
I oftenĪ new subspecies of Accipiter virgatus (Temminck) from Flores, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia (Aves: Accipitridae)Ī new subspecies of Accipiter virgatus (Temminck) is described from Flores ( Lesser Sunda Islands). A certain ’sensus botanicus’ was my only equipment for botanical surveys, and the next thing to do was to walk the arduous but occasionally quite entertaining road to discovery. In 1963 as a missionary I arrived in the Flora Malesiana region, notably in the Lesser Sunda Islands. AĪn amateur botanist on the Lesser Sunda Islands Introductory sections, which include a chapter on the history of ornithological discovery, are followed by the main part, a systematic account in which each species and subspecies known from Flores is treated separately. The avifauna of the island of Flores ( Lesser Sunda Islands) is reviewed. The avifauna of Flores ( Lesser Sunda Islands)
