The long, narrow island of Salayar and the scattered islands and islets of the Bonarate group are in the Flores Sea to the south of the southern peninsula of Sulawesi (see EBA 166; also for map) in Indonesia. They support six restricted-range species, including the threatened White-tipped Monarch Monarcha everetti (classified as Vulnerable) of Tanahjampea; in 1993 this single-island endemic was found to be quite common in lowland rain forest, which was estimated to cover about half of the island but is potentially under pressure from logging (Dutson 1995). The other restricted-range species are Dusky Cuckoo-dove Macropygia magna, which also occurs in the Lesser Sundas (EBAs 162, 164, 165), Elegant Imperial-pigeon Ducula concinna, a small-island specialist which also occurs in the Moluccas, Lesser Sundas and Irian Jaya (EBAs 165, 166, 167, 169, 170 and 172 and Secondary Areas s111 and s112), Pink-headed Imperial-pigeon Ducula rosacea (see Secondary Area s107), Rufous-sided Gerygone Gerygone dorsalis, which also occurs in the Banda Sea islands (EBA 165), and Red-chested Flowerpecker Dicaeum maugei, which also occurs in the Lesser Sundas (EBAs 162, 164, 165). All of these species were recorded during a brief visit to the islands in 1993 (Dutson 1995).

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BirdLife International (2024) Endemic Bird Area factsheet: Salayar and Bonerate Islands. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/eba/factsheet/409 on 22/11/2024.