F | Dwarf Cassowary Casuarius bennetti | |||
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 1 immature walking on track; seen briefly but well x10 before it disappeared into forest | |
Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/18/1999 | Port Moresby: Brown River lowlands and vicinity | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/20/1999 | Lake Kerea and surrounding savanna about 30km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus | ||||
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 6 seen offshore x30 in good light | |
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 2 seen offshore x30 | |
Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris | ||||
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen offshore x30 in good light | |
Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | ||||
5/1/1999 | Loloata Island, se of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 100 | |
5/18/1999 | Port Moresby: Brown River lowlands and vicinity | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/20/1999 | Lake Kerea and surrounding savanna about 30km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 | |
5/20/1999 | Lake Kerea and surrounding savanna about 30km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor | ||||
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 1 soaring offshore x30 probably this species | |
F | Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel | |||
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | 1 soaring at 5pm over the valley below the Lodge--only second record for Tari! | |
5/23/1999 | Port Moresby: Loloata Island and airport | Papua New Guinea | 3 seen very well at fairly close range x10; under wing markings studied carefully | |
Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana | ||||
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
Great Egret Ardea alba | ||||
4/30/1999 | Airport to Loloata Isl., s.e. of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/5/1999 | Port Moresby Islander Travelodge hotel grounds | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen at airport | |
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: airstrip and the Fly River jetty | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/18/1999 | Port Moresby: Brown River lowlands and vicinity | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/22/1999 | Port Moresby: in and around town and suburbs | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Pied Heron Egretta picata | |||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 200 | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 15 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
Little Egret Egretta garzetta | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra | ||||
5/1/1999 | Loloata Island, se of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | gray phase | |
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 1 along beach | |
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/23/1999 | Port Moresby: Loloata Island and airport | Papua New Guinea | ||
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby: Aroa truck stop n.w. of PM--savanna and ponds | Papua New Guinea | 50 | |
5/21/1999 | Port Moresby: in and around city and nearby suburbs | Papua New Guinea | 20 at pond near Pacific Advent University | |
Striated Heron Butorides striatus | ||||
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 1 along creek in mangroves | |
Rufous Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/2/1999 | Hoskins, West New Britain Province: airport | Bismarck Archipelago | 2 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis | ||||
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | 1 stalking in the grass at oxbow | |
Australian Ibis Threskiornis molucca | ||||
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | 3 flying by | |
Wandering Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna arcuata | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 90 | |
Green Pygmy-goose Nettapus pulchellus | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 12 | |
5/20/1999 | Lake Kerea and surrounding savanna about 30km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 20 | |
Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 2 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby: Aroa truck stop n.w. of PM--savanna and ponds | Papua New Guinea | 12 | |
Osprey Pandion haliaetus | ||||
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby: Aroa truck stop n.w. of PM--savanna and ponds | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Long-tailed Honey-buzzard Henicopernis longicauda | |||
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: airstrip and the Fly River jetty | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Black Honey-buzzard Henicopernis infuscatus | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 | |
Black Kite Milvus migrans | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/18/1999 | Mt. Hagen airport and hotel lunch stop; P. Moresby airport | Papua New Guinea | 6 by Mt. Hagen airport and town | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby: Aroa truck stop n.w. of PM--savanna and ponds | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 30 | |
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: airstrip and the Fly River jetty | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/18/1999 | Port Moresby: Brown River lowlands and vicinity | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/21/1999 | Port Moresby: in and around city and nearby suburbs | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 2 | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | 2 | |
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: airstrip and the Fly River jetty | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 10 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 20 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/18/1999 | Port Moresby: Brown River lowlands and vicinity | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/22/1999 | Port Moresby: in and around town and suburbs | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/23/1999 | Port Moresby: Loloata Island and airport | Papua New Guinea | ||
White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster | ||||
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Eastern Marsh-Harrier Circus spilonotus | |||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 1 at Moitaka | |
F | Variable Goshawk Accipiter hiogaster | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 5 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 8 | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | 2 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/17/1999 | Tari: Dauli village by the river | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/18/1999 | Ambua Lodge grounds, hydro plant, and road to Tari airport | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen while digging van out of mud on road to Tari | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus | ||||
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/13/1999 | Tari: 75 min. drive north to Ambua Lodge; lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Gray-headed Goshawk Accipiter poliocephalus | |||
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 1 perched and seen x10 in great light | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 1 melanistic phase seen very well x30 perched in excellent morning light; orange bare parts; uniform gray plumage | |
F | Meyer's Goshawk Accipiter meyerianus | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 1 light phase soaring over Lodge--seen at lunchtime from restaurant | |
Little Eagle Hieraaetus morphnoides | ||||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 2 soaring over forest | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
Australian Kestrel Falco cenchroides | ||||
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: airstrip and the Fly River jetty | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: behind and nearby Hotel Cloudlands | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Oriental Hobby Falco severus | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 seen very well perched x30 in great light | |
Australian Hobby Falco longipennis | ||||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
Brown Falcon Falco berigora | ||||
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 1 perched on fence at Varirata lookout | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
h | Black-billed Brush-turkey Talegalla fuscirostris | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | heard only very close by; near a mound | |
5/22/1999 | Varirata National Park: Creek Track / Varirata Lookout | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | Melanesian Scrubfowl Megapodius eremita | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 8 including one seen very well standing in road | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | heard only | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 standing in the road; studied carefully | |
Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt | ||||
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen very well (x10) perched in mangroves at 50 feet; powerful orange feet seen clearly | |
Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/17/1999 | Tari: Dauli village by the river | Papua New Guinea | 2 flushed from tall grass | |
F | Chestnut Forest-Rail Rallina rubra | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 1 male taped in; fantastic views at close range; heard also; female in area but I did notsee her | |
Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis | ||||
5/13/1999 | Tari: 75 min. drive north to Ambua Lodge; lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 1 briefly seen scurrying across road ahead of van | |
h | Rufous-tailed Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccanus | |||
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | heard only along Dablin Creek | |
White-browed Crake Porzana cinerea | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 20 Black-backed Swamp Hen P. melnosis | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 10 | |
5/20/1999 | Lake Kerea and surrounding savanna about 30km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 10 | |
Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby: Aroa truck stop n.w. of PM--savanna and ponds | Papua New Guinea | 2 at pond near Aroa | |
5/20/1999 | Lake Kerea and surrounding savanna about 30km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
F | Beach Thick-knee Burhinus magnirostris | |||
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | pair seen on salt flat at edge of mangroves at dusk; seen very well x30; studied for 15 mins. | |
F | Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella | |||
5/18/1999 | Mt. Hagen airport and hotel lunch stop; P. Moresby airport | Papua New Guinea | 5 on tarmac at Port Moresby airport; seen very well x10 sitting and flying | |
5/23/1999 | Port Moresby: Loloata Island and airport | Papua New Guinea | 11 seen on tarmac as we were taking off | |
Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 10 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby: Aroa truck stop n.w. of PM--savanna and ponds | Papua New Guinea | 6 at pond near Aroa | |
Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola | ||||
4/30/1999 | Airport to Loloata Isl., s.e. of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 1 on sand bar at low tide | |
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius | ||||
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 3 nesting on gravel lot near Ok Tedi R. | |
Mongolian Plover Charadrius mongolus | ||||
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 1 on salt flats | |
Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii | ||||
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 1 on salt flats | |
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus | ||||
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 5 on beach | |
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 1 on salt flats | |
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis | ||||
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 1 flew by along shore; heard also | |
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia | ||||
