THE BIRDS OF SUMBAWA, MOYO AND SANGEANG ISLANDS, NUSA TENGGARA, INDONESIA

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Abstract - This paper is based mainly on data gathered during a vertebrate survey of Sumbawa, Moyo and Sangeang Islands by a joint Western Australian Museum-Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense expedition in May and October-November 1988, a Cambridge student expedition to Sumbawa Island in July-August 1993; and a visit by P. Jepson and S. Schmitt to Sumbawa in September 1993. A total of 172 species of bird were recorded and 362 specimens were collected which include the first major collections from Moyo and Sangeang Islands and represent important new collections for Sumbawa Island. The local distribution, abundance and habitat preferences found for each species are described. Many specimens and observations represent new island and/or archipelago records.