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NEW GUINEA SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST

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NEW GUINEA

Area (SqMi):303,381
# Species:805
# Excl Vagrants:752
# Endemics:360
# Near Endemics:72
Species/1000 SqMi:2.5

List of species that are endemic (E), near endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or occur only locally (LC) in the country excluding vagrants and accidentals. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*

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1Northern CassowaryCasuarius unappendiculatusE 
2Magpie GooseAnseranas semipalmataNE 
3Salvadori's TealSalvadorina waigiuensisE 
4Wattled BrushturkeyAepypodius arfakianusE 
5Waigeo BrushturkeyAepypodius bruijniiEEN
6Red-billed BrushturkeyTalegalla cuvieriE 
7Black-billed BrushturkeyTalegalla fuscirostrisE 
8Red-legged BrushturkeyTalegalla jobiensisE 
9Dusky MegapodeMegapodius freycinetE 
10Biak MegapodeMegapodius geelvinkianusENT
11New Guinea MegapodeMegapodius decollatusE 
12Snow Mountain QuailSynoicus monorthonyxENT
13Great Cuckoo-DoveReinwardtoena reinwardtiNE 
14New Guinea BronzewingHenicophaps albifronsE 
15<White-bibbed Ground Dove>Pampusana jobiensisE 
16Cinnamon Ground DoveGallicolumba rufigulaE 
17Thick-billed Ground-PigeonTrugon terrestrisE 
18Pheasant PigeonOtidiphaps nobilisE 
19Western Crowned-PigeonGoura cristataEV
20Sclater's Crowned-PigeonGoura sclateriiENT
21Scheepmaker's Crowned-PigeonGoura scheepmakeriEV
22Victoria Crowned-PigeonGoura victoriaENT
23Wompoo Fruit-DovePtilinopus magnificusNE 
24Pink-spotted Fruit-DovePtilinopus perlatusE 
25Western Ornate Fruit-DovePtilinopus ornatusE 
26Eastern Ornate Fruit-Dove**Ptilinopus gestroiE 
27Wallace's Fruit-DovePtilinopus wallaciiE 
28Coroneted Fruit-DovePtilinopus coronulatusE 
29Beautiful Fruit-DovePtilinopus pulchellusE 
30Mountain Fruit-Dove**Ptilinopus bellusE 
31Geelvink Fruit-DovePtilinopus speciosusE 
32Dwarf Fruit-DovePtilinopus nainusE 
33Spice Imperial-PigeonDucula myristicivoraNE 
34Geelvink Imperial-PigeonDucula geelvinkianaE 
35Purple-tailed Imperial-PigeonDucula rufigasterE 
36Rufescent Imperial-PigeonDucula chalconotaE 
37Pinon's Imperial-PigeonDucula pinonE 
38Collared Imperial-PigeonDucula mulleriiE 
39Zoe's Imperial-PigeonDucula zoeaeE 
40Torresian Imperial-PigeonDucula spilorrhoaNE 
41Long-billed CuckooRhamphomantis megarhynchusE 
42Greater Black CoucalCentropus menbekiE 
43Lesser Black CoucalCentropus bernsteiniE 
44Biak CoucalCentropus chalybeusENT
45Dwarf KoelMicrodynamis parvaE 
46Rufous-throated Bronze-CuckooChrysococcyx ruficollisE 
47White-eared Bronze-CuckooChrysococcyx meyeriiE 
48White-crowned CuckooCacomantis leucolophusE 
49Chestnut-breasted CuckooCacomantis castaneiventrisNE 
50Marbled FrogmouthPodargus ocellatusNE 
51Papuan FrogmouthPodargus papuensisNE 
52Papuan NightjarEurostopodus papuensisE 
53Archbold's NightjarEurostopodus archboldiE 
54Feline Owlet-nightjarAegotheles insignisE 
55Wallace's Owlet-nightjarAegotheles wallaciiE 
56Mountain Owlet-nightjarAegotheles albertisiE 