4/30/1999 | Airport to Loloata Isl., s.e. of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 5 on sand bar at low tide | |
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos | ||||
5/2/1999 | Hoskins, West New Britain Province: airport | Bismarck Archipelago | 3 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
Gray-tailed Tattler Heterosceles brevipes | ||||
4/30/1999 | Airport to Loloata Isl., s.e. of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | several along beach at low tide | |
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 11 on sandbars just offshore | |
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis | ||||
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 2 on salt flat | |
Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus | ||||
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 2 offshore seen well x30 | |
Lesser Crested Tern Sterna bengalensis | ||||
4/30/1999 | Airport to Loloata Isl., s.e. of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | several on sand bars near island | |
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 1 offshore x30 | |
Great Crested Tern Sterna bergii | ||||
4/30/1999 | Airport to Loloata Isl., s.e. of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | several on sandbars near island | |
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 10 | |
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 4 offshore x30 | |
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 5 offshore x30 | |
5/23/1999 | Port Moresby: Loloata Island and airport | Papua New Guinea | several | |
Common Tern Sterna hirundo | ||||
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 12 offshore x30 | |
Little Tern Sterna albifrons | ||||
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 1 offshore x30 | |
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus | ||||
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby: Aroa truck stop n.w. of PM--savanna and ponds | Papua New Guinea | 1 at pond near Aroa | |
F | Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 6 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 30 | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | 2 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 5 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 5 | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/10/1999 | Tabubil: 28km s. of town; also along Dablin Creek n. of town | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Black-billed Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia nigrirostris | |||
5/10/1999 | Tabubil: 28km s. of town; also along Dablin Creek n. of town | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Road to Mt. Hagen just below Gap in late afternoon | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/22/1999 | Varirata National Park: Creek Track / Varirata Lookout | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | Great Cuckoo-Dove Reinwardtoena reinwardtii | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen very well perched | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/18/1999 | Ambua Lodge grounds, hydro plant, and road to Tari airport | Papua New Guinea | 1 perched and seen very well x30 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica | ||||
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | Stephan's Dove Chalcophaps stephani | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 flew across road | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 flushed from road | |
F | New Guinea Bronzewing Henicophaps albifrons | |||
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen x30 for 15 minutes perched on horiz. limb deep in the forest | |
Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby: Aroa truck stop n.w. of PM--savanna and ponds | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | many | |
Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis | ||||
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby: Aroa truck stop n.w. of PM--savanna and ponds | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | many | |
F | White-bibbed Ground-Dove Gallicolumba jobiensis | |||
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 flushed from road in front of van; I saw it fairly well | |
h | Pheasant Pigeon Otidiphaps nobilis | |||
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | heard only from a distance | |
5/22/1999 | Varirata National Park: Creek Track / Varirata Lookout | Papua New Guinea | heard only from distance | |
F | Southern Crowned-Pigeon Goura scheepmakeri | |||
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | male displaying to female on horiz. branch; great views; watched for 15 minutes | |
Wompoo Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus magnificus | ||||
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/22/1999 | Varirata National Park: Creek Track / Varirata Lookout | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | Pink-spotted Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus perlatus | |||
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: airstrip and the Fly River jetty | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: 17km north towards Tabubil along main road in p.m. | Papua New Guinea | 10 including some seen very well perched x30 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/22/1999 | Varirata National Park: Creek Track / Varirata Lookout | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
F | Orange-fronted Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus aurantiifrons | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Superb Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus superbus | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 | |
F | Beautiful Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus pulchellus | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | White-breasted Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus rivoli | |||
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 seen very well x30 in great light | |
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: forest trail below Tari Gap in morning | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | Orange-bellied Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus iozonus | |||
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: airstrip and the Fly River jetty | Papua New Guinea | 20 in several flocks flying overhead and perched | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 8 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | several | |
F | Knob-billed Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus insolitus | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 5 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 6 | |
F | Dwarf Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus nanus | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 perched scoped x30 from long distance | |
F | Red-knobbed Imperial-Pigeon Ducula rubricera | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | many | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | many | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | several | |
F | Finsch's Imperial-Pigeon Ducula finschii | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 studied carefully; shorter tail; banded tail | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 seen and many more heard | |
F | Island Imperial-Pigeon Ducula pistrinaria | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 4 | |
F | Pinon Imperial-Pigeon Ducula pinon | |||
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 6 flying overhead | |
F | Collared Imperial-Pigeon Ducula mullerii | |||
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 20 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 20 | |
F | Zoe Imperial-Pigeon Ducula zoeae | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Torresian Imperial-Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 10 Yellow-tinted I-P D. subflavescens | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 Yellow-tinted I-P D. subflavescens | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | 2 Yellow-tinted I-P D. subflavescens | |
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 4 seen very well flying over mangroves | |
F | Papuan Mountain-Pigeon Gymnophaps albertisii | |||
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: 17km north towards Tabubil along main road in p.m. | Papua New Guinea | 1 flying overhead | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 22 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 28 | |
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 10 | |
5/22/1999 | Varirata National Park: Creek Track / Varirata Lookout | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 flying overhead; seen well | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita | ||||
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 10 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | Blue-eyed Cockatoo Cacatua ophthalmica | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 20 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 4 | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | 2 | |
F | Yellow-streaked Lory Chalcopsitta sintillata | |||
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: airstrip and the Fly River jetty | Papua New Guinea | 14 | |
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: 17km north towards Tabubil along main road in p.m. | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 10 | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/18/1999 | Port Moresby: Brown River lowlands and vicinity | Papua New Guinea | 5 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 11 | |
F | Dusky Lory Pseudeos fuscata | |||
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: airstrip and the Fly River jetty | Papua New Guinea | 20 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 2 perched on small trees along riverbank | |
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | several | |
Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 10 | |
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 3 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 3 | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | 2 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 12 | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/10/1999 | Tabubil: 28km s. of town; also along Dablin Creek n. of town | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 12 | |
5/17/1999 | Tari town: Kigita village | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/18/1999 | Port Moresby: Brown River lowlands and vicinity | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | several in mangroves | |
F | Goldie's Lorikeet Psitteuteles goldiei | |||
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 70 approx. in several flocks flying overhead | |
5/18/1999 | Ambua Lodge grounds, hydro plant, and road to Tari airport | Papua New Guinea | 36 in flock flying over Lodge | |
F | Purple-bellied Lory Lorius hypoinochrous | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 12 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 20 | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | 2 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
F | Black-capped Lory Lorius lory | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Pygmy Lorikeet Charmosyna wilhelminae | |||
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 13 in a single flock flying overhead; heard also | |
F | Red-flanked Lorikeet Charmosyna placentis | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | many | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 10 | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 | |
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: airstrip and the Fly River jetty | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 20 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
F | Josephine's Lorikeet Charmosyna josefinae | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen very well x30 perched with P. Lorikeet | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Road to Mt. Hagen just below Gap in late afternoon | Papua New Guinea | 6 feeding in trees by road | |
F | Papuan Lorikeet Charmosyna papou | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 10 flock feeding on fruit and blossoms by road | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 4 including a melanistic one | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: forest trail below Tari Gap in morning | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Road to Mt. Hagen just below Gap in late afternoon | Papua New Guinea | 2 feeding in trees by road; one melanistic form | |
