https://kukila.org/index.php/KKL/issue/feed KUKILA 2024-05-07T13:58:56+07:00 Ani Mardiastuti and Bas van Balen editor@kukila.org Open Journal Systems <p><strong><a href="/index.php/KKL/issue/current" target="_self"><img src="/public/site/images/kukila_admin/kukila_24_1_23.png"></a></strong></p> <p><strong>Kukila Volume 24 has arrived!</strong></p> <p>In May 1985, 38 years ago, the very first Kukila as a scientific ornithological journal was published with a word of welcome by Minister of State Emil Salim, introduction by Chairman of the Indonesian Ornithology Society Pak H.M. Kamil Oesman and editorial by chief editors Professor S. Somadikarta and Derek Holmes. In October 2000, Derek Holmes sadly passedaway, leaving a huge emptiness in the Indonesian ornithologists’ community. It lasted untilJuly 2003, after Dr Richard Noske had taken over the challenging task of managing Kukila as chief editor until publishing of Kukila was continued.</p> <p class="s4">As the management of the Indonesian Ornithologists’ Union IdOU changed in 2011, &nbsp;itwas decided in 2012, that in order to overcome problems with Kukila’s publication in print,its management and publication shifted to a digital platform with open access using the Open Journal System (OJS), accessible through&nbsp;<a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkukila.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7C%7C185a8f2a77024ed73ad908db5b16b379%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638203925277246479%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=OsYp4WJFj8pI%2FpuXbyWRefKoOz76WOvLlkxzBRSM9R0%3D&amp;reserved=0"><span class="s3">https://kukila.org.</span></a>&nbsp;This transition to digital format was successfully completed within a year with generosity contribution of Nick Brickle, as aneditor member with supervision of Yoki Hadiprakarsa, the Director of IdOU. Presently, allvolumes of KUKILA have been fully digitized and are publicly accessible free of charge.</p> <p class="s4">Pak Richard’s continuous efforts, insistent chasing of both authors and co-editors, andpainstaking editing of a large number of scientific papers in the following twenty yearsresulted in 12 volumes of Kukila, whose h-index of 16, based on citations, made it to the top 10 of influential Indonesian scientific journals in 2018. This went along with a shift from anexclusively foreign authorship of the very first Kukilas in the 1980s, to a sharp increase of Indonesian authors in the 1990s, a trend that has continued ever since with the majority of submissions to Kukila nowadays coming from Indonesian ornithologists.</p> <p class="s4">Since 2020 Kukila’s management is gradually being taken over by a re-organizededitorial team. After a period of facing various technical problems, the present volume of Kukila is the first to be published since the team’s installation (three-year pauses after major editorial successions seem to be inevitable ….), handling and final editing of the papers have for a large part still been Pak Richard’s achievement though.</p> <p class="s4">With the long-awaited publication of a truly international paper on hornbills in Malaysian Borneo, and a paper on the endangered White-rumped woodpecker of Java, &nbsp;bothco-authored by Pak Richard, we are excited to have Kukila back on the rails again and usherin a new era of interesting and important publications.</p> <p>***</p> <p>To view the latest issue - Volume 24 - click on 'current' from the menu above, or simply click <a href="/index.php/KKL/issue/current" target="_self">here</a></p> <p>To view the archive of previous issues, click on 'archive' from the menu above or click <a href="/index.php/KKL/issue/archive" target="_self">here</a></p> <p>All submissions to Kukila will also now be managed online. If you are interested to submit an article, click <a href="/index.php/KKL/about" target="_self">here</a> for more details.</p> <p>To view all the content available on this site you must register first. This is quick, free, and will allow us to send you the contents page of each new issue as it is published. Use the <a href="/index.php/KKL/user/register">Register</a> link at the top of the home page and also see our <a href="/index.php/KKL/about/submissions#privacyStatement">Privacy Statement</a> for assurance that readers' names and email addresses will not be used for other purposes.</p> <p>Any questions or comments, please send us an email <a href="mailto:editor@kukila.org">editor@kukila.org</a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> https://kukila.org/index.php/KKL/article/view/588 Diversity and relative abundance of hornbills in selectively-logged Production Forests in Central Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo 2024-05-07T13:58:55+07:00 Jayasilan Mohd-Azlan azlan@unimas.my Philovenny Pengiran philovennypengiran26@gmail.com Marius Joscha Maiwald mariusj.maiwald@gmail.com Nelson Bijack James Chas azlan@unimas.my Leslie Ajang Robert azlan@unimas.my Richard Alfred Noske rnoske@tpg.com.au <p><span lang="EN-US">Opportunistic observations and rapid point count survey data was used in identifying the distribution of hornbill species in three production forests in the interior parts of Sarawak, namely Kapit Forest Management Unit (FMU), Raplex Forest Management Unit (FMU) and Pasin Forest Management Unit (FMU). This assessment was conducted to understand the occurrence and distribution of hornbills