57Barred Owlet-nightjarAegotheles bennettiiE 
58Papuan SpinetailMearnsia novaeguineaeE 
59Mountain SwiftletAerodramus hirundinaceusE 
60Bare-legged SwiftletAerodramus nuditarsusE 
61Three-toed SwiftletAerodramus papuensisE 
62New Guinea Flightless RailMegacrex ineptaE 
63Chestnut Forest RailRallicula rubraE 
64White-striped Forest RailRallicula leucospilaENT
65Forbes's Forest RailRallicula forbesiE 
66Mayr's Forest RailRallicula mayriE 
67Beach Thick-kneeEsacus magnirostris NT
68Bush Thick-kneeBurhinus grallariusLC 
69/Far Eastern Curlew/Numenius madagascariensis EN
70/Bar-tailed Godwit/Limosa lapponica NT
71/Black-tailed Godwit/Limosa limosa NT
72/New Guinea Woodcock/Scolopax rosenbergiiE 
73\Latham's Snipe\Gallinago hardwickii NT
74/Gray-tailed Tattler/Tringa brevipes NT
75/Great Knot/Calidris tenuirostris EN
76/Sharp-tailed Sandpiper/Calidris acuminata V
77/Curlew Sandpiper/Calidris ferruginea NT
78/Red-necked Stint/Calidris ruficollis NT
79#Streaked Shearwater#Calonectris leucomelas NT
80/Black-necked Stork/Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus NT
81Black-backed BitternIxobrychus dubiusNE 
82Forest BitternZonerodius heliosylusENT
83Long-tailed Honey-buzzardHenicopernis longicaudaE 
84New Guinea EagleHarpyopsis novaeguineaeEV
85Gurney's EagleAquila gurneyi NT
86Papuan HarrierCircus spilothoraxE 
87Black-mantled GoshawkAccipiter melanochlamysE 
88Gray-headed GoshawkAccipiter poliocephalusE 
89Chestnut-shouldered GoshawkErythrotriorchis buergersiE 
90Doria's GoshawkMegatriorchis doriaeENT
91Sooty-OwlTyto tenebricosaNE 
92Biak Scops-OwlOtus beccariiEV
93Rufous OwlNinox rufaNE 
94Papuan BoobookNinox theomachaE 
95Papuan OwlUroglaux dimorphaE 
96Blyth's KingfisherAlcedo hercules NT
97Papuan Dwarf-KingfisherCeyx solitariusE 
98Manus Dwarf-KingfisherCeyx disparENT
99New Ireland Dwarf-KingfisherCeyx mulcatusE 
100New Britain Dwarf-KingfisherCeyx sacerdotisE 
101North Solomons Dwarf-KingfisherCeyx meekiE 
102Guadalcanal Dwarf-KingfisherCeyx nigromaxillaE 
103Blue-winged KookaburraDacelo leachiiNE 
104Spangled KookaburraDacelo tyroE 
105Rufous-bellied KookaburraDacelo gaudichaudE 
106Shovel-billed KookaburraClytoceyx rexE 
107Blue-black KingfisherTodiramphus nigrocyaneusENT
108Colonist KingfisherTodiramphus colonusE 
109Torresian KingfisherTodiramphus sordidusNE 
110Hook-billed KingfisherMelidora macrorrhinaE 
111Yellow-billed KingfisherSyma torotoroNE 
112Mountain KingfisherSyma megarhynchaE 
113Little Paradise-KingfisherTanysiptera hydrocharisE 
114Kofiau Paradise-KingfisherTanysiptera elliotiENT
115Biak Paradise-KingfisherTanysiptera riedeliiENT
116Numfor Paradise-KingfisherTanysiptera carolinaeENT
117Red-breasted Paradise-KingfisherTanysiptera nymphaE 
118Black-capped Paradise-KingfisherTanysiptera nigricepsE 
119Palm CockatooProbosciger aterrimusNE 
120Pesquet's ParrotPsittrichas fulgidusEV
121Geelvink Pygmy-ParrotMicropsitta geelvinkianaE 
122Buff-faced Pygmy-ParrotMicropsitta pusioE 
123Moluccan King-ParrotAlisterus amboinensisE 
124Papuan King-ParrotAlisterus chloropterusE 
125Red-winged ParrotAprosmictus erythropterusNE 
126<Blue-collared Parrot>Geoffroyus simplexE 
