A review of historic and recent bird records from Lombok, Indonesia

The birds of Lombok, in the Lesser Sunda islands of Indonesia, are relatively poorly known owing to few observers having visited the island, both in recent years and in the past. The limited number of available historical records are summarised here and compared with all available modern day records. A total of 180 species have been recorded on the island, including 13 threatened, Near Threatened or restricted-range species.Thirty-six species have not been recorded since 1930, including the globally threatened Flores Green Pigeon Treron floris and the Near Threatened Cinnamon-collared Kingfisher Todiramphus australasia. The Critically Endangered Yellow-crested Cockatoo Cacatua sulphurea has only been reported on two occasions since 1973. The present status on Lombok of many of these species is unclear, and more survey effort is required, especially within the important Gunung Rinjani National Park.