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We record corrections that change a fact: a name, conservation status, range, figure or legal claim. Spelling and layout fixes are not listed. Each corrected page also shows its new update date.

This log lists 72 corrections. If you find another error, send a correction with a supporting source.

1 October 2026

Mahakam Irrawaddy dolphin: IUCN status corrected from Endangered (the species-level category for Orcaella brevirostris) to Critically Endangered, the Red List category for the Mahakam River subpopulation.

Bornean elephant: added the Endangered status from IUCN’s 2024 subspecies assessment, which was missing, and removed Sabah (Malaysia) from the Indonesian range.

Sumatran tiger: the Critically Endangered status is now cited to the IUCN Red List subspecies assessment (P. t. sumatrae, 2008) rather than a WWF profile, and labelled as a subspecies status; the tiger species as a whole is Endangered.

Southern pig-tailed macaque: range corrected; the species occurs only on the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Bangka and Borneo, not across mainland Southeast Asia.

Siamang: Indonesian range corrected to Sumatra (the Malay Peninsula is outside Indonesia).

Malayan tapir: Indonesian range corrected to Sumatra south of Lake Toba.

Banteng: Indonesian range corrected to Java, Bali and Kalimantan.

Timor deer: range now states that the species is native to Java and Bali and was introduced elsewhere.

Sun bear: Indonesian range given as Sumatra and Kalimantan instead of the general Southeast Asian range.

Sunda pangolin: Indonesian range given as Sumatra, Java and Kalimantan.

Long-tailed macaque: Indonesian range clarified (from Sumatra, Java and Kalimantan east to Timor).

Proboscis monkey: Indonesian range corrected to Kalimantan.

Bornean orangutan: Indonesian range corrected to Kalimantan.

Javan lutung: added a taxonomic note that the lutungs of western Java are now treated as a separate species (Trachypithecus mauritius), so some West Java records may refer to it.

Heatstroke: home cooling steps removed so the guide stays vet-first (our policy excludes first aid); breed risk figures corrected to the Hall et al. (2020) study: Pugs about 3 times, not 6 times.

Orphaned kittens: a sentence implying home rewarming of a cold kitten was replaced with advice to contact a vet at once; the time to double birth weight was corrected to 7–10 days.

Choosing a vet: the licensing law reference was updated; Law 18/2009 was amended by the Job Creation Law (Law 6/2023), while practice licences are still issued by regencies or cities under the implementing rules.

Canine parvovirus: clarified that all circulating variants (CPV-2a, 2b and 2c), not only CPV-2c, can infect unvaccinated cats.

Toxoplasmosis: a dead Universitas Airlangga source link was replaced with its new address.

Javan hawk-eagle: range updated to Java and Bali; BirdLife’s 2025 assessment records the species on Bali from 2024 observations.

Red bird-of-paradise: a sentence saying no conservation status had been confirmed was replaced with the Near Threatened status from BirdLife’s 2022 assessment, which the page already showed.

Helmeted hornbill: added the missing Critically Endangered status (2020 assessment) and removed mainland Southeast Asia from the Indonesian range.

Southern cassowary: Indonesian range corrected (lowland Papua, the Aru Islands and Seram) without including Australia.

Glossy swiftlet: range updated after the 2017 split of the Collocalia esculenta complex; in the current sense it occurs from Sulawesi and the Moluccas to Papua.

Black sunbird: explained that current bird lists use Leptocoma aspasia (GBIF still uses the synonym L. sericea), and added the Indonesian name.

White-breasted woodswallow: added the Indonesian name (it was wrongly called “kapinis”, the name for swifts) and explained the accepted spelling Artamus leucorynchus.

Coppersmith barbet: Indonesian name corrected from the literal “takur tukang besi” to the standard Burung Indonesia name.

Cave swiftlet: Indonesian spelling corrected and range completed with Lombok and nearby islands.

Blyth’s hornbill: the Indonesian name in the summary now matches the standard name (was “Julang Papua”).

Helmeted friarbird: a non-standard Indonesian name in the summary was replaced with the standard one.

Yellow-crested, salmon-crested and palm cockatoos: family corrected from Psittacidae to Cacatuidae, following BirdLife, IOC and eBird.

Sahul brush cuckoo: added a taxonomic note that since 2024 it is split from the Sunda and Sulawesi brush cuckoos, so many GBIF records from Java refer to other species.

Moluccan eclectus: Indonesian name updated and a note added that the species is endemic to the Moluccas; records from Papua refer to the Papuan eclectus.

Asian palm civet: English name changed from “Northern Palm Civet” (a name for a taxon the Mammal Diversity Database does not record in Indonesia) to “Asian Palm Civet”, and the Indonesian name made specific (musang luwak).

Large flying fox: the main Indonesian name was changed from the regional “bengkawat (Kalimantan)” to the standard “kalong besar”.

