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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 AM PM AM PM AM PM AM PM 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.
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