F | Plum-faced Lorikeet Oreopsittacus arfaki | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 5 | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Road to Mt. Hagen just below Gap in late afternoon | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Yellow-billed Lorikeet Neopsittacus musschenbroekii | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 20 | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: forest trail below Tari Gap in morning | Papua New Guinea | several | |
F | Orange-billed Lorikeet Neopsittacus pullicauda | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 2 bill color carefully noted on these perched ones (x30) | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: forest trail below Tari Gap in morning | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Road to Mt. Hagen just below Gap in late afternoon | Papua New Guinea | 6 seen x10 at very close range feeding on flowers and fruit | |
h | Pesquet's Parrot Psittrichas fulgidus | |||
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | heard only; briefest of distance glimpses; no field marks seen | |
F | Yellow-capped Pygmy-Parrot Micropsitta keiensis | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen well perched through scope x30 in good light | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
h | Red-breasted Pygmy-Parrot Micropsitta bruijnii | |||
5/16/1999 | Ambua: forest trail below Tari Gap in morning | Papua New Guinea | heard only; high fly-by | |
5/17/1999 | Tari: New Guinea Cultural Center, Tiokonda village | Papua New Guinea | heard only; seen by others but not by me | |
F | Orange-breasted Fig-Parrot Clycopsitta gulielmitertii | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/10/1999 | Tabubil: 28km s. of town; also along Dablin Creek n. of town | Papua New Guinea | 2 flying by; fairly good view; heard also | |
Double-eyed Fig-Parrot Clycopsitta diophthalma | ||||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
F | Large Fig-Parrot Psittaculirostris desmarestii | |||
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen fairly poorly as it flew overhead | |
F | Painted Tiger-Parrot Psittacella picta | |||
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 1 brief but clear view of one flying across theroad; heard also | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Road to Mt. Hagen just below Gap in late afternoon | Papua New Guinea | 1 good look x10 at perched bird; heard also | |
F | Brehm's Tiger-Parrot Psittacella brehmii | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 3 seen very well x30 in trees by road | |
F | Modest Tiger-Parrot Psittacella modesta | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 3 seen fairly well if briefly; perched then flying; heard also | |
F | Madarasz's Tiger-Parrot Psittacella madaraszi | |||
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen well for 15 minutes in deep forest; heard also | |
F | Red-cheeked Parrot Geoffroyus geoffroyi | |||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: airstrip and the Fly River jetty | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: 17km north towards Tabubil along main road in p.m. | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | several | |
F | Blue-collared Parrot Geoffroyus simplex | |||
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 2 flying overheard; heard | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 12 in two flocks flying overhead but low | |
F | Singing Parrot Geoffroyus heteroclitus | |||
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 3 seen and heard fairly well as they flew over | |
F | Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | many including both males and females in great light | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | many | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | several | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 20 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 10 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
F | Papuan King-Parrot Alisterus chloropterus | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 male | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/13/1999 | Tari: 75 min. drive north to Ambua Lodge; lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 1 male | |
5/17/1999 | Tari town: Kigita village | Papua New Guinea | 2 seen x30 in great morning light | |
5/17/1999 | Tari: New Guinea Cultural Center, Tiokonda village | Papua New Guinea | 5 including one pair at a nest hole | |
Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus | ||||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | heard | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | heard | |
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: 17km north towards Tabubil along main road in p.m. | Papua New Guinea | heard | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | heard | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/17/1999 | Tari: New Guinea Cultural Center, Tiokonda village | Papua New Guinea | heard | |
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis castaneiventris | |||
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen very well in good light; heard also | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis | ||||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: forest trail below Tari Gap in morning | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | Rufous-throated Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx ruficollis | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen very well x10 perched by side of road; heard also | |
F | White-eared Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx meyeri | |||
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen very well x30 in morning light | |
Little Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx minutillus | ||||
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Long-billed Cuckoo Rhamphomantis megarhynchus | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 male seen well x30 in good light | |
F | White-crowned Koel Caliechthrus leucolophus | |||
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen well x30 perched in good light | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/22/1999 | Varirata National Park: Creek Track / Varirata Lookout | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen very well x30 in excellent light; perched; heard also | |
F | Dwarf Koel Microdynamis parva | |||
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen very well x10 by side of trail | |
Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea | ||||
5/2/1999 | Hoskins, West New Britain Province: airport | Bismarck Archipelago | heard only | |
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | heard only | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | heard only | |
F | Australian Koel Eudynamys cyanocephala | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/10/1999 | Tabubil: 28km s. of town; also along Dablin Creek n. of town | Papua New Guinea | heard | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | heard | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | heard | |
F | Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae | |||
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 22 flying in groups over the river and perched in trees by the river | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Violaceous Coucal Centropus violaceus | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 4 including two seen very well | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 3 | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | heard | |
h | Greater Black Coucal Centropus menbeki | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | heard only -- deep booming voice | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | Pied Coucal Centropus ateralbus | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 seen very well | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 8 | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 | |
Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/18/1999 | Port Moresby: Brown River lowlands and vicinity | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
h | Lesser Black Coucal Centropus bernsteini | |||
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: 17km north towards Tabubil along main road in p.m. | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/10/1999 | Tabubil: 28km s. of town; also along Dablin Creek n. of town | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | heard | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
h | Jungle Hawk-Owl Ninox theomacha | |||
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | heard only below chalets; did not come to tape despite early morning and evening attempts | |
h | Feline Owlet-Nightjar Aegotheles insignis | |||
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | heard only in forest by Lodge heliport; did not come in to tape | |
Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis | ||||
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: behind and nearby Hotel Cloudlands | Papua New Guinea | 1 called in by tape at dawn | |
F | White-throated Nightjar Eurostopodus mystacalis | |||
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen fairly well; flushed by van at dusk | |
Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus | ||||
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen fairly well; flushed by van at dusk | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: behind and nearby Hotel Cloudlands | Papua New Guinea | 1 called in by tape at dusk | |
Glossy Swiftlet Aerodramus esculenta | ||||
5/10/1999 | Tabubil: 28km s. of town; also along Dablin Creek n. of town | Papua New Guinea | m | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Waterfall Trail and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: forest trail below Tari Gap in morning | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/17/1999 | Tari town: Kigita village | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Road to Mt. Hagen just below Gap in late afternoon | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/17/1999 | Tari: Dauli village by the river | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Entrance road, car park, and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/18/1999 | Ambua Lodge grounds, hydro plant, and road to Tari airport | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/22/1999 | Varirata National Park: Creek Track / Varirata Lookout | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Mountain Swiftlet Aerodramus hirundinaceus | |||
5/13/1999 | Tari: 75 min. drive north to Ambua Lodge; lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | several over Lodge grounds | |
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | many; very common everywhere | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Waterfall Trail and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: forest trail below Tari Gap in morning | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Road to Mt. Hagen just below Gap in late afternoon | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/18/1999 | Ambua Lodge grounds, hydro plant, and road to Tari airport | Papua New Guinea | several | |
F | White-rumped Swiftlet Aerodramus spodiopygius | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 6 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 70 | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | many | |
F | Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis | |||
5/2/1999 | Hoskins, West New Britain Province: airport | Bismarck Archipelago | 10 | |
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | many | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | many | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | several | |
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: airstrip and the Fly River jetty | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/20/1999 | Lake Kerea and surrounding savanna about 30km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/21/1999 | Port Moresby: in and around city and nearby suburbs | Papua New Guinea | several | |
