eBird Field Checklist
Southern Highlands, PG
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373 species (+12 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Cassowaries and Emu
Dwarf Cassowary
Waterfowl
Radjah Shelduck
Green Pygmy-Goose
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Salvadori's Teal
Pacific Black Duck
Gray Teal
Megapodes
Wattled Brushturkey
Orange-footed Megapode
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Brown Quail
Grebes
Australasian Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Metallic Pigeon
Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove
Black-billed Cuckoo-Dove
Macropygia sp.
Great Cuckoo-Dove
Stephan's Dove
Bronze Ground Dove
White-bibbed Ground Dove
Pheasant Pigeon
Wompoo Fruit-Dove
Ornate Fruit-Dove
Orange-fronted Fruit-Dove
Superb Fruit-Dove
Coroneted Fruit-Dove
Beautiful Fruit-Dove
White-breasted Fruit-Dove
Dwarf Fruit-Dove
Rufescent Imperial-Pigeon
Zoe's Imperial-Pigeon
imperial-pigeon sp.
Papuan Mountain-Pigeon
Cuckoos
Greater Black Coucal
Pheasant Coucal
Dwarf Koel
Pacific Koel
Channel-billed Cuckoo
Long-billed Cuckoo
Rufous-throated Bronze-Cuckoo
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
White-eared Bronze-Cuckoo
Little Bronze-Cuckoo
White-crowned Cuckoo
Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Brush Cuckoo
Oriental Cuckoo
Frogmouths
Marbled Frogmouth
Papuan Frogmouth
Nightjars
White-throated Nightjar
Archbold's Nightjar
Large-tailed Nightjar
Owlet-nightjars
Feline Owlet-nightjar
Mountain Owlet-nightjar
Swifts
Papuan Spinetail
White-throated Needletail
Glossy Swiftlet
Mountain Swiftlet
Uniform Swiftlet
swiftlet sp.
Treeswifts
Moustached Treeswift
Flufftails
Chestnut Forest Rail
Forbes's Forest Rail
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Buff-banded Rail
Australasian Swamphen
Pale-vented Bush-hen
Red-necked Crake
Spotless Crake
Shorebirds
Pacific Golden-Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Masked Lapwing
Oriental Plover
Little Curlew
New Guinea Woodcock
Swinhoe's Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Gray-tailed Tattler
Australian Pratincole
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Whiskered Tern
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Lesser Frigatebird
Great Frigatebird
Cormorants and Anhingas
Australasian Darter
Little Pied Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant
Pelicans
Australian Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Nankeen Night Heron
Little Egret
Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Plumed Egret
Australian Ibis
Straw-necked Ibis
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Long-tailed Honey-buzzard
Pacific Baza
New Guinea Eagle
Pygmy Eagle
Gurney's Eagle
Papuan Harrier
Swamp Harrier
harrier sp.
Variable Goshawk
Brown Goshawk
Black-mantled Goshawk
Gray-headed Goshawk
Collared Sparrowhawk
Meyer's Goshawk
Doria's Goshawk
Black Kite
Whistling Kite
Brahminy Kite
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Owls
Sooty Owl
Australasian Grass-Owl
Rufous Owl
Papuan Boobook
Papuan Owl
Hornbills
Blyth's Hornbill
Kingfishers
Azure Kingfisher
Papuan Dwarf-Kingfisher
Rufous-bellied Kookaburra
Shovel-billed Kookaburra
Forest Kingfisher
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Sacred Kingfisher
Yellow-billed Kingfisher
Mountain Kingfisher
Common Paradise-Kingfisher
Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Rainbow Bee-eater
Dollarbird
Falcons and Caracaras
Nankeen Kestrel
Oriental Hobby
Australian Hobby
Brown Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Cockatoos
Palm Cockatoo
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Pesquet's Parrot
Buff-faced Pygmy-Parrot
Red-breasted Pygmy-Parrot
Papuan King-Parrot
Papuan Eclectus
Red-cheeked Parrot
Blue-collared Parrot
Painted Tiger-Parrot
Brehm's Tiger-Parrot
Modest Tiger-Parrot
Madarasz's Tiger-Parrot
tiger-parrot sp.
Double-eyed Fig-Parrot
Plum-faced Lorikeet
Pygmy Lorikeet
Red-flanked Lorikeet
Fairy Lorikeet
Striated Lorikeet
Josephine's Lorikeet
Stella's Lorikeet
Yellow-billed Lorikeet
Orange-billed Lorikeet
Yellow-billed/Orange-billed Lorikeet
Black-capped Lory
Dusky Lory
Yellow-streaked Lory
Goldie's Lorikeet
Coconut Lorikeet
Old World Pittas
Eastern Hooded Pitta
Scrub-birds and Bowerbirds
Archbold's Bowerbird
MacGregor's Bowerbird
Yellow-breasted Bowerbird
Fawn-breasted Bowerbird
Australian Treecreepers
Papuan Treecreeper
Fairywrens
Wallace's Fairywren
Orange-crowned Fairywren
White-shouldered Fairywren
Honeyeaters
Plain Honeyeater
Marbled Honeyeater
Streak-headed Honeyeater
Forest Honeyeater
Mottled Honeyeater
Mountain Honeyeater
Scrub Honeyeater
Black-throated Honeyeater
Obscure Honeyeater
Sooty Honeyeater
Long-bearded Honeyeater
Ornate Melidectes
Cinnamon-browed Melidectes
Huon Melidectes
Belford's Melidectes
Yellow-browed Melidectes
Belford's x Yellow-browed Melidectes (hybrid)
Yellow-tinted Honeyeater
Brown-backed Honeyeater
Rufous-banded Honeyeater
Smoky Honeyeater
Long-billed Honeyeater
Olive Straightbill
Red Myzomela
Papuan Black Myzomela
Red-headed Myzomela
Elfin Myzomela
Red-collared Myzomela
Yellow-streaked Honeyeater
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Rufous-backed Honeyeater
Gray-streaked Honeyeater
Silver-eared Honeyeater
Tawny-breasted Honeyeater
Spotted Honeyeater
Meyer's Friarbird
Helmeted Friarbird
Thornbills and Allies
Goldenface
Mountain Mouse-Warbler
Rusty Mouse-Warbler
Large Scrubwren
Pale-billed Scrubwren
Bicolored Mouse-Warbler
Buff-faced Scrubwren
Gray-green Scrubwren
Papuan Scrubwren
scrubwren sp.
