Raja Ampat is a famous destination for visitors who love swimming, scuba diving and snorkeling. However, it is also a good destination for birdwatching. A lot of species of tropical birds could be watched and photographed in Waigeo island such as:
- Wilson's Bird of Paradise
- Red Bird of Paradise
- Papuan Eclectus
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
- Palm Cockatoo
- Black-capped Lory
- Coconut Lorikeet
- Great-billed Parrot
- Red-cheeked Parrot
- Yellow-faced Myna
- Rufous-bellied Kookaburra
- Yellow-billed Kingfisher
- Common Paradise Kingfisher.
- Beach Kingfisher
- Collared Kingfisher
- Sacred Kingfisher
- Olive-crowned Flowerpecker
- Sahul Sunbird
- Black Sunbird
- Lowland Peltop
- Pinon Imperial Pigeon
- Pied Imperial Pigeon
- Great Cuckoo-dove
- Black-billed Cuckoo-dove
- Claret-breasted Fruit-dove
- Brown Cuckoo-dove
- Claret-breasted Fruit-dove
- Spice Imperial Pigeon,
- Golden Monarch
- Willie Wagtail, and etc.
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| Red Bird of Paradise |
A lot of coastal or sea birds could also be seen there. They include:
- White-bellied Sea Eagle
- Osprey
- Lesser-crested Tern
- Common Tern
- Black-naped Tern
- Common Sand Piper
- Pacific Golden Plover
- Pacific Reef Heron
- Striated Heron
- Great-billed Heron
- Purple Heron,
- Whimbrel, and etc.
Swimming and Snorkeling
Tour participants who want to enjoy swimming or snorkeling can do it at the house reef of the beach resort or homestay where we stay at. The coral reef of Raja Ampat is the habitat of a lot of species of marine creatures such as moorish idol, butterflyfish, striped surgeonfish, parrotfish, wrasse, wobbegong, anemonefish and etc.
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| Snorkeling in Waigeo island of Raja Ampat |
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| Birding, swimming and snorkeling tour in Raja Ampat |
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| Orange Skunk Anemonefish |
Birdwatching near Sorong city
The tour to Raja Ampat for watching birds could be combined with the tour to the outskirts of Sorong city to watch interesting species of birds such as Blue-fronted Fig Parrot, Orange-fronted Fruit-dove, Brown-backed Honeyeater, Glossy-mantled Manucode, White-bellied Cuckooshrike, Brown Oriole, Helmeted Friarbird, Black-browed Triller, Blyth's Hornbill, and etc. Usually, tourists who are in transit in Sorong city do not have much time. They can enjoy morning birding trip that starts at 05:00 a.m. and finishes at 10:00 a.m. or afternoon birding tour from 14:00 to 18:00 p.m.
Participants need to bring their own binoculars. If they do not have the device, as a guide provide a spotting scope that is mounted on a tripod for everyone to share.
For identification of birds that we see or photograph, we could use Merlin App.
Booking
If you are interested in taking a birdwatching tour in Raja Ampat and the outskirts of Sorong city, please, contact me (Charles Roring) by email to: peace4wp@gmail.com or by whatsapp to: +6281332245180.
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