Independent State of Papua New Guinea

• Kiunga

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  Kiunga is a lowland rainforest area in the west of the country near the Irian Jaya border, possible birds include, Southern Crowned Pigeon, Pesquet's Parrot, Blue Jewel Babbler, Palm Cockatoo, Common Paradise Kingfisher, Flame Bowerbird, Twelve-wired, Greater, Raggiana and King Birds of Paradise.

• Tabubil

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  Tabubil is a site in the foothills of the Star Mountains which is good for Chestnut-backed Jewel Babbler, Carola's Parotia and Magnificent Bird of Paradise.

• Tari/Mt. Hagen

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  Tari/Mt. Hagen are Highland sites from 1700 - 2900 metres above sea level. Many birds including Ribbon-tailed Astrapia, Black and Brown Sicklebills, Lawe's Parotia, Blue, Crested, Superb and King of Saxony Birds of Paradise.

• Varirata National Park

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  Varirata National Park is near Port Moresby, highlights could include Dwarf Cassowary, Brown-headed Paradise Kingfisher, Eastern Riflebird and Wallace's Fairy wren.

• Chris Lodge

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• Number of bird species: 876

  National Bird - Raggiana Bird of Paradise Paradisaea raggiana

• Number of endemics: 113

  Pied Cuckoo-dove Reinwardtoena browni 
  New Britain Bronzewing Henicophaps foersteri
  Gray-naped Pheasant-pigeon Otidiphaps cervicalis
  Black-naped Pheasant-pigeon Otidiphaps insularis
  Scheepmaker's Crowned-pigeon Goura scheepmakeri
  Finsch's Imperial-pigeon Ducula finschii
  Louisiade Imperial-pigeon Ducula salvadorii
  Bismarck Imperial-pigeon Ducula melanochroa 
  Yellowish Imperial-pigeon Ducula subflavescens
  Knob-billed Fruit-dove Ptilinopus insolitus
  Pied Coucal Centropus ateralbus
  Violaceous Coucal Centropus violaceus 
  Bougainville Rail Hypotaenidia tertia
  Golden Masked-owl Tyto aurantia  
  Manus Boobook Ninox meeki 
  New Britain Boobook Ninox odiosa
  Manus Boobook Ninox variegata
  Black Honey-buzzard Henicopernis infuscatus
  New Britain Goshawk Accipiter princeps
  Slaty-backed Goshawk Accipiter luteoschistaceus
  New Britain Sparrowhaw Accipiter brachyurus
  Manus Dwarf-kingfisher Ceyx dispar
  New Ireland Dwarf-kingfisher Ceyx mulcatu
  New Britain Dwarf-kingfisher Ceyx sacerdotis
  Bismarck Kingfisher Ceyx websteri 
  Bougainville Moustached Kingfisher Actenoides bougainvillei
  New Britain Kingfisher Todiramphus albonotatus
  Black-headed Paradise-kingfisher Tanysiptera nigriceps 
  Brown-headed Paradise-kingfisher Tanysiptera danae 
  Blue-eyed Cockatoo Cacatua ophthalmica
  Red-chinned Lorikeet Charmosyna rubrigularis 
  Purple-bellied Lory Lorius hypoinochrous 
  White-naped Lory Lorius albidinucha
  Creamy-breasted Fig-parrot Cyclopsitta amabilis
  Bismarck Hanging-parrot Loriculus tener
  Yellow-breasted Pygmy-parrot Micropsitta meeki 
  Louisiade Pitta Erythropitta meeki
  New Britain Pitta Erythropitta gazellae
  Tabar Pitta Erythropitta splendida
  New Ireland Pitta Erythropitta novaehibernicae
  Superb Pitta Pitta superba
  Streaked Bowerbird Amblyornis subalaris
  Fire-maned Bowerbird Sericulus bakeri
  New Britain Friarbird Philemon cockerelli
  New Ireland Friarbird Philemon eichhorni
  White-naped Friarbird Philemon albitorques
  Bismarck Honeyeater Vosea whitemanensis
  White-chinned Myzomela Myzomela albigula
  Ashy Myzomela Myzomela cineracea
  Reddish Myzomela Myzomela erythrina
  New Ireland Myzomela Myzomela pulchella
  Sclater's Myzomela Myzomela sclateri
  Bismarck Black Myzomel Myzomela pammelaena
  Black-bellied Myzomela Myzomela erythromela
  Long-billed Myzomela Myzomela longirostris
  Rufous-backed Honeyeater Ptiloprora guisei
  Bougainville Honeyeater Stresemannia bougainvillei  
  Spangled Honeyeater Melipotes ater
  Elegant Honeyeater Microptilotis cinereifrons
  Tagula Honeyeater Microptilotis vicina
  Long-bearded Honeyeater Melidectes princeps
  Huon Honeyeater Melidectes foersteri
  Dimorphic Jewel-babbler Ptilorrhoa geislerorum
  Bougainville Hooded Whistler Pachycephala richardsi  
  Brown-backed Whistler Pachycephala modesta 
  White-bellied Whistler Pachycephala leucogastra 
  Rossel Cicadabird Edolisoma rostratum
  Mussau Triller Lalage conjuncta
  Tagula Butcherbird Cracticus louisiadensis
  White-backed Woodswallow Artamus insignis
  Bismarck Fantail Rhipidura dahli 
  Mussau Fantail Rhipidura matthiae 
  Manus Fantail Rhipidura semirubra
  Bougainville Fantail Rhipidura drownei  
  Ribbon-tailed Drongo Dicrurus megarhynchus
  Mussau Flycatcher Myiagra hebetior
  Velvet Flycatcher Myiagra eichhorni 
  Djaul Flycatcher Myiagra cervinicolor 
  Manus Monarch Symposiachrus infelix 
  White-breasted Monarch Symposiachrus menckei 
  Black-tailed Monarch Symposiachrus verticalis 
  Djaul Monarch Symposiachrus ateralbus
  Bismarck Crow Corvus insularis
  Curl-crested Manucode Manucodia comrii
  Wahnes's Parotia Parotia wahnesi 
  Lawes's Parotia Parotia lawesii 
  Growling Riflebird Lophorina intercedens 
  Huon Astrapia Astrapia rothschildi
  Stephanie's Astrapia Astrapia stephaniae
  Ribbon-tailed Astrapia Astrapia mayeri
  Blue Bird-of-paradise Paradisornis rudolphi 
  Emperor Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea guilielmi
  Goldie's Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea decora
  Raggiana Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea raggiana 
  Spotted Berrypecker Rhamphocharis piperata
  Yellow Satinbird Cnemophilus macgregorii  
  New Britain Flyrobin Monachella coultasi 
  New Britain Thicketbird Megalurulus grosvenori
   Bougainville Thicketbird Megalurulus llaneae
  Rusty Thicketbird Megalurulus rubiginosus
  Odedi Horornis haddeni
  Tagula White-eye Zosterops meeki 
  Bismarck White-eye Zosterops hypoxanthus 
  Oya Tabu White-eye Zosterops crookshanki  
  Bougainville White-eye Zosterops hamlini 
  Louisiade White-eye Zosterops griseotinctus
  New Britain Thrush Zoothera talaseae
  Bougainville Thrush Zoothera atrigena
  Red-banded Flowerpecker Dicaeum eximium
  Louisiade Flowerpecker Dicaeum nitidum 
  Gray-headed Mannikin Lonchura caniceps 
  New Ireland Mannikin Lonchura forbesi
  Alpine Mannikin Lonchura monticola