Gray Thornbill
Papuan Thornbill
Yellow-bellied Gerygone
Green-backed Gerygone
Fairy Gerygone
Large-billed Gerygone
White-throated Gerygone
Brown-breasted Gerygone
Logrunners
Papuan Logrunner
Quail-thrushes and Jewel-babblers
Spotted Jewel-babbler
Chestnut-backed Jewel-babbler
Cuckooshrikes
Stout-billed Cuckooshrike
Hooded Cuckooshrike
Boyer's Cuckooshrike
Black-faced Cuckooshrike
White-bellied Cuckooshrike
Golden Cuckooshrike
Black-browed Triller
Varied Triller
Black-bellied Cicadabird
Papuan Cicadabird
Common Cicadabird
Gray-headed Cicadabird
Black Cicadabird
Sittellas
Black Sittella
Papuan Sittella
Whipbirds and Wedgebills
Papuan Whipbird
Ploughbill
Wattled Ploughbill
Australo-Papuan Bellbirds
Rufous-naped Bellbird
Piping Bellbird
Tit Berrypecker and Crested Berrypecker
Tit Berrypecker
Eastern Crested Berrypecker
Whistlers and Allies
Rusty Pitohui
Variable Shrikethrush
Sepik-Ramu Shrikethrush
Arafura Shrikethrush
Black Pitohui
Regent Whistler
Sclater's Whistler
Brown-backed Whistler
Rusty Whistler
Gray Whistler
White-bellied Whistler
Black-headed Whistler
Old World Orioles
Hooded Pitohui
Southern Variable Pitohui
Brown Oriole
Australasian Figbird
Boatbills
Black-breasted Boatbill
Yellow-breasted Boatbill
Woodswallows
Great Woodswallow
White-breasted Woodswallow
Bellmagpies and Allies
Mountain Peltops
Lowland Peltops
Hooded Butcherbird
Black Butcherbird
Mottled Berryhunter
Mottled Berryhunter
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Fantails
Drongo Fantail
Black Fantail
Northern Fantail
Sooty Thicket-Fantail
Willie-wagtail
Rufous-backed Fantail
Dimorphic Fantail
Friendly Fantail
Chestnut-bellied Fantail
Drongos
Spangled Drongo
Birds-of-Paradise
Crinkle-collared Manucode
King-of-Saxony Bird-of-Paradise
Carola's Parotia
Lawes's Parotia
Black-billed Sicklebill
Greater Lophorina
Magnificent Riflebird
Black Sicklebill
Brown Sicklebill
Short-tailed Paradigalla
Splendid Astrapia
Stephanie's Astrapia
Ribbon-tailed Astrapia
Stephanie's x Ribbon-tailed Astrapia (hybrid)
King Bird-of-Paradise
Magnificent Bird-of-Paradise
Blue Bird-of-Paradise
Lesser Bird-of-Paradise
Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise
Greater Bird-of-Paradise
Ifrita
Blue-capped Ifrita
Monarch Flycatchers
Golden Monarch
Island Monarch
Black-faced Monarch
Black-winged Monarch
Fan-tailed Monarch
Hooded Monarch
Spot-winged Monarch
Frilled Monarch
Torrent-lark
Satin Flycatcher
Melampittas
Lesser Melampitta
Shrikes
Long-tailed Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Gray Crow
Torresian Crow
Satinbirds
Loria's Satinbird
Crested Satinbird
Berrypeckers and Longbills
Obscure Berrypecker
Black Berrypecker
Mid-mountain Berrypecker
Fan-tailed Berrypecker
Streaked Berrypecker
Spotted Berrypecker
Slaty-chinned Longbill
Australasian Robins
Lesser Ground-Robin
White-eyed Robin
Garnet Robin
Subalpine Robin
Canary Flyrobin
Torrent Flyrobin
Lemon-bellied Flyrobin
Papuan Scrub-Robin
Black-capped Robin
Black-throated Robin
White-rumped Robin
White-winged Robin
Blue-gray Robin
White-faced Robin
Larks
Singing Bushlark
Cisticolas and Allies
Golden-headed Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Australian Reed Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
Fly River Grassbird
Tawny Grassbird
Papuan Grassbird
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Martins and Swallows
Pacific Swallow
Barn Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Fairy Martin
Tree Martin
Leaf Warblers
Island Leaf Warbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Black-fronted White-eye
Capped White-eye
New Guinea White-eye
Zosterops sp.
white-eye sp.
Starlings and Mynas
Metallic Starling
Singing Starling
Yellow-faced Myna
Thrushes
Island Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Pied Bushchat
Flowerpeckers
Red-capped Flowerpecker
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Black Sunbird
Estrildids
Mountain Firetail
Streak-headed Munia
Hooded Munia
Black Munia
Papuan Parrotfinch
Blue-faced Parrotfinch
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Gray Wagtail
Australian Pipit
Alpine Pipit
Others
passerine sp.
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