Local Community Collaboration the Key in the Search to Save the Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher
Local Community Collaboration the Key in the Search to Save the Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher Prior to 2018, there were only a handful of Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher sightings: these included recent confirmed sightings from two national parks in West Java and much older records from sites across Java, none of which had any recent sightings. Known to have a shy behaviour and generally found in forests near rivers, researchers made the exciting discovery of the kingfisher in Petungkriyono, a mountainous area…