127Painted Tiger-ParrotPsittacella pictaE 
128Brehm's Tiger-ParrotPsittacella brehmiiE 
129Modest Tiger-ParrotPsittacella modestaE 
130Madarasz's Tiger-ParrotPsittacella madarasziE 
131Dusky-cheeked Fig-ParrotCyclopsitta melanogeniaE 
132Blue-fronted Fig-ParrotCyclopsitta gulielmitertiiNE 
133Black-fronted Fig-ParrotCyclopsitta nigrifronsE 
134Double-eyed Fig-ParrotCyclopsitta diophthalmaNE 
135Large Fig-ParrotPsittaculirostris desmarestiiE 
136Edwards's Fig-ParrotPsittaculirostris edwardsiiE 
137Salvadori's Fig-ParrotPsittaculirostris salvadoriiE 
138Plum-faced LorikeetOreopsittacus arfakiE 
139Pygmy LorikeetCharminetta wilhelminaeE 
140Red-fronted LorikeetHypocharmosyna rubronotataE 
141Fairy LorikeetCharmosynopsis pulchellaE 
142Striated LorikeetSynorhacma multistriataENT
143Josephine's LorikeetCharmosyna josefinaeE 
144West Papuan LorikeetCharmosyna papouE 
145Stella's LorikeetCharmosyna stellaeE 
146Yellow-billed LorikeetNeopsittacus musschenbroekiiE 
147Orange-billed LorikeetNeopsittacus pullicaudaE 
148Black-capped LoryLorius loryE 
149<Dusky Lory>Pseudeos fuscataE 
150Brown LoryChalcopsitta duivenbodeiE 
151Black LoryChalcopsitta atraE 
152Yellow-streaked LoryChalcopsitta scintillataE 
153<Goldie's Lorikeet>Glossoptilus goldieiE 
154Black-winged LoryEos cyanogeniaENT
155Violet-necked LoryEos squamataE 
156Biak LorikeetTrichoglossus rosenbergiiEV
157Papuan Hanging-ParrotLoriculus aurantiifronsE 
158North Papuan PittaErythropitta habernichtiE 
159South Papuan PittaErythropitta macklotiiNE 
160Habenicht's Pitta**Erythropitta habenichtiE 
161Eastern Hooded PittaPitta novaeguineaeNE 
162Biak Hooded PittaPitta rosenbergiiENT
163White-eared CatbirdAiluroedus buccoidesE 
164Ochre-breasted CatbirdAiluroedus stoniiE 
165Tan-capped CatbirdAiluroedus geislerorumE 
166Huon CatbirdAiluroedus astigmaticusE 
167Black-capped CatbirdAiluroedus melanocephalusE 
168Northern CatbirdAiluroedus jobiensisE 
169Arfak CatbirdAiluroedus arfakianusE 
170Black-eared CatbirdAiluroedus melanotisNE 
171Archbold's BowerbirdArchboldia papuensis NT
172Vogelkop BowerbirdAmblyornis inornataE 
173MacGregor's BowerbirdAmblyornis macgregoriaeE 
174Golden-fronted BowerbirdAmblyornis flavifronsE 
175Masked BowerbirdSericulus aureusE 
176Fire-maned BowerbirdSericulus bakeri NT
177Yellow-breasted BowerbirdChlamydera lauterbachiE 
178Fawn-breasted BowerbirdChlamydera cerviniventrisNE 
179Papuan TreecreeperCormobates placensE 
180Wallace's FairywrenSipodotus wallaciiE 
181Orange-crowned FairywrenClytomyias insignisE 
182Broad-billed FairywrenChenorhamphus grayiE 
183Emperor FairywrenMalurus cyanocephalusE 
184White-shouldered FairywrenMalurus alboscapulatusE 
185Plain HoneyeaterPycnopygius ixoidesE 
186Marbled HoneyeaterPycnopygius cinereusE 
187Streak-headed HoneyeaterPycnopygius stictocephalusE 
188Forest HoneyeaterMicroptilotis montanaE 
189Mottled HoneyeaterMicroptilotis mimikaeE 
190Mountain HoneyeaterMicroptilotis orientalisE 
191Yellow-gaped HoneyeaterMicroptilotis flavirictusE 
192Scrub HoneyeaterMicroptilotis albonotataE 
193Mimic HoneyeaterMicroptilotis analogaE 
194Graceful HoneyeaterMicroptilotis gracilisNE 
