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The highlights of this 3 week to Papua New Guinea included Shovel-billed Kingfisher watched visiting its nest, 3 Papuan Whipbirds, Southern Crowned Pigeon, Marbled Frogmouth, Flame mantled Bowerbird, 13 species of Kingfishers and 24 species of Bird of Paradise including Greater Melampitta. A return trip is planned for next year. Please visit my PNG page on www.worldbirders.com for more details.
Itinerary:
23-Jul depart LHR-BAH-SIN 10.00-18.45/20.00-
24-Jul arrive SIN 09.20, depart SIN-POM 21.10-
25-Jul Arrive Port Moresby 05.40, Varirata, overnight POM
26-Jul Varirata + PAU overnight POM
27-Jul Varirata, overnight POM
28-Jul POM-Tari, birding Tari, overnight Warili lodge
29-Jul Birding the Tari area, overnight Warili Lodge
30-Jul Birding the Tari area, overnight Warili Lodge
31-Jul Birding the Tari area, overnight Warili Lodge
01-Aug Birding the Tari area, overnight Warili Lodge
02-Aug Tari-Mt Hagen ,Mt Hagen-Madang
03-Aug Travel up to Keki in the Adelbert mountains
04-Aug Birding the Keki area. Overnight Keki Lodge
05-Aug Birding the Keki area. Overnight Keki Lodge.
06-Aug Bird Keki Lodge in morning, return to Madang. Overnight Madang
07-Aug Madang-Mt Hagan/Mt Hagan-Tabubil Bird Tabubil afternoon
08-Aug Birding the Tabubil area
09-Aug Birding the Tabubil area
10-Aug drove to Kiunga
11-Aug boat trip up Elevala river, night at Ekame lodge
12-Aug Ekame
13-Aug Early birding at Ekame and return by boat to Kiunga
14-Aug early birding around Kiunga, fly to POM
Trip list
1. Australasian Grebe
2. Little Black Cormorant
3. Little Pied Cormorant
4. Darter
5. Great-billed Heron
6. Great Egret
7. Pied Heron
8. Intermediate Egret
9. Little Egret
10. Cattle Egret
11. Striated Heron
12. Rufous Night-Heron
13. Australian Ibis
14. Spotted Whistling-Duck
15. Wandering Whistling-Duck
16. Green Pygmy-Goose
17. Salvadori's Teal
18. Pacific Black Duck
19. Osprey
20. Pacific Baza
21. Long-tailed Honey-Buzzard
22. Black Kite
23. Whistling Kite
24. Brahminy Kite
25. White-bellied Sea-Eagle
26. Eastern Marsh-Harrier
27. Variable Goshawk
28. Grey-headed Goshawk
29. Meyer's Goshawk
30. Little Eagle
31. Brown Quail
32. Forbes' Rail
33. Buff-banded Rail
34. Rufous-tailed Bush-hen
35. Purple Swamphen
36. Dusky Moorhen
37. Comb-crested Jacana
38. Masked Lapwing
39. Little Ringed Plover
40. Common Sandpiper
41. Slender-billed Cuckoo-Dove
42. Black-billed Cuckoo-Dove
43. Great Cuckoo-Dove
44. Stephan's Dove
45. Peaceful Dove
46. White-bibbed Ground-Dove
47. Pheasant Pigeon
48. Southern Crowned-Pigeon
49. Wompoo Fruit-Dove
50. Pink-spotted Fruit-Dove
51. Ornate Fruit-Dove
52. Orange-fronted Fruit-Dove
53. Superb Fruit-Dove
54. Beautiful Fruit-Dove
55. White-breasted Fruit-Dove
56. Orange-bellied Fruit-Dove
57. Purple-tailed Imperial-Pigeon
58. Pinon Imperial-Pigeon
59. Collared Imperial-Pigeon
60. Zoe Imperial-Pigeon
61. Papuan Mountain-Pigeon
62. Palm Cockatoo
63. Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
64. Yellow-streaked Lory
65. Rainbow Lorikeet
66. Black-capped Lory
67. Fairy Lorikeet
68. Papuan Lorikeet
69. Yellow-billed Lorikeet
70. Pesquet's Parrot
71. Red-breasted Pygmy-Parrot
72. Orange-breasted Fig-Parrot
73. Double-eyed Fig-Parrot
74. Painted Tiger-Parrot
75. Madarasz's Tiger-Parrot
76. Red-cheeked Parrot
77. Eclectus Parrot
78. Papuan King-Parrot
79. Brush Cuckoo
80. Fan-tailed Cuckoo
81. Rufous-throated Bronze-Cuckoo
82. White-eared Bronze-Cuckoo
83. Dwarf Koel
84. Australian Koel
85. Channel-billed Cuckoo
86. Greater Black Coucal
87. Lesser Black Coucal
88. Greater Sooty-Owl
89. Jungle Hawk-Owl
90. Barred Owlet-Nightjar
91. Marbled Frogmouth
92. Papuan Frogmouth
93. White-throated Nightjar
94. Papuan Nightjar
95. Archbold's Nightjar
96. Large-tailed Nightjar
97. Glossy Swiftlet
98. Mountain Swiftlet
99. Uniform Swiftlet
100. Papuan Needletail
101. Moustached Treeswift
102. Common Kingfisher
103. Azure Kingfisher
104. Blue-winged Kookaburra
105. Rufous-bellied Kookaburra
106. Shovel-billed Kookaburra
107. Forest Kingfisher
108. Sacred Kingfisher
109. Hook-billed Kingfisher
110. Yellow-billed Kingfisher
111. Mountain Kingfisher
112. Little Paradise-Kingfisher
113. Common Paradise-Kingfisher
114. Brown-headed Paradise-Kingfisher
115. Rainbow Bee-eater
116. Dollarbird
117. Blyth's Hornbill
118. Hooded Pitta
119. Australasian Bushlark
120. Pacific Swallow