• Birds of New Guinea

  | By Bruce Beehler & Thane Pratt | Princeton University Press | 2014 | Paperback | 528 pages, 110 plates with colour illustrations; 1 b/w illustrations, 635 colour distribution | ISBN: 9780691095639 Buy this book from NHBS.com

• Birds of New Guinea: Distribution, Taxonomy, and Systematics

  | By Bruce M Beehler & Thane K Pratt | Princeton University Press | 2016 | Hardback | 668 pages, 2 plates with 14 colour photos; 2 b/w maps, tables | ISBN: 9780691164243 Buy this book from NHBS.com

• Birds of New Guinea: Including Bismarck Archipelago and Bougainville

  | By Phil Gregory | Lynx Edicions | 2017 | Hardback | 464 pages, 1780+ colour illustrations, 867 colour distribution maps | ISBN: 9788494189272 Buy this book from NHBS.com

• Papua New Guinea Birds

  | By Roy D MacKay | University of Papua New Guinea Press | 2012 | Paperback | 36 pages, 72 colour photos, 1 b/w map | ISBN: 9789980945808 Buy this book from NHBS.com

• New Guinea Binatang Research Center

  Website
  The Ornithology section at New Guinea Binatang Research Center has a primary duty to conduct field-based research of Birds of Papua New Guinea to address knowledge gaps and conservation of the avifauna in the beautiful nation of Papua New Guinea.

