Forest / Land Birds found in New Guinea
New Guinea Map / Location
Forest / Land Birds found in New Guinea
Photos of Forest Birds … Listing below
New Guinea Water Birds … New Guinea Birds of Prey … New Guinea Parrots … New Guinea Birds of Paradise
Australasian Pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae)
Australasian / Australian Treecreepers (Red-browed Treecreeper, Climacteris erythrops; Rufous Treecreeper, Climacteris rufa; White-throated Treecreeper, Cormobates leucophaeus)
Australian Bustard (Ardeotis australis) aka Bush Turkey – Range: Southern New Guinea
Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen)
Australian Pipit (A. n. exiguus)
Australasian / Australian Treecreepers
Australo-Papuan or Australasian babblers (Pomatostomidae) aka pseudo-babblers
Azure Kingfisher (Alcedo azurea) – Range: Lowlands of New Guinea and neighboring islands
Bare-legged Swiftlet (Collocalia nuditarsus) – Range: Papua New Guinea
Bee-eaters (Meropidae)
Bismarck Thicketbird (Megalurulus grosvenori) – Range: Papua New Guinea
Black-faced Woodswallow (Artamus cinereus)
Blue-black Kingfisher (Todiramphus nigrocyaneus) – Range: Papua New Guinea
Blue-faced Honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis)
Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo leachii) – Range: Southern New Guinea
Bougainville Thicketbird (Megalurulus llaneae) – Range: Papua New Guine
Bowerbirds and Catbirds (Ptilonorhynchidae)
Brown Oriole (Oriolus szalayi) – Range: Papua New Guinea
Brown or Rusty Pitohui (Pitohui ferrugineus)
Brown Quail aka Swamp Quail (Coturnix ypsilophora)
Brown-winged Starling (Aplonis grandis) – Found in Papua New Guinea
Brush Cuckoo (Cacomantis variolosus) – Native to northern New Guinea
Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera sylvia salvadoriana) – Range: South-east New Guinea, