Papua New Guinea & New Britain
Peter R. Bono  Spring 1999 Birdquest Trip


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).