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Species Recorded on Mass Audubon's Tour to Papua New Guinea & New Britain Species Recorded on Mass Audubon's Tour to Papua New Guinea & New Britain August 12 to September 2, 2011 Cassowaries Casuariidae Southern Cassowary "feeder bird" (Ekame) Casuarius casuarius Megapodes Megapodiidae Wattled Brushturkey (NG) Aepypodius arfakianus Black-billed Brushturkey (NG) H + mound Talegalla fuscirostris Melanesian Megapode (NE) Megapodius eremita Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt Pheasants, Fowl & Allies Phasianidae Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora Ducks, Geese & Swans Anatidae Spotted Whistling Duck Dendrocygna guttata Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata Raja (White-headed) Shelduck Tadorna radjah Salvadori's Teal (NG) Salvadorina waigiuensis Green Pygmy Goose Nettapus pulchellus Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa Grey Teal Anas gracilis Grebes Podicipedidae Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae Ibises, Spoonbills Threskiornithidae Australian [White] Ibis Threskiornis molucca Straw-necked Ibis (Brisbane Airport) Threskiornis spinicollis Herons, Bitterns Ardeidae Black Bittern Dupetor flavicollis Nankeen (Rufous) Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus Striated Heron Butorides striata [Eastern] Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus [Eastern] Great Egret Ardea modesta Intermediate (Yellow-billed) Egret Egretta intermedia Pied Heron Egretta picata Little Egret Egretta garzetta Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra Frigatebirds Fregatidae Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel Gannets, Boobies Sulidae Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Cormorants, shags Phalacrocoracidae Page 1 Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Anhingas, darters Anhingidae [Australasian] Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae Ospreys Pandionidae [Eastern] Osprey Pandion cristatus Kites, Hawks & Eagles Accipitridae Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata Long-tailed Honey Buzzard (NE) Henicopernis longicauda Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Black Kite Milvus migrans affinis Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster Papuan (Eastern Marsh) Harrier (NG) Circus (spilonotus)spilothorax Variable Goshawk Accipiter hiogaster Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrocephalus Papuan (New Guinea) Eagle (NG) Harpyopsis novaeguineae Falcons Falconidae Oriental Hobby Falco severus Brown Falcon Falco berigora Rails, Crakes & Coots Rallidae Chestnut Forest Rail (Crake) (NG) Rallina rubra Pale-vented Bush-hen H: Dion only (Ekame) Amaurornis moluccana White-browed Crake H: Dion only (Ekame) Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa Plovers Charadriidae Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii Jacanas Jacanidae Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea Sandpipers Scolopacidae Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Coursers & Pratincoles Glareolidae Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella Gulls & Terns Laridae Page 2 Black Noddy Anous minutus Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Swift (Great Crested) Tern Thalasseus bergii Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana Common Tern Sterna hirundo Pigeons & Doves Columbidae Common (Rock) Pigeon Columba livia Slender-billed (Brown) Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis Bar-tailed (Bl-billed) Cuckoo-Dove (NG) Macropygia nigrirostris MacKinlay's Cuckoo-Dove (BA) Macropygia mackinlayi Great Cuckoo-Dove (NE) Reinwardtoena reinwardtii Stephan's Emerald Dove (NE) Chalcophaps stephani New Guinea Bronzewing (NG) H Henicophaps albifrons Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis Nicobar Pigeon Caloenas nicobarica Southern Crowned Pigeon (NG) Goura scheepmakeri Wompoo Fruit Dove Ptilinopus magnificus Pink-spotted Fruit Dove (NG) Ptilinopus perlatus Ornate Fruit Dove (NG) Ptilinopus ornatus Orange-fronted Fruit Dove (NG) Ptilinopus aurantiifrons Superb Fruit Dove Ptilinopus superbus Beautiful Fruit Dove (NG) Ptilinopus pulchellus Yellow-bibbed Fruit Dove (BA) Ptilinopus solomonensis Orange-bellied Fruit Dove (NG) Ptilinopus iozonus Knob-billed Fruit Dove (BA) Ptilinopus insolitus Dwarf Fruit Dove (NG) Ptilinopus nanus Red-knobbed Imperial Pigeon (BA) Ducula rubricera Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon (NE) Ducula rufigaster Finsch's (Growling) Imperial Pigeon (BA) Ducula finschii Island (Floury) Imperial Pigeon (BA) Ducula pistrinaria Pinon's Imperial Pigeon (NG) Ducula pinon Collared Imperial Pigeon (NG) Ducula mullerii Zoe's Imperial Pigeon (NG) Ducula zoeae Torresian Imperial Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa Yellowish Imperial Pigeon (BA) Ducula subflavescens Papuan Mountain Pigeon (NE) Gymnophaps albertisii Cockatoos Cacatuidae Palm Cockatoo (NE) Probosciger aterrimus Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita Blue-eyed Cockatoo (BA) Cacatua ophthalmica Parrots Psittacidae Page 3 Pesquet's (Vulturine) Parrot (NG) Psittrichas fulgidus Orange-fronted Hanging Parrot (NG) Loriculus aurantiifrons Bismarck Hanging Parrot (BA) Loriculus tener Yellow-capped Pygmy Parrot (NG) Micropsitta keiensis Buff-faced Pygmy Parrot (NG) Micropsitta pusio Red (Rose)-breasted Pygmy Parrot (NG) Micropsitta bruijnii Yellowish-streaked Lory (NG) Chalcopsitta sintillata Dusky Lory (NG) Pseudeos fuscata Coconut (Rainbow) Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus Goldie's Lorikeet (NG) Psitteuteles goldiei Black-capped Lory (NG) Lorius lory Purple-bellied (E Black-cap) Lory (NG) Lorius hypoinochrous Striated (Streaked) Lorikeet (NG) Charmosyna multistriata Red-flanked Lorikeet (NE) Charmosyna placentis Papuan Lorikeet (NG) Charmosyna papou Plum-faced (Whiskered) Lorikeet (NG) Oreopsittacus arfaki Yellow-billed Lorikeet (NG) Neopsittacus musschenbroekii Orange-billed Lorikeet (NG) Neopsittacus pullicauda Brehm's Tiger Parrot (NG) Psittacella brehmii Red-cheeked Parrot (NE) Geoffroyus geoffroyi Song (Singing) Parrot (BA) H Geoffroyus heteroclitus Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus Papuan King Parrot (NG) Alisterus chloropterus Orange-breasted Fig Parrot (NG) Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii Double-eyed Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma Cuckoos Cuculidae White-necked (Pied) Coucal (BA) Centropus ateralbus Ivory-billed (Greater Black) Coucal (NG) Centropus menbeki Violaceous Coucal (BA) Centropus violaceus Black-billed (Lesser Black) Coucal (NG) Centropus bernsteini Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus Dwarf Koel (NG) Microdynamis parva Asian Koel H Eudynamys scolopaceus Pacific (Australian) Koel Eudynamys orientalis Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae Long-billed Cuckoo (NG) Chrysococcyx megarhynchus Rufous-throated Bronze Cuckoo (NG) Chrysococcyx ruficollis White-eared Bronze Cuckoo (NG) Chrysococcyx meyerii Little (Malay) Bronze Cuckoo Chrysococcyx minutillus White-crowned Cuckoo (Koel) (NG) Cacomantis leucolophus Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis castaneiventris Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus Page 4 Barn Owls Tytonidae Eastern Barn Owl "bus-ted"! Tyto delicatula True Owls Strigidae Papuan (Jungle) Boobook (NG) H Ninox theomacha New Britain (Spangled) Boobook (BA) Ninox odiosa Papuan Hawk-Owl (NG) Dion only (Ekame) Uroglaux dimorpha Frogmouths Podargidae Marbled Frogmouth Dion only (Ekame) Podargus ocellatus Papuan (Giant) Frogmouth Podargus papuensis Nightjars Caprimulgidae Papuan Nightjar (NG) Eurostopodus papuensis Archbold's (Cloud Forest) Nightjar (NG) Eurostopodus archboldi Large-tailed Nightjar H Caprimulgus macrurus Owlet-nightjars Aegothelidae Starry Owlet-nightjar (NG) Aegotheles tatei Wallace's Owlet-nightjar (NG) H: Dion only (Ekame) Aegotheles wallacii Mountain Owlet-nightjar (NG) Aegotheles albertisi Barred Owlet-nightjar (NG) Aegotheles bennettii Treeswifts Hemiprocnidae Moustached Treeswift (NE) Hemiprocne mystacea Swifts Apodidae Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta Mountain Swiftlet (NG) Aerodramus hirundinaceus White-rumped Swiftlet Aerodramus spodiopygius Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis Papuan Spine-tailed Swift (NG) Mearnsia novaeguineae Rollers Coraciidae Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis Kingfishers Alcedinidae Hook-billed Kingfisher (NG) H Melidora macrorrhina Common Paradise Kingfisher (NE) Tanysiptera galatea Little Paradise Kingfisher (NG) H Tanysiptera hydrocharis Black-capped Paradise Kingfisher (BA) H Tanysiptera nigriceps Brown-headed (Russet) P. Kingfisher (PNG) Tanysiptera danae Shovel-billed Kookaburra (NG) H Clytoceyx rex Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii Rufous-bellied Kookaburra (NG) Dacelo gaudichaud Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus Yellow-billed Kingfisher Syma torotoro Variable Dwarf Kingfisher H Ceyx lepidus Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Page 5 Bee-eaters Meropidae Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus Hornbills Bucerotidae Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus Pittas Pittidae Red-bellied Pitta H Erythropitta erythrogaster Hooded Pitta H Pitta sordida Bowerbirds Ptilonorhynchidae Archbold's Bowerbird (NG) Archboldia papuensis Flame Bowerbird (NG) Sericulus ardens Yellow-breasted Bowerbird (NG) Chlamydera lauterbachi Fawn-breasted Bowerbird Chlamydera cerviniventris Australasian Treecreepers Climacteridae Papuan Treecreeper (NG) H: Dion only Cormobates placens Australasian Wrens Maluridae Emperor Fairywren (NG) Malurus cyanocephalus White-shouldered Fairywren (NG) Malurus alboscapulatus Orange-crowned
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