Way Kambas Video Trap

Enjoy the Way Kambas National Park endangered mega fauna and other rare wildlife species caught in video. Find mother and baby of Sumatran rhino, challenging young male Sumatran tiger, big family of Sumatran elephant, funny Malayan sun-bear and curious Malayan tapir.

Way Kambas: The Best Asian Night Birding

It was written by Janos Olah & Attila Simay in Birding Asia magazine, on 2007. Not only the great variety of the otherwise scarce and hard to-come-by species is what makes this national park world-famous, but also the relative ease in finding them. No other place in sumatra that has 4 species of Frogmouth.

Monday, July 28, 2014

Way Kambas National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia is the best Asian night-birding, is a quote that written by Janos Olah & Attila Simay in Birding Asia magazine, on 2007. Not only the great variety of the otherwise scarce and hard to-come-by species is what makes this national park world-famous, but also the relative ease in finding them. No other place in Sumatera that has 4 species of Frogmouth, and also the Bonaparte’s Nightjar (Caprimulgus concretus). In KUKILA bulletin, volume 8, 1996, it was mention that the record of Bonaparte’s Nightjar in Way Kambas as the first record of this species after the last record of this species in Sumatera, on 1916.

A compilation by Sherry Parrot & Paul Andrew, in KUKILA bulletin, volume 8, 1996, listed the WKNP night bird, as below:

Owls:
Oriental Bay Owl (Phodilus badius), Reddish Scopsowl (Otus rufescens), Barred Eagle-Owl (Bubo sumatranus), Buffy Fish-Owl (Ketupa ketupu), Brown Wood-Owl (Strix leptogrammica), Collared Scopsowl (Otus lempiji), Brown Hawk-Owl (Ninox scutulata).

Frogmouths:
Large Frogmouth (Batrachostomus auritus), Gould’s Frogmouth (Bataraachostomus stellatus), Javan Frogmouth (Brathachostomus javensis), Sunda Frogmouth (Brathachostomus cornutus).

Nightjars:
Bonaparte’s Nightjar (Caprimulgus concretus), Malaysian Eared Nightjar (Eurostopodus temminckii), Large-Tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus), Savannah Nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis).


Article and photos by Dicky T. Sutanto
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