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NEW GUINEA

Start:07/04/2016
End:07/25/2016
Duration:22 days
#Species:331
#Endemics:164
#Heard Only:23

2016 Papua New Guinea Birding Tour

ENDEMIC BIRDS POSSIBLE FOR TOUR

List of endemic and near endemic birds for locations visited on this tour along with which species were actually seen. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN. Endemic birds (E) are those with a restricted range in a single country. Near endemic birds (NE) are those with a restricted range in two (or rarely three) neighboring countries. The right-most column indicates whether species was seen on the tour. If blank, the species wasn't seen.*

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1Salvadori's TealSalvadorina waigiuensisEY
2Wattled BrushturkeyAepypodius arfakianusE 
3Black-billed BrushturkeyTalegalla fuscirostrisE 
4Red-legged BrushturkeyTalegalla jobiensisE 
5Dusky MegapodeMegapodius freycinetE 
6New Guinea MegapodeMegapodius decollatusE 
7Great Cuckoo-DoveReinwardtoena reinwardtiNEY
8New Guinea BronzewingHenicophaps albifronsE 
9<White-bibbed Ground Dove>Pampusana jobiensisE 
10Cinnamon Ground DoveGallicolumba rufigulaE 
11Thick-billed Ground-PigeonTrugon terrestrisE 
12Pheasant PigeonOtidiphaps nobilisE 
13Sclater's Crowned-PigeonGoura sclateriiEY
14Wompoo Fruit-DovePtilinopus magnificusNEY
15Pink-spotted Fruit-DovePtilinopus perlatusEY
16Western Ornate Fruit-DovePtilinopus ornatusE 
17Coroneted Fruit-DovePtilinopus coronulatusEY
18Beautiful Fruit-DovePtilinopus pulchellusEY
19Dwarf Fruit-DovePtilinopus nainusEY
20Purple-tailed Imperial-PigeonDucula rufigasterEY
21Rufescent Imperial-PigeonDucula chalconotaE 
22Pinon's Imperial-PigeonDucula pinonEY
23Collared Imperial-PigeonDucula mulleriiEY
24Zoe's Imperial-PigeonDucula zoeaeEY
25Torresian Imperial-PigeonDucula spilorrhoaNEY
26Long-billed CuckooRhamphomantis megarhynchusE 
27Greater Black CoucalCentropus menbekiEY
28Lesser Black CoucalCentropus bernsteiniE 
29Dwarf KoelMicrodynamis parvaEY
30Rufous-throated Bronze-CuckooChrysococcyx ruficollisEY
31White-eared Bronze-CuckooChrysococcyx meyeriiEY
32White-crowned CuckooCacomantis leucolophusEY
33Chestnut-breasted CuckooCacomantis castaneiventrisNEY
34Marbled FrogmouthPodargus ocellatusNEY
35Papuan FrogmouthPodargus papuensisNEY
36Papuan NightjarEurostopodus papuensisE 
37Archbold's NightjarEurostopodus archboldiE 
38Feline Owlet-nightjarAegotheles insignisE 
39Mountain Owlet-nightjarAegotheles albertisiE 
40Barred Owlet-nightjarAegotheles bennettiiE 
41Papuan SpinetailMearnsia novaeguineaeEY
42Mountain SwiftletAerodramus hirundinaceusEY
43New Guinea Flightless RailMegacrex ineptaE 
44Chestnut Forest RailRallicula rubraE 
45Forbes's Forest RailRallicula forbesiE 
46/New Guinea Woodcock/Scolopax rosenbergiiE 
47Forest BitternZonerodius heliosylusE 
48Long-tailed Honey-buzzardHenicopernis longicaudaEY
49New Guinea EagleHarpyopsis novaeguineaeEY
50Papuan HarrierCircus spilothoraxEY
51Black-mantled GoshawkAccipiter melanochlamysEY
52Gray-headed GoshawkAccipiter poliocephalusEY
53Doria's GoshawkMegatriorchis doriaeE 
54Sooty-OwlTyto tenebricosaNEY
55Rufous OwlNinox rufaNE 
56Papuan BoobookNinox theomachaE 
57Papuan OwlUroglaux dimorphaE 
58Papuan Dwarf-KingfisherCeyx solitariusE 
59Blue-winged KookaburraDacelo leachiiNEY
60Rufous-bellied KookaburraDacelo gaudichaudEY
61Shovel-billed KookaburraClytoceyx rexE 
62Hook-billed KingfisherMelidora macrorrhinaE 
63Yellow-billed KingfisherSyma torotoroNEY
64Mountain KingfisherSyma megarhynchaEY
65Little Paradise-KingfisherTanysiptera hydrocharisEY
66Palm CockatooProbosciger aterrimusNEY
67Pesquet's ParrotPsittrichas fulgidusEY
68Buff-faced Pygmy-ParrotMicropsitta pusioEY
69Papuan King-ParrotAlisterus chloropterusEY
70<Blue-collared Parrot>Geoffroyus simplexE 
71Painted Tiger-ParrotPsittacella pictaEY
72Brehm's Tiger-ParrotPsittacella brehmiiEY
73Modest Tiger-ParrotPsittacella modestaE 
74Madarasz's Tiger-ParrotPsittacella madarasziE 
75Dusky-cheeked Fig-ParrotCyclopsitta melanogeniaEY
76Double-eyed Fig-ParrotCyclopsitta diophthalmaNEY
77Large Fig-ParrotPsittaculirostris desmarestiiEY
78Plum-faced LorikeetOreopsittacus arfakiEY
79Pygmy LorikeetCharminetta wilhelminaeE 
80Fairy LorikeetCharmosynopsis pulchellaE 
81Striated LorikeetSynorhacma multistriataE 
82Josephine's LorikeetCharmosyna josefinaeE 
83Stella's LorikeetCharmosyna stellaeE 
84Yellow-billed LorikeetNeopsittacus musschenbroekiiEY
85Orange-billed LorikeetNeopsittacus pullicaudaE 
86Black-capped LoryLorius loryEY
87<Dusky Lory>Pseudeos fuscataEY
88Yellow-streaked LoryChalcopsitta scintillataEY
89<Goldie's Lorikeet>Glossoptilus goldieiE 
90Papuan Hanging-ParrotLoriculus aurantiifronsE 
91Habenicht's Pitta**Erythropitta habenichtiE 
92Eastern Hooded PittaPitta novaeguineaeNE 
93White-eared CatbirdAiluroedus buccoidesE 
94Ochre-breasted CatbirdAiluroedus stoniiE 
95Black-capped CatbirdAiluroedus melanocephalusE 
96Northern CatbirdAiluroedus jobiensisE 
97MacGregor's BowerbirdAmblyornis macgregoriaeE 
98Masked BowerbirdSericulus aureusE 
99Yellow-breasted BowerbirdChlamydera lauterbachiEY
100Fawn-breasted BowerbirdChlamydera cerviniventrisNEY
101Papuan TreecreeperCormobates placensE 
102Wallace's FairywrenSipodotus wallaciiE 
103Orange-crowned FairywrenClytomyias insignisE 
104Broad-billed FairywrenChenorhamphus grayiE 
105Emperor FairywrenMalurus cyanocephalusEY
106White-shouldered FairywrenMalurus alboscapulatusEY
107Plain HoneyeaterPycnopygius ixoidesEY
108Marbled HoneyeaterPycnopygius cinereusE 
109Streak-headed HoneyeaterPycnopygius stictocephalusEY
110Mottled HoneyeaterMicroptilotis mimikaeE 
111Mountain HoneyeaterMicroptilotis orientalisEY
112Scrub HoneyeaterMicroptilotis albonotataEY
113Mimic HoneyeaterMicroptilotis analogaEY
114Graceful HoneyeaterMicroptilotis gracilisNE 
115Puff-backed HoneyeaterMeliphaga aruensisE 
116Black-throated HoneyeaterCaligavis subfrenatusEY
117Obscure HoneyeaterCaligavis obscurusE 
118Yellow-tinted HoneyeaterLichenostomus flavescensNEY
119Sooty HoneyeaterMelionyx fuscusE 
120Belford's MelidectesMelidectes belfordiEY
121Yellow-browed MelidectesMelidectes rufocrissalisEY
122Ornate MelidectesMelidectes torquatusEY
123Varied HoneyeaterGavicalis versicolorNE 
124Brown-backed HoneyeaterRamsayornis modestusNE 
125Rufous-banded HoneyeaterConopophila albogularisNEY
126Smoky HoneyeaterMelipotes fumigatusEY
127Long-billed HoneyeaterMelilestes megarhynchusEY
128Olive StraightbillTimeliopsis fulvigulaE 
129Tawny StraightbillTimeliopsis griseigulaEY
130Ruby-throated MyzomelaMyzomela equesE 
131Papuan Black MyzomelaMyzomela nigritaEY
132Elfin MyzomelaMyzomela adolphinaeEY
133Red-collared MyzomelaMyzomela rosenbergiiEY
134Green-backed HoneyeaterGlycichaera fallaxNEY
135Yellow-streaked HoneyeaterPtiloprora meekianaE 
136Rufous-backed HoneyeaterPtiloprora guiseiEY
137Gray-streaked HoneyeaterPtiloprora perstriataEY
138White-throated HoneyeaterMelithreptus albogularisNEY
