Bird Species Found in the Province of Maluku (Moluccas)
Birds native to or found on the Maluku Islands:
Amboina or Amboyna King Parrots (Alisterus amboinensis) aka Moluccan King Parrots, Ambon King Parrots or Amboina Green-Winged King Parrots - Range: Islands of Moluccas
Aru Double-eyed Fig-Parrots (Cyclopsitta diophthalma aruensis aka Opopsitta diophthalma aruensis) - Range: Aru Islands in the province of Maluku in eastern Indonesia, Southern New Guinea
Aru Island Eclectus Parrot (Eclectus roratus aruensis) - Range: Aru Islands in the province of Maluku in eastern Indonesia
Aru Red-cheeked Parrots (Geoffroyus geoffroyi aruensis) - Range: Aru Islands (Maluku Province), Indonesia, southern New Guinea, Fergusson and Goodenough Islands in eastern Papuan Islands, and Queenslan
Barking Owls or Winking Owls - Range: Mainland Australia off the Eastern and Northern coast of the continent including areas surrounding Perth (Western Australia); also live in Parts of Papua New Guinea and the Moluccas
Barred Doves (Geopelia maugei) - Range: Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia including East Timor. Found on Sumbawa, Flores, Sumba, Timor, the Tanimbar Islands, the Kei Islands (Maluku province) and other smaller islands.
Bechstein's Violet-necked Lories (Eos squamata riciniata) - Range: Weda Islands and Islands of the Northern Moluccas
Bernstein' s Black Lories (Chalcopsitta atra bernsteini) - Range: Island of Misool (part of Maluku Islands) in Western New Guinea
Bernstein's Red Lories (Eos bornea bernsteini or Eos rubra bernsteini) - Range: Kai Islands (also known as Kei Islands) / in the south-eastern part of the Maluku Islands in Indonesia
Biak Pygmy Parrots (Micropsitta geelvinkiana misorienses) - Range: Biak Island, the largest of the Schouten Islands, off the northern coast of West Papua (the Indonesian part of New Guinea) at the entrance to Cenderawasih (Geelvink) Bay (part of Maluku Islands)
Black-cheeked Orange-breasted Fig-Parrots (Cyclopsitta gulielmiterti melanogenia aka Nannopsittacus gulielmiterti melanogenia / Opopsitta gulielmiterti melan) - Range: Aru Islands, province of Maluku, Indonesia
Black-lored Parrots (Tanygnathus gramineus) - Range: Island of Buru (Maluku Province), Indonesia
Black Lories (Chalcopsitta atra atra) - Range: The nominate race occurs in the westernmost part of West Papua (formerly Irian Jaya) - the Indonesian part of New Guinea. Specifically, they are found in the western Vogelkop, also on the islands of Misool (Maluku province), Batanta (Papua province) and Salawati (West Papua), off the coast.
Blue-eared Lories (Eos semilarvata) - Range: Mountains of Central Seram (formerly Ceram) (Maluku Province), in Indonesia
Blue-naped Parrots (Tanygnathus lucionensisis) - also known as the Luzon Parrot or Philippine Green Parrot - Endemic to the Philippines and Maluku Islands
Blue-streaked Lories (Eos reticulata) - Range: Tanimbar Islands (Maluku povince) in Indonesia.
