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Hello Ornithologist, Birdwatcher, Birder, and also Bird Photographer, welcome to Focus Birding Tour. Focus Birding is one of the local birding tour operator located at Carita Beach Banten Java Island Indonesia since we have launched our first tours in Java and Sumatra Indonesia. Now, more than a decade later, we have expanded our services and added new destination, but our primary mission, to provide the best, most authentic tours, has not changed. Focus Birding.com currently creates and operates small group birding tour, individual and customize tours to Java Island and also Sumatra. Each itinerary is carefully designed to deliver a combination of experiences, comprising of the most-see sights mixed with hidden gems. Our local experienced and licensed Guides share their local insights and our stories with a passion and enthusiasm that allow travelers to connect to the country at much deeper level. We are organizing a Birding Tour to Muara Angke Reserve, Jakarta Bay, Ciwidey white crater ( Kawah Putih ) West Java, Cibodas Botanical Garden, Gunung Gede, Gunung Halimun West Java, Carita Forest Park, Sunda Strait, Ujung Kulon National Park, Pulau Dua, Way Kambas National Park, and also Pamanukan. Lets go focus birding ! Birding is for everyone ! just focus birding tour.
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MUARA ANGKE & JAKARTA BAY
Muara Angke Nature Reserve and wildlife sanctuary is a protected nature conservation area at Kapuk Muara. Muara Angke Wildlife Sanctuary was protected since the colonial rule of the Dutch Indies on June 17, 1939, covering an area of 15.04 ha. During the 1960s, the conservation area was expanded to 1,344.62 hectares. Later, because of human pressure and environmental destruction within and around the national park, some of the mangrove forest area were destroyed. Key bird species : Javan Coucal, Black – winged Myna, Javan myna, Christmas Island Frigatebird, Javan plover, Milky stork, Bar-winged prinia, Sunda teal, Javan pond heron.
Pamanukan is an area of coastal mangroves, fish ponds, and rice paddies. Key species : Javan white –eye, White-capped munia, Javan plover, Milky stork.
Pulau Dua is an area of coastal fish ponds and mangroves located . The fish pond is a likely place to look for waterbirds species.
Kawah Putih ( Sundanese ) or White Crater ( English ) is a crater lake and tourist spot in a volcanic crater about 50 kilometres south of Bandung West Java, Indonesia. Kawah Putih Lake is one of the two craters that make up Mount Patuha, an andesitic stratovolcano (a “composite” volcano). Mount Patuha is one of numerous volcanoes in Java. Kawah Putih Crater Lake itself represents a relatively stable volcanic system with no records of significant activity since around 1600. Key bird species : Javan cochoa, Javan trogon, Javan tesia, Javan fulvetta, Javan flowerpecker, Javan scop owl, Javan grey-throated white eyes, Javan hawk eagle, Javan frogmouth, Javan whistling thrush, White-flanked Sunbird, Crescent-chested babbler, Pied shrike babbler, Pygmy bush tit and Volcano swiftlet.
Cibodas Botanical Garden is a 84.99 hectares, the botanical garden on the slopes of Mountain Gede, located in the Cibodas subdistrict of West Java, Indonesia. The garden was founded in 1852 by the Dutch botanist Johannes Teijsmann as a branch of Bogor Botanical Garden, and its layout was completed under Rudolph Scheffer in later year. Key bird species : Javan hawk eagle, Javan kingfisher, Javan fulvetta, Javan frogmouth, Flame-fronted barbet, Javan flowerpecker, Yellow-throated hanging parrot, Pied shrike babbler, Pygmy bushtit, Sunda thrush.
Mount Gede or Gunung Gede ( Indonesian ) is a stratovolcano in West Java, Indonesia. The volcano contains two peaks with Mount Gede as one peak and Mount Panggrango. This spot is one of the great for Birdwatching activity for highland category. Key bird species : Chestnut –bellied Patridge, Crescent-chested babbler, Javan hawk eagle, Javan whistling thrush, Orange-spotted bulbul, Javan bulbul, Sunda forktail, Javan blue robin, White-bibbed babbler, Pied shrike babbler, Javan fulvetta, Javan heleia, Rufous-tailed fantail, Javan trogon, Flame-fronted barbet, Javan cochoa, Javan scop owl, Javan scimitar babbler, Javan tesia, Javan shortwing, Javan spotted crocias, White-flanked sunbird.