139Tawny-breasted HoneyeaterXanthotis flaviventerNEY
140Spotted HoneyeaterXanthotis polygrammusE 
141Meyer's FriarbirdPhilemon meyeriEY
142New Guinea Friarbird**Philemon novaeguineaeEY
143GoldenfacePachycare flavogriseumE 
144Mountain Mouse-WarblerCrateroscelis robustaEY
145Rusty Mouse-WarblerCrateroscelis murinaEY
146Large ScrubwrenSericornis nouhuysiEY
147Pale-billed ScrubwrenAethomyias spiloderaEY
148Bicolored Mouse-WarblerAethomyias nigrorufaE 
149Buff-faced ScrubwrenAethomyias perspicillatusEY
150Papuan ScrubwrenAethomyias papuensisEY
151Gray-green ScrubwrenAethomyias arfakianusE 
152Gray ThornbillAcanthiza cinereaE 
153Papuan ThornbillAcanthiza murinaE 
154Yellow-bellied GerygoneGerygone chrysogasterEY
155Green-backed GerygoneGerygone chloronotaNEY
156Fairy GerygoneGerygone palpebrosaNEY
157Large-billed GerygoneGerygone magnirostrisNEY
158Brown-breasted GerygoneGerygone ruficollisE 
159Painted Quail-thrushCinclosoma ajaxE 
160Spotted Jewel-babblerPtilorrhoa leucostictaE 
161Blue Jewel-babblerPtilorrhoa caerulescensEY
162Chestnut-backed Jewel-babblerPtilorrhoa castanonotaE 
163Stout-billed CuckooshrikeCoracina caeruleogriseaNEY
164Hooded CuckooshrikeCoracina longicaudaEY
165Barred CuckooshrikeCoracina lineataNEY
166Boyer's CuckooshrikeCoracina boyeriEY
167Golden CuckooshrikeCampochaera sloetiiE 
168Black-bellied CicadabirdEdolisoma montanumE 
169Gray-headed CicadabirdEdolisoma schisticepsEY
170Black CicadabirdEdolisoma melasEY
171Black SittellaDaphoenositta mirandaE 
172Papuan SittellaDaphoenositta papuensisNE 
173Papuan WhipbirdAndrophobus viridisE 
174Wattled PloughbillEulacestoma nigropectusEY
175Rufous-naped WhistlerAleadryas rufinuchaEY
176Piping BellbirdOrnorectes cristatusE 
177Tit BerrypeckerOreocharis arfakiEY
178Eastern Crested BerrypeckerParamythia montiumEY
179Rusty PitohuiPseudorectes ferrugineaEY
180White-bellied PitohuiPseudorectes incertaE 
181Sooty ShrikethrushColluricincla tenebrosaE 
182Variable ShrikethrushColluricincla fortisNEY
183Black PitohuiMelanorectes nigrescensE 
184Regent WhistlerPachycephala schlegeliiEY
185Sclater's WhistlerPachycephala sororEY
186Black-tailed WhistlerPachycephala melanuraNEY
187Brown-backed WhistlerPachycephala modestaEY
188Golden-backed WhistlerPachycephala aureaE 
189Rusty WhistlerPachycephala hyperythraE 
190Black-headed WhistlerPachycephala monachaEY
191Hooded PitohuiPitohui dichrousEY
192Northern Variable PitohuiPitohui kirhocephalusE 
193Southern Variable PitohuiPitohui uropygialisNE 
194Brown OrioleOriolus szalayiEY
195Olive-backed OrioleOriolus sagittatusNE 
196Australasian FigbirdSphecotheres vieillotiNEY
197Black-breasted BoatbillMachaerirhynchus nigripectusEY
198Yellow-breasted BoatbillMachaerirhynchus flaviventerNE 
199Great WoodswallowArtamus maximusEY
200Mountain PeltopsPeltops montanusEY
201Lowland PeltopsPeltops blainvilliiEY
202Black-backed ButcherbirdCracticus mentalisNEY
203Hooded ButcherbirdCracticus cassicusEY
204Black ButcherbirdMelloria quoyiNEY
205Mottled BerryhunterRhagologus leucostigmaEY
206Drongo FantailChaetorhynchus papuensisE 
207Black FantailRhipidura atraEY
208Sooty Thicket-FantailRhipidura threnothoraxE 
209Black Thicket-FantailRhipidura maculipectusE 
210White-bellied Thicket-FantailRhipidura leucothoraxEY
211Rufous-backed FantailRhipidura rufidorsaE 
212Dimorphic FantailRhipidura brachyrhynchaEY
213Friendly FantailRhipidura albolimbataEY
214Chestnut-bellied FantailRhipidura hyperythraEY
215Crinkle-collared ManucodeManucodia chalybatusEY
