi Endangered Malaysia, Borneo, Indonesia, Brunei, Thailand The Storm’s Stork occurs at low densities in large, undisturbed blocks of level lowland forest, particularly freshwater and peat-swamp forests, on the floodplains of large rivers. They also frequent disturbed, recently burned and logged areas, and occasionally areas subject to tidal movements, although these mayContinue reading “Storm’s Stork Ciconia stormi”
Masked Finfoot Heliopais personatus
Masked Finfoot Heliopais personatus Endangered Borneo, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, Singapore The Masked Finfoot lives principally in rivers in lowland riverine forest including mangroves, but has been recorded in coastal and inland wetlands, such as tidal creeks, flooded forest, swamps and lakes (rarely reservoirs or industrial pools on passage). OneContinue reading “Masked Finfoot Heliopais personatus”
Bornean Peacock-pheasant Polyplectron schleiermacheri
Bornean Peacock-pheasant Polyplectron schleiermacheri Endangered Indonesia (Kalimantan); Malaysia (Borneo) The ecological needs of the Bornean Peacock-pheasant are poorly understood. Analyses using geographical information systems (GIS) indicate that they live in the lowland plain and lowland dipterocarp forest on moderately fertile soils, probably avoiding wetter substrates in swamp-forest or near water-bodies. A recent study further confirmedContinue reading “Bornean Peacock-pheasant Polyplectron schleiermacheri”
New Britain Sparrowhawk Accipiter brachyurus
New Britain Sparrowhawk Accipiter brachyurus Vulnerable Location: Papua New Guinea The New Britain Sparrowhawk is a very poorly-known forest species. Although there are some lowland records (Coates 1985, K. D. Bishop in litt. 1987, I. Burrows in litt. 1994, J. Diamond in litt.1999), most records are from montane forest to 1,800 m (Buchanan et al.Continue reading “New Britain Sparrowhawk Accipiter brachyurus”
Blue Bird-of-paradise Paradisornis rudolphi
Blue Bird-of-paradise Paradisornis rudolphi Vulnerable Location: Papua New Guinea The Blue Bird-of-paradise occurs in lower montane forest, mainly at 1,400-1,800 m, but occasionally from 1,100 to 2,000 m , especially female-plumaged birds. Although displaying males usually use patches of primary forest, they have also been reported singing in the highly populous Tari valley, in areasContinue reading “Blue Bird-of-paradise Paradisornis rudolphi”
Goldie’s Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea decora
Goldie’s Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea decora Vulnerable Location: Papua New Guinea The Goldie’s Bird-of-Paradise lives in forest between 300 m and at least 750 m, occasionally down to near the coast (Beehler and Pratt 2016). They appear to inhabit secondary regrowth and forest edge, suggesting some tolerance of logging (Coates 1990, Frith and Beehler 1998). These birdsContinue reading “Goldie’s Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea decora”
Imitator Goshawk Accipiter imitator
The Imitator Goshawk Accipiter imitator is a shrewd raptor vulnerable in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands due to human-related threats. They are threatened from human persecution, palm oil deforestation and mining. Help them every time you shop and use your wallet as a weapon, #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife
Blue-eyed Cockatoo Cacatua ophthalmica
Blue-eyed Cockatoo Cacatua ophthalmica Vulnerable Location: Papua New Guinea The Blue-eyed Cockatoo inhabits tropical lowland rainforest up to an altitude of 1000 m. Although it occurs in disturbed forest including degraded forest and gardens, they presumably rely on intact forest with large trees for nesting (Dutson 2011). Rapid conversion of lowland forest to oil plantationsContinue reading “Blue-eyed Cockatoo Cacatua ophthalmica”
Fearful Owl Nesasio solomonensis
Fearful Owl Nesasio solomonensis Vulnerable Location: Papua New Guinea, Australia The Fearful Owl is a large owl and an apex predator in Papua New Guinea along with the Sanford’s Fish-eagle Haliaeetus sanfordi. They feed mostly on northern common cuscus Phalanger orientalis (Diamond 1975a, Webb 1992). Cuscus were introduced to these islands in prehistoric times; presumablyContinue reading “Fearful Owl Nesasio solomonensis”
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Endangered Location: Papua New Guinea, Australia The Great Knot breeds on gravelly areas covered with lichen and patches of herbs, heather (del Hoyo et al. 1996), Empetrum spp., Dryas spp. and Vaccinium spp.(Johnsgard 1981), or alternatively on areas with a continuous layer of lichen and scattered stunted larch Larix spp. orContinue reading “Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris”
Bougainville Moustached Kingfisher Actenoides bougainvillei
Bougainville Moustached Kingfisher Actenoides bougainvillei Endangered Location: Papua New Guinea, Australia The Bougainville Moustached Kingfisher is a rare and vividly coloured bird likely to be restricted to living in the interior of montane old-growth forest, with a recent record from 800 m (Dutson 2011), although calls thought to belong to the species have been reportedContinue reading “Bougainville Moustached Kingfisher Actenoides bougainvillei”
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis Endangered Location: Papua New Guinea, Asia, SE Asia, Northern Australia The Far Eastern Curlew breeds on open mossy or transitional bogs, moss-lichen bogs and wet meadows, and on the swampy shores of small lakes and winters in Papua New Guinea; in the non-breeding season, this bird is essentially coastal, occurringContinue reading “Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis”
Black-naped Pheasant-pigeon Otidiphaps insularis
Black-naped Pheasant-pigeon Otidiphaps insularis Endangered Location: Papua New Guinea Black-naped Pheasant-pigeons live in rainforest in the hills from sea-level at at least 1900 m, have pheasant-like in habits and feed on seeds and fallen fruit (del Hoyo et al. 1997, Gibbs et al. 2001). Forest on Fergusson is relatively intact, however small-scale habitat loss occurs as forest is converted forContinue reading “Black-naped Pheasant-pigeon Otidiphaps insularis”
Papua New Guinea & West Papua: Species Endangered by Palm Oil Deforestation
As the rainforest habitats are destroyed in Indonesia, Indonesian and Chinese oil palm processing companies are switching focus towards Papua New Guinea, Africa and South America to keep up with demand for palm oil.
Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea
Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea Endangered Cambodia; Indonesia; Malaysia The Milky Stork is a predominantly coastal resident in Indonesia and Malaysia, inhabiting mangroves and adjacent, less saline, swamps. It forages on tidal mudflats, in saline pools, freshwater marshes, fishponds and rice-fields. The species has been documented as eating fishes, prawns and crabs (Iqbal et al. 2008,Continue reading “Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea”
Silvery Pigeon Columba argentina
Silvery Pigeon Columba argentina Critically Endangered Indonesia (Sumatera, Kalimantan); Malaysia (Sarawak) The Silvery Pigeon lives in mangroves and coastal forests in the lowlands and hills on offshore islands, occasionally being found in similar habitats below 100 m on mainland Sumatra and Borneo. Although little is known about the species, it may be speculated that settlement,Continue reading “Silvery Pigeon Columba argentina”
Straw-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus zeylanicus
Straw-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus zeylanicus Critically Endangered Extant (resident): Brunei Darussalam; Indonesia; Malaysia; Myanmar Extant (breeding): Singapore The Straw-headed Bulbul occupies successional habitats bordering rivers, streams, marshes and other wet areas, where seasonal flooding prevents the establishment of climax communities. These include secondary and disturbed primary evergreen forest, plantations, gardens and cultivation fringe, scrub and, locally,Continue reading “Straw-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus zeylanicus”
Palm Oil Detectives 