Mountain Halimun Salam NationalPark is one the conservation area in the West Java, Indonesia Established in 1992, the park comprises two mountains, Mount Salak and Mount Halimun with an 11-kilometer forest corridor. It is located near the better known Mount Pangrango National Park. The park contains water catchment areas shielded from urban populations and agricultural areas to the north as well as several endangered animals and rare birds. Key bird species : Crescent-chested babbler, Javan hawk eagle, Javan leafbird, Javan sunbird, Flame-fronted barbet, Brown throated barbet, White-bibbed babbler, White-breasted babbler, Javan frogmouth, Melodious bulbul, Javan trogon, Spotted crocias, Javan bulbul, Banded broadbill, Salvadori’s nightjar, Bar-winged prinia, Eye-browed wren babbler, Javan cuckoo shrike.
Carita Forest Park or Carita Tahura is located on the east coast of Java along the main coastal road. It’s about 3 to 4 hours drive from Jakarta. Most of the forest around Carita consists of planted Eucalyptus that is poor for birding but a small patch of native forest remains. The latter is very good for a variety of lowland forest endemics. The best day time birding is along the main trail and any side trails. Key bird species : Javan frogmouth, Javan banded pitta, Javan black capped babbler, Javan owlet ( its rare ), Javan sunbird, Grey-cheeeked –tit babbler, Black-banded barbet, and Javan kingfisher, White-breasted babbler (its rare).
On the south western tip of the Island of Java, where the vast expanse of the Indian Ocean and the equatorial waters of the Sunda Straits merge, is one of Indonesia’s paramount national parks, Ujung Kulon, rich in wildlife and forest, noted for its charm and diversity, it is the home of the highly endangered Javan Rhinoceros and bestowed the status of UNESCO World Heritage ( Natural) Site. Ujung Kulon, which means West Point, possesses an exceptional profile of Indonesia’s wilderness form forested mountain rangers to coral seas. What makes it even more remarkable is that the park remains a pristine haven of nature, on Java, one of the most densely populated islands on earth. Key bird species : Javan Banded Pitta, Javan Owlet, Javan Frogmouth, Javan Forktail, Javan babbler/ White-Breasted Babbler, Javan Black Capped Babbler, Javan Kingfisher, Javan Blue –Banded Kingfisher, Javan hawk eagle, Javan sunbird, Javan tit babbler/Grey-cheeked tit babbler, Javan plover Javan bulbul, Javan leafbird, Small blue kingfisher, Chestnut-Capped Babbler, Streaky-Breasted ( Javan) Spiderhunter, Yellow-Throated Hanging Parrot, Black-Banded Barbet, Brown-throated barbet, Zebra woodpecker, Scarlet- headed flowerpecker, Green Peafowl.
Key bird species:
Barau’s Petrel, Bulwer’s Petrel, Jouanin’s Petrel, Streaked Shearwater, Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Wilson’s Storm-petrel, Swinhoe’s Storm-petrel, Matsudaira’s Storm-petrel, Christmas Island Frigatebird, Pomarine Skua, Arctic Skua, Long-tailed Skua, Bridled Tern; Sooty Tern, Brown Noddy, Aleutian Tern, Brown booby.
Way Kambas National Park is a national park covering 1,300 km2 (500 sq mi) in Lampung province of southern Sumatra, Indonesia. It consists of swamp forest and lowland rain forest, mostly of secondary growth as result of extensive logging in the 1960s and 1970s. Despite decreasing populations, the park still has a few critically endangered Sumatran tigers, Sumatran elephants and Sumatran rhinoceroses. It also hosts over 400 bird species. Key bird species : White-winged duck, Crested fireback, Great Argus, Storm’s stork, Lesser adjutant, Milky stork, Oriental bay owl, Reddish scop owl, Brown wood owl, Large frogmouth, Gould’s frogmouth, Sunda frogmouth, Bonaparte nightjars, Brown boobok, Malayan banded pitta, Rufous collared kingfisher, Grey-chested jungle flycatcher, Malaysian rail –babbler, Diard’s Trogon, Red-bearded Bee-eater, Red-naped Trogon, Banded Broadbill, Scarlet-rumped Trogon and Red-naped Trogon , Olive-backed Woodpecker, Buff-necked Woodpecker, Grey-and-buff Woodpecker, Crimson-winged Woodpecker, Banded Woodpecker and White-bellied Woodpecker ,Green Broadbill, Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot, Dark-throated Oriole, Black Magpie and a whole host of babblers including Sumatran Babbler, Ferruginous Babbler, Chestnut-rumped Babbler, Black-capped Babbler, Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler.
