NATURAL
TREASURES OF INDONESIA, BORNEO & TAIWAN
02 -18 APRIL 2025
Captain: Torry Sakkariassen
Discovery Leader: Patrick Horgan
Total Nautical Miles: 3271.6 nm
El Nido
Sandakan
Malaysia
Indonesia
Keelung (Taipei)
Hualien
Manila
Philippines
Mataking Kecil
Makassar; Leang Leang
Bira
Lantigiang Palopo; Tana Toraja
Benoa, Bali
Badas
Komodo; Padar
Day 1: 02 April – Bali, Indonesia
Day 2: 03 April – Badas, Sumbawa Island
Day 3: 04 April – Komodo Island (AM); Padar Pink Beach (PM), Padar Island
Day 4: 05 April – Lantigiang Island (AM), Taka Bonerate; At Sea (PM)
Day 5: 06 April – Palopo and Tana Toraja, Sulawesi Island
Day 6: 07 April – At Sea (AM); Bira Beach (PM), Sulawesi Island
Day 7: 08 April – Makassar and Leang Leang, Sulawesi Island, Indonesia
Day 8: 09 April – At Sea
Day 9: 10 April – At Sea (AM); Mataking Kecil Island (PM), Malaysia
Day 10: 11 April – Sandakan, Borneo, Malaysia
Day 11: 12 April – At Sea
Day 12: 13 April – El Nido, Palawan Island, Philippines
Day 13: 14 April – At Sea (AM); Manila (PM)
Day 14: 15 April – Manila (AM); At Sea (PM), Philippines
Day 15: 16 April – At Sea
Day 16: 17 April – Hualien, Taiwan
Day 17: 18 April – Keelung, Taiwan
Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist
BIRDS
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Greater Creasted Tern Dicrurus densus
Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
Red Footed Booby Sula sula
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
Wilson’s Storm-petrel Oceanites oceanicus
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor Osprey Pandion haliaetus
White Bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucoryphus
Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus x Black Kite Milvus migrans
Sulawesi Goshawk Lophospiza griseiceps
Beach Thick-knee Esacus magnirostris
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Malaysian plover Charadrius peronii
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
Eastern Cattle-Egret Merops philippinus
Great Egret Ardea alba
GREAT BILLED HERON Ardea sumatrana
Black Crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Javan Pond-Heron Ardeola speciosa
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
Purple-winged Roller Coracias temminckii
Wallacean Drongo Dicrurus densus
Sulawesi Drongo Dicrurus montanus
Flores Crow Corvus florensis
Palawan Crow Corvus pusillus
Large Billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
Metalic Starling Aplonis metallica
Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
Bay Coucal Centropus celebensis
Black-billed Koel Eudynamys melanorhynchus
Golden-bellied greygone Gerygone sulphurea
Pale-blue Monarch Hypothymis puella
Short-tailed Starling Aplonis minor
Flame Breasted Sunbird Leptocoma glamour
Whitetuffed Honeyeater Lichenostomus virescens
Blue Tailed Bee Eater Merops philippinus
Sulawesi Myzomela Myzomela chloroptera
Yellow-crested cockatoo Cacatua sulphurea
Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist Natural Treasures of Indonesia, Borneo & Taiwan: 2 -18 April 2025
Euarsian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
White Nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
Moluccan Swiftlet Aerodramus infuscatus
Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis
Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
Gray-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis
Barred Dove Geopelia striata
Green Imperial-Pigeon Ducula aenea
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Red Collared-Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis
Jungle Fowel Gallus gallus
Orange-footed scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt
Blue-breasted Quail Synoicus chinensis
Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris
Black Hornbill Anthracoceros malayanus
Palawn Hornbill Anthracoceros marchei
Asian Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus brunneus
Light vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis x
Western Hooded Pitta Western Hooded Pitta
Lion Head Goose Anser cygnoides x MAMMALS
Water Buffalo Bubalus bubalis
Timor/Rusa Deer Rusa timorensis
Crab-eating (Long-tailed) Macaque Macaca fascicularis
Banded Pig Sus scrofa vittatu
Moor Macaque Macaca maura
Bornean orangutan Pongo pygmaeus
Probsicus Monkey Nasalis larvatus
Long Tailed Macquae Macaca fascicularis
Prevost's Black Squirrel Callosciurus prevostii
Borneo black-banded squirrel Callosciurus orestes
Formosan rock macaque Macaca cyclopis
MARINE MAMMALS
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis
Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris
Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus
FISH
Manta Ray Manta birostris
Blacktip Reef Shark Carcharhinus melanopterus
Whitetip Reef Shark Triaenodon obesus
Angel Fish Pomacanthus imperator
Parrot Fish Scarus spp.
Porccupine Puffer Diodon hystrix
Clownfish Amphiprion spp.
Suregonfish Acanthurus spp.
Damsel Fish Dascyllus trimaculatus
Damsel Fish Pomacentrus spp.
Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist Natural Treasures of Indonesia, Borneo & Taiwan: 2 -18 April 2025
Red Tooth Trigger Fish Odonus niger
Butterfly Fish Chaetodon spp.
Moorish Idol Zanclus cornutus
Flying Fish Exocoetus volitans
Blue Tang Paracanthurus hepatus
Common Lionfish Pterois volitans
Lagoon Ray Taeniura lymma
Harlequin Snake Eel Myrichthys colubrinus
REPTILES
Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas
Loggerhead Turtle Caretta caretta Hawkesbill Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata
Golden Orb Spider Trichonephila inaurata Asian Water Monitor Varanus salvator
Komodo Dragon Varanus komodoensis
Banned Sea Krait Laticauda colubrina
Common Toad Bufo bufo
