#timor island

[jontycrane]

Atauro Island Circuit - Anartutu to Beloi

For the detailed route and logistical information please select this hike below (click top left for the list of hikes). My final day walking a rarely completed circuit of Atauro Island took me from the hills back down to the coast, returning to Beloi where I started five days before. It was an extremely wet night in Anartutu with torrential rain which was almost deafening on the tin roof of the…

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[bigdogdiving]

Timor-Leste

[nationsoftheworldtournament]

First Set of Matches coming soon, listed below so you can begin working on your propaganda

1. England vs Peru

2. Conch Republic vs Botswana

3. Liberia vs Guinea-Bissau

4. Kingdom of Talossa vs Johnston Atoll

5. Principality of Seborga vs Northern Cyprus

6. Montenegro vs Sao Tome and Principe 7. East Timor vs Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

8. Croatia vs United States Virgin Islands

9. Hajduk Republic of Mijat Tomic vs French Southern and Antarctic Lands

10. Kingdom of Wallachia vs Gabon

[hatutannews]

Xanana Akan Hadiri Forum AIS di Bali

Hatutan.com, (09 Oktober 2023), Dili—Perdana Menteri Timor-Leste, Xanana Gusmão dan  24 delegasi dari negara-negara pulau dan kepulauan di dunia diundang untuk berpartisipasi dalan Konferensi Tingkat Tinggi (KTT) Archipelagic and Island States (AIS)  yang akan digelar di Nusa Dua, Bali-Indonesia. Continue reading Untitled

[todaysbird]

the pacific baza is a slender, medium-sized hawk found in australia, indonesia, papua new guinea, the solomon islands, and east timor. they are the only new guinean raptor with a crest. somewhat unusually for a hawk, this species is omnivorous, and feeds on fruits and vegetation in addition to lizards, birds, and other small prey. females are slightly heavier than males, with more brown coloration on their uppersides, sometimes with more dark barring on their secondary flight feathers. both sexes are primarily gray, brown, and white. this species is largely non-migratory.

[txttletale]

driving around the usa iwth 144 'not my president' bumper stickers entirely covering my car bearing images of the current presidents of albania, algeria, angola, argentina, armenia, austria, azerbaijan, bangladesh, barbados, belarus, benin, bolivia, bosnia and herzegovina, botswana, brazil, bulgaria, burkina faso, burundi, cameroon, cape verde, central african republic, chad, chile, colombia, comoros, costa rica, croatia, cuba, cyprus, czechia, djibouti, dominica, dominican republic, democratic republic of the congo, ecuador, egypt, el salvador, equatorial guinea, eritrea, estonia, ethiopia, fiji, finland, france, gabon, gambia, georgia, germany, ghana, greece, guatemala, guinea, guinea bissau, guyana, haiti, honduras, hungary, iceland, india, indonesia, iran, iraq, ireland, israel, italy, ivory coast, kazakhstan, kenya, kiribati, kosovo, kyrgyzstan, laos, latvia, lebanon, liberia, lithuania, malawai, maldives, mali, malta, marshall islands, mauritania, mauritius, mexico, micronesia, moldova, mongolia, montenegro, mozambique, myanmar, namibia, nauru, nepal, nicaragua, niger, nigeria, north macedonia, pakistan, palau, palestine, panama, paraguay, peru, philippines, poland, portugal, republic of china, republic of the congo, republic of korea, romania, russia, rwanda, sao tome and principe, senegal, serbia, seychelles, sierra leone, singapore, slovakia, slovenia, somalia, south africa, south sudan, sri lanka, suriname, syria, tajikistan, tanzania, timor leste, togo, trinidad and tobago, tunisia, turkey, turkmenistan, uganda, ukraine, united arab emirates, uruguay, uzbekistan, vanuatu, venezuela, vietnam, zambia, and zimbabwe and i have to update them every time theres a presidnetlai election anywhere

[council-of-beetroot]