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• *List of protected areas of Papua New Guinea

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  Included in the PNG protected area list, but not formally recognized by International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is the terrestrial Wildlife Management Area (WMA).[4] WMA is an Integrated Conservation and Development Project (ICAD),[5] which seeks to conserve biological diversity by involving landowners. The idea behind the project is that income generating activities, from the biological diversity would encourage people living in these areas to conserve, because such projects would link the value of these resources to living standard and also access to markets. The progress of WMA's is yet to be evaluated.

• NP Jimi Valley

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• NP Mount Wilhelm

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  the highest mountain in Papua New Guinea at 4,509 metres (14,793 ft). It is part of the Bismarck Range and the peak is the point where three provinces, Chimbu, Jiwaka and Madang, meet.

• PP Mount Gahavisuka National Park

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  …noted for the famed birds of paradise, Mt. Wilhelm (4,509) metres), the Asaro Mudmen village, Kainantu pottery, and Dualo Pass - one of the highest road access points in Papua New Guinea - are just a few of the select tours…

• WMA Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area

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  The Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area is the perfect destination for those wanting to experience magnificent rainforests while learning more about the traditional lifestyles of the people who call the rainforest home.

• Waigeo & Batanta

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  Waitanta’s prolonged isolation produced nearly mythical, endemic feathered life forms as Bruijn’s Brush-turkey Aepypodius bruijnii, Wilson's Cicinnurus respublica and Red Bird of Paradise Paradisaea rubra, one by one species that make the hearts of ornithologists and birders alike beat faster. In fact, every self-respecting world birder is bound to at least once in a lifetime undertake the pilgrimage to the avian delights of Waitanta…

• Wopkola Rainforest

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  The project has two development priorities: eco-forestry (reforestation) and nature conservation. Reforestation involves the buying of massive sums of tree seedlings and planting them in customary lands inside Kokop Village. The conservation aspect involves the revival and restoration of the once-destroyed “Wopkola Rainforest” inside Kokop Village, and the declaration of this 30 plus hectare site as an indefinite ‘strict conservation zone’.

• BirdQuest

  Tour Operator
  BirdQuest offer several itineraries for Papua New Guinea usually running in July & August

• Birding Ecotours

  Tour Operator
  Papua New Guinea (PNG) is indeed a birder’s paradise. Thirty-four birds-of-paradise live on the island of New Guinea, of which thirty-one can be found in Papua New Guinea. The island of New Guinea is home to an incredible 399 endemics! Together with awe-inspiring scenery, endless rainforests, and fascinating highland societies that only made contact with the outside world in 1930, this makes Papua New Guinea a definite must-do destination for any avid birder.

• Bluetail Birding

  Tour Operator
  A 19-day, small group tour that explores the incredible birdlife of Papua New Guinea, looking for birds-of-paradise and more in the extensive lowland and montane forests of one of the most exciting birding destinations anywhere on earth.

• Fieldguides

  Tour Operator
  Birds-of-paradise and bowerbirds are the crowning jewels of one of most remarkable bird faunas, set against a fascinating cultural backdrop far removed from our own. Survey tour focusing on forest specialties in diverse and scenic regions

• Naturalist Journeys

  Tour Operator
  ... Over 700 species of birds have been identified here so far, including around 580 land and freshwater species, 40 sea birds, and 90 migrants from countries to the North and South...

• NatureTrek

  Tour Operator
  An exciting 19-day adventure to the lush forests of West Papua in search of its incredible birdlife within the Arfak Mountains, Nimbokrang and Waigeo, with the possibility of up to 17 species of birds-of-paradise.

• Ornis Birding Expeditions

  Tour Operator
  ...It is impossible to forget the first time you see a Western Parotia dance, a Black Sicklebill transforming at dawn, or a Wilson’s Bird-of-paradise glowing like fire in the dark forest understory...

• Papua Expeditions

  Local Tour Operator
  Think huge, man-sized yet infuriatingly wary, flightless cassowaries. Retiring megapodes with fascinating incubation strategies, adeptly manipulating environmental heat sources. A New Guinea Eagle Harpyopsis novaeguineae delivering its remarkable and far-carrying advertising call towards dusk. Or crowned-pigeons abruptly breaking the relative silence when exploding in clapping wingbeats from alongside a creek at noon. Think of the profusion of parrots in all colors and sizes simply imaginable. Dazzling kingfishers, that include three single-island endemic paradise-kingfishers, and the widespread though rarely seen, aptly-named Shovel-billed Kookaburra Clytoceyx rex. Think mysterious nocturnal owlet-nightjars featuring cuddly, feline faces. Glorious jewel-babblers skulking on the forest floor as if most reluctant to reveal their colors. Think utterly astonishing bowerbirds

• Rockjumper Birding Tours

  Tour Operator
  Over the years we have established an unbeatable reputation for leading highly successful tours to Papua New Guinea, and our tour totals of around 400 species include up to 24 different birds-of-paradise and almost 20 kingfisher species, a feat impossible to match anywhere else! We also offer an extension to New Britain to search for a plethora of endemic doves, kingfishers and parrots.