in production forest, which is lacking in order to develop an action plan for the conservation of Sarawak’s hornbill population. Records of hornbill observation were noted during forest operations and point count surveys. Point count survey was only conducted for a period of two days at each site. This assessment has provided information on the distribution of six species of hornbills from different coupes with different forest activity at the production forests. The only species that was not detected during this study was the wrinkled hornbills which require additional surveys to confirm its absence in this area. Species diversity was the highest at the future production forest (H’ = 1.16) followed by recently logged forest (H’ = 0.90) and active logging area (H’ = 0.64). The peak hour for hornbill detection appears to be between 0800 hours to 1000 hours in the morning. Production forest can provide resources to hornbills if the fruiting and nesting trees are made available. The occurrence of some of the hornbill species in a production forest complex suggest that these areas can potentially provide habitat to these species if they are managed sustainably. However, the long-term persistence of these species in such forest needs need to be further investigated and carefully interpreted to avoid misleading conclusion&nbsp;</span><span lang="EN-US">on the ability of disturbed forest to support these species of conservation importance.</span></p> 2023-01-20T00:00:00+07:00 Copyright (c) https://kukila.org/index.php/KKL/article/view/608 Ecology of White-rumped Woodpecker Meiglyptes tristis with reference to vocalisation in Meru Betiri National Park 2024-05-07T13:58:55+07:00 agung sih kurnianto agung.sih.kurnianto@unej.ac.id Waskito Kukuh Wibowo wsawakita@gmail.com Nilasari Dewi nilasaridewi@unej.ac.id Puji Firmansyah puji.fika@gmail.com <p>White-rumped woodpeckers (<em>Meiglyptes tristis tristis</em>) is endangered species with a lack of records and information in Java. In Meru Betiri National Park, several M. tristis records are very important to be studied in depth. This study aims to compile the <em>M. tristis</em> records in MBNP, vocalisation, and conduct ecological studies of vegetation preferences. There are 7 confirmed records in 2 different resort areas: six in Bandealit (west) and one in Sukamade (east). The combination of coconut plantations and semi-open land is the preference on the first record. The second record figures its presence in habitats very close to humans. Mangroves (<em>Bruguierra</em> sp.) are also used at third record for foraging. The fourth record at Bandealit occurred at the edge of a rubber plantation. Records 5 and 6 occur on the same spot that has a combination of a dense Albizia plantation and polyculture. Record 7 in Sukamade relates to rubber plantations and a polyculture. There are two calls with the first call consisting of 5 notes&nbsp; and the second call consists of two incomplete notes. It has a duration of silent intervals between calls of 6.32 S.</p> 2023-03-11T00:00:00+07:00 Copyright (c) https://kukila.org/index.php/KKL/article/view/634 First description of the natal plumage of Black-crowned White-eye (Zosterops atrifrons atrifrons) 2024-05-07T13:58:55+07:00 Jenna Merle McCullough mcculloughj@unm.edu Nicholas Thomas Vinciguerra nvinciguerra@unm.edu <p><span lang="EN-GB">The breeding biology of tropical birds, including those that inhabit the Indo-Pacific region, remain poorly known. Here, we present the first description of the natal plumage of Black-crowned White-eye (<em>Zosterops atrifrons atrifrons</em>) based on a single observation in Sulawesi, Indonesia. On 13 May 2022, we observed a fledgling <em>Z. a. atrifrons</em> clinging to the lower branches of a large pine tree (<em>Pinus </em>sp.) in partially logged secondary forest. Provisioning by presumed parental birds allowed us to identify the species. The whitish underparts and dark olive green back of the natal plumage is similar to the adult plumage of <em>Z. atrifrons</em>. We suspect the young bird had recently fledged due to its very short tail, partially emerged remiges, and complete dependence on the adults for food.&nbsp;</span></p> 2024-04-24T10:38:48+07:00 Copyright (c) https://kukila.org/index.php/KKL/article/view/635 Corrections to the published elevational limits of 17 species from Bacan, North Maluku 2024-05-07T13:58:55+07:00 Alex J. Berryman alex.berryman@birdlife.org <p>Wallacea is among the most under-studied regions of the tropics, with even basic biological data lacking from most bird species. Even by these standards, North Maluku has been historically neglected. A three-day visit to Buku Sibela on Bacan, North Maluku, in October 2022 yielded elevation extensions for 16 species, of which 11 are endemic to the North Moluccan subregion. In many instances, species are now known to occur at much higher elevations on Bacan than previously assumed, potentially reducing their extinction risk throughout the North Moluccas, where forest loss in the lowlands is substantially more rapid. Other visitors to, and researchers in, Indonesia are encouraged to record and publish altitudinal information where it is otherwise unavailable—these data are a critical component for mapping species’ ranges, monitoring habitat losses, and documenting possible temporal changes in elevation in response to climate change.</p> 2024-04-24T10:40:30+07:00 Copyright (c)