MIKU INDEX

List I | List II | List III | Polish List

800+ mikus and counting ↑ in those four links above

French Bretonne Miku

French Auvergne Miku

French Alsace Miku

Spain Galicia Miku

Italian Miku

Belgian Miku

Finnish Miku

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Swedish Miku

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Albanian Miku

Bułgarian Miku

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Romanian Miku

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Belarusian Miku

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Ukrainian Beer Miku

Ukrainian Miku

Grand Duchy of Lithuania Miku

Lithuanian Miku

Lithuanian Miku

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Polish Miku

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Polish Łowicz Miku

Polish Biedronka Miku

Slovak Miku

Slovak Miku

San Marino Guard Miku

Pennsylvania Dutch Miku

Acadian Miku

Colombian Cundinamarca Miku

Chilean Miku

Venezuelan Miku

Surinamese Miku

Guyanese Miku

Guatemalan Miku

Puerto Rican Miku

Grenadian Miku

Trinidadian Miku

Antigua and Barbuda Miku

Dominica Miku

Barbados Miku

Muscogee Miku

Alaskan Yupik Miku

Aleut Miku

Nigerian Miku

Cameroonian Miku the real trendsetter

Cameroonian Miku

Liberian Miku

Liberian Miku

Egyptian Miku

Tunisian Miku

Mauritanian Miku

Congo (Brazzaville) Miku

Sierra Leonean Miku

Reunión Miku

Kikuyu Kenyan Miku

Kenyan Kamba Miku

Rwanda Miku

Ugandan Miku

Seychellois Miku

Bangladeshi Miku

Nepali Miku

Thai Miku

Khmer Miku

Vietnamese Miku

Samoan Miku

Samoan Miku

Tongan Miku

Australian Miku

Filipina Miku

Filipina Miku

Filipina Palay Maiden Miku

Taiwanese Miku

Ming Dynasty Chinese Miku

Qing Dynasty Chinese Miku

Chinese Miku with other Mikus from around the world

Korean Miku

Kazakh Miku

Don Kazakh Miku

Ingush Miku

Mari Miku

Armenian Miku

Syrian Miku

Syrian Miku

Israeli Miku

Jewish Miku

Jordanian Miku

Turkish Miku

Azeri Miku

I have yet to see any for

In Africa

Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea Eswatini, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Sao Tome, Tanzania,

In North America

Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, St. Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines,

In Asia

Maldives, East Timor,

In Oceania

Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu,

If I am missing your miku let me know or if you have found a country I have listed that I couldn't find

[girlactionfigure]

HERE is the list of the 134 countries that are NOT supporting South Africa's 🇿🇦 claims of genocide against Israel 🇮🇱:

🇦🇩 Andorra 

🇦🇴 Angola 

🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 

🇦🇷 Argentina 

🇦🇲 Armenia 

🇦🇺 Australia 

🇦🇹 Austria 

🇧🇸 Bahamas 

🇧🇧 Barbados 

🇧🇾 Belarus 

🇧🇿 Belize 

🇧🇹 Bhutan 

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 

🇧🇼 Botswana 

🇧🇬 Bulgaria 

🇧🇮 Burundi 

🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 

🇰🇭 Cambodia 

🇨🇦 Canada 

🇨🇫 Central African Republic 

🇨🇱 Chile 

🇨🇳 China 

🇰🇲 Comoros 

🇨🇬 Congo 

🇨🇷 Costa Rica 

🇭🇷 Croatia 

🇨🇺 Cuba 

🇨🇾 Cyprus 

🇨🇿 Czech Republic 

🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 

🇩🇰 Denmark 

🇩🇲 Dominica 

🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 

🇹🇱 East Timor (Timor-Leste) 

🇪🇨 Ecuador 

🇸🇻 El Salvador 

🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 

🇪🇷 Eritrea 

🇪🇪 Estonia 

🇸🇿 Eswatini 

🇪🇹 Ethiopia 

🇫🇯 Fiji 

🇫🇮 Finland 

🇫🇷 France 

🇬🇪 Georgia 

🇩🇪 Germany 

🇬🇭 Ghana 

🇬🇷 Greece 

🇬🇩 Grenada 

🇬🇹 Guatemala 

🇭🇹 Haiti 

🇭🇳 Honduras 

🇭🇺 Hungary 

🇮🇸 Iceland 

🇮🇳 India 

🇮🇪 Ireland 

🇮🇹 Italy 

🇯🇲 Jamaica 

🇯🇵 Japan 

🇰🇪 Kenya 

🇰🇮 Kiribati 

🇰🇵 Korea, North (North Korea) 

