Sulawesi - Heart of the Indonesian Rainforest

Life abounds in the exotic and beautiful rainforests of Sulawesi - one of the largest islands in the Indonesian archipeligo. Here time has stood still, revealing the evolution of nature through a unique diversity of birds and animals.

In humid lowlands we hear fruit pigeons, orioles, monarch flycatchers and a magnificent pair of hornills. Further inland, hill forests reach deep into the remote heart of the island. The booming calls of imperial pigeons carry across the valleys, squirrels call from high in the canopy and the eerie voices of piping crows echo through the forests.

We climb high into the mountains, the realm of the cloud forests. Flocks of birds move through the forest calling in the morning sunshine. Finally, night falls on a land where mystery and the unusual are everywhere - Sulawesi.

Tracklist:

Lowland Rainforest - Rawa Aopa National Park
Track 1: Pre-dawn (featuring Long Eared Nightjar and To-ke Gecko)
Track 2: Dawn chorus (with Black Sunbirds, Black-naped Oriole and Green Imperial Pigeons)
Track 3: Knobbed Hornbills on the wing
Track 4: Bay Coucals in the rain
Track 5: Evening with Sulawesi Scops Owl

Hill Rainforest - Loru Lindu National Park
Track 6: Loru Pre-dawn (with Sulawesi Masked Owl, Bay Coucals & Hair-crested Drongo)
Track 7: Dawn (with White-bellied Imperial Pigeons & squirrel)
Track 8: Piping Crows

Highland Rainforest - Mamassa
Track 9: Pygmy Cuckoo-shrike
Track 10: Geomalias & Sulawesi Hawk Eagle
Track 11: Feeding flock
Track 12: Malias
Track 13: Sulawesi Serpent Eagles
Track 14: Knobbed Hornbills calling

Montane Cloudforest - Gunung Rano Rano
Track 15: Sulawesi Cicadabird
Track 16: Cloudforest dawn (with Maroon-backed Whistlers)
Track 17: Feeding flock
Track 18: Citrine Flycatcher
Track 19: Dusk cicada chorus
Track 20: Tree Frogs & Ochre-bellied Boobook

Total Playing Time: 75 minutes

Recording Locations:
Rawa Aopa/Mount Watamaho National Park,
Lore Lindu World Biosphere Reserve,
Mamassa and Tanu Taraja districts.

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