Maluku / Moluccas Map & Location
Photos of Birds found on the Maluku Islands.
Index of birds native to, or found on, the Maluku Islands - M - Z:
Maluku Island Birds / Page 1 (A - L)
Metallic Pigeon (Columba vitiensis halmaheira)
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
Moluccan Megapode (Eulipoa wallacei) aka Wallace's Scrubfowl, Moluccan Scrubfowl or Painted Megapode - Range: Confined to hill and mountain forests Maluku Islands of Halmahera, Buru, Seram, Ambon, Ternate, Haruku and Bacan.
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
Morotai Yellow-backed Lories (Lorius garrulus morotaianus) - Range: Morotai and Raou Islands (part of Maluku Islands)
Obi Red-cheeked Parrots (Geoffroyus geoffroyi obiensis) - Range: Obi Group in the central Mollucas
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
Palm Cockatoos (Probosciger aterrimus aterrimus - Range: Aru Island, Misool and Western Papuan Island (Maluku Province)
Papuan Hornbill
(R. p. plicatus) - Range: South Moluccas (R. p. ruficollis) - Range: North Moluccas and West Papua, eastwards to the Southern Highlands and Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea
Paradise Crows (Lycocorax pyrrhopterus) aka Silky Crow - Range: Maluku islands
Peaceful Dove (Geopelia placida): Range: 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
Pleasing Lorikeets (Charmosyna placentis placentis) - Range: Seram, Pandjang, Ambelau; Kai and Aru Islands (Maluku Province)
Philippine Green Parrots (Tanygnathus lucionensis lucionensis)
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
Rainbow Lorikeets (Trichoglossus haematodus) - Range: Kai Islands (also known as Kei Islands) in the south-eastern part of the Maluku Islands
Red-cheeked Parrots (Geoffroyus geoffroyi geoffroyi) - Range: Timor (province East Nusa Tenggara) and Wetar Islands (province Maluku) in the Lesser Sunda Islands
Red-flanked Lorikeets aka Pleasing Lorikeets (Charmosyna placentis placentis aka Hypocharmosyna placentis placentis) - Range: Pandjang, Seram, Ambon and Ambelau, Southern Moluccas
Red Lories (Eos bornea bornea aka Eos rubra bornea) - Range: Found on the islands of Ambon / Amboina, Saparua, Buru, Seram, Goram, Ceramlaut, Watubela and Kai Islands (also known as Kei Islands) - in the south-eastern part of the Maluku Islands
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
Rose-crowned Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus regina) - Range: Maluku Islands
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)
Sulu Green Parrots (Tanygnathus lucionensis moro)
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
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)
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
Violet-necked Lories - Range: Northern Moluccas / Maluku
Wallace's Fig-Parrots (Psittaculirostris desmarestii blythii) - Range: Misool in Western Papuan Islands (Maluku province)
Wallace's Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus wallacii) - Range: Lowland forests of eastern Lesser Sunda Islands, southern Maluku
Wedge-tailed Lorikeets aka Iris Lorikeets (Psitteuteles iris) - Range: 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)
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. Its three main islands are Mangole, Sanae and Taliabu.
Yellow-backed Lories (Lorius garrulus flavopalliatus) - Range: Batjan and Obi Islands (part of (Maluku Islands)
Yellow-capped Pygmy Parrots (Micropsitta keiensis keiensis) - Range: Kai and Aru Islands in the province of Maluku
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