• Sicklebill Safaris

  Website
  We also currently run tours to the following international destinations, Papua New Guinea

• Sultan Tours

  Tour Operator
  Sultan Birding is the Wildlife Photography Tour Company in Indonesia that offers different photography tours and trips catering for the beginner to the photography expert....

• Travelling Naturalist

  Tour Operator
  On this trip to Papua New Guinea we discover the startling contrasts of a land whose immense tracts of rainforest and rivers are overlooked by mountains that soar to over 4,500 metres.

• Trek-Papua

  Local Tour Operator
  Our Birding Tour West Papua will begin in the town of Manokwari, situated on the north-eastern tip of New Guinea’s Bird’s Head, or “Vogelkop”, Peninsula. From here we will travel straight through for five nights in the nearby Arfak Mountains, where we will search for a fabulous series of birds, renowned in birders’ circles as the “Vogelkop endemics”.

• Tropical Birding Tours

  Tour Operator
  The island of New Guinea has long been held with fascination among birders, for it holds the majority of arguably the world’s most dramatic bird family: the birds-of-paradise...

• VENTBird

  Tour Operator
  Exceptional tropical forest birding with large numbers of endemics in one of the world’s most exotic birding destinations...

• Ventbird

  Tour Operator
  On my last VENT tour, I found four species of birds that would be new for my great friend, David Bishop, whose ornithological explorations in this fascinating country are famous

• WINGS

  Tour Operator
  The island of New Guinea is surely one of the most exciting birding destinations on Earth.

• Wise Birding Holidays

  Tour Operator
  Target Species Birds: Magnificent, Twelve-wired, Lesser, King, Red, Magnificent and Wilson’s Birds-of-Paradise, Black Sicklebill, Pale-billed Sicklebill, Arfak Honeyeater, Magnificent Riflebird...

• Zoothera Birding

  Tour Operator
  ... It is host to an astonishing degree of endemism with a variety of habitats ranging from some of the largest areas of original, intact forest on the planet, lowland swamp forests and alpine grassland where very few birders have had the privilege to explore this amazing area...

• 2016 [08 August] - Wayne Jones

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  ..frustratingly shyGrowling Riflebirds and Papuan King Parrots- a lucky few at the front of the queue managedglimpses of a Pheasant Pigeon as it flushedfrom the path. The group had better luck withBrown-headed Paradise Kingfisher, anothernotoriously reticent species, which thankfullyallowed everyone super views. Other birdsalong the trails included Yellow-bellied andFairy Gerygones, Black Berrypecker, RustyMouse-Warbler, Chestnut-bellied Fantail,Mimic Honeyeater, Hooded Butcherbird,Black, Spot-winged and Frilled Monarchs, endearing White-faced Robin, Zoe’s Imperial Pigeon, RustyPitohui, Black Cicadabird, Grey Whistler and Wompoo Fruit Dove.

• 2016 [09 September] - Adam Walleyn

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  ...We then had alook at the bower of a Fawn-breasted Bowerbird,before moving on to the ponds area. As usual,there was a multitude of waterbirds present,including Plumed and Wandering WhistlingDucks, Pacific Black Ducks, Little Pied andLittle Black Cormorant, Australasian LittleGrebe, Australian White Ibis, Australasian Swamphen, Dusky Moorhen, Comb-crested Jacana andeven 2 Pacific Golden Plovers....

• 2016 [09 September] - Adam Walleyn - New Britain

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  ...A pleasant assortment of birds sat out on bare branchesin the early morning light: Variable Goshawks, Red-knobbed Imperial Pigeon, numerous EclectusParrots, Purple-bellied Lories, Red-flanked Lorikeets, White-necked Coucals, Moustached Treeswift,Blyth’s Hornbills, Long-tailed Mynas and Metallic Starlings....