F | Papuan Needletail Mearnsia novaeguineae | |||
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: airstrip and the Fly River jetty | Papua New Guinea | 1 over airport | |
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: 17km north towards Tabubil along main road in p.m. | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | several | |
F | Moustached Treeswift Hemiprocne mystacea | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 4 seen very well in morning light x30 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 2 | |
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: airstrip and the Fly River jetty | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 10 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis | ||||
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 4 along river | |
Azure Kingfisher Alcedo azurea | ||||
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 1 patrolling in swampy bog along Bigae Road | |
F | Bismarck Kingfisher Alcedo websteri | |||
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 female along stream seen very well x30 in good light | |
h | Variable Kingfisher Ceyx lepidus | |||
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | heard only as it flushed; briefest of glimpses; no field marks | |
Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 2 in savanna | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
F | Rufous-bellied Kookaburra Dacelo gaudichaud | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen very well perched in good light x30 | |
Forest Kingfisher Todirhamphus macleayii | ||||
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | 2 near oxbow | |
5/22/1999 | Varirata National Park: Creek Track / Varirata Lookout | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
Collared Kingfisher Todirhamphus chloris | ||||
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen very well x30; taped in close in mangroves | |
Sacred Kingfisher Todirhamphus sanctus | ||||
5/1/1999 | Loloata Island, se of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 1 by docks with buffy belly | |
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/2/1999 | Hoskins, West New Britain Province: airport | Bismarck Archipelago | 4 | |
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 10 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 16 | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | 2 | |
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: airstrip and the Fly River jetty | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 20 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby: Aroa truck stop n.w. of PM--savanna and ponds | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/23/1999 | Port Moresby: Loloata Island and airport | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
h | Hook-billed Kingfisher Melidora macrorrhina | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: behind and nearby Hotel Cloudlands | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | Yellow-billed Kingfisher Syma torotoro | |||
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen briefly as a fly-by; not a good look | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | heard only--loudly and close | |
5/22/1999 | Varirata National Park: Creek Track / Varirata Lookout | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen very well x30; perched in excellent light; calling loudly | |
h | Mountain Kingfisher Syma megarhyncha | |||
5/13/1999 | Tari: 75 min. drive north to Ambua Lodge; lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | heard only from Lodge parking lot | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | heard only from a distance | |
5/18/1999 | Ambua Lodge grounds, hydro plant, and road to Tari airport | Papua New Guinea | heard only once again | |
F | Common Paradise-Kingfisher Tanysiptera galatea | |||
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 1 called in near the King BoP site | |
F | Brown-headed Paradise-Kingfisher Tanysiptera danae | |||
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 1 immature seen very well x10; taped in close and studied at length; tail was not fully developed | |
F | Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher Tanysiptera sylvia | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 seen very well; Black-headed P-K T. nigriceps | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 Black-headed P-K T. nigriceps | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | heard Black-headed P-K T. nigriceps | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen well | |
Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 6 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | many | |
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: airstrip and the Fly River jetty | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 12 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/17/1999 | Tari: Dauli village by the river | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/18/1999 | Port Moresby: Brown River lowlands and vicinity | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby: Aroa truck stop n.w. of PM--savanna and ponds | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis | ||||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 2 | |
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: airstrip and the Fly River jetty | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 50 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 5 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/17/1999 | Tari town: Kigita village | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Blyth's Hornbill Aceros plicatus | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 2 pair seen well flying overhead | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 3 | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 15 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
F | Australasian Bushlark Mirafra javanica | |||
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 2 flushed from grassy savanna near salt flats | |
Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica | ||||
5/1/1999 | Loloata Island, se of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 30 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 10 | |
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: airstrip and the Fly River jetty | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/18/1999 | Ambua Lodge grounds, hydro plant, and road to Tari airport | Papua New Guinea | several at Tari airport | |
5/19/1999 | Sogeri Plateau: Kadota Monument and Kadota Motel lunch stop | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby: Aroa truck stop n.w. of PM--savanna and ponds | Papua New Guinea | several on pond near Aroa | |
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/23/1999 | Port Moresby: Loloata Island and airport | Papua New Guinea | several | |
Tree Martin Hirundo nigricans | ||||
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby: Aroa truck stop n.w. of PM--savanna and ponds | Papua New Guinea | several at pond near Aroa | |
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 7 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby: Aroa truck stop n.w. of PM--savanna and ponds | Papua New Guinea | 20 | |
F | Stout-billed Cuckoo-shrike Coracina caeruleogrisea | |||
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 1 male seen well x30 in great morning light | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Yellow-eyed Cuckoo-shrike Coracina lineata | |||
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 1 immature seen fairly well x30 at 150 feet | |
5/22/1999 | Varirata National Park: Creek Track / Varirata Lookout | Papua New Guinea | 2 adults seen in great light x30 | |
F | Boyer's Cuckoo-shrike Coracina boyeri | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 6 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 6 | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 | |
F | Hooded Cuckoo-shrike Coracina longicauda | |||
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Entrance road, car park, and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen x10 in tall trees by car park; heard also | |
F | Cicadabird Coracina tenuirostris | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 | |
F | Papuan Cuckoo-shrike Coracina incerta | |||
5/10/1999 | Tabubil: 28km s. of town; also along Dablin Creek n. of town | Papua New Guinea | 2 black shoulders seen | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/17/1999 | Tari town: Kigita village | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/17/1999 | Tari: New Guinea Cultural Center, Tiokonda village | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Gray-headed Cuckoo-shrike Coracina schisticeps | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/10/1999 | Tabubil: 28km s. of town; also along Dablin Creek n. of town | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | heard | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
F | New Guinea Cuckoo-shrike Coracina melas | |||
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 2 seen very well x30 in good light | |
F | Black-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina montana | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
F | Golden Cuckoo-shrike Campochaera sloetii | |||
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 3 seen very well in good light x30 | |
F | White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor | |||
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby: Aroa truck stop n.w. of PM--savanna and ponds | Papua New Guinea | 2 in palms in wet savannah meadow near Aroa | |
Varied Triller Lalage leucomela | ||||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 6 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 10 | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | several | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/22/1999 | Varirata National Park: Creek Track / Varirata Lookout | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 3 along road at upper elevations | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Road to Mt. Hagen just below Gap in late afternoon | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/19/1999 | Sogeri Plateau: Kadota Monument and Kadota Motel lunch stop | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | several | |
F | Australian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus australis | |||
5/20/1999 | Lake Kerea and surrounding savanna about 30km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 2 seen at long distance x30; heard clearly | |
F | Island Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus poliocephalus | |||
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Waterfall Trail and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen well and heard | |
5/17/1999 | Tari town: Kigita village | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/18/1999 | Mt. Hagen airport and hotel lunch stop; P. Moresby airport | Papua New Guinea | 1 in trees at Mt. Hagen lunch stop | |
F | Tawny Grassbird Megalurus timoriensis | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 2 in grasses alongside road | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata | ||||
4/30/1999 | Airport to Loloata Isl., s.e. of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 2 singing perched in morning light x30 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Waterfall Trail and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/17/1999 | Tari town: Kigita village | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/17/1999 | Tari: New Guinea Cultural Center, Tiokonda village | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris | ||||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 4 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 6 | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | 2 | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 2 in mangroves | |
Willie-wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys | ||||
4/30/1999 | Airport to Loloata Isl., s.e. of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | common in mangroves | |
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 25 | |
5/2/1999 | Hoskins, West New Britain Province: airport | Bismarck Archipelago | 6 | |
