Papua New Guinea Bird List

Papua New Guinea Bird List

Pepper Trail

9/22 9/23 9/24 9/25 9/25 9/26 9/27 9/28 9/29 9/30 9/30 10/1 10/1 10/2 10/3 10/4 10/4 10/5

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Waterfowl

Wandering Whistling-Duck X

Radjah Shelduck X X 6

Pacific Black Duck X

Megapodes

Melanesian Scrubfowl [X] X

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon X

Pacific Emerald Dove X 1 X

Stephan’s Dove X

Peaceful Dove X X

FD with yellow breast &tail tips X

Orange-fronted Fruit-Dove X X 4 X X

Yellow-bibbed Fruit-Dove X

Coroneted Fruit-Dove X

Claret-breasted Fruit-Dove X Orange-bellied Fruit-Dove X X

Dwarf Fruit-Dove X

Island Imperial-Pigeon X

Pinon’s Imperial-Pigeon X 1 X H X

Torresian Imperial-Pigeon X X X X X X X X X

Nicobar Pigeon X 1 X

Cuckoos

White-necked Coucal X

Pheasant Coucal [H]

Channel-billed Cuckoo X 14 X X

Brush Cuckoo [H]

Oriental Cuckoo X 1

Swifts

Glossy Swiftlet X X

Uniform Swiftlet X X X

Treeswifts

Moustached Treeswift X

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

Buff-banded Rail X 1 X

Australasian Swamphen X Shorebirds

Pacific Golden-Plover X X

Masked Lapwing X

Ruddy Turnstone X

Whimbrel [X] X [X] X X

Snipe sp. X X

Common Sandpiper [X] X X X

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper [X]

Wandering Tatter [X]

Gray-tailed Tattler [X]

Red-necked Phalarope X X

Skuas and Jaegers

Parasitic Jaeger X

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

X Brown Noddy X 100s X Black Noddy X X X X 100s

White Tern X 100

Little Tern X

Whiskered Tern [X]

Bridled Tern X [X] X Sooty Tern X

Gull-billed Tern X

Black-naped Tern X X 2

Common Tern X X X X X

Roseate Tern X

Great Crested Tern X X X X X X [X] X

Petrels & Shearwaters

Wedge-tailed Shearwater X

Tahiti Petrel X X

White-faced Storm-Petrel (Aus) X

Frigatebirds and Boobies

X Lesser Frigatebird [X] X X X X X X X 100s

Great Frigatebird [X] X X

Brown Booby [X] X X X X X

X Red-footed Booby 100s

Red-tailed Tropicbird X

Cormorants and Anhingas

Little Pied Cormorant X

Little Black Cormorant X Australasian Darter X

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

Great-billed Heron X

Great Egret X X

Intermediate Egret X X X

Little Egret X X

Pacific Reef-Heron X X X X

Pied Heron X

Cattle Egret X X

Rufous Night-Heron X

Australian Ibis X X

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Osprey [X] X 1 X

Long-tailed Honey-buzzard [X] X

Pacific Baza [X]

Gurney’s Eagle X

Variable Goshawk X 1 X X

Black Kite X X X X

Whistling Kite X X X

Brahminy Kite X X X X X X X X White-bellied Sea-Eagle [X] X X X X 1 X X

Hornbills

Blyth’s Hornbill X X X X X

Kingfishers

Azure Kingfisher X

Blue-winged Kookaburra X

Rufous-bellied Kookaburra H X X X

Collared (Micronesian?) Kfishr X

Collared (Torresian?) Kingfisher X

Sacred Kingfisher X X X 1 X X X X

Beach Kingfisher X 2 X

Yellow-billed Kingfisher [X]

Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies

Rainbow Bee-eater X 1

Dollarbird X [X] X

Falcons and Caracaras

Australian Kestrel X

Cockatoos

Palm Cockatoo X [X] Sulphur-crested Cockatoo X X 3 X X X X

Parrots, Parakeets & Allies

Eclectus Parrot X X X 10 X X X X X

Red-cheeked Parrot [X] X 2 X X

Purple-bellied Lory X X 8 X X X

Dusky Lory [X]

Coconut Lorikeet X X X

Orange-fronted Hanging-Parrot X

Scrub-birds and Bowerbirds

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird X X

Fairywrens

White-shouldered Fairywren [X]

Honeyeaters

Mimic Honeyeater X X

Elegant Honeyeater [X]

Varied Honeyeater X H

Yellow-tinted Honeyeater X X

Brown-backed Honeyeater X 3

Rufous-banded Honeyeater X X Papuan Black Myzomela X 1

Bismarck Black Myzomela X 20 X

Meyer’s Friarbird X

Helmeted Friarbird X X X 12 X X X X X X

Thornbills and Allies

Yellow-bellied Gerygone X

Cuckooshrikes

Black-faced Cuckooshrike X

White-bellied Cuckooshrike X X

Varied Triller X 1 X

Common Cicadabird [X]

Whistlers and Allies

Gray Shrikethrush X X

Mangrove Golden Whistler X

Old World Orioles

Brown Oriole X

Woodswallows

White-breasted Woodswallow X X X X 8 X

Bellmagpies and Allies Lowland Peltops X

Black-backed Butcherbird X

Hooded Butcherbird X X 2 X X

Fantails

Willie-wagtail X X X X [X] X X X X X X X

Drongos

Spangled Drongo [X] X

Birds-of-Paradise

Jobi Manucode [X]

Curl-crested Manucode X 6 X

Glossy-mantled Manucode [X]

Growling Riflebird X

Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise X

Monarch Flycatchers

Golden Monarch [X]

Islet Monarch X 6 X

Satin Flycatcher X 1

Shining Flycatcher [X] X

Jays, Crows, and Ravens Gray Crow X

Bismarck Crow X X

Torresian Crow X X X 5 X X X X

Berrypeckers and Longbills

Pygmy Longbill [X]

Cisticolas and Allies

Golden-headed Cisticola X X 3 X

Martins and Swallows

Pacific Swallow X X X X X X X X X X X X

Starlings and Mynas

Metallic Starling X X 20 X X X X X X X

Singing Starling X X 12 X X X X X X X X

Yellow-faced Myna X X X

Flowerpeckers

Red-capped Flowerpecker X X 1 X

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Black Sunbird X X 4 X X X X X X

Olive-backed Sunbird [X] X X 8 X X X X X X

Estrildids Streak-headed Munia [X]

Grand Munia X

Hooded Munia X

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow [X]

Eurasian Tree Sparrow X X X X X

Wagtails and Pipits

Yellow Wagtail [X]

22-Sep Port Moresby 23-Sep Port Moresby area 24-Sep Suau Island 25-Sep: AM Fergussson 25-Sep: PM Dobu 26-Sep Trobriand 27-Sep Tufi 28-Sep Lababia 29-Sep Tami 30-Sep: AM Madang 30-Sep: PM Karkar 1-Oct: AM Sepik 1-Oct: PM At Sea 2-Oct Alim 3-Oct Tingwon 4-Oct: AM At Sea 4-Oct: PM Rabaul 5-Oct Rabaul Cultural Connections of Papua New Guinea By Rich Pagen 17-Sep 18-Sep 19-Sep 20-Sep 21-Sep 22-Sep BIRDS Litte black cormorant x x Litte pied cormorant x x Australasian Darter x x Black bittern x Nankeen night-heron x Eastern great Egret x x x Great-billed heron x x Pied heron x Whistling kite x x x x Black kite x x x x x x Brahminy kite x x x x White-bellied sea-eagle x x Black-billed cuckoo-dove x x Great cuckoo-dove x Torresian imperial pigeon x Zoe imperial pigeon x Pinon imperial pigeon x x Papuan mountain pigeon x Eclectus parrot x x x Palm cockatoo x Sulphur-crested cockatoo x x x Yellow-billed lorikeet x Dusky lory x Red-cheeked parrot x x x Blythe’s hornbill x x Greater black coucal x Glossy swiftlet x x x x x Pacific swallow x x x Oriental dollarbird x x Azure kingfisher x White-shouldered fairy-wren x Elfin myzomela x Red-collared myzomela x x Helmeted friarbird x x Meyer’s friarbird x Yellow-streaked honeyeater x Common smoky honeyeater x x Yellow-browed melidectes x x x Fan-tailed berrypecker x Black sunbird x x x Lowland Peltops x x x Hooded butcherbird x White-bellied cuckooshrike x x Willie wagtail x x x x Black fantail x x Glossy manucode x x Stephanie’s astrapia x Superb bird of paradise x x Twelve-wired bird of paradise x x Blue bird of paradise x Long-tailed shrike x x Island leaf-warbler x x New Guinea white-eye x x x Spangled drongo x x Metallic starling x x REPTILES Skink sp. x x Green gecko x x x Grey gecko x x x

17 September - Port Moresby to Karawari 18 September - Karawari 19 September - Karawari 20 September - Karawari to Mount Hagen and Rondon Ridge 21 September - Mount Hagen and Rondon Ridge 22 September - Mount Hagen and Rondon Ridge 23 September - Mount Hagen and Rondon Ridge to Port Moresby