The Maleo ( Macrocephalon maleo )

The Maleo, Macrocephalon maleo is a medium-sized, up to 55cm long, blackish megapode with bare yellow facial skin, reddish-brown iris, reddish-orange beak and rosy salmon below. The crown is ornamented with a black helmet casque. The greyish blue feet has four long sharp claws, separated by a membranous web. Both sexes are similar with slightly smaller and duller female.

The only member in monotypic genus Macrocephalon, the Maleo is endemic to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. It is found in the tropical lowland and hill forests, but nesting in the open sandy areas, volcanic soils or beaches that can be easily heated by the sun or geothermal for incubation.

The Maleo's egg is large, about five times of domestic chicken's. The female lays and covers each egg in a deep hole in the sand and allow the incubation to take place through solar or volcanic heating. After the egg hatched, the young birds work their own way up through the sand and hide into forests. The young bird is able to fly and totally independent. It has to find foods and defends itself from predators such as lizards, python, wild pigs or cats.

The Maleo is monogamous, and pair stay close to each other all the time. Its diet consists mainly of fruits, seeds, ants, termites, beetles and small invertebrates.

Since 1972, this species has been protected by Indonesian government. Due to ongoing habitat loss, limited range, chick high mortality rates and overhunting in some areas, the Maleo is evaluated as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix I of CITES.

Blue Peacock or Merak India

Blue Peacock or Merak India, which in the scientific name Pavo cristatus is one of bird out of three peacock specieses. Blue Peacock has fur is having colour blue of dark gleams. King sized adult male bird, length can reach 230cm, with a real tail length is having colour metallic green. Above the head there is blue straightening crest formed fan. Fairish female bird smaller than male bird. The plume doesn't gleam, tan of greenness with black lines and without decorated conclusion fur. Young bird like female.

Population of Blue Peacock spread over in open forest with grassland in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan. Before all this species found also in Bangladesh, but now very possibly has is totally disappeared over there.
Male peacock is species polygamy, have multiple couple. At season is having prolific, masculine bird demonstrates fur its tail in front of female bird. The tail plume is salamander.
Blue Peacock is national bird of India state. This species also plays a part is important in mythology Buddha, Hindu and other cultures.opened to forms fan with blot is in the form of eye is having colour is blue Female bird usually incubates three to six item egg.

Feed of peacock Biru consisted of to be multifarious of bulk, grass sprout and foliage, multifarious of insect, and various small animal types like worm, small spider and

Kakatua jambul-jingga (Cacatua sulphurea)

Cacatua sulphurea is endemic to Timor-Leste and Indonesia, where it was formerly common throughout Nusa Tenggara (from Bali to Timor), on Sulawesi and its satellite islands, and the Masalembu Islands (in the Java Sea).

It has undergone a dramatic decline, particularly in the last quarter of the 20th century, such that it is now extinct on many islands and close to extinction on most others. Sumba appears to support the largest remaining population, tentatively estimated (in 1992) at c.3,200 birds (but declining, perhaps by 500 birds annually), with other significant (but considerably smaller) populations on Komodo, Sulawesi, Buton, Moyo and Timor-Leste¹. Its current status on several small islands is unclear.

It inhabits forest (including evergreen, moist deciduous, monsoon and semi-evergreen), forest edge, scrub and agriculture up to 500 m on Sulawesi, and 800 m (sometimes 1,500 m) in Nusa Tenggara. On at least some islands (e.g. Sumba), it appears heavily dependent on closed-canopy primary forest. On others, it survives despite the total clearance of original vegetation, indicating that its habitat requirements are somewhat flexible.

Raggiana bird of paradise (Paradisaea raggiana)

Cendrawasih is the Indonesian word for the bird of paradise. The Raggiana bird of paradise (Paradisaea raggiana) is the national bird of New Guinea, and its figure graces everything from money to stamps to taxi cabs. Because they have such rare and beautiful plumage, birds of paradise have been hunted for centuries, and their feathers have been used for decoration and their supposed mystical properties. They are currently listed as endangered and trapping and export are illegal, but all species of the bird of paradise are still being traded illegally on the black market.

Interesting Fact: After trading plumes of birds of paradise with early European explorers, local tribes told them that the birds were the birds of the gods and never touched earth, feeding only on dew. This story accentuated the value of the birds for over 100 years, and the feathers were in such high demand that it almost killed off the species.