Brook's Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus brooki) - Range: Spirit Island, Trangan Island, Aru Islands in the province of Maluku in eastern Indonesia
Brown or Rusty Pitohui (Pitohui ferrugineus) - Range: Endemic to lowland and hill forests of New Guinea, Aru Islands in the province of Maluku in eastern Indonesia and West Papuan islands
Buru Pygmy Parrots (Micropsitta bruijnii pileata) - Range: Mountains of Buru and Seram in the Southern Moluccas, Indonesia
Black-throated Lorikeets aka Dark-throated Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus nigrogularis) - Range: Aru Islands (Maluku Province), Eastern Kai Islands (Kai Islands are also known as Kei Islands and are found in the south-eastern part of the Maluku Islands in Indonesia)
Blue-necked Red-cheeked Parrots aka Gilolo Parrots (Geoffroyus geoffroyi cyanicollis) - Range: Found in Mortai, Halmahera Island (the largest island in the Maluku Islands), Batjan, northern Moluccas / Maluku Islands, Indonesia
Blue-faced Parrot-finches (Erythrura trichroa) - Range: New Guinea, Molucca Islands, Sulawesi (formerly known as Celebes), Cape York Peninsula, and New Hebrides
Buru Great-billed Parrots (Tanygnathus megalorhynchos affinis) - Range: Buru, Seram, Amboina or Ambon, Haruku in the southern Moluccas
Buru Island King Parrots (Alisterus amboinensis buruensis) - Range: Buru in Southern Moluccas, Indonesia
Buru Pygmy Parrots (Micropsitta bruijnii pileata) - Range: Mountains of Buru and Seram in the Southern Moluccas, Indonesia
Buru Racket-tailed Parrots (Prioniturus mada) - Range: Island of Buru (Maluku province) in Indonesia
Buru Red-cheeked Parrots (Geoffroyus geoffroyi rhodops) - Range: Buru, Seram, Ambon, Saparua, Haruku, Seram Laut in southern Mollucas (Maluku Province), Indonesia
Buru Red Lories (Eos bornea cyanonothus aka Eos rubra cyanonothus) - Range: Buru Island in the province of Maluku
Carmine-fronted Lories (Chalcopsitta sintillata rubrifrons) - Range: Aru Islands in the province of Maluku in eastern Indonesia
Ceram Lories or Blue-eared Lories (Eos semilarvata) - Range: Mountains of Central Seram (formerly Ceram) (Maluku Province), in Indonesia
Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae) - Range: Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia; additionally, it is vagrant in New Caledonia and New Zealand
Chattering Lories aka Moluccan Lories (Lorius garrulus garrulus) - Range: Halmahera and Weda Islands (part of the Maluku group of islands)
Comb-crested Jacanas (Irediparra gallinacea), also known as the Lotusbird or Lilytrotter, - Range: South-east Borneo, southern Philippines, Sulawesi, Moluccas, Lesser Sunda Islands, New Guinea, New Britain, northern and eastern Australia
Dusky Honeyeaters (Myzomela obscura) - Range: New Guinea, the Moluccas, the islands of Torres Strait, and northern Australia, where there are two separated populations, one in the Top End, another from Cape York Peninsula along the east coast as far south as the New South Wales border, though the species is rare south of Rockhampton
Double-eyed Fig Parrots / Blue-faced Fig Parrots / Dwarf Fig Parrots / Red-faced Fig Parrots (Cyclopsitta diophthalma diophthalma) - Range: Western New Guinea from Vogel Peninsula, east to Astrolabe Bay, south to Etna Bay, Salawati, Batanata, Waigeo, Misool and Koffiao
Eclectus Parrots (Eclectus roratus)
Eleanora Cockatoos (Cacatua galerita eleonora) - Range: Aru Islands in the province of Maluku in eastern Indonesia
Everett's Blue-backed Parrots (Tanygnathus mulleri everetti) - Range: Philippines, Moluccan Islands
Freer's Blue-backed Parrots (Tanygnathus mulleri freeri) - Range: Philippines, Moluccan Islands
