Birds of Nusa Tenggara islands 
Sangeang I. - Scarce. Thickets and scrubs. 
Tumicidae 
Turnix maculosa floresiana Red-backed Button-quail 
Sumbawa I. - Scarce. Seven at Desa Sangeang on 20 
October 1988. A male from Sumbawa Besar in MZB 
collection. 
Sangeang 1. - A small quail probably this species was 
flushed from a grassy flat with prickly Acacia on 21 
October. 
Turnix suscitator powelli Barred Button-quail 
Sumbawa I. - A female from Sumbawa Besar in MZB 
collection. 
Moyo I. - One probably this species flushed from 
strand zone on beach at Sebotok on 8 November and 
another from grassland at Brang Kua on 10 November 
1988. 
Sangeang I. - An adult and chick trapped in grassland. 
Rallidae 
Rallina fasciata Red-legged Crake 
Sumbawa I. - Two edge of freshwater lake at Meraran 
on 13 May 1988, one in wet grass on the edge of a 
flooded rice field at Beto on 17 May 1988 and one mist- 
netted in lower montane forest at c. 550 m at Gunung 
Olet Sangenges on 16 August 1993. The first records for 
Sumbawa. 
Porzana cinerea White-browed Crake 
Sumbawa I. - Ones and twos at Meraran in May 1988. 
Freshwater lake with lilies, bulrushes and water 
hyacinth. 
Amaurornis phoenicurus leucomelanus White-breasted 
Waterhen 
Sumbawa 1. - Uncommon to moderately common. 
Recorded Meraran, Lake Taliwang, Belo, Babar, Selah 
Legium, Gunung Olet Sangenges, Waworada and near 
Dompu. Rice fields, swamps, edges of rivers and creeks. 
Porphyria porphyria Purple Swamphen 
Sumbawa 1. - Two at edge of a freshwater lake at 
Meraran on 12 and 13 May 1988. Both had greenish-grey 
backs. The first record for Sumbawa. 
Gallinula lencbrosa Dusky Moorhen 
Sumbawa I. - One, probably this species observed on 
a freshwater lake at Meraran on 13 May 1988. 
Gallinula chloropus Common Moorhen 
Sumbawa 1. - Two on freshwater lake at Meraran on 
12 and 13 May 1988. Both were adults with black 
upperparts, white flanks and red base to bill. White and 
Bruce (1986) list a juvenile collected in May. 
Jacanidae 
Irediparra gallinacea Comb-crested Jacana 
Sumbawa I. - Up to six at freshwater lake, Meraran in 
May 1988. Feeding among lilies and water hyacinth. 
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Charadriidac 
Pluvialis squalarola Grey Plover 
Sumbawa 1. - One on coastal flats near Bima on 19 
October 1988 and one adult on mudflats at Sape on 21 
August 1933. First records for Sumbawa. 
Moyo 1. - Ones, twos and once a loose group of 8 at 
Tanjung Pasir in November 1988. 
Pluvialis fulva Pacific Golden Plover 
Moyo 1. - Two on tidal flats at Desa Sebotok on 6 
November 1988. 
Charadrius peronii Malaysian Plover 
Sumbawa 1. - Uncommon along the northern coast. 
Six on a muddy beach near Maluk on 9 August 1993, 
three near Sumbawa Besar on 11 August and two on 
mudflats at Sape on 21 August 1993; also two birds 
probably C. peronii observed twice at edge of mangal, 
Teluk Santong in May 1988. 
Charadrius leschenaullii Greater Sand-plover 
Sumbawa I. - Scarce or uncommon. One 5 km east of 
Alas on 9 August 1993, four probably this species near 
same place on 11 August, and at least six on mudflats at 
Sape on 21 August 1993. Also recorded by Gibbs (1990) 
at Taliwang in December 1989. The first records for 
Sumbawa. 
Moyo I. - Two possibly C. leschenaultii on mud flats at 
Desa Sebotok on 6 November 1988. 
Scolopacidae 
Numenius phaeopus Whimbrel 
Sumbawa 1. - One on mudflats near Bima on 19 
October 1988, and one on a beach 5 km east of Sumbawa 
Besar on 10 August 1993. A passage migrant and winter 
visitor to Wallacea. 
Moyo I. - Moderately common in November 1988. 
Mudflats, exposed reefs and beaches. 
Numenius madagascariensis Far-Eastern Curlew 
Sumbawa I. - Two 5 km east of Alas on 9 August 
1993. The first records for Sumbawa. 
Limosa lapponica Bar-tailed Godwit 
Sumbawa 1. - Three on mudflats near Alas on 28 May, 
and one on a beach near Waworada on 27 October 1988. 
The first records for Sumbawa. A passage migrant and 
winter visitor to Wallacea. 
Moyo 1. - One on a tidal flat at Sebotok on 6 
November 1988. 
Tringa totanus Common Redshank 
Sumba Is. - three on mudflats at Sape on 21 August, 
1993. 
Moyo I - Two on beach at Tanjung Pasir on 12 
November 1988. The first records for the Sumbawa 
region. 
Xenus cinereus Terek Sandpiper 
Sumbawa 1. - Two on mudflats at Sape on 21 August 
1993. The first record for Sumbawa. 
