The Indonesia Nine – you can help them

As many of you know, Mehd works as World Parrot Trust’s Indonesia Programme Manager. He wanted to follow-up on the story and decided to visit the 8 surviving cockatoos and 1 Eclectus male in Maharani Zoo outside Surabaya.
They are in surprisingly good condition and are well looked after by the zoo staff. But of course they are in desperate need of funding and you can help by donating to our fund raising campaign.

Two of the surviving 8 Eleonora Cockatoos

Six of the eight Eleonora Cockatoos rehabilitating in Maharani Zoo outside Surabaya

When Mehd researched some more and saw the birds, it was easy to see the mistake they’ve made in all newspapers. These are all Eleonora or Medium Sulphur-crested Cockatoos (Cacatua galerita eleonora) originating from Aru and introduced in Kai Islands.

We will follow up on this story as soon as Mehd is back in Indonesia in the beginning of July.

Welcome to Birding Indonesia!

We offer Guided Tours to many different birding destinations in eastern Indonesia.
We start and end our tours in Bali, as it makes a nice and relaxing base.

Please also chek out our photos in the top menu from travels around Indonesia!

While travelling with us you will have the chance to see Lowland Peltops, Pesquet’s Parrot Palm Cockatoo, Western Parotia, Magnificent Bird of Paradise, Pale-billed Sicklebill, Wilson’s Bird of Paradise and many more.

We have travelled and birdwatched around Indonesia since 2001 and
from August 2007 we live in Yogyakarta on Java.

So far we have experience in birdwatching in the following locations:
Java, Bali, Komodo, Flores, Sulawesi, Halmahera, Buru, Sula, Tanimbar, Sumba, Timor, Flores, West Papua (Baliem Valley, outskirts of Foya mountains, Arfak mountains, lake Sentani), Merauke, Batanta, Salawati, Yapen, Biak and Numfor.

Kind regards
Lena & Mehd Halaouate