195Puff-backed HoneyeaterMeliphaga aruensisE 
196Yellow-spotted HoneyeaterMeliphaga notataNE 
197Orange-cheeked HoneyeaterOreornis chrysogenysE 
198Black-throated HoneyeaterCaligavis subfrenatusE 
199Obscure HoneyeaterCaligavis obscurusE 
200Yellow-tinted HoneyeaterLichenostomus flavescensNE 
201Sooty HoneyeaterMelionyx fuscusE 
202Short-bearded HoneyeaterMelionyx nouhuysiE 
203Cinnamon-browed MelidectesMelidectes ochromelasE 
204Vogelkop MelidectesMelidectes leucostephesE 
205Belford's MelidectesMelidectes belfordiE 
206Yellow-browed MelidectesMelidectes rufocrissalisE 
207Ornate MelidectesMelidectes torquatusE 
208Varied HoneyeaterGavicalis versicolorNE 
209Brown-backed HoneyeaterRamsayornis modestusNE 
210Rufous-banded HoneyeaterConopophila albogularisNE 
211Arfak HoneyeaterMelipotes gymnopsE 
212Smoky HoneyeaterMelipotes fumigatusE 
213MacGregor's HoneyeaterMacgregoria pulchraEV
214Long-billed HoneyeaterMelilestes megarhynchusE 
215Olive StraightbillTimeliopsis fulvigulaE 
216Tawny StraightbillTimeliopsis griseigulaE 
217Ruby-throated MyzomelaMyzomela equesE 
218Papuan Black MyzomelaMyzomela nigritaE 
219Elfin MyzomelaMyzomela adolphinaeE 
220Red-collared MyzomelaMyzomela rosenbergiiE 
221Long-billed MyzomelaMyzomela longirostrisE 
222Green-backed HoneyeaterGlycichaera fallaxNE 
223Leaden HoneyeaterPtiloprora plumbeaE 
224Yellow-streaked HoneyeaterPtiloprora meekianaE 
225Rufous-sided HoneyeaterPtiloprora erythropleuraE 
226Mayr's HoneyeaterPtiloprora mayriE 
227Rufous-backed HoneyeaterPtiloprora guiseiE 
228Gray-streaked HoneyeaterPtiloprora perstriataE 
229Olive HoneyeaterLichmera argentaurisE 
230Silver-eared HoneyeaterLichmera alboauricularisE 
231Blue-faced HoneyeaterEntomyzon cyanotisNE 
232White-throated HoneyeaterMelithreptus albogularisNE 
233Tawny-breasted HoneyeaterXanthotis flaviventerNE 
234Spotted HoneyeaterXanthotis polygrammusE 
235Meyer's FriarbirdPhilemon meyeriE 
236Brass's FriarbirdPhilemon brassiE 
237Little FriarbirdPhilemon citreogularisNE 
238New Guinea Friarbird**Philemon novaeguineaeE 
239Noisy FriarbirdPhilemon corniculatusNE 
240GoldenfacePachycare flavogriseumE 
241Mountain Mouse-WarblerCrateroscelis robustaE 
242Rusty Mouse-WarblerCrateroscelis murinaE 
243Tropical ScrubwrenSericornis beccariiNE 
244Large ScrubwrenSericornis nouhuysiE 
245Pale-billed ScrubwrenAethomyias spiloderaE 
246Bicolored Mouse-WarblerAethomyias nigrorufaE 
247Vogelkop ScrubwrenAethomyias rufescensE 
248Buff-faced ScrubwrenAethomyias perspicillatusE 
249Papuan ScrubwrenAethomyias papuensisE 
250Gray-green ScrubwrenAethomyias arfakianusE 
251Gray ThornbillAcanthiza cinereaE 
252Papuan ThornbillAcanthiza murinaE 
253Yellow-bellied GerygoneGerygone chrysogasterE 
254Green-backed GerygoneGerygone chloronotaNE 
255Fairy GerygoneGerygone palpebrosaNE 
256Large-billed GerygoneGerygone magnirostrisNE 
257Biak GerygoneGerygone hypoxantha V
258Mangrove GerygoneGerygone levigasterNE 
259Brown-breasted GerygoneGerygone ruficollisE 
260Gray-crowned BabblerPomatostomus temporalisNE 
261Painted Quail-thrushCinclosoma ajaxE 
262Spotted Jewel-babblerPtilorrhoa leucostictaE 
