View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by E-Journal Portal - Research Center for Biology - Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) /... Treubia 41: 67-97, December 2014 NEW AND SIGNIFICANT ISLAND RECORDS, RANGE EXTENSIONS AND ELEVATIONAL EXTENSIONS OF BIRDS IN EASTERN SULAWESI, ITS NEARBY SATELLITES, AND TERNATE Frank E. Rheindt1, Dewi M. Prawiradilaga2, Suparno2, Hidayat Ashari2, and Peter R. Wilton3 1 National University of Singapore, Department of Biological Sciences, 14 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, phone: +65-6516-2853, corresponding email:
[email protected] 2 Division of Zoology, Research Center for Biology, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jalan Raya Jakarta- Bogor KM 46, Cibinong Science Center, Cibinong 16911 3 Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, 16 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A. ABSTRACT The Wallacean Region continues to be widely unexplored even in such relatively well-known animal groups as birds (Aves). We report on the results of an ornithological expedition from late Nov 2013 through early Jan 2014 to eastern Sulawesi and a number of satellite islands (Togian, Peleng, Taliabu) as well as Ternate. The expedition targeted and succeeded with the collection of 7–10 bird taxa previously documented by us and other researchers but still undescribed to science. In this contribution, we provide details on numerous first records of bird species outside their previously known geographic or elevational ranges observed or otherwise recorded during this expedition. We also document what appears to be a genuinely new taxon, possibly at the species level of kingfisher from Sulawesi that has been overlooked by previous ornithologists.