History, Annotated Gazetteer, and Bibliography of Ornithology in Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo

Kalimantan comprises nearly three quarters of the island of Borneo and is the place where scientific study of Bornean birds began. We describe the history of bird research in Kalimantan from its beginning, highlighting the ornithologists who explored the region and how their interests and methods changed over time, from a concentration on specimen collection, to examinations of community ecology, to conservation in the face of habitat change and species depletion, to the latest investigations using satellite, genetic, and digital technology. We also highlight some future directions for research, especially the need for more work on basic ecology and biogeography. Following this historical review, we list in a gazetteer every site we could find where ornithologists and birdwatchers have conducted research or documented important records of bird occurrence. The gazetteer includes the latitude and longitude of each site and, in many cases, supplementary information on location, research history, specimen and vocal collections, and associated literature. It is followed by a bibliography of 693 references.