263Blue Jewel-babblerPtilorrhoa caerulescensE 
264Dimorphic Jewel-babblerPtilorrhoa geislerorumE 
265Chestnut-backed Jewel-babblerPtilorrhoa castanonotaE 
266Stout-billed CuckooshrikeCoracina caeruleogriseaNE 
267Hooded CuckooshrikeCoracina longicaudaE 
268Barred CuckooshrikeCoracina lineataNE 
269Boyer's CuckooshrikeCoracina boyeriE 
270Golden CuckooshrikeCampochaera sloetiiE 
271Black-browed TrillerLalage atrovirensE 
272Biak Triller**Lalage leucopteraENT
273Black-bellied CicadabirdEdolisoma montanumE 
274Gray-headed CicadabirdEdolisoma schisticepsE 
275Black CicadabirdEdolisoma melasE 
276Black SittellaDaphoenositta mirandaE 
277Papuan SittellaDaphoenositta papuensisNE 
278Papuan WhipbirdAndrophobus viridisE 
279Wattled PloughbillEulacestoma nigropectusE 
280Rufous-naped WhistlerAleadryas rufinuchaE 
281Piping BellbirdOrnorectes cristatusE 
282Tit BerrypeckerOreocharis arfakiE 
283Western Crested BerrypeckerParamythia olivaceaE 
284Eastern Crested BerrypeckerParamythia montiumE 
285Rusty PitohuiPseudorectes ferrugineaE 
286White-bellied PitohuiPseudorectes incertaENT
287Sooty ShrikethrushColluricincla tenebrosaE 
288Variable ShrikethrushColluricincla fortisNE 
289Waigeo ShrikethrushColluricincla affinisE 
290Mamberamo ShrikethrushColluricincla obscuraE 
291Arafura ShrikethrushColluricincla megarhynchaE 
292Tagula ShrikethrushColluricincla discolorE 
293Rufous ShrikethrushColluricincla rufogasterNE 
294Black PitohuiMelanorectes nigrescensE 
295Regent WhistlerPachycephala schlegeliiE 
296Vogelkop WhistlerPachycephala meyeriE 
297Sclater's WhistlerPachycephala sororE 
298Baliem WhistlerPachycephala balimE 
299Black-tailed WhistlerPachycephala melanuraNE 
300Brown-backed WhistlerPachycephala modestaE 
301Lorentz's WhistlerPachycephala lorentziE 
302Golden-backed WhistlerPachycephala aureaE 
303Island WhistlerPachycephala phaionotaE 
304Biak WhistlerPachycephala melanorhynchaE 
305Rusty WhistlerPachycephala hyperythraE 
306Black-headed WhistlerPachycephala monachaE 
307Hooded PitohuiPitohui dichrousE 
308Raja Ampat PitohuiPitohui cerviniventrisE 
309Northern Variable PitohuiPitohui kirhocephalusE 
310Southern Variable PitohuiPitohui uropygialisNE 
311Brown OrioleOriolus szalayiE 
312Olive-backed OrioleOriolus sagittatusNE 
313Australasian FigbirdSphecotheres vieillotiNE 
314Black-breasted BoatbillMachaerirhynchus nigripectusE 
315Yellow-breasted BoatbillMachaerirhynchus flaviventerNE 
316Great WoodswallowArtamus maximusE 
317Mountain PeltopsPeltops montanusE 
318Lowland PeltopsPeltops blainvilliiE 
319Black-backed ButcherbirdCracticus mentalisNE 
320Hooded ButcherbirdCracticus cassicusE 
321Black ButcherbirdMelloria quoyiNE 
322Mottled BerryhunterRhagologus leucostigmaE 
323Drongo FantailChaetorhynchus papuensisE 
324Black FantailRhipidura atraE 
325Sooty Thicket-FantailRhipidura threnothoraxE 
326Black Thicket-FantailRhipidura maculipectusE 
327White-bellied Thicket-FantailRhipidura leucothoraxE 
328Rufous-backed FantailRhipidura rufidorsaE 
329Dimorphic FantailRhipidura brachyrhynchaE 
330Louisiade FantailRhipidura louisiadensisE 