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 2 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 10 | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | 6 | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | heard only in the predawn darkness | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/10/1999 | Tabubil: 28km s. of town; also along Dablin Creek n. of town | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/17/1999 | Tari town: Kigita village | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Entrance road, car park, and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/18/1999 | Mt. Hagen airport and hotel lunch stop; P. Moresby airport | Papua New Guinea | 1 in Mt. Hagen | |
5/19/1999 | Sogeri Plateau: Kadota Monument and Kadota Motel lunch stop | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby: Aroa truck stop n.w. of PM--savanna and ponds | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/23/1999 | Port Moresby: Loloata Island and airport | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Friendly Fantail Rhipidura albolimbata | |||
5/13/1999 | Tari: 75 min. drive north to Ambua Lodge; lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 2 along Lodge entrance road | |
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Waterfall Trail and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/17/1999 | Tari: New Guinea Cultural Center, Tiokonda village | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Road to Mt. Hagen just below Gap in late afternoon | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/18/1999 | Ambua Lodge grounds, hydro plant, and road to Tari airport | Papua New Guinea | several | |
F | Chestnut-bellied Fantail Rhipidura hyperythra | |||
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 1 along Circuit Track | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
h | Sooty Thicket-Fantail Rhipidura threnothorax | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | heard only; very elusive: would not show itself | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | White-bellied Thicket-Fantail Rhipidura leucothorax | |||
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 1 called in by tape; difficult to see well | |
5/10/1999 | Tabubil: 28km s. of town; also along Dablin Creek n. of town | Papua New Guinea | heard | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | heard | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | Black Fantail Rhipidura atra | |||
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 2 along upper end of Dablin Creek trail | |
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Waterfall Trail and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: forest trail below Tari Gap in morning | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/18/1999 | Ambua Lodge grounds, hydro plant, and road to Tari airport | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
h | Mangrove Fantail Rhipidura phasiana | |||
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | heard only in mangroves | |
F | Dimorphic Fantail Rhipidura brachyrhyncha | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 1 tail pattern seen well | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Road to Mt. Hagen just below Gap in late afternoon | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
F | Rufous-backed Fantail Rhipidura rufidorsa | |||
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen along Bigae Road | |
Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons | ||||
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 1 in mangroves | |
F | Black Monarch Monarcha axillaris | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 2 seen well | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Entrance road, car park, and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Black-winged Monarch Monarcha frater | |||
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 1 in feeding flock | |
F | Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis | |||
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 1 in feeding flock | |
F | Spot-winged Monarch Monarcha guttulus | |||
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 1 brief but clear look: spots on wing seen | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 1 in feeding flock | |
F | Black-tailed Monarch Monarcha verticalis | |||
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 2 seen well | |
F | Golden Monarch Monarcha chrysomela | |||
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 1 in flock along Bigae Road | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 2 in feeding flock | |
F | Frilled Monarch Arses telescophthalmus | |||
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 3 pairs seen extremely well | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 1 male | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | several | |
Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula | ||||
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
F | Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto | |||
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | 3 incl. male and female | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
F | Dull Flycatcher Myiagra hebetior | |||
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 seen and heard fairly well | |
F | Black-breasted Boatbill Machaerirhynchus nigripectus | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 3 along logging road | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: forest trail below Tari Gap in morning | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
Yellow-breasted Boatbill Machaerirhynchus flaviventer | ||||
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 2 in feeding flock | |
F | Lesser Ground-Robin Amalocichla incerta | |||
5/16/1999 | Ambua: forest trail below Tari Gap in morning | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen briefly along forest trail; heard | |
F | Torrent Flycatcher Monachella muelleriana | |||
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 3 seen on rocks by lower end of Dablin Creek | |
5/17/1999 | Tari town: Kigita village | Papua New Guinea | 4 seen well in scope (x30) | |
Lemon-bellied Flycatcher Microeca flavigaster | ||||
5/10/1999 | Tabubil: 28km s. of town; also along Dablin Creek n. of town | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
F | Canary Flycatcher Microeca papuana | |||
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen very well in good light x30 | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Waterfall Trail and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
F | White-faced Robin Tregellasia leucops | |||
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 1 taped in for good look along Circuit Track; heard also | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
Mangrove Robin Eopsaltria pulverulenta | ||||
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 6 seen well in mangroves | |
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
F | Black-sided Robin Poecilodryas hypoleuca | |||
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen well after long search; heard | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | heard | |
h | Black-throated Robin Poecilodryas albonotata | |||
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Waterfall Trail and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | heard only; would not show itself | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | heard only; again no luck in seeing the callingbird | |
F | White-winged Robin Peneothello sigillatus | |||
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 2 seen well along forest trail below Gap | |
F | White-rumped Robin Peneothello bimaculatus | |||
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 1 brief but clear look at a skulking bird in the dark forest; heard also | |
F | Blue-gray Robin Peneothello cyanus | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 1 fairly common around Lodge | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Waterfall Trail and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
h | Northern Scrub-Robin Drymodes superciliaris | |||
5/22/1999 | Varirata National Park: Creek Track / Varirata Lookout | Papua New Guinea | heard only; calling loudly from dense growthnear picnic area; would not come out for tape | |
F | Dwarf Whistler Pachycare flavogrisea | |||
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 2 seen very well x10 in great light in feeding flocks; heard also | |
F | Rufous-naped Whistler Aleadryas rufinucha | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 2 seen very well x10 | |
h | Rusty Whistler Pachycephala hyperythra | |||
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | Brown-backed Whistler Pachycephala modesta | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Gray-headed Whistler Pachycephala griseiceps | |||
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis | ||||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 female | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 imm. | |
F | Sclater's Whistler Pachycephala soror | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Waterfall Trail and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Entrance road, car park, and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
F | Black-tailed Whistler Pachycephala melanura | |||
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 2 seen very well x10 and x30 in mangroves; heard also; came to tape | |
F | Regent Whistler Pachycephala schlegelii | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Waterfall Trail and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Golden-backed Whistler Pachycephala aurea | |||
5/10/1999 | Tabubil: 28km s. of town; also along Dablin Creek n. of town | Papua New Guinea | 4 including 1 male, 2 juv., and 1 female all seen and heard well at close range in good light along Ok Tedi R. 28km s. of Tabubil | |
F | Black-headed Whistler Pachycephala monacha | |||
5/10/1999 | Tabubil: 28km s. of town; also along Dablin Creek n. of town | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen very well | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/17/1999 | Tari town: Kigita village | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/18/1999 | Mt. Hagen airport and hotel lunch stop; P. Moresby airport | Papua New Guinea | 1 in trees at Mt. Hagen lunch stop | |
F | White-bellied Whistler Pachycephala leucogastra | |||
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 2 seen very well x10 in mangroves | |
Rufous Shrike-Thrush Colluricincla megarhyncha | ||||
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Waterfall Trail and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/17/1999 | Tari town: Kigita village | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/22/1999 | Varirata National Park: Creek Track / Varirata Lookout | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
Gray Shrike-Thrush Colluricincla harmonica | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | Hooded Pitohui Pitohui dichrous | |||
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 1: hood and black wings seen very well | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/22/1999 | Varirata National Park: Creek Track / Varirata Lookout | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
F | White-bellied Pitohui Pitohui incertus | |||
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 6 in a small flock at start of King BoP trail; seen fairly well | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | Rusty Pitohui Pitohui ferrugineus | |||
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 4 in fruiting tree by Creek Picnic Area; seen very well x10 in good light | |
h | Crested Pitohui Pitohui cristatus | |||
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | heard only; calling for long time, but from a distance; would not come to tape | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | Variable Pitohui Pitohui kirhocephalus | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 2 seen very well | |
F | Wattled Ploughbill Eulacestoma nigropectus | |||
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 1 male seen briefly x10 but well; large red wattles; heard also | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: forest trail below Tari Gap in morning | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | New Guinea Babbler Pomatostomus isidorei | |||