121. Australasian Pipit
122. Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
123. Stout-billed Cuckoo-shrike
124. Boyer's Cuckoo-shrike
125. White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
126. Grey-headed Cuckooshrike
127. New Guinea Cuckoo-shrike
128. Black-bellied Greybird
129. Golden Cuckoo-shrike
130. White-winged Triller
131. Varied Triller
132. Black-browed Triller
133. Island Thrush
134. Golden-headed Cisticola
135. Island Leaf-Warbler
136. Tawny Grassbird
137. Pied Bushchat
138. Northern Fantail
139. Willie-wagtail
140. Friendly Fantail
141. Chestnut-bellied Fantail
142. Sooty Thicket-Fantail
143. Black Thicket-Fantail
144. White-bellied Thicket-Fantail
145. Black Fantail
146. Dimorphic Fantail
147. Grey-breasted Rufous Fantail
148. Black-winged Monarch
149. Spot-winged Monarch
150. Golden Monarch
151. Frilled Monarch
152. Rufous-collared Monarch
153. Leaden Flycatcher
154. Shining Flycatcher
155. Black-breasted Boatbill
156. Lesser Ground-Robin
157. Torrent Flycatcher
158. Lemon-bellied Flycatcher
159. Yellow-legged Flycatcher
160. Olive Flyrobin
161. Canary Flycatcher
162. Garnet Robin
163. White-faced Robin
164. Black-sided Robin
165. Black-throated Robin
166. White-winged Robin
167. White-rumped Robin
168. Blue-grey Robin
169. Mottled Whistler
170. Dwarf Whistler
171. Rufous-naped Whistler
172. Brown-backed Whistler
173. Grey-headed Whistler
174. Sclater's Whistler
175. Black-headed Whistler
176. Rufous Shrike-Thrush
177. Hooded Pitohui
178. White-bellied Pitohui
179. Rusty Pitohui
180. Crested Pitohui
181. Wattled Ploughbill
182. New Guinea Babbler
183. Northern Logrunner
184. Papuan Whipbird
185. Spotted Jewel-Babbler
186. Blue Jewel-Babbler
187. Chestnut-backed Jewel-babbler
188. Blue-capped Ifrita
189. White-shouldered Fairywren
190. Emperor Fairywren
191. Mountain Mouse-Warbler
192. Large Scrubwren
193. Buff-faced Scrubwren
194. Papuan Scrubwren
195. Grey Gerygone
196. Green-backed Gerygone
197. Fairy Gerygone
198. Yellow-bellied Gerygone
199. Brown-breasted Gerygone
200. Black Sunbird
201. Obscure Berrypecker
202. Black Berrypecker
203. Lemon-breasted Berrypecker
204. Fan-tailed Berrypecker
205. Yellow-bellied Longbill
206. Slaty-chinned Longbill
207. Pygmy Honeyeater
208. Tit Berrypecker
209. Crested Berrypecker
210. Black-fronted White-eye
211. Capped White-eye
212. New Guinea White-eye
213. Long-billed Honeyeater
214. Olive Honeyeater
215. Dusky Myzomela
216. Red Myzomela
217. Black Myzomela
218. Mountain Myzomela
219. Red-collared Myzomela
220. Mountain Meliphaga
221. Scrub Honeyeater
222. Mimic Honeyeater
223. Graceful Honeyeater
224. Black-throated Honeyeater
225. Varied Honeyeater
226. Yellow-tinted Honeyeater
227. Tawny-breasted Honeyeater
228. Spotted Honeyeater
229. White-throated Honeyeater
230. Plain Honeyeater
231. Marbled Honeyeater
232. Helmeted Friarbird novaeguineae
233. Rufous-backed Honeyeater
234. Belford's Melidectes
235. Yellow-browed Melidectes
236. Smoky Honeyeater
237. Rufous-banded Honeyeater
238. Brown Oriole
239. Green Figbird
240. Papuan Drongo
241. Spangled Drongo
242. Great Woodswallow
243. White-breasted Woodswallow
244. Mountain Peltops
245. Lowland Peltops
246. Black-backed Butcherbird
247. Hooded Butcherbird
248. Black Butcherbird
249. Loria's Bird-of-Paradise
250. Glossy-mantled Manucode
251. Crinkle-collared Manucode
252. Trumpet Manucode
253. Short-tailed Paradigalla
254. Ribbon-tailed Astrapia
255. Princess Stephanie's Astrapia
256. Carola's Parotia
257. Lawes' Parotia
258. King-of-Saxony Bird-of-paradise
259. Magnificent Riflebird
260. Superb Bird-of-Paradise
261. Black Sicklebill
262. Brown Sicklebill
263. Magnificent Bird-of-Paradise
264. King Bird-of-Paradise
265. Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise
266. Lesser Bird-of-Paradise
267. Greater Bird-of-Paradise
268. Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise
269. Blue Bird-of-Paradise
270. Lesser Melampitta
271. Greater Melampitta
272. White-eared Catbird
273. Macgregor's Bowerbird
274. Flame Bowerbird
275. Fire-maned Bowerbird
276. Fawn-breasted Bowerbird
277. Grey Crow
278. Torresian Crow
279. Metallic Starling
280. Yellow-eyed Starling
281. Singing Starling
282. Yellow-faced Myna
283. Golden Myna
284. House Sparrow
285. Mountain Firetail
286. Blue-faced Parrotfinch
287. Grand Munia
288. Hooded Munia
289. Grey-headed Mannikin
290. Chestnut-breasted Munia