Wallace's Standardwing

So the final Sulawesi bird post and we have to end it on the whole reason for the trip - the bird Wayne has always wanted to see Wallace's Standardwing a magnificent bird of paradise.  Two trips were made to see this fabulous bird at its lek - always high up and in deep shade its not an easy bird to digiscope! It was originally discovered in 1858 and not seen again for nearly 60 years and only a handful of times up to 1953 and no further sightings until rediscovered in 1983 - it was filmed by David Attenborough in 1986 and broadcast and it was seeing this documentary that stuck in Wayne's mind ever since and inspired this trip.