Moor macaque: the main Indonesian name was changed from the Bugis name “ceba” to the name used by BBKSDA South Sulawesi.

Bornean white-bearded gibbon: the main Indonesian name was changed from the local “kelempiao” to the name in the P.106/2018 annex.

Diadem leaf-nosed bat: a non-standard Indonesian name was replaced with the standard “barong besar”.

Asian house shrew: body size corrected (head-and-body 9–16 cm plus a 4.5–11 cm tail), replacing a total length that was too small.

Agile gibbon: the distance the great call carries was corrected to about 800 m as the source states; the “1” in the agency source is a frequency (1 kHz), not a distance.

Sunda porcupine: an unsupported claim about West Java research was replaced with the range given in the Handbook of the Mammals of the World (endemic to Java, Bali and the Lesser Sundas).

Javan pied starling: added the Critically Endangered status from BirdLife, which was not shown, so the species now appears on the threatened list.

Asian small-clawed otter: added the IUCN Vulnerable status, which was not shown, so the species now appears on the threatened list.

Glossary: the Least Concern definition now distinguishes it from Near Threatened, and the Indonesian term for “protected area” was changed to “kawasan terlindungi”, the official CBD translation.

Gili Eco Trust: the official website was unavailable when checked (the domain shows a “domain not connected” error); the profile now says so and links to an archived copy of the organisation’s page.

False gharial: family corrected from Crocodylidae to Gavialidae, and the year of the uplisting to Endangered corrected to 2023 (IUCN Red List 2023-1).

Asian house gecko: the Indonesian text wrongly called it “tokek rumah” (the tokay’s name); corrected to “cicak rumah”.

Puff-faced water snake: range corrected to Southeast Asia; since the 2012 revision, South Asian records are not treated as this species.

Painted bronzeback: range corrected; populations from India to Myanmar are now treated as a separate species (Dendrelaphis proarchos).

Double-spotted gecko: range completed with Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua.

Marbled bent-toed gecko: range clarified as an Indonesian gecko known mainly from Java.

Asian water monitor: Indonesian range given as Sumatra, Java, Bali, Kalimantan, Sulawesi and parts of Nusa Tenggara instead of the general Asian range.

Crown-of-thorns starfish: Indonesian range corrected to coral reefs throughout Indonesia; only three places were listed before.

Tiger shark: Indonesian range corrected to Indonesian waters generally (Aceh and West Nusa Tenggara are landing sites), and family updated to Galeocerdonidae.

Reef and oceanic manta rays: family corrected from Myliobatidae to Mobulidae; the reef manta’s Indonesian range is now specific.

Oriental bluespotted maskray: added a note that the accepted spelling is Neotrygon orientalis and that its IUCN status is Least Concern.

Raja Ampat walking shark: Indonesian name changed from the rarely used “cucut tekeh” to the name used by Indonesian media and researchers.

Leatherback turtle: the record migration’s tracking dates were corrected (2006 to early 2008; the signal was lost off Oregon), and Fena Leisela beach on Buru is now named with a source.

Indonesian coelacanth: newborn size corrected to 36–38 cm as given by FishBase.

Green turtle, dugong, whale shark, hawksbill and olive ridley: the Indonesian range is now specific, following the annex to Fisheries Decree 66/2025 and KKP sources, replacing a global range.

Pacific reef egret: Indonesian name corrected; “cangak pasifik” is the name of a different species (Ardea pacifica).

Grey-rumped treeswift: Indonesian name in the summary corrected; “tepekong rangkang” is the name of Hemiprocne comata.

White-bellied sea eagle: added the missing Indonesian name.

Northern fantail: explained that under BirdLife and Burung Indonesia this is the Timor fantail, while the fantails of Maluku and Papua are now separate species.

Barn swallow: the main Indonesian name was changed to the Burung Indonesia standard.

Brown honeyeater, metallic starling, freckle-breasted woodpecker, black-naped fruit dove, rainbow bee-eater, cerulean kingfisher and Sultan’s cuckoo-dove: Indonesian names in summaries now match the standard names.

Cerulean kingfisher: English name updated from “Small Blue Kingfisher”, following BirdLife, IOC and Burung Indonesia.

Black-winged flycatcher-shrike: family updated from Tephrodornithidae to Vangidae, following BirdLife and Burung Indonesia.

Green junglefowl: range clarified as Java, Bali and Nusa Tenggara.

Palm cockatoo: a claim that drumming advertises territory was removed because its source does not support it; the source describes it as part of the male’s courtship display.

Automatic summaries: a broken range sentence (“found in widespread in”) was fixed on every page.

Yellow-vented bulbul, spotted dove, Pacific swallow and collared kingfisher: Indonesian ranges are now specific instead of a general Asian range.

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