Birding in part of Lesser Sunda archipelago that many people, even Indonesian, are still confused with Sumbawa and Sumba, it’s a totally different island!. It lies adjacent to Lombok and west-north of Sumba. Bima is the eastern part of Sumbawa island.
Duration to birding: 3-4 Days.
There are three birding spots to clean up bird list on the Bima area:
1. Madapangga Nature Reserve
TWA Madapangga is located in the west of Bima city with a distance of about 45 Km or takes about 1 hour drive by car. The area of 232 Hectares is administratively in the village of Ndano, Bolo sub-district, Bima district, West Nusa Tenggara Province.
This nature park is a source of water for the dryness of the surrounding area. Residents around the area are very dependent on the river and its springs. In the morning and evening could meet with residents who bathe or wash clothes in the river that is located exactly on the road which connects Bima with Sumbawa city. The topography of this location is generally hilly with a slope of 15 – 40 degrees, only a small part is a relatively flat area with varying heights from 200 to 600 m above sea level.
Birding spots are relatively easy to reach, such as following the loop-track of the camping ground, around the river, and garden of the pool. We tried all those spots while we were there. Elegant Pitta, White-rumped Kingfisher, and Flame-breasted Sunbird are the icons for the area.
2. Degradated forest around Kaowa village
Flores Hawk-eagle often recorded here. Lambitu sub-district 2 hours heading to the east of central Bima city. In this hilly village is widely used as a garden or farm area by residents with the rest of the monsoon forest on each hilltop. Birding spots are located around the village water springs and the edge of forests after farm areas close enough to residents’ houses.
3. Sape
Located at eastern-coast of Bima city, take to 1 hours and 30 minutes (50 Km) drive time from city center. The habitat for looking birds in Sape is around river with dense vegetation. Perfect for looking at Nusa Tenggara Paradise Flycatcher. Also around coastline for waterbirds.
Transportation and Accomodation
Birding will be easy especially to reach the birding spot in Bima by hiring a car that is available in Bima city. We recommend staying in Hotel around in Bima city since the birding spot is not far enough.
| No. | English Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Orange-footed Scrubfowl | Megapodius reinwardt |
| 2. | Asian Blue Quail | Synoicus chinensis |
| 3. | Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus |
| 4. | Green Junglefowl | Gallus varius |
| 5. | Wandering Whistling-duck | Dendrocygna arcuata |
| 6. | Lesser Whistling-duck | Dendrocygna javanica |
| 7. | Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa |
| 8. | Sunda Teal | Anas gibberifrons |
| 9. | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| 10. | Sunda Collared-dove | Streptopelia bitorquata |
| 11. | Metallic Pigeon | Columba vitiensis |
| 12. | Eastern Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis |
| 13. | Ruddy Cuckoo-dove | Macropygia emiliana |
| 14. | Little Cuckoo-dove | Macropygia ruficeps |
| 15. | Barred Dove | Geopelia maugeus |
| 16. | Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica |
| 17. | Grey-capped Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica |
| 18. | Pink-necked Green-pigeon | Treron vernans |
| 19. | Flores Green-pigeon | Treron floris |
| 20. | Green Imperial-pigeon | Ducula aenea |
| 21. | Dark-backed Imperial-pigeon | Ducula lacernulata |
| 22. | Black-naped Fruit-dove | Ptilinopus melanospilus |
| 23. | Black-backed Fruit-dove | Ptilinopus cinctus |
| 24. | Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus |
| 25. | Savanna Nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis |
| 26. | Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta |
| 27. | Edible-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus fuciphagus |
| 28. | Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus |
| 29. | Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis |
| 30. | Western Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus |
| 31. | Horsfield’s Bronze-cuckoo | Chalcites basalis |
| 32. | Shining Bronze-cuckoo | Chalcites lucidus |
| 33. | Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus |
| 34. | Large Hawk-cuckoo | Hierococcyx sparverioides |
| 35. | Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus |
| 36. | Sunda Cuckoo | Cuculus lepidus |
| 37. | Red-legged Crake | Rallina fasciata |
| 38. | White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus |
| 39. | White-browed Crake | Amaurornis cinerea |
| 40. | Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea |
| 41. | Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio |
| 42. | Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| 43. | Dusky Moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa |
| 44. | Asian Woollyneck | Ciconia episcopus |
| 45. | Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia |
| 46. | Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis |
| 47. | Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus |
| 48. | Black-crowned Night-heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 49. | Rufous Night-heron | Nycticorax caledonicus |
| 50. | Green-backed Heron | Butorides striata |
| 51. | Javan Pond-heron | Ardeola speciosa |
| 52. | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 53. | Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana |
| 54. | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
| 55. | Great White Egret | Ardea alba |
| 56. | Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia |
| 57. | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 58. | Pacific Reef-egret | Egretta sacra |
| 59. | Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus |
| 60. | Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel |
| 61. | Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor |
| 62. | Red-footed Booby | Sula sula |
| 63. | Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster |
| 64. | Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra |
| 65. | Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos |
| 66. | Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster |
| 67. | Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris |
| 68. | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
| 69. | Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| 70. | Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva |
| 71. | Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius |
| 72. | Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus |
| 73. | Javan Plover | Charadrius javanicus |
| 74. | Malay Plover | Charadrius peronii |
| 75. | Lesser Sandplover | Charadrius mongolus |
| 76. | Greater Sandplover | Charadrius leschenaultii |
| 77. | Greater Painted-snipe | Rostratula benghalensis |
| 78. | Comb-crested Jacana | Irediparra gallinacea |
| 79. | Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus |
| 80. | Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica |
| 81. | Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa |
| 82. | Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| 83. | Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris |
| 84. | Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus |
| 85. | Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea |
| 86. | Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta |
| 87. | Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis |
| 88. | Sanderling | Calidris alba |
| 89. | Asian Dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus |
| 90. | Pintail Snipe | Gallinago stenura |
| 91. | Swinhoe’s Snipe | Gallinago megala |
| 92. | Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus |
| 93. | Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 94. | Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes |
| 95. | Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
| 96. | Common Redshank | Tringa totanus |
| 97. | Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
| 98. | Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis |
| 99. | Red-backed Buttonquail | Turnix maculosus |
| 100. | Australian Pratincole | Stiltia isabella |
| 101. | Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus |
| 102. | Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus |
| 103. | Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus |
| 104. | Little Tern | Sternula albifrons |
| 105. | Common Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica |
| 106. | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida |
| 107. | White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus |
| 108. | Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii |
| 109. | Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana |
| 110. | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
| 111. | Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis |
| 112. | Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii |
| 113. | Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica |
| 114. | Wallace’s Scops-owl | Otus silvicola |
| 115. | Moluccan Scops-owl | Otus magicus |
| 116. | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| 117. | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| 118. | Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus |
| 119. | Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata |
| 120. | Short-toed Snake-eagle | Circaetus gallicus |
| 121. | Flores Hawk-eagle | Nisaetus floris |
| 122. | Rufous-bellied Eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii |
| 123. | Bonelli’s Eagle | Aquila fasciata |
| 124. | Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis |
| 125. | Lesser Sundas Goshawk | Accipiter sylvestris |
| 126. | Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus |
| 127. | Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis |
| 128. | White-bellied Sea-eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster |
| 129. | Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus |
| 130. | Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| 131. | Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus |
| 132. | Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus |
| 133. | Oriental Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis |
| 134. | Oriental Dwarf-kingfisher | Ceyx erithaca |
| 135. | Azure Kingfisher | Ceyx azureus |
| 136. | Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis |
| 137. | Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis |
| 138. | White-rumped Kingfisher | Caridonax fulgidus |
| 139. | Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris |
| 140. | Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus |
| 141. | Sunda Pygmy Woodpecker | Picoides moluccensis |
| 142. | Spotted Kestrel | Falco moluccensis |
| 143. | Australian Hobby | Falco longipennis |
| 144. | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
| 145. | Yellow-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua sulphurea |
| 146. | Scarlet-breasted Lorikeet | Trichoglossus forsteni |
| 147. | Red-cheeked Parrot | Geoffroyus geoffroyi |
| 148. | Elegant Pitta | Pitta elegans |
| 149. | Scaly-crowned Honeyeater | Lichmera lombokia |
| 150. | Brown Honeyeater | Lichmera indistincta |
| 151. | Helmeted Friarbird | Philemon buceroides |
| 152. | Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis |
| 153. | Bare-throated Whistler | Pachycephala nudigula |
| 154. | Rusty-breasted Whistler | Pachycephala fulvotincta |
| 155. | Flores Minivet | Pericrocotus lansbergei |
| 156. | Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae |
| 157. | Wallacean Cuckooshrike | Coracina personata |
| 158. | Sumba Cicadabird | Edolisoma dohertyi |
| 159. | White-shouldered Triller | Lalage sueurii |
| 160. | White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucoryn |
| 161. | Brown-capped Fantail | Rhipidura diluta |
| 162. | Wallacean Drongo | Dicrurus densus |
| 163. | Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea |
| 164. | Nusa Tenggara Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone floris |
| 165. | Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus |
| 166. | Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach |
| 167. | Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos |
| 168. | Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis |
| 169. | Great Tit | Parus major |
| 170. | Horsfield’s Bushlark | Mirafra javanica |
| 171. | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
| 172. | Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis |
| 173. | Australasian Reed-warbler | Acrocephalus australis |
| 174. | Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica |
| 175. | House Swallow | Hirundo javanica |
| 176. | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| 177. | Yellow-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus goiavier |
| 178. | Arctic Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis |
| 179. | Kamchatka Leaf-warbler | Phylloscopus examinandus |
| 180. | Mountain Warbler | Phylloscopus trivirgatus |
| 181. | Russet-capped Tesia | Tesia everetti |
| 182. | Aberrant Bush-warbler | Horornis flavolivaceus |
| 183. | Cream-browed White-eye | Heleia superciliaris |
| 184. | Yellow-spectacled White-eye | Heleia wallacei |
| 185. | Crested White-eye | Heleia dohertyi |
| 186. | Thick-billed White-eye | Heleia crassirostris |
| 187. | Mountain White-eye | Zosterops montanus |
| 188. | Oriental White-eye | Zosterops palpebrosus |
| 189. | Lemon-bellied White-eye | Zosterops chloris |
| 190. | Tenggara Hill Myna | Gracula venerata |
| 191. | Short-tailed Starling | Aplonis minor |
| 192. | Sunda Thrush | Zoothera andromedae |
| 193. | White’s Thrush | Zoothera aurea |
| 194. | Chestnut-backed Thrush | Geokichla dohertyi |
| 195. | Chestnut-capped Thrush | Geokichla interpres |
| 196. | Russet-backed Jungle-flycatcher | Cyornis oscillans |
| 197. | Lesser Shortwing | Brachypteryx leucophris |
| 198. | Snowy-browed Flycatcher | Ficedula hyperythra |
| 199. | Little Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula westermanni |
| 200. | Pied Bushchat | Saxicola caprata |
| 201. | Golden-rumped Flowerpecker | Dicaeum annae |
| 202. | Black-fronted Flowerpecker | Dicaeum igniferum |
| 203. | Brown-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes malacensis |
| 204. | Olive-backed Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis |
| 205. | Flame-breasted Sunbird | Cinnyris solaris |
| 206. | Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava |
| 207. | Black-faced Munia | Lonchura molucca |
| 208. | Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata |
| 209. | Five-coloured Munia | Lonchura quinticolor |
| 210. | Pale-headed Munia | Lonchura pallida |
| 211. | Timor Zebra Finch | Taeniopygia guttata |
| 212. | Tawny-breasted Parrotfinch | Erythrura hyperythra |
| 213. | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus |
| 214. | Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus |
| 215. | Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea |
| 216. | Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis |
| 217. | Matsudaira’s Storm-petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae |
| 218. | Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas |
| 219. | Bulwer’s Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii |
