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Heteroscdus brevipes Grey-tailed Tattler 
Sumbawa I. - Moderately common. Recorded at Teluk 
Santong, near Alas, Empang and near Bima. Coastal 
mudflats. A passage migrant and winter visitor. The first 
records for Sumbawa. 
Moyo I. - Moderately common. Tidal flats and 
beaches. 
Tringa hypoleucos Common Sandpiper 
Sumbawa I. - Moderately common. Regularly 
observed on beaches, mudflats and rocky shores along 
the northern coast. 
Moyo I. - Moderately common in November 1988. 
Recorded at Sebotok, Brang Kua and Tanjung Pasir. 
Beaches, mudflats and mangal. 
Sangeang I. - One on coastal rocks and one on a 
beach. 
Recurvirostridae 
Himanlopus leucocephalus White-headed Stilt 
Sumbawa I. - Two in rice fields near Sumbawa Besar 
on 8 May 1988. 
Phalaropodidae 
Phalaropus lobatus Red-necked Phalarope 
Sumbawa I. - Forty-nine offshore east of Sape on 21 
August 1993. A passage migrant and winter visitor to 
Wallacea. 
Moyo I. - Four feeding on calm sea in strait between 
Tanjung Pasir (Moyo I.) and Sumbawa I. on 14 
November 1988. 
Burhinidae 
Esacus magnirostris Beach Stone Curlew 
Moyo I. - One on reef at Tanjung Pasir on 14 
November 1988, also recorded in ones and twos at 
Amanwana Bay and along the east coast by B. Lees 
between 1992 and 1995. 
Laridae 
Sterna anaethetus Bridled Tern 
Sumbawa I. — A total of 149 birds offshore east of 
Sape on 21 August 1993. 
Sterna albifrons sinensis Little Tern 
Sumbawa I. - Flocks of 100, 50, 20, 10, 30 and 100 
were recorded flying north between Lombok and 
Sumbawa on 18 October 1988. This region is part of the 
migration flyway between South East Asia and its 
winter quarters in northern Australia. Small numbers 
also breed in the eastern Lesser Sundas. 
Sterna bergii Great Crested Tern 
Sumbawa I. - Scarce. Two in the port of Alas in May 
1988, 6 at sea between Sumbawa and Lombok in 
October 1988 and twenty offshore east of Sape on 21 
August 1993. Also reported by Mason (1989). 
Moyo I. - Scarce. Four feeding along shoreline near 
Tanjung Pasir on 13 November 1988 and one at sea 
between Moyo and Sumbawa Is on 14 November 1988. 
These are the first records for the Sumbawa region. 
Sterna bengalensis Lesser Crested Tern 
Sumbawa I. - One just east of Sape on 21 August 
1993. The first record for Sumbawa. 
Cygis alba White Tern 
Sumbawa 1. Two offshore east of Sape on 21 August 
1993. The first record for Sumbawa and for Wallacea 
(White and Bruce 1986). 
Columbidae 
Treron floris Flores Green Pigeon 
Sumbawa 1. - One in lowland semi-evergreen forest at 
550 m at Batu Hijau, Selah Legium on 30 July 1993. 
Treron vernans Pink-necked Green Pigeon 
Sumbawa 1. - Two in low prickly scrub on a dry hill 
at Desa Sangeang on 20 October 1988; moderately 
common in rainforest at Waworada, small flocks flying 
high and fast over forest. Breeding March-May (White 
and Bruce 1986). 
Moyo 1. - Two feeding on fruits of Eugenia cummini 
and another two in Ficus and Terminalia at Sebotok in 
November 1988. 
Sangeang 1. Moderately common. Ones, twos and 
small flocks (up to 50). Prickly Zizyphus and Acacia also 
creekside vegetation with fruiting trees especially Ficus. 
Previously recorded only from Lombok I. and 
Sumbawa I. 
Ptilinopus cinctus albocinctus Black-backed Fruit Dove 
Sumbawa I. - Locally moderately common to 
common but generally scarce. Recorded in montane 
forest at 1150 m at Batu Dulang in November 1988, at 
two sites in lowland semi-evergreen rainforest at Selah 
Legium in August 1993 and at Gunung Olet Sangenges 
in August 1993. At the latter common in lower montane 
forest from 800 m to 1000 m and abundant in montane 
forest from 1000 to 1500 m. Mainly pairs and small 
groups. Call a loud 'how-wow' or 'coowoop'. 
Ptilinopus melanospila Black-naped Fruit Dove 
Sumbawa I. - Uncommon. Two in canopy of 
rainforest at Waworada in October 1988, also recorded 
at Gunung Olet Sangenges and at three sites at Selah 
Legium during July-August 1993. Mainly moist 
deciduous monsoon forest, semi-evergreen forest, 
lowland forest and lower montane forest, from 50 m to 
700 m. 
Moyo L - Two in a coastal thicket with Tamarindus, 
Sesbania and Eugenia. 
Sangeang I. - Two feeding in canopy of huge Ficus on 
23 October 1988. 
Ducula aenea polia Green Imperial Pigeon 
Sumbawa I. - Uncommon to very common, in pairs 
and small groups. Recorded at Sumbawa Besar, 
