10 Beautiful Exotic Indonesian Birds

1. Blue Bird of Paradise

Blue Bird of Paradise or the scientific name Paradisaea Rudolphi is a kind of medium-sized birds of paradise, with a length of about 30cm, the distribution of the genus Paradisaea.Daerah Blue Paradise found in the forests of the eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea and southeast, mostly from a height of 1,400 meters to 1,800 meters altitude above sea level.

2. Red Bird of Paradise

Red Bird of Paradise or the scientific name Paradisaea rubra is a kind of babbler bird of medium size, with a length of about 33cm, from the clan Paradisaea. Indonesian endemic, Red Bird of Paradise are found only in lowland forests on the island in the district Batanta Waigeo and Raja Ampat, West Irian Jaya province.

3. Peacock Blue

Peacock Peacock Blue or India, which the scientific name Pavo cristatus is one of three species of bird peacock. Peacock Blue has a glossy dark blue feathers. Adult male birds are large, can reach 230cm in length, with a very long tail cover green metallic. Blue Peacock population scattered in open forests with grasslands in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan. Previously this species was found also in Bangladesh, but now most probably extinct there.

4. Bali Starling

Bali Starling or the scientific name Leucopsar rothschildi is a kind of babbler bird-sized, approximately 25cm long, from the tribe Sturnidae. Endemic to Indonesia, the Bali Starling is only found in the woods west of the island of Bali. This bird is also the only species endemic to Bali, where in 1991 was crowned as the fauna symbol of Bali province. The existence of this endemic animals protected by law.

5. Cekakak Malay-forest

Cekakak-forest has a unique and distinctive voice. In general, they were loud. Siulannya rises and reads "kwii-kwii ...". Uniquely, each whistle was generated around one tone per second. Bird species live in the woods and hunt from a low perch. Unlike his voice is loud, this bird was rather shy. They are just looking for prey from the ground with leaves keep turning.

6. Nuri Sayap Hitam

Nuri sayap hitam atau Nuri merah Biak, yang dalam nama ilmiahnya Eos cyanogenia adalah sejenis nuri berukuran sedang, dengan panjang sekitar 30cm, dari suku Psittacidae. Endemik Indonesia, Nuri Sayap-hitam hanya ditemukan di habitat hutan di pesisir pulau Biak dan pulau-pulau di Teluk Cenderawasih, Papua. Spesies ini sering ditemukan dan bersarang di perkebunan kelapa.

7. Old King's brother

This species lives at an altitude of 0-1520 feet above sea level, usually in groups. Cockatoos are generally long-lived, until reaching 60 years or more. Cockatoo inhabits primary and secondary forests are high and the edge of the forest; also monsoon forests (Nusa Tenggara), bersemak high forest, rare trees and shrubs whose tree farm is rare. From sea level to a height of 900 m (Sulawesi), 1520 m (Lombok), 1000 m (Sumbawa)