Goffins Cockatoos or White Black-billed Cockatoos (Cacatua goffini aka Lophochroa) - Range: Tanimbar Islands (Maluku province), Indonesia
Grand Eclectus Parrots aka Dusky Eclectus (Eclectus roratus roratus) - Range: Buru, Seram (formerly Ceram), Amboina, Saparua, and Haruku in the South Moluccas / Maluka Island
Great-billed Parrots aka Moluccan Parrots or Island Parrots (Tanygnathus megalorynchos)
Greater Red-cheeked Parrots (Geoffroyus geoffroyi keyensis) - Range: Kai Islands (also known as Kei Islands) - found in the south-eastern part of the Maluku Islands in Indonesia
Gurney’s Eagle (Aquila gurneyi) - Range: New Guinea and adjacent islands westwards to the Moluccas. Recorded from Saibai and Boigu islands in north-western Torres Strait (Australia)
Halmahera Cuckoo-shrikes (Coracina parvula)
Halmahera Eclectus Parrots (Roratus vosmaeri / Vosmaeri Eclectus) - Range: Native to the islands in Northern and Central Moluccas
Halmahera King Parrots (Alisterus amboinensis hypophonius) - Range: Halmahera Island (the largest island in the Maluku Islands) in Indonesia
Halmahera Red-flanked Lorikeets (Charmosyna placentis intensior aka Hypocharmosyna placentis intensior) - Range: North Mollucas / Maluku Islands, Gebe Western Papua Islands, Western New Guinea
Moluccan Cockatoos (Cacatua moluccensis), or Salmon-crested Cockatoo - Range: Seram (formerly Ceram), South Moluccas in eastern Indonesia
Moluccan Hanging-parrots (Loriculus amabilis) - Range: Moluccan islands of Halmahera and Batjan, in the northern Moluccas / Maluku Islands, Indonesia
Müller's Parrots, Müller's Blue-backed Parrots (Tanygnathus sumatranus sumatranus) - Range: Sulawesi (formerly known as Celebes), Togian and Sula Islands - part of the Maluku island group in Indonesia, Banggai Archipelago, Muna & Buton
Morotai Yellow-backed Lories (Lorius garrulusmorotaianus) - Range: Morotai and Raou Islands (part of Maluku Islands)
Obi Red-cheeked Parrots (Geoffroyus geoffroyi obiensis) - Range: Obi Group in the central Mollucas, Indonesia
Obi Violet-necked Lories (Eos squamata obiensis) - Range: Island of Obi in the northern Moluccas / Maluku Islands)
Orange-fronted Hanging-parrots (Loriculus aurantiifrons) - Range: The island of Misool (Maluku Province) in western Papuan Islands in Indonesia, as well as in the independent state of Papua New Guinea
Palm Cockatoos (Probosciger aterrimus aterrimus - Range: Aru Island, Misool and Western Papuan Island (Maluku Province) in Western New Guinea, Northern Australia, Southern New Guinea, Cape York Peninsula
Paradise Crows (Lycocorax pyrrhopterus) aka Silky Crow - Range: Maluku islands in Indonesia
Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida): Range: Australia and New Guinea - mainly found in the south of the island but also occur at a few sites in the north and on the Aru Islands in the province of Maluku in eastern Indonesia
Philippine Green Parrots (Tanygnathus lucionensis lucionensis) - Range: Philippines, Moluccan Islands
Purple-naped Lories (Lorius domicella aka Domicella domicellus / Lorius tibialis) - Range: Found on the islands of Seram (formerly Ceram) and Ambon (formerly Amboina), in the province of Maluku in Indonesia
Rainbow Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus) - Range: Buru, Ambon / Amboina, Seram, Seram Laut, Goram, Watubela Western Papuan Islands, Islands in Geelvink Bay, Western New Guinea, Kai Islands (also known as Kei Islands) in the south-eastern part of the Maluku Islands in Indonesia
Red-cheeked Parrots (Geoffroyus geoffroyi geoffroyi) - Range: Australia, Indonesia - specifically Timor (province East Nusa Tenggara) and Wetar Islands (province Maluku) in the Lesser Sunda Islands, and Papua New Guinea