331Supertramp FantailRhipidura semicollarisNE 
332Arafura FantailRhipidura dryasNE 
333Friendly FantailRhipidura albolimbataE 
334Chestnut-bellied FantailRhipidura hyperythraE 
335Mangrove FantailRhipidura phasianaNE 
336Crinkle-collared ManucodeManucodia chalybatusE 
337Jobi ManucodeManucodia jobiensisE 
338Glossy-mantled ManucodeManucodia aterE 
339King-of-Saxony Bird-of-ParadisePteridophora albertiE 
340Carola's ParotiaParotia carolaeE 
341Western ParotiaParotia sefilataE 
342Wahnes's ParotiaParotia wahnesi NT
343Eastern ParotiaParotia helenaeE 
344Twelve-wired Bird-of-ParadiseSeleucidis melanoleucusE 
345Black-billed SicklebillDrepanornis albertisiE 
346Pale-billed SicklebillDrepanornis bruijniiENT
347Vogelkop LophorinaLophorina nieddaE 
348Greater LophorinaLophorina superbaE 
349Lesser LophorinaLophorina minorE 
350Magnificent RiflebirdPtiloris magnificusNE 
351Growling RiflebirdPtiloris intercedensE 
352Black SicklebillEpimachus fastosusE 
353Brown SicklebillEpimachus meyeriE 
354Long-tailed ParadigallaParadigalla carunculataENT
355Short-tailed ParadigallaParadigalla brevicaudaE 
356Splendid AstrapiaAstrapia splendidissimaE 
357Arfak AstrapiaAstrapia nigraE 
358Ribbon-tailed AstrapiaAstrapia mayeri NT
359King Bird-of-ParadiseCicinnurus regiusE 
360Wilson's Bird-of-ParadiseDiphyllodes respublicaENT
361Magnificent Bird-of-ParadiseDiphyllodes magnificusE 
362Blue Bird-of-ParadiseParadisornis rudolphi NT
363Emperor Bird-of-ParadiseParadisaea guilielmi NT
364Red Bird-of-ParadiseParadisaea rubraENT
365Lesser Bird-of-ParadiseParadisaea minorE 
366Greater Bird-of-ParadiseParadisaea apodaE 
367Blue-capped IfritaIfrita kowaldiE 
368\Black-faced Monarch\Monarcha melanopsisNE 
369Black-winged MonarchMonarcha fraterNE 
370Fan-tailed MonarchSymposiachrus axillarisE 
371Rufous MonarchSymposiachrus rubiensisE 
372Kofiau MonarchSymposiachrus julianaeENT
373Biak MonarchSymposiachrus brehmiiEEN
374Hooded MonarchSymposiachrus manadensisE 
375Spot-winged MonarchSymposiachrus guttulaE 
376Frilled MonarchArses telescopthalmusE 
377Ochre-collared MonarchArses insularisE 
378Torrent-larkGrallina bruijniiE 
379Biak FlycatcherMyiagra atraENT
380Leaden FlycatcherMyiagra rubeculaNE 
381\Satin Flycatcher\Myiagra cyanoleucaNE 
382Restless FlycatcherMyiagra inquietaNE 
383Paperbark FlycatcherMyiagra nanaNE 
384Lesser MelampittaMelampitta lugubrisE 
385Greater MelampittaMegalampitta giganteaE 
386Brown-headed CrowCorvus fuscicapillusENT
387Gray CrowCorvus tristisE 
388Loria's SatinbirdCnemophilus loriaeE 
389Crested SatinbirdCnemophilus macgregoriiE 
390Yellow-breasted SatinbirdLoboparadisea sericea NT
391Obscure BerrypeckerMelanocharis arfakianaE 
392Black BerrypeckerMelanocharis nigraE 
393Mid-mountain BerrypeckerMelanocharis longicaudaE 
394Fan-tailed BerrypeckerMelanocharis versteriE 
395Satin BerrypeckerMelanocharis citreolaE 
396Streaked BerrypeckerMelanocharis striativentrisE 
397Spotted BerrypeckerMelanocharis piperataE 
398Thick-billed BerrypeckerMelanocharis crassirostrisE 
399Yellow-bellied LongbillToxorhamphus novaeguineaeE 
400Slaty-chinned LongbillToxorhamphus poliopterusE 