216Glossy-mantled ManucodeManucodia aterEY
217King-of-Saxony Bird-of-ParadisePteridophora albertiEY
218Carola's ParotiaParotia carolaeEY
219Twelve-wired Bird-of-ParadiseSeleucidis melanoleucusEY
220Black-billed SicklebillDrepanornis albertisiE 
221Greater LophorinaLophorina superbaEY
222Magnificent RiflebirdPtiloris magnificusNEY
223Growling RiflebirdPtiloris intercedensEY
224Black SicklebillEpimachus fastosusEY
225Brown SicklebillEpimachus meyeriEY
226Short-tailed ParadigallaParadigalla brevicaudaEY
227King Bird-of-ParadiseCicinnurus regiusEY
228Magnificent Bird-of-ParadiseDiphyllodes magnificusEY
229Lesser Bird-of-ParadiseParadisaea minorEY
230Greater Bird-of-ParadiseParadisaea apodaEY
231Blue-capped IfritaIfrita kowaldiEY
232\Black-faced Monarch\Monarcha melanopsisNE 
233Black-winged MonarchMonarcha fraterNEY
234Fan-tailed MonarchSymposiachrus axillarisE 
235Hooded MonarchSymposiachrus manadensisE 
236Spot-winged MonarchSymposiachrus guttulaEY
237Frilled MonarchArses telescopthalmusEY
238Torrent-larkGrallina bruijniiE 
239Leaden FlycatcherMyiagra rubeculaNEY
240\Satin Flycatcher\Myiagra cyanoleucaNE 
241Lesser MelampittaMelampitta lugubrisEY
242Greater MelampittaMegalampitta giganteaE 
243Gray CrowCorvus tristisEY
244Loria's SatinbirdCnemophilus loriaeEY
245Crested SatinbirdCnemophilus macgregoriiEY
246Obscure BerrypeckerMelanocharis arfakianaEY
247Black BerrypeckerMelanocharis nigraEY
248Mid-mountain BerrypeckerMelanocharis longicaudaE 
249Fan-tailed BerrypeckerMelanocharis versteriEY
250Streaked BerrypeckerMelanocharis striativentrisE 
251Thick-billed BerrypeckerMelanocharis crassirostrisEY
252Yellow-bellied LongbillToxorhamphus novaeguineaeE 
253Slaty-chinned LongbillToxorhamphus poliopterusE 
254Spectacled LongbillOedistoma iliolophusEY
255Pygmy LongbillOedistoma pygmaeumE 
256Lesser Ground-RobinAmalocichla incertaE 
257White-eyed RobinPachycephalopsis poliosomaE 
258Subalpine RobinPetroica bivittataE 
259Snow Mountain RobinPetroica archboldiE 
260Canary FlyrobinDevioeca papuanaEY
261Olive FlyrobinKempiella flavovirescensE 
262Yellow-legged FlycatcherKempiella griseocepsNE 
263Lemon-bellied FlyrobinMicroeca flavigasterNEY
264Papuan Scrub-RobinDrymodes beccariiEY
265Black-capped RobinHeteromyias armitiE 
266Black-throated RobinPlesiodryas albonotataEY
267Black-sided RobinPoecilodryas hypoleucaE 
268White-rumped RobinMelanodryas bimaculataE 
269White-winged RobinMelanodryas sigillataEY
270Blue-gray RobinMelanodryas cyanusEY
271White-faced RobinEopsaltria leucopsNEY
272Papuan GrassbirdCincloramphus macrurusEY
273Black-crowned White-eyeZosterops atrifronsE 
274Black-fronted White-eyeZosterops minorEY
275Capped White-eyeZosterops fuscicapillaE 
276New Guinea White-eyeZosterops novaeguineaeEY
277Yellow-eyed StarlingAplonis mystaceaEY
278Golden MynaMino anaisEY
279Olive-crowned FlowerpeckerDicaeum pectoraleE 
280Red-capped FlowerpeckerDicaeum geelvinkianumNEY
281Mountain FiretailOreostruthus fuliginosusE 
282Streak-headed MuniaMayrimunia tristissimaE 
283Grand MuniaLonchura grandisEY
284Papuan ParrotfinchErythrura papuanaE 
285Alpine 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.

BIRDING LOCALES

  • Brown River
  • Elevala River
  • Kiunga Area
  • Melanesia-New Britain
  • Mount Hagen Area
  • Pacific Adventist University
  • Sogeric Road
  • Tabubil Area
  • Tari Valley/Gap
  • Varirata National Park

ENDEMIC CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic240
NENear Endemic43