• 2016 [11 November] - Jay VanderGaast & Doug Gchfeld - New Guinea & Australia

  Report
  ...We started things off with an afternoon visit to PAU, where, among many other species, we enjoyed great looks at dapper Pied Herons, a trio of massive Papuan Frogmouths, raucous Yellow-faced Mynas, and at day's end, unbeatable views of a scarce Black Bittern. Our visits to nearby Varirata National Park were equally productive, as among expected standouts such as Raggiana BoP, Brown-headed Paradise-Kingfisher, Yellow-billed Kingfisher, Barred Owlet-Nightjar, Frilled Monarch, and Hooded PItohui there were also some wonderful surprises in the forms of Dwarf Koel, Hooded Pitta, and Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher, all three of which allowed us lengthy scope studies! Fruit-doves were also memorable here, with Pink-spotted, Orange-bellied, the tiny Dwarf, and the beautiful Beautiful fruit-doves all giving excellent views...

• 2017 [09 September] - Gareth Robbins - New Brittain

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  ...We then continued to another section of the plantations and birded next to the Kulu River,wherewesaw Blythe’s Hornbill, Long-tailed Myna and a couple of Red-knobbed Imperial Pigeons. Further ahead of us was a large pool of water,and we made a brief stop here to see some White-browed Crakes after hearing them call within the surrounding areas.

• 2017 [10 October] - Jay VanderGaast

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  ...Birding began in the Port Moresby region, with a stop at PAU starting things off nice and easy with a good assortment of waterbirds (including Rufous Night-Heron and Pied Heron) and a small selection of endemics like the lovely Orange-fronted Fruit-Dove, White-shouldered Fairywrens, and Yellow-faced Myna among them. Things got even more serious the next morning with our first visit to the wonderful Varirata NP. Among many excellent sightings there, standouts included a remarkably unwary Yellow-legged Brush-Turkey (first I've seen in the park!), striking Pacific Bazas, several scarce Purple-tailed Imperial-Pigeons, two species of paradise-kingfishers, and Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise.

• 2017 [11 November] - Jay VanderGaast - New Guinea & Australia

  Report
  I'm not sure what factors were at play at Varirata on our first visit there, but for me, this tour will always be memorable for "the day of the kingfisher", when we tallied great views of 8 different species of these incredible birds! The park is always great for these birds, with regulars like Brown-headed Paradise-Kingfisher, Rufous-bellied Kookaburra, and Yellow-billed Kingfisher all having high "wow!" factors.

• 2018 [06 June] - Dani Lopez Velasco

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  Our first tour to Papua New Guinea –including New Britain- in 2018 was a great success and delivered a high number of quality birds. A total of 21 species of Birds-of-paradise (BoPs) - undoubtedly one of the most extraordinary, and “out of this world” bird families in the world-, were recorded, perhaps most memorable being a superb male Blue BoP, seen at close range near Kumul for as long as we wished. Just as impressive though were spectacular performances by displaying Raggiana and Greater BoPs in excellent light, stunning males King and Twelve-wired BoPs in the Kiunga area, a cracking adult male Growling Riflebird at Varirata, several amazing King-of-Saxony BoPs, waving their incredible head plumes like some strange insect antennae in the mossy forest of Tari Valley, great sightings of both Princess Stephanie´s and Ribbon-tailed Astrapias with their ridiculously long tail feathers, superb scope studies of Black –doing full display!- and Brown Sicklebills, uttering their machine-gun like calls, and so on.

• 2019 [09 September] - Stephan Lorenz

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  Papua New Guinea's birding allure stems from its diversity of birds-of-paradise and several fascinating, ancient bird families, of which seven are restricted to the island

• 2019 [10 October] - Jay VanderGaast

  Report
  ... But getting out of the city, it was a different story, and soon we were marveling at such birds as a very cryptic Papuan Frogmouth at PAU, and fantastically-plumed Raggiana Birds-of-Paradise at their display area in Varirata...

• 2019 [12 December] - Dominic Chaplin - Isurava, Kokoda Track, Papua New Guinea

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  Depending on your point of view, there are five SE New Guinea endemics in the Owen Stanley Range that are very difficult to access. These can all be accessed via the Kokoda Trail with a moderate/severe degree of effort...