The cendrawasih is only found on the island of New Guinea. There are at least 37 other species of the bird of paradise that also make their homes on this island. The males are known to gather in a specific tree together in the morning and will engage in mutual display, where they fluff out their extensive colorful feathers to try and attract a female. They live in the tops of trees and in the underbrush, making nests in tree branches and holes.

Cendrawasih, or Birds of Paradise, are considered by many to be the most beautiful birds on the planet. The females are a relatively drab, dull brown, which helps them take cover when they are nesting and raising the young. They average about 13 inches in length (33 cm), about the size and build of a crow. The males are covered with different sizes and shapes of feathers in every conceivable color, and they often have patches of skin without feathers that are wild, shocking colors as well. The Raggiana has very long, orange, trailing tail feathers. His head and the nape of his neck are yellow, and he has a green chin.

Cendrawasih are primarily fruit eaters, but they will also eat berries, leaves, and small animals, such as lizards and frogs. Their flight is slow and ponderous, contrary to their graceful appearance, and they stay in the same area all year, not following any sort of migratory pattern.

Courtship is the main purpose of the cendrawasih’s gaudy appearance. The females outnumber the males, so the males must compete with each other to win favor of a female when she is ready to mate. The Raggiana especially is known for his overly energetic courtship dance. There are, however, some bird of paradise species that mate for life, and the males have drab brown feathers like the females and will help raise the young and tend the nest. Of the species that are polygamous, however, the female takes care of all nesting and raising duties, usually laying two eggs at a time.

Indonesian Burung Kasuari (Casuarius casuarius)

Indonesian Burung Kasuari (Casuarius casuarius) is also known as the Southern Cassowary, third largest bird in the world after the African ostrich and the emu, is a native of the eastern part of the Indonesian archipelago, the Irian Jaya province and the surrounding Islands, basically Papua-New Guinea. Also inhabits the uppermost forested areas of Australia.
THIS IS A FEROCIOUS BIRD, THE ONLY MAN-KILLING BIRD I KNOW!!! The 2004 Guiness Book of Records definatelly classifies cassowary as the most dangerous bird for humans. It is considered extremelly dangerous and treated like larger carnivorous mammals in handling.
While it doesnt eat the humans, the trumendeous ammount of muscular force combined with the mechanical of its weapons (steel beak and crested helmet that can crack skulls and claws to match) alonside amazing natural abilities like fast running or high jumping. Attacking cassowaries charge and kick, sometimes jumping on top of the victim. Unlike emus, which reputedly kick backwards, cassowaries can kick in a forward and downward direction. They may also peck, barge, or head-butt. The commonest injuries they cause in humans are puncture wounds, lacerations and bone fractures and also death as a cause of the mentioned.
Recorded victims are not only between the native islands but also amongst zoo keepers. Here is some macabrous literature:
http://www.asij.ac.jp/elementary/projects/aussy/crispin.htm

http://www.amazingaustralia.com.au/animals/cassowary-attacks.htm

STILL, the cassowary is not as much of a threat to humans as the other way around since loss of habitat, hunting, dogs and especially road kill decreased the number to the point where this animal became highly endangered and made it into the Red List, and efforts are made to preserve its existence for the future generations.

Bali Starling Leucopsar Rothschildi

This is the Balinese starling, arguably the rarest bird in the world. The government and WWF is making desperate efforts in protecting this specie. Main reason why this is the most critically endangered bird in the world is her looks & songs, yes, captured as pets where they do not adapt nor reproduce. On a range of less then 40 square kilometers inside the West Bali National Park is where the last hope remains, in a breeding center completely barbwired and electrically fenced, guarded by soldiers, yes, soldiers with real machine guns! Reason: the price of a Bali Starling is the average salary of an entire Indonesian family for five years Ive been told, more like her weight in gold! The center is optimistically planning on releasing 106 birds this year, 165 next year and over two hundred from then on but for now less than fourty live in the wild !
The Bali Starling Leucopsar rothschildi or in Indonesian jalak bali also known as Rothschild’s Mynah or Bali Myna is a medium-sized, up to 25cm long, stocky myna, almost wholly white with a long, drooping crest, black tips on the wing and tail. The bird has blue bare skin around the eyes and a yellow bill.

This rare bird, Bali's only endemic species, was discovered in 1910. In 1991, the Bali Starling was designated the faunal symbol for Bali.

The scientific name commemorates the British ornithologist Lord Rothschild.

It is critically endangered, with a population in the wild of six in 2001. The last stronghold of Bali Starling is at Bali Barat National Park. About 1,000 are believed to survive in captivity. Its decline towards extinction has been caused by the urbanization of the island and by illegal trapping for the cage-bird trade.