North Sulawesi Birding

North Sulawesi Birding Packages 10 days 9 nights by Sultan Birding
Day 1 Manado arrival-Tangkoko birding
The birding trip begins on your arrival time at Manado airport. Our first birds near Manado airport include Grey-rumped tree-swift, Brown-throated Sunbird, Grey-sided flowerpecker, and Sulawesi scops owl. During three nights in Tangkoko, we will stay at a resort near the park entrance.

Day 2-3 Tangkoko Nature Reserve is famous for having no less than eight resident species, of which four are endemic and four are residents but remember that Tangkoko also has much more to offer than its kingfisher though.  Our  2.5 days here will provide an excellent chance to birding inside Tangkoko Park, AMS Lookout point and Mangrove; to spot more Sulawesi endemic birds and other more widespread species such as Lilac cheeked kingfisher, Green-backed kingfisher, Sulawesi-dwarf kingfisher,  Great-billed kingfisher, Red-bellied Pitta, Rudy kingfisher, Common kingfisher, Blue-eared kingfisher, collared kingfisher, Red-knobbed Hornbill, Sulawesi dwarf Hornbill, Ochre-bellied boobook, Yellow-billed Malkoha, Bay Coucal, Lesser coucal, Sulawesi-Hawk eagle, Sulawesi serpent eagle, Chinese sparrow-hawk, Black eagle, Black kite, Sulawesi cicada bird, Rusty-breasted cuckoo, Sulawesi triller, Purple-winged roller, Ashy woodpecker, Sulawesi woodpecker, Sulawesi hanging parrot, Ornate lorikeet, Golden-mantled Racquetail, Blue-backed Parrot, Grey-cheeked Green Pigeon, Black-naped Fruit-dove, Green Imperial Pigeon, Grey-headed Imperial Pigeon, White-bellied Imperial Pigeon, silver-tipped Imperial Pigeon, Sulawesi Black Pigeon, Stephan’s Dove, Brown-cuckoo dove, Philippine Scrubfowl, Barred rail, Isabelline Bush hen. During our boat trip to the mangrove we may find other species; White-rumped Cuckoo-shrike, Common kingfisher, Great-billed kingfisher, Pink-necked green Pigeon, Osprey, Great Frigatebirds, Lesser frigatebirds, Pacific reef egret, common dollar bird, Striated heron, Little tern, Sacred and Collared Kingfisher, White-bellied Sea eagle, Brahminy kite and Purple heron. After spending much of the day birding but we have time also to see interesting mammals such as Black-Macaca nigra, Tarsius spectrum, and bear cuscus in Tangkoko Park.

Day 4 Tangkoko to Tomohon birdwatching,
after the final morning birding in Tangkoko park, we will drive to the highlands of Tomohon for two nights stay. This afternoon we will begin our exploration of the Lake Tondano and Kayawu surrounding Tomohon.

Day 5 Gunung Mahawu Birding
Mahawu is a forested Volcano (1490 meters above sea level), Inside the crater is a steaming, emerald-green lake ringed with yellow sulfur deposits. From the summit, you can see neighboring Mount Lokon with its ever-present plume of smoke. On a clear day, you can also see both the Sulawesi Sea on the west and to the Maluku sea to the east, Gunung Mahawu is located near the village of Rurukan where Sir Alfred Wallace lived for a while. Now Gunung Mahawu is one of the Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas Area ( IBAs ) in Asia by BirdLife International. In this birding place, we have some interesting Sulawesi endemic species, It is one of the easiest and most reliable sites in Sulawesi for the Scaly-breasted kingfisher Actenoides Princeps but please note this star bird of Sulawesi is very skittish and always hide so to spot them still need luck. Bird species at Gunung Mahawu and Tomohon; Scaly-breasted kingfisher, Lilac-cheeked kingfisher, Green-backed Kingfisher, Blue-eared Kingfisher, Collared Kingfisher, Sulawesi scops owl, Speckled boobook, Ochre-bellied boobook, Sulawesi babbler, Chestnut-backed Bush-Warbler, Sulawesi Blue-Flycatcher (split from Mangrove Blue-Flycatcher), Pale-blue  Monarch (split from Black-naped Monarch), Isabelline-bush hen, Barred rail, White-browed Crake, Sulawesi Myzomela, Island Flycatcher, Citrine Flycatcher, Grey-sided Flowerpecker, Yellow-sided Flowerpecker, Crimson-crowned Flowerpecker, Black-fronted White-eye, Mountain white-eye, Streak-headed Dark-eye, Mountain Tailorbird, Purple-winged Roller, Sulphur-bellied Whistler, Crimson Sunbird, Black Sunbird, Olive-back sunbird, Sooty-headed bulbul, Hair crested drongo, Yellow-billed Malkoha, Ashy Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Chestnut Munia, Scaly-breasted munia, Rusty-breasted Cuckoo, Brown-cuckoo dove, superb-fruit dove, Sulawesi black-Pigeon, Sulawesi-hanging parrot, Black Eagle, Black Kite, Osprey, Spotted Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon,  Chinese-sparrow hawk, Japanese sparrow hawk. During our stay here also we have a great chance of finding Purple swamphen, White-browed crake, White-breasted waterhen, Common Moorhen, Javan pond heron on the Lake Tondano.

Day 6 Tomohon birding– Kotamobagu
After spending birding in the highlands this morning we are drive to Kotamobagu, a small town located on the western part of Manado.

Day 7- 8 Bogani Nani Wartabone park birdwatching
Much of the forest around Dumoga Bone Nani Wartabobe National Park has been cleared and large numbers of people have settled in the park recently year. Our main target here is the unique and strange Maleo bird in Maleo nesting ground and one morning we will birding at Gunung Ambang.

Day 9: Kotamobagu – Birdwatching Gunung Ambang – Manado
We shall leave early morning at 5 am to Gunung Ambang, drive about one hour to the location. Here we will hike to find some Sulawesi’s bird endemic. Lunch at a local house then after that we will depart to Manado for an overnight stay.

Day 10: Manado Birding– next destination
Morning birding around the hotel then transfer to the airport for your next destination. End.

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