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: 17km north towards Tabubil along main road in p.m. | Papua New Guinea | 3 seen fairly well along road; yellow bill | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 6 in a responsive flock; seen well | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | heard | |
Logrunner Orthonyx temminckii | ||||
5/16/1999 | Ambua: forest trail below Tari Gap in morning | Papua New Guinea | heard only; came close but did not show; voice different from Austr. race | |
h | Painted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma ajax | |||
5/22/1999 | Varirata National Park: Creek Track / Varirata Lookout | Papua New Guinea | heard only; very close but would not reveal itself | |
F | Blue Jewel-babbler Ptilorrhoa caerulescens | |||
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen clearly if briefly walking on forest floor; heard | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | Chestnut-backed Jewel-babbler Ptilorrhoa castanonota | |||
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen very well x10; taped in very close; veryresponsive | |
F | Blue-capped Ifrita Ifrita kowaldi | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 4 seen well x10 | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Wallace's Fairywren Sipodotus wallacii | |||
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 2 seen briefly but well x10 in feeding flock | |
F | White-shouldered Fairywren Malurus alboscapulatus | |||
5/10/1999 | Tabubil: 28km s. of town; also along Dablin Creek n. of town | Papua New Guinea | 1 male at close range in good light | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/17/1999 | Tari town: Kigita village | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/19/1999 | Sogeri Plateau: Kadota Monument and Kadota Motel lunch stop | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
F | Emperor Fairywren Malurus cyanocephalus | |||
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: 17km north towards Tabubil along main road in p.m. | Papua New Guinea | male and female seen briefly but clearly along track from Greater BoP lek tree | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | Rusty Mouse-Warbler Crateroscelis murina | |||
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 1 taped in closely along Creek Trail | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
h | Mountain Mouse-Warbler Crateroscelis robusta | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | heard only; taped in close but would not show itself | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Waterfall Trail and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | Large Scrubwren Sericornis nouhuysi | |||
5/13/1999 | Tari: 75 min. drive north to Ambua Lodge; lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 2 foraging in bamboo near Lodge parking lot | |
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/17/1999 | Tari town: Kigita village | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Buff-faced Scrubwren Sericornis perspicillatus | |||
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen well along Lodge entrance road | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Waterfall Trail and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/17/1999 | Tari town: Kigita village | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Papuan Scrubwren Sericornis papuensis | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 4 in forest | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Waterfall Trail and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Road to Mt. Hagen just below Gap in late afternoon | Papua New Guinea | several | |
F | Pale-billed Scrubwren Sericornis spilodera | |||
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 1 along Circuit Track | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 1 in feeding flock | |
F | Mountain Gerygone Gerygone cinerea | |||
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Waterfall Trail and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 2 seen well and heard | |
F | Green-backed Gerygone Gerygone chloronotus | |||
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/22/1999 | Varirata National Park: Creek Track / Varirata Lookout | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa | ||||
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea | ||||
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby: Aroa truck stop n.w. of PM--savanna and ponds | Papua New Guinea | two seen and heard at Aroa truck stop | |
F | Yellow-bellied Gerygone Gerygone chrysogaster | |||
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/22/1999 | Varirata National Park: Creek Track / Varirata Lookout | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
Large-billed Gerygone Gerygone magnirostris | ||||
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen well in mangroves | |
F | Brown-breasted Gerygone Gerygone ruficollis | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: forest trail below Tari Gap in morning | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/17/1999 | Tari town: Kigita village | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/18/1999 | Mt. Hagen airport and hotel lunch stop; P. Moresby airport | Papua New Guinea | heard in trees at Mt. Hagen lunch stop | |
F | Mangrove Gerygone Gerygone levigaster | |||
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen well x10 in small bush near salt flat; heard also | |
F | Black Sittella Neositta miranda | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 6 building a moss and lichen nest in fork near the top of dead tree; red on face seen | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: forest trail below Tari Gap in morning | Papua New Guinea | 5 | |
h | Papuan Treecreeper Cormobates placens | |||
5/16/1999 | Ambua: forest trail below Tari Gap in morning | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | heard only deep in forest | |
F | Black Sunbird Leptocoma sericea | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | many, both males and females in great light | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 6 | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | 2 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis | ||||
4/30/1999 | Airport to Loloata Isl., s.e. of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | common in the mangroves; singing | |
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 2 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 4 | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 | |
5/10/1999 | Tabubil: 28km s. of town; also along Dablin Creek n. of town | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/23/1999 | Port Moresby: Loloata Island and airport | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Obscure Berrypecker Melanocharis arfakiana | |||
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 3 seen and heard well along Dablin Creek trail | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Black Berrypecker Melanocharis nigra | |||
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen briefly but well along swampy forest track | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
F | Lemon-breasted Berrypecker Melanocharis longicauda | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 4 along logging road | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
F | Fan-tailed Berrypecker Melanocharis versteri | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Waterfall Trail and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Entrance road, car park, and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Dwarf Honeyeater Toxorhamphus iliolophus | |||
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 2 seen well in forest; part of feeding flock | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 1 in feeding flock | |
F | Pygmy Honeyeater Toxorhamphus pygmaeum | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | Tit Berrypecker Oreocharis arfaki | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen well x10 along logging road | |
F | Crested Berrypecker Paramythia montium | |||
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | male and female seen x10 very well in pandanus along forest trail below Gap; heard also | |
F | Red-capped Flowerpecker Dicaeum geelvinkianum | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: forest trail below Tari Gap in morning | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/17/1999 | Tari town: Kigita village | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Red-banded Flowerpecker Dicaeum eximium | |||
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 3 incl. male and female seen fairly well | |
F | Black-fronted White-eye Zosterops minor | |||
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 1: we worked hard to see it | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | Capped White-eye Zosterops fuscicapillus | |||
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Waterfall Trail and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen very well x10 | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/17/1999 | Tari town: Kigita village | Papua New Guinea | many | |
F | New Guinea White-eye Zosterops novaeguineae | |||
5/18/1999 | Mt. Hagen airport and hotel lunch stop; P. Moresby airport | Papua New Guinea | 2 in trees at Mt. Hagen lunch stop; heard also | |
F | Long-billed Honeyeater Melilestes megarhynchus | |||
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 3 seen very well; long, decurved bill apparent | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Green-backed Honeyeater Glycichaera fallax | |||
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
F | Silver-eared Honeyeater Lichmera alboauricularis | |||
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby: Aroa truck stop n.w. of PM--savanna and ponds | Papua New Guinea | 8 seen very well x10 and x30 at close range in scrub across road from Aroa truck stop | |
F | Red-throated Myzomela Myzomela eques | |||
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 1 large, dark indiv. seen briefly along entrance road | |
F | Ashy Myzomela Myzomela cineracea | |||
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 2 | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 | |
Dusky Myzomela Myzomela obscura | ||||
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 2 seen well in mangroves | |
F | Black Myzomela Myzomela nigrita | |||
5/10/1999 | Tabubil: 28km s. of town; also along Dablin Creek n. of town | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen well along Dablin Creek trail | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
F | Mountain Myzomela Myzomela adolphinae | |||
5/17/1999 | Tari town: Kigita village | Papua New Guinea | 1 male seen very well x30 at 100 feet | |
5/22/1999 | Varirata National Park: Creek Track / Varirata Lookout | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Black-bellied Myzomela Myzomela erythromelas | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 2 seen very well in great light | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 | |
F | Red-collared Myzomela Myzomela rosenbergii | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 2 seen very well x30 in good light | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
F | Spot-breasted Meliphaga Meliphaga mimikae | |||
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen well x10 | |
F | Mountain Meliphaga Meliphaga orientalis | |||
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Road to Mt. Hagen just below Gap in late afternoon | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen x30 by me alone as it was chased off perch by a Ribbon-tailed Astrapia; only Meliphaga at this elevation (just below Gap) | |
F | Scrub Honeyeater Meliphaga albonotata | |||
5/10/1999 | Tabubil: 28km s. of town; also along Dablin Creek n. of town | Papua New Guinea | 1 white ear-spot seen well | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/17/1999 | Tari town: Kigita village | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Puff-backed Honeyeater Meliphaga aruensis | |||
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen well; Phil G. identified it mainly by call | |
F | Mimic Honeyeater Meliphaga analoga | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/22/1999 | Varirata National Park: Creek Track / Varirata Lookout | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
Graceful Honeyeater Meliphaga gracilis | ||||