401Spectacled LongbillOedistoma iliolophusE 
402Pygmy LongbillOedistoma pygmaeumE 
403Greater Ground-RobinAmalocichla sclaterianaE 
404Lesser Ground-RobinAmalocichla incertaE 
405White-eyed RobinPachycephalopsis poliosomaE 
406Subalpine RobinPetroica bivittataE 
407Snow Mountain RobinPetroica archboldiE 
408Canary FlyrobinDevioeca papuanaE 
409Olive FlyrobinKempiella flavovirescensE 
410Yellow-legged FlycatcherKempiella griseocepsNE 
411Lemon-bellied FlyrobinMicroeca flavigasterNE 
412Papuan Scrub-RobinDrymodes beccariiE 
413Black-capped RobinHeteromyias armitiE 
414Arfak RobinHeteromyias albispecularisE 
415Black-chinned RobinHeteromyias brachyuraE 
416Black-throated RobinPlesiodryas albonotataE 
417Black-sided RobinPoecilodryas hypoleucaE 
418Olive-yellow RobinPoecilodryas placensE 
419White-rumped RobinMelanodryas bimaculataE 
420Mangrove RobinMelanodryas pulverulentaNE 
421White-winged RobinMelanodryas sigillataE 
422Blue-gray RobinMelanodryas cyanusE 
423Smoky RobinMelanodryas cryptoleucaE 
424Banded Yellow RobinEopsaltria placensNE 
425White-faced RobinEopsaltria leucopsNE 
426Fly River GrassbirdPoodytes albolimbatusEV
427Little GrassbirdPoodytes gramineusNE 
428Papuan GrassbirdCincloramphus macrurusE 
429Numfor Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus maforensisENT
430Biak Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus misoriensisENT
431Black-crowned White-eyeZosterops atrifronsE 
432Black-fronted White-eyeZosterops minorE 
433Ashy-bellied White-eyeZosterops citrinellaNE 
434Capped White-eyeZosterops fuscicapillaE 
435Biak White-eyeZosterops mysorensisENT
436New Guinea White-eyeZosterops novaeguineaeE 
437Yellow-eyed StarlingAplonis mystaceaENT
438Long-tailed StarlingAplonis magnaE 
439Moluccan StarlingAplonis mysolensisE 
440Golden MynaMino anaisE 
441Olive-crowned FlowerpeckerDicaeum pectoraleE 
442Red-capped FlowerpeckerDicaeum geelvinkianumNE 
443Mamberamo SunbirdCinnyris buettikofenNE 
444Mountain FiretailOreostruthus fuliginosusE 
445Crimson FinchNeochmia phaetonNE 
446Streak-headed MuniaMayrimunia tristissimaE 
447White-spotted MuniaMayrimunia leucostictaE 
448Grand MuniaLonchura grandisE 
449<Gray-banded Munia>Lonchura vanaEV
450Gray-crowned MuniaLonchura nevermanniE 
451Black MuniaLonchura stygiaENT
452Black-breasted MuniaLonchura teerinkiE 
453Snow Mountain MuniaLonchura montanaE 
454Papuan ParrotfinchErythrura papuanaE 
455Alpine PipitAnthus gutturalisE 

 

 *Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.

OTHER COUNTRIES
IN THE AUSTRALASIA

  • Australia§
  • French Polynesia
  • Melanesia§§
  • Micronesia
  • New Zealand§§§

BIRDING LOCALES

  • Papua New Guinea
  • West Papua New Guinea

§ Excludes Norfolk Island
§§ Includes Fiji, New Britain, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, and Vauatu only.
§§§ Includes Auckland and Chatham Islands

DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic360
LCLocal1
NENear Endemic72
RRRestricted Range0

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened30
VVulnerable9
ENEndangered2
CRCritically Endangered0

Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.