Two hundred-plus species and a handful found nowhere else — Timor is a birder's unfinished map.
Why this channel
What you will learn here
Birding travellers stay longer, spend more and travel in the quiet season; the endemics are a genuine drawcard.
Four short filmed conversations with the people who know this subject first-hand are being produced for this page by Stays of Timor. Each is two to three minutes — honest, local, and recorded in Timor-Leste.
The interviews
Four conversations, four angles
🎥Interview coming soon
Interview 1The endemics: birds found only here
Which species are Timor specialities and where to actually see them.
🎥Interview coming soon
Interview 2Ira Lalaro and the wetlands
Timor-Leste's largest lake and its waterbirds, plus the wet/dry rhythm.
🎥Interview coming soon
Interview 3Birds in Timorese language and belief
Local names, omen birds, and what birds mean in Fataluku, Bunak and Tetun tradition.
🎥Interview coming soon
Interview 4Trapping, cages and conservation
The songbird trade, hunting, and what protection looks like on the ground.
In pictures
Nature & Wildlife
Reef line from the airSnorkellers in clear waterMangrove waterThe wild east
Photos: Ministry of Tourism & Environment, Timor-Leste
Part of the Timor Information Channels — 28 subjects, told by the people who know them. Produced by Stays of Timor.
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