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Black-throated Honeyeater Lichenostomus subfrenatus | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 6 seen well | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: forest trail below Tari Gap in morning | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Road to Mt. Hagen just below Gap in late afternoon | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
F | Obscure Honeyeater Lichenostomus obscurus | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Lichenostomus flavescens | |||
5/5/1999 | Port Moresby Islander Travelodge hotel grounds | Papua New Guinea | 6 seen well | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby: Aroa truck stop n.w. of PM--savanna and ponds | Papua New Guinea | 6 at Aroa truck stop; very bright yellow | |
F | Tawny-breasted Honeyeater Xanthotis flaviventer | |||
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: 17km north towards Tabubil along main road in p.m. | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | heard | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/10/1999 | Tabubil: 28km s. of town; also along Dablin Creek n. of town | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis | ||||
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 2 in savanna along entrance road | |
F | Plain Honeyeater Pycnopygius ixoides | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Marbled Honeyeater Pycnopygius cinereus | |||
5/17/1999 | Tari town: Kigita village | Papua New Guinea | 3 seen very well x30 in good light at 150 feet | |
F | Streak-headed Honeyeater Pycnopygius stictocephalus | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 3 seen very well at close range | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | Meyer's Friarbird Philemon meyeri | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides | ||||
4/30/1999 | Airport to Loloata Isl., s.e. of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | very vocal in morning and evening | |
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 1 New Guinea Friarbird P. novaeguineae | |
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: 17km north towards Tabubil along main road in p.m. | Papua New Guinea | 2 New Guinea Friarbird P. novaeguineae | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | several New Guinea Friarbird P. novaeguineae | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | several New Guinea Friarbird P. novaeguineae | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 2 New Guinea Friarbird P. novaeguineae | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | several New Guinea Friarbird P. novaeguineae | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | several New Guinea Friarbird P. novaeguineae | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 6 New Guinea Friarbird P. novaeguineae | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 2 New Guinea Friarbird P. novaeguineae | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | 1 New Guinea Friarbird P. novaeguineae | |
5/22/1999 | Varirata National Park: Creek Track / Varirata Lookout | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | New Britain Friarbird Philemon cockerelli | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 2 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 6 | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | 4 | |
F | Rufous-backed Honeyeater Ptiloprora guisei | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Waterfall Trail and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Black-backed Honeyeater Ptiloprora perstriata | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: forest trail below Tari Gap in morning | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Road to Mt. Hagen just below Gap in late afternoon | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
F | Belford's Melidectes Melidectes belfordi | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | many; very common above the Bailey Bridge | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: forest trail below Tari Gap in morning | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Road to Mt. Hagen just below Gap in late afternoon | Papua New Guinea | many | |
F | Yellow-browed Melidectes Melidectes rufocrissalis | |||
5/13/1999 | Tari: 75 min. drive north to Ambua Lodge; lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 2 seen very well x30 perched on Lodge chalets | |
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 2 lower down near Lodge | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Waterfall Trail and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/17/1999 | Tari town: Kigita village | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/17/1999 | Tari: New Guinea Cultural Center, Tiokonda village | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/18/1999 | Ambua Lodge grounds, hydro plant, and road to Tari airport | Papua New Guinea | several | |
F | Smoky Honeyeater Melipotes fumigatus | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | many; common everywhere we went at all elevations | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: forest trail below Tari Gap in morning | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Road to Mt. Hagen just below Gap in late afternoon | Papua New Guinea | many including some excited birds whose bare facial skin was red, not orange-yellow | |
Brown-backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus | ||||
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | many in the mangroves | |
F | Rufous-banded Honeyeater Conopophila albogularis | |||
4/30/1999 | Airport to Loloata Isl., s.e. of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | in the mangroves; singing | |
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/5/1999 | Port Moresby Islander Travelodge hotel grounds | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby: Aroa truck stop n.w. of PM--savanna and ponds | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 2 in mangroves | |
5/23/1999 | Port Moresby: Loloata Island and airport | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Brown Oriole Oriolus szalayi | |||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: 17km north towards Tabubil along main road in p.m. | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
Green Figbird Sphecotheres viridis | ||||
5/20/1999 | Hisiu: mangroves & beach along coast 60km nw of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen briefly but well flying over road just by the mangroves | |
5/21/1999 | Laelea: savanna, beach, mud, and mangrove; 20km nw of Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 1 fly by over the mangroves; seen fairly well x10 in excellent light | |
Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach | ||||
5/17/1999 | Tari town: Kigita village | Papua New Guinea | 2 seen x30 in great light | |
5/17/1999 | Tari: Dauli village by the river | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Papuan Drongo Chaetorhynchus papuensis | |||
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen well x10 in good light in feeding flock | |
Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus | ||||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 10 | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 2 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/22/1999 | Varirata National Park: Creek Track / Varirata Lookout | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | Great Woodswallow Artamus maximus | |||
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 6 soaring over village along road | |
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 2 by Lodge | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 11 on Lodge restaurant chimney in early morning | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | 12 around Lodge restaurant | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Entrance road, car park, and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/18/1999 | Ambua Lodge grounds, hydro plant, and road to Tari airport | Papua New Guinea | several | |
White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus | ||||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby: Aroa truck stop n.w. of PM--savanna and ponds | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/21/1999 | Port Moresby: in and around city and nearby suburbs | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
F | Bismarck Woodswallow Artamus insignis | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 2 perched at close range in pouring rain; whiteback seen well | |
F | Mountain Peltops Peltops montanus | |||
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 2 seen x30 in great light near Ok Tedi mine | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/13/1999 | Tari: 75 min. drive north to Ambua Lodge; lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | heard only from Lodge parking lot | |
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Waterfall Trail and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Entrance road, car park, and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/18/1999 | Ambua Lodge grounds, hydro plant, and road to Tari airport | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
F | Lowland Peltops Peltops blainvillii | |||
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen in good light perched on a low snag by the river | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
F | Black-backed Butcherbird Cracticus mentalis | |||
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen well in savanna along entrance road | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby: Aroa truck stop n.w. of PM--savanna and ponds | Papua New Guinea | 3 seen well near Aroa truck stop | |
F | Hooded Butcherbird Cracticus cassicus | |||
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: 17km north towards Tabubil along main road in p.m. | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/18/1999 | Port Moresby: Brown River lowlands and vicinity | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
Black Butcherbird Cracticus quoyi | ||||
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen well finally; very elusive; heard also | |
5/18/1999 | Ambua Lodge grounds, hydro plant, and road to Tari airport | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | Loria's Bird-of-paradise Cnemophilus loriae | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 1 female around Lodge | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Waterfall Trail and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 1 male hanging around in tree behind Reception building; heard also | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | male and female around Lodge parking lot | |
F | Crested Bird-of-paradise Cnemophilus macgregorii | |||
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 1 female seen briefly in pandanus along forest trail below Gap | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Road to Mt. Hagen just below Gap in late afternoon | Papua New Guinea | 2 males and one female conspicuously perched along roadside; seen and photographed x30 in waning light | |
F | Glossy-mantled Manucode Manucodia atra | |||
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: airstrip and the Fly River jetty | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen x30 at dusk from jetty | |
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: 17km north towards Tabubil along main road in p.m. | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 8 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
F | Trumpet Manucode Manucodia keraudrenii | |||
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen flying across river; not a good look | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen x30 at great distance on top of snag | |
F | Short-tailed Paradigalla Paradigalla brevicauda | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen very well x10 perched; wattles seen | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Road to Mt. Hagen just below Gap in late afternoon | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen well x30; yellow and blue facial wattlesseen well | |
F | Ribbon-tailed Astrapia Astrapia mayeri | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 3 males and 2 females in great light seen x30 | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 5 males and 5 females feeding in trees by road just below Gap | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: forest trail below Tari Gap in morning | Papua New Guinea | 5 | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Road to Mt. Hagen just below Gap in late afternoon | Papua New Guinea | 15 including at least seven males seen at same time | |