Red-flanked Lorikeets aka Pleasing Lorikeets (Charmosyna placentis placentis aka Hypocharmosyna placentis placentis) - Range: Pandjang, Seram, Ambon and Ambelau, Southern Moluccas, Kai and Aru Islands, Southern New Guinea, East Gulf district, Eastern Highlands, Papua
Red Lories (Eos bornea bornea aka Eos rubra bornea) - Range: Found on the islands of Ambon / Amboina, Saparua, Buru, Seram, Goram, Ceramlaut, Indonesia, Watubela and Kai Islands (also known as Kei Islands) - in the south-eastern part of the Maluku Islands in Indonesia
Red-sided Eclectus Parrots (Eclectus roratus polychloros aka Lorius roratus polychloros) - Range: Kai and Western Papuan Islands, New Guinea and offshore Islands,Trobiand Islands and D'Entrecasteaux, Louisiade Archipelagos
Rothschild's Red Lories (Eos bornea rothschildi aka Eos rubra rothschildi) - Range: Seram (formerly Ceram) in the province of Maluku
Sclater's Hanging Parrots (Loriculus amabilis sclateri) - Range: Sula Islands
Spangled Kookaburras (Dacelo tyro) - Range: Found only on the Aru Islands in the province of Maluku in eastern Indonesia) and the savannahs of southern New Guinea
Sulu Green Parrots (Tanygnathus lucionensis moro) - Range: Philippines, Moluccan Islands
Sula Island King Parrots (Alisterus amboinensis sulaensis)
Sumba Island (Cornelia) Eclectus (E.r. cornelia)
Taliabu Masked-owls / Taliabu Owls (T. nigrobrunnea) - Range: Sula Islands, Maluku, Indonesia.
Taliabu Racket-tailed Parrots (Prioniturus platurus sinerubris) - Range: formerly could be found in Taliabu in the Sula Islands, Indonesia - now extinct
Tanimbar Great-billed Parrots (Tanygnathus megalorhynchos subaffinis) - Range: Tanimbar Islands (Maluku province), Indonesia
Tanimbar Island (Reideli) Eclectus (E. r. riedeli)
Tanimbar Red-cheeked Parrots (Geoffroyus geoffroyi timorlaoensis) - Range: Tanimbar Islands (Maluku province)
Tanimbar Starlings (Aplonis crassa)
Torresian Crows (Corvus orru latirostris) - Range: Tenimber and Barbar Islands (Maluku province).
Umbrella Cockatoos or White Cockatoos (Cacatua alba) - Range: endemic to the islands of Central and Northern Moluccas (aka Maluku Islands) - Bacan, Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore and Kasiruta - in Indonesia
Violet-necked Lories - Range: Endemic to some of the Indonesian Islands, specifically the Western Papua Islands, Western New Guinea, Maju Island, Weda Island, Indonesia, and Northern Moluccas / Maluku
Wallace's Fig-Parrots (Psittaculirostris desmarestii blythii) - Range: Misool in Western Papuan Islands (Maluku province)
Wedge-tailed Lorikeets aka Iris Lorikeets (Psitteuteles iris) - Range: Indonesia, with a distribution range that includes the forests and woodlands of Wetar island (Maluku Province) and western part of Timor in Lesser Sundas.
Wetar Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus flavotectus) - Range: Islands Wetar and Roma, near Timor
Wetar Red-winged Parrots (Aprosmictus jonquillaceus wetterensis) - Range: Wetar Island (Maluku Province), Indonesia
Vosmaeri Eclectus Parrots (Roratus vosmaeri) - Range: Native to the islands in Northern and Central Moluccas
Yellow and Green Lorikeets (Trichoglossus flavoviridis) - Range: Sula Islands - a group of islands in the Malukus in Indonesia. Its three main islands are Mangole, Sanae and Taliabu.
Yellow-backed Lories (Lorius garrulus flavopalliatus) - Range: Batjan and Obi Islands (part of (Maluku Islands)
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Yellow-capped Pygmy Parrots (Micropsitta keiensis keiensis) - Range: Kai and Aru Islands in the province of Maluku in eastern Indonesia
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