Malagufuk Eco Village is a small jungle village in the Klasow valley of Sorong Regency in Southwest Papua Province. Malagufuk Eco Village is located quite deep in the lowland forest of Klasow Valley. It’s easy to reach (only two hours by car from Sorong) and very remote (3.5 hours of walking from the main road to the village). The small community has put up a small ecotourism accommodation, which makes it easy to explore the surrounding forest in the early morning and late afternoon. Because the bird watchers are important to the villagers’ income, the local people protect the forests. Birding here equals walking, you won’t be in a car during your whole stay.
Malagufuk BirdLists
Bird of paradise you can see in Malagufuk:
Magnificent
bird of paradise, Magnificent Riflebird, King Bird of Paradise, Twelve-wired Bird
of Paradise, Lesser Birds of Paradise, and Glossy-mantled Manucode.
Malagufuk
also have almost all of the lowland endemic species of the region are in the
one friendly village that is fast becoming dedicated for birders who enjoy
finding endemics, There are species here that are very difficult to see
anywhere including; Wallace Owlet-nightjar, Beautiful Fruit Dove,
Orange-bellied Fruit Dove, Wompoo Fruit Dove, Pink-spotted Fruit Dove, Ornate
Fruit Dove, Brown Cuckoo Dove, Great-cuckoo Dove, Pinon Imperial Pigeon,
Western-crowned Pigeon, Thick-billed Ground Pigeon, Green-naped Pheasant
Pigeon, Blue Jewel Babbler, Rainbow Bee-eater, Yellow-faced Myna, Golden Myna, Greater
Black Coucal, Blue-black Kingfisher, Common Paradise Kingfisher, Yellow-billed
Kingfisher, Red-breasted Paradise Kingfisher, Azure Kingfisher, Rufous-bellied
Kookaburra,
Sacred Kingfisher, Lowland Peltop, White-bellied Cuckooshrike,
Boyer's Cuckooshrike, Red-bellied Pitta, Hooded Pitta, Shining Flycatcher,
Grey-streaked Flycatcher, Variable Goshawk, Grey-headed Goshawk, Tawny-breasted
Honeyeater, Spangled Drongo, Black Sunbird, Olive-crowned Flowerpecker, Hooded
Butcherbird, Oriental Dollarbird, Glossy Swiftlet, Moustached Treeswift,
Metallic Starling, Rufous Owl, Papuan Nightjar, Northern Cassowary, Emperor
Fairywren, Papuan Babbler, Little Shrike-thrush, Helmeted Friarbird, Yellow-bellied
Longbill, Frilled Monarch, Rusty Pitohui, Black-browed Triller, Black-sided
Robin, Olive-crowned Flowerpecker, Oriental Cuckoo, Forest Bittern, Eclectus
Parrot, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Palm Cockatoo, Black Lory, Black-capped Lory,
Large Fig Parrot, Red-cheeked Parrot, Coconut Lorikeet Lorikeet, Blyth's
Hornbill, Nankeen Night Herron, Torresian Crow.