F | Princess Stephanie's Astrapia Astrapia stephaniae | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 1 male and 1 female seen x30 in great morning light displaying and calling | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | 2 in tall trees by parking lot incl. immature male | |
F | Carola's Parotia Parotia carolae | |||
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | 1 female or imm. male seen well x30 perched in great morning light; also heard | |
F | Lawes' Parotia Parotia lawesii | |||
5/17/1999 | Tari: New Guinea Cultural Center, Tiokonda village | Papua New Guinea | 1 male seen x30 in good light at 100 feet; heard also | |
5/18/1999 | Ambua Lodge grounds, hydro plant, and road to Tari airport | Papua New Guinea | male and female in tree by side of road to Tari | |
F | King-of-Saxony Bird-of-paradise Pteridophora alberti | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 3 males and 4 females seens very well x30; incredible head ribbons; heard also | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 1 male seen very well; heard also | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | 1 nice male with magnificent head ribbons | |
5/18/1999 | Ambua Lodge grounds, hydro plant, and road to Tari airport | Papua New Guinea | 1 nice male near hydro station on Huli River | |
F | Magnificent Riflebird Ptiloris magnificus | |||
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 1 flying across road; not a good look | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 1 male seen x30 in good light displaying on horizontal branch; heard also | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 1 male seen x30 in great light in fruiting treeby creek near picnic area | |
5/22/1999 | Varirata National Park: Creek Track / Varirata Lookout | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
F | Superb Bird-of-paradise Lophorina superba | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 1 female | |
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | 1 female around Lodge parking lot | |
5/17/1999 | Tari town: Kigita village | Papua New Guinea | 2 males on display perches; watched x30 performing cape display and fanning breast shield; heard also | |
5/17/1999 | Tari: New Guinea Cultural Center, Tiokonda village | Papua New Guinea | 1 male seen well | |
5/18/1999 | Ambua Lodge grounds, hydro plant, and road to Tari airport | Papua New Guinea | 1 male | |
F | Brown Sicklebill Epimachus meyeri | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | 1 male and 1 female; seen very well; incredibletail, incredible voice! | |
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/17/1999 | Ambua: Road to Mt. Hagen just below Gap in late afternoon | Papua New Guinea | 2 seen well foraging in pandanus | |
F | Magnificent Bird-of-paradise Cicinnurus magnificus | |||
5/10/1999 | Tabubil: 28km s. of town; also along Dablin Creek n. of town | Papua New Guinea | 1 female seen briefly as a fly-by near Ok Tedi R. 28km s. of Tabubil | |
5/11/1999 | Tabubil: Helsinki Checkpoint/Ok Tedi mine; Dablin Creek | Papua New Guinea | heard only | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | heard only; too far away to chase | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 1 female | |
F | King Bird-of-paradise Cicinnurus regius | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 female | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | male displaying in under the canopy at known site along swampy forest trail away from river;seen very well x30 | |
F | Twelve-wired Bird-of-paradise Seleucidis melanoleuca | |||
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 2 males and one female displaying on snags by the river at dawn; great views in great light | |
F | Greater Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea apoda | |||
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: 17km north towards Tabubil along main road in p.m. | Papua New Guinea | at least 7 males and 10 females at a lekking tree plus some Greater x Raggiana BoP hybrids (yellow collar seen on at least one) | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 16 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
F | Raggiana Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea raggiana | |||
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 1 male and 4 females; heard | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 8 males and 4 females at lek tree on Sogeri road just after entrance road to Varirata; seenvery well x30 in morning light; heard also | |
5/21/1999 | Varirata National Park: Circuit Track in morning | Papua New Guinea | heard only today | |
5/22/1999 | Varirata National Park: Creek Track / Varirata Lookout | Papua New Guinea | 4 feeding in fruiting tree by creek picnic area | |
F | Blue Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea rudolphi | |||
5/17/1999 | Tari town: Kigita village | Papua New Guinea | 1 male and 1 female; seen x30 in very good light; displaying; heard also | |
F | Lesser Melampitta Melampitta lugubris | |||
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Tari Gap and main road below the Gap (2300m - 2000m) | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen very well x10; red eye; taped in close; heard also | |
h | Greater Melampitta Melampitta gigantea | |||
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | heard only: despite being very close and enticed by tape, it would not show itself | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | heard only; a different site but the same result: very close approach but no sighting | |
h | Archbold's Bowerbird Archboldia papuensis | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | heard only; briefest distant glipmse could not be verified by Phil G. at dusk | |
h | Macgregor's Bowerbird Amblyornis macgregoriae | |||
5/14/1999 | Ambua: 2000m-2300m incl. logging road above Bailey Bridge | Papua New Guinea | heard only from Lodge parking lot, but too distant to be located or taped in | |
F | Flame Bowerbird Sericulus aureus | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen flying and briefly perched | |
F | Fawn-breasted Bowerbird Chlamydera cerviniventris | |||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/19/1999 | Sogeri Plateau: Kadota Monument and Kadota Motel lunch stop | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby: Aroa truck stop n.w. of PM--savanna and ponds | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
F | Gray Crow Corvus tristis | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 16 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 5 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 8 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
Torresian Crow Corvus orru | ||||
4/30/1999 | Airport to Loloata Isl., s.e. of Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | ||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/2/1999 | Hoskins, West New Britain Province: airport | Bismarck Archipelago | 8 Island Crow C. insularis | |
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | several Island Crow C. insularis | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | several Island Crow C. insularis | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | several Island Crow C. insularis | |
5/18/1999 | Port Moresby: Brown River lowlands and vicinity | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/22/1999 | Varirata National Park: Creek Track / Varirata Lookout | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/23/1999 | Port Moresby: Loloata Island and airport | Papua New Guinea | several | |
F | Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | many | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | many | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | many | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | many | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | several | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | several | |
F | Singing Starling Aplonis cantoroides | |||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/2/1999 | Hoskins, West New Britain Province: airport | Bismarck Archipelago | 6 | |
5/5/1999 | Port Moresby Islander Travelodge hotel grounds | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/18/1999 | Mt. Hagen airport and hotel lunch stop; P. Moresby airport | Papua New Guinea | several at Islander Travelodge in Port Moresby | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | several | |
F | Yellow-faced Myna Mino dumontii | |||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: 17km north towards Tabubil along main road in p.m. | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Dringas Road | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 10 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: 40km up the Fly River & short forest trail | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/9/1999 | Kiunga: Magazine R.; also km 10, 17, & 33 on Tabubil Road | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/10/1999 | Bigae road (42km n. of Kiunga) and rest of road to Tabubil | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/18/1999 | Port Moresby: Brown River lowlands and vicinity | Papua New Guinea | 6 | |
5/19/1999 | Varirata NP, 50 km n.e. of Port Moresby and en route | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby: Aroa truck stop n.w. of PM--savanna and ponds | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
F | Golden Myna Mino anais | |||
5/7/1999 | Kiunga: Boys Town Road | Papua New Guinea | 2 seen in great light x30 perched | |
5/8/1999 | Kiunga: river boat trip 40km up the Fly and Elevala Rivers | Papua New Guinea | 4 | |
5/12/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road, going 20km w. of town | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
5/13/1999 | Tabubil: Ok Ma Road in morning; then airport at noon | Papua New Guinea | 2 | |
F | Long-tailed Myna Mino kreffti | |||
5/3/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege (e. along n. coast); hot springs | Bismarck Archipelago | 30 Long-tailed (Island) Myna M. kreffti | |
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 30 Long-tailed (Island) Myna M. kreffti | |
5/5/1999 | Road from Hoskins to Lavege in the morning | Bismarck Archipelago | several Long-tailed (Island) Myna M. kreffti | |
House Sparrow Passer domesticus | ||||
5/18/1999 | Mt. Hagen airport and hotel lunch stop; P. Moresby airport | Papua New Guinea | 2 at Islander Travelodge in Port Moresby | |
F | Blue-faced Parrotfinch Erythrura trichroa | |||
5/15/1999 | Ambua: Waterfall Trail and Lodge grounds | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen briefly but well in tangle along stream | |
F | Streak-headed Munia Lonchura tristissima | |||
5/6/1999 | Kiunga: airstrip and the Fly River jetty | Papua New Guinea | 1 in grass & shrubs at end of airport runway | |
F | Grand Munia Lonchura grandis | |||
5/19/1999 | Sogeri Plateau: Kadota Monument and Kadota Motel lunch stop | Papua New Guinea | 3 seen very well x30 on seed heads in field | |
F | Hooded Munia Lonchura spectabilis | |||
5/16/1999 | Ambua: Lodge grounds and sidetrail off Waterfall Trail | Papua New Guinea | 1 seen well x30 below chalets on Lodge grounds | |
5/17/1999 | Tari town: Kigita village | Papua New Guinea | 3 seen well | |
F | Gray-headed Munia Lonchura caniceps | |||
5/2/1999 | Port Moresby: Pacific Adventist Univ.; Moitaka Sewage Ponds | Papua New Guinea | 12 | |
5/19/1999 | Sogeri Plateau: Kadota Monument and Kadota Motel lunch stop | Papua New Guinea | 1 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby: Aroa truck stop n.w. of PM--savanna and ponds | Papua New Guinea | several | |
Chestnut-breasted Munia Lonchura castaneothorax | ||||
5/19/1999 | Sogeri Plateau: Kadota Monument and Kadota Motel lunch stop | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
5/20/1999 | Port Moresby area: oxbow and savanna near Brown River | Papua New Guinea | 3 | |
F | Bismarck Munia Lonchura melaena | |||
5/4/1999 | Hoskins to Kimbe; then Kulu River road (15km w.&s. of Kimbe) | Bismarck Archipelago | 1 seen very well x30 in good morning light |
1254 sightings; 380 species seen or heard; 269 life birds (including 24 heard only).