The full report on the Banda Sea Cruise can be seen here.
New birds seen on the trip :-
- Tanimbar Megapode (Megapodius tenimberensis)
- Barred Dove (Geopelia maugeus)
- Wetar Ground Dove (Pampusana hoedtii)
- Timor Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia magna)
- Tanimbar Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia timorlaoensis)
- Flores Sea Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia macassariensis)
- Ruddy Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia emiliana)
- Black Cuckoo-dove (Turacoena modesta)
- Flores Green Pigeon (Treron floris)
- Banded Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus cinctus)
- Wallace’s Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus wallacii)
- Elegant Imperial Pigeon (Ducula concinna)
- Pink-headed Imperial Pigeon (Ducula rosacea)
- Dark-backed Imperial Pigeon (Ducula lacernulata)
- Timor Imperial Pigeon (Ducula cineracea)
- Seram Swiftlet (Aerodramus ceramensis)
- Tenggara Swiftlet (Collocalia sumbawae)
- Drab Swiftlet (Collocalia neglecta)
- Mees’s Nightjar (Caprimulgus meesi)
- Swinhoe’s Storm Petrel (Hydrobates monorhis)
- Flores Hawk-eagle (Nisaetus floris)
- Bonelli’s Eagle (Aquila fasciata)
- Japanese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis)
- Javan Owlet (Glaucidium castanopterum)
- Wetar Scops Owl (Otus tempestatis)
- Tanimbar Boobook (Ninox forbesi)
- Alor Boobook (Ninox plesseni)
- Black-banded Barbet (Psilopogon javensis)
- Flame-fronted Barbet (Psilopogon armillaris)
- Yellow-eared Barbet (Psilopogon australis)
- Javan Kingfisher (Halcyon cyanoventris)
- Cinnamon-banded Kingfisher (Todiramphus australasia)
- Blue-streaked Lory (Eos reticulata)
- Marigold Lorikeet (Trichoglossus capistratus)
- Olive-headed Lorikeet (Trichoglossus euteles)
- Iris Lorikeet (Saudareos iris)
- Yellow-throated Hanging Parrot (Loriculus pusillus)
- Javan Banded Pitta (Hydrornis guajanus)
- Ornate Pitta (Pitta concinna)
- Elegant Pitta (Pitta elegans)
- Banda Sea Pitta (Pitta vigorsii)
- Scaly-breasted Honeyeater (Lichmera squamata)
- Black-necklaced Honeyeater (Lichmera notabilis)
- Wetar Myzomela (Myzomela kuehni)
- Alor Myzomela (Myzomela prawiradilagae)
- Banda Myzomela (Myzomela boiei)
- Grey Friarbird (Philemon kisserensis)
- Tanimbar Friarbird (Philemon plumigenis)
- Plain Gerygone (Gerygone inornata)
- Rufous-sided Gerygone (Gerygone dorsalis)
- Pied Shrike-babbler (Pteruthius flaviscapis)
- Trilling Shrike-babbler (Pteruthius aenobarbus)
- Wetar Oriole (Oriolus finschi)
- Tanimbar Oriole (Oriolus decipiens)
- Wetar Figbird (Sphecotheres hypoleucus)
- Rusty-breasted Whistler (Pachycephala fulvotincta)
- Yellow-throated Whistler (Pachycephala macrorhyncha)
- Fawn-breasted Whistler (Pachycephala orpheus)
- Wallacean Whistler (Pachycephala arctitorquis)
- Javan Cuckooshrike (Coracina javensis)
- Wallacean Cuckooshrike (Coracina personata)
- White-browed Triller (Lalage moesta)
- Sunda Minivet (Pericrocotus miniatus)
- Long-tailed Fantail (Rhipidura opistherythra)
- Cinnamon-tailed Fantail (Rhipidura fuscorufa)
- White-bellied Fantail (Rhipidura euryura)
- Moluccan Flycatcher (Myiagra galeata)
- Tanahjampea Monarch (Symposiachrus everetti)
- Tanimbar Monarch (Carterornis castus)
- Black-bibbed Monarch (Symposiachrus mundus)
- Golden-bellied Flyrobin (Microeca hemixantha)
- Javan Bulbul (Ixos virescens)
- Orange-spotted Bulbul (Pycnonotus bimaculatus)
- Brown-cheeked Bulbul (Alophoixus bres)
- Ruby-throated Bulbul (Rubigula dispar)
- Javan Scimitar Babbler (Pomatorhinus montanus)
- Crescent-chested Babbler (Cyanoderma melanothorax)
- Grey-cheeked Tit-babbler (Mixornis flavicollis)
- Javan Black-capped Babbler (Pellorneum capistratum)
- Timor Stubtail (Urosphena subulata)
- Sunda Warbler (Phylloscopus grammiceps)
- Tanimbar Bush Warbler (Horornis carolinae)
- Javan Bush Warbler (Locustella montis)
- Mees’s White-eye (Heleia javanica)
- Blue Nuthatch (Sitta azurea)
- Black-winged Starling (Acridotheres melanopterus)
- Bali Myna (Leucopsar rothschildi)
- Moluccan Starling (Aplonis mysolensis)
- Tanimbar Starling (Aplonis crassa)
- Fawn-breasted Thrush (Zoothera machiki)
- Orange-sided Thrush (Geokichla peronii)
- Slaty-backed Thrush (Geokichla schistacea)
- Scaly Thrush (Zoothera dauma)
- Tanahjampea Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis djampeanus)
- Mangrove Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis rufigastra)
- Timor Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis hyacinthinus)
- Sumba Jungle Flycatcher (Cyornis stresemanni)
- Damar Flycatcher (Ficedula henrici)
- Tanimbar Flycatcher (Ficedula riedeli)
- Javan Leafbird (Chloropsis cochinchinensis)
- Black-fronted Flowerpecker (Dicaeum igniferum)
- Blue-cheeked Flowerpecker (Dicaeum maugei)
- Ashy Flowerpecker (Dicaeum vulneratum)
- Flame-breasted Sunbird (Cinnyris solaris)
- White-flanked Sunbird (Aethopyga eximia)
- Sunda Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
- Tricolored Parrotfinch (Erythrura tricolor)
- Javan Munia (Lonchura leucogastroides)
- Five-colored Munia (Lonchura quinticolor)
- White-headed Munia (Lonchura maja)