• 2023 [08 August] - Andrew Walker

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  We recorded 21 species of astonishing birds-of-paradise: Splendid Astrapia, Princess Stephanie’s Astrapia, Ribbon-tailed Astrapia, King of Saxony Bird-of-paradise, Queen Carola’s Parotia, Short-tailed Paradigalla, Black Sicklebill, Brown Sicklebill, Black-billed Sicklebill, Glossy-mantled Manucode, Trumpet Manucode, Crinkle-collared Manucode, Magnificent Riflebird, Growling Riflebird, Greater Lophorina, King Bird-of-paradise, Magnificent Bird-of-paradise, Twelve-wired Bird-of-paradise, Greater Bird-of-paradise, Raggiana Bird-of-paradise, and Blue Bird-of-paradise.

• 2023 [08 August] - Andrew Walker - New Britain Extension

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  The list of highlights was very long and included Melanesian Megapode, Red-knobbed Imperial Pigeon, Yellowish Imperial Pigeon, Island Imperial Pigeon, Finsch’s Imperial Pigeon, Nicobar Pigeon, Knob-billed Fruit Dove, MacKinlay’s Cuckoo-Dove, Blue-eyed Cockatoo, Singing Parrot, Purple-bellied Lory, Bismarck Hanging Parrot, Buff-faced Pygmy Parrot, White-necked Coucal, Violaceous Coucal, Blyth’s Hornbill, Golden Masked Owl, New Britain Boobook, Black-capped Paradise Kingfisher, New Britain Dwarf Kingfisher, White-mantled Kingfisher, Melanesian Kingfisher, Beach Kingfisher, Bismarck Pitta (New Britain Pitta), Bismarck Crow, Spangled (Bismarck) Drongo, New Britain Friarbird, Sclater’s Myzomela, Black-bellied Myzomela, Ashy Myzomela, Black-tailed Monarch, Velvet Flycatcher, Long-tailed Myna, Red-banded Flowerpecker, and Buff-bellied Mannikin. Two Wood Sandpipers in a flooded field were a surprise find and were vagrants to New Britain.

• 2023 [10 October] - Joshua Bergmark

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  ...Some eager birders were ushered straight from their arriving international flight into a waiting helicopter, which whisked us over the foothills of the Owen-Stanley range and landed at the remote Kokoda Track village of Kagi by 8:30am...

• 2024 [06 June] - Joshua Bergmark

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  ...After making necessary arrangements with the village head, we hiked into the forest. It took some persistence after three false starts with display areas only attended by young males, but eventually we luckedout and found a really active tree with three stunning adult Goldie’s Bird-of-paradise carrying-on and dancing right in front of us...

• 2024 [07 July] - Angus McNab

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  The eBird list was compiled by client Greg Butcher and does include an early day in Australia.

• 2024 [10 October] - Joshua Bergmark

  PDF Report
  ...We then rediscovered Bougainville Thicketbird (lost for 21 years), again taking the first ever photos in the wild and sound recordings. Unfortunately our rediscovery of the similarly lost Bougainville Thrush was a heard only!

• Bird of Paradise Hotel - Goroka

  Trip Advisor
  The untouched beauty of the Eastern Highlands Province is the setting for the Bird of Paradise Hotel where luxury, style and impeccable service await you. The hotel`s central location in Goroka provides easy access to every modern facility, yet only a short drive away is the timeless village of the Asaro Mudmen.

• Wilderness Lodges of PNG

  Accommodation
  An inspired mixture of local architecture, spectacular views and modest luxury off the beaten track. Located at 7000 feet (2100 meters) in the PNG Southern Highlands, homeland of the Huli clan with their human hair wigs adorned with colorful flowers…

• Kiunga

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  Kiunga is a small river port sited on the upper reaches of the Fly River in the remote Western Province of Papua New Guinea. It is surrounded by vast tracts of swamp forest and lowland rain forest, and one thing that has become clear over recent years is just how good the area is; a sort of lowland equivalent of Ambua for species diversity. When we first started going there in 1991, there were 7 really special birds that we were particularly looking for: Southern Crowned Pigeon (one of the world`s most incredible species); Flame Bowerbird, New Guinea Flightless Rail, Large Fig-Parrot, Little Paradise-Kingfisher, White-bellied Pitohui and Yellow-eyed Starling.

• Papua New Guinea Birds

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  New Guinea birds with their brilliant colour, surpass those of any other country. Beautiful Birds of Paradise (the country's emblem); and wonderful dances of the flag-birds and others. There are 650 species, within 75 families.

• Victoria Crowned Pigeon Goura victoria

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  Crowned pigeons are larger than all other pigeons. They are mainly distributed throughout New Guinea. These particular pigeons receive their name from the lacy feathers on their heads. They rank among some of the prettiest and brightest pigeons. Usually it they are hunted for plumage