“Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, in the north of the Timor Sea. The island is divided between the sovereign states of East Timor on the eastern part and Indonesia on the western part. The Indonesian part, also known as West Timor, constitutes part of the province of East Nusa Tenggara.”

“Timor is the principal island of the Outer Banda Arc, which has been upthrust by collision with the Australian continent. Timor has older geology and lacks the volcanic nature of the northern Lesser Sunda Islands. These features have been explained as the result of being on the northern edge of the Indo-Australian Plate.”

“The Timor Island have a great number of birds, mainly of Asian origin with some of Australasian origin. There is a total of 250 species of which 24 are endemic, due to the relative isolation of Timor, including 5 threatened species; the slaty cuckoo-dove, Wetar ground dove, Timor green pigeon, Timor imperial pigeon, and iris lorikeet.”