🇰🇷 Korea, South (South Korea) 

🇽🇰 Kosovo 

🇱🇦 Laos 

🇱🇻 Latvia 

🇱🇸 Lesotho 

🇱🇷 Liberia 

🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 

🇱🇹 Lithuania 

🇱🇺 Luxembourg 

🇲🇬 Madagascar 

🇲🇼 Malawi

🇲🇹 Malta 

🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 

🇲🇺 Mauritius 

🇲🇽 Mexico 

🇫🇲 Micronesia 

🇲🇩 Moldova 

🇲🇨 Monaco 

🇲🇳 Mongolia 

🇲🇪 Montenegro 

🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) 

🇳🇷 Nauru 

🇳🇵 Nepal 

🇳🇱 Netherlands 

🇳🇿 New Zealand 

🇳🇮 Nicaragua 

🇲🇰 North Macedonia (Macedonia) 

🇳🇴 Norway 

🇵🇼 Palau 

🇵🇦 Panama 

🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 

🇵🇾 Paraguay 

🇵🇪 Peru 

🇵🇭 Philippines 

🇵🇱 Poland 

🇵🇹 Portugal 

🇷🇴 Romania 

🇷🇺 Russia 

🇷🇼 Rwanda 

🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 

🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 

🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 

🇼🇸 Samoa 

🇸🇲 San Marino 

🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 

🇷🇸 Serbia 

🇸🇨 Seychelles 

🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 

🇸🇬 Singapore 

🇸🇰 Slovakia 

🇸🇮 Slovenia 

🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 

🇪🇸 Spain 

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 

🇸🇪 Sweden

🇨🇭 Switzerland 

🇹🇼 Taiwan 

🇹🇿 Tanzania 

🇹🇭 Thailand 

🇹🇴 Tonga 

🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 

🇹🇳 Tunisia 

🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 

🇹🇻 Tuvalu 

🇺🇦 Ukraine 

🇬🇧 United Kingdom (UK) 

🇺🇸 United States of America (USA) 

🇺🇾 Uruguay 

🇻🇺 Vanuatu 

🇻🇦 Vatican City 

🇻🇳 Vietnam 

🇿🇲 Zambia 

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

[scottpartridge]

New bird species so far in 2024 (some already added to the AVE):

Researchers propose a split of The Silvery-Cheeked Antshrike into Northern and Southern Species based on vocal and morphological distinctions. 

The Timor Nightjar is a new species from the islands of Timor and Wetar in the Lesser Sunda Islands, 

The Giant Hummingbird has been split into a non-migrating Northern species and a migratory Southern species 

Researchers propose splitting populations of the Black-Goggled Tanager into an Atlantic forest species and an Andean species 

An undescribed new Antpitta from Colombia goes by names like Antioquia Antpitta, Paisita (referencing the local people) and Santa Rosa Antpitta. I think Antioquia Antpitta has already been suggested as a name for the Urroa Antpitta. Anyone know about that? 

[jontycrane]

Atauro Island Circuit - Atecru to Anarturu

For the detailed route and logistical information please select this hike below (click top left for the list of hikes). Day four of a rarely tackled circuit of Atauro Island took me from the coast I’d followed for three days up into the mountains. The southern part of the island is rocky with many cliffs making the coast impassable. It was another overcast day in the wet season though given…

[herpsandbirds]

Chestnut-backed Thrush (Geokichla dohertyi), family Turdidae, endemic to Lombok, Timor and the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia

photograph by Truus & Zoo

[new-dinosaurs]

Caprimulgus ritae King et al., 2024 (new species)

(A male individual of Caprimulgus ritae photographed by James Eaton, from King et al., 2024)

Meaning of name: ritae = for Rita Bobbin [friend of the study's lead author, Ben F. King]

Suggested common name: Timor nightjar

Age: Holocene (Meghalayan), extant

Where found: Primarily in lowland forests on the islands of Timor and Wetar

How much is known: At least four collected specimens (two males and two females) are held in museum collections. A fifth specimen, an immature individual, may also belong to this species, but this has not been verified by genetic analysis.

Notes: Caprimulgus is a genus of nightjars, a group of nocturnal, insect-eating birds. Nightjars typically spend the day camouflaged against the ground and use their wide mouths to capture flying insects at night.

C. ritae is closely related to the Mees's nightjar (C. meesi) from the islands of Flores and Sumba, and the large-tailed nightjar (C. macrurus), which is found across South Asia, Southeast Asia (though not Timor or Wetar), and northern Australia. In addition to being genetically distinct and geographically separated from its close relatives, C. ritae is smaller than them on average. It can also be distinguished by its vocalizations and details of plumage patterning, such as having darker brown feathers on the sides of its face.

Reference: King, B.F., G. Sangster, C.R. Trainor, M. Irestedt, D.M. Prawiradilaga, and P.G.P. Ericson. 2024. A new species of nightjar (Caprimulgus) from Timor and Wetar, Lesser Sunda Islands, Wallacea. Ibis advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/ibi.13340

[have-you-been-here]

Weekly update:

No new places this week.

The only new thing is that I added a global count to the statistics: we are at 86% of all world countries visited.

List of countries

Thanks for the stats! For those wondering, we're missing:

The republic of congo, equatorial guinea, eritrea, guinea-bissau, malawai, somalia, south sudan, zambia, bahamas, barbados, grenada, haiti, Jamaica, Nicaragua, saint kitts and nevis, saint Vincent and the grenadines, afghanistan, bangladesh, brunei, iraq, israel, kuwait, qatar, syria, timor-leste, san marino, marshall islands, nauru, and samoa.

Please submit places from these countries if you know of any good ones!

[mapsontheweb]

Spaniards and Portuguese in India and the Malay Archipelago, 1498-1580.

“Historical atlas”, William Shepherd, University of London Press, 3rd ed. 1924

by cartesdhistoire

Muslim merchants from Gujarat, based in Cambay, dominated maritime trade in the Indian Ocean in the 15th century, supported by Hindu and Jain financiers and an organized network of correspondents. The Malabar coast, a major pepper supplier, served as a hub for commercial interactions between Arab merchants from the Gulf of Aden or Oman and Chinese merchants – or their intermediaries – from Sumatra and Malacca. Muslim merchants primarily engaged in the spice trade.

The arrival of Vasco da Gama in Calicut in 1498 disrupted this system. In 1502, King Manuel entrusted him with commanding a second expedition aimed at eliminating all Muslim presence in the Indian Ocean. The Sultans of Gujarat and the Deccan sought assistance from a Mamluk fleet to counter the Portuguese, but it was defeated before Diu in 1509, paving the way for Portuguese conquests of Goa in 1510, Malacca in 1511, Hormuz in 1515, Diu in 1535, and Daman in 1539.

The Portuguese occupied the southwest coast of Ceylon from 1505 to access cinnamon, establishing a fort in Colombo in 1518. They controlled the north, west, and south coasts of the island, key areas for the cinnamon and precious stone trade.

The Moluccas were another target because the Banda Islands produced nutmeg, while Ternate and Tidore produced cloves. The Portuguese established privileged relations with the sultans of Ternate and Tidore, facilitating their settlement in Amboyna and Timor, despite the capture of Malacca from Sultan Mahmoud Shah.

The Portuguese monopoly endured until the emergence of the English East India Company and the Battle of Swally in 1612.

Meanwhile, Spain remained engaged in the spice race, aiming to connect America to the Moluccas and their spices. Following expeditions in 1525 (Loayza) and 1528 (Saavedra), Spain secured a definitive return route in 1565 (Urdaneta) and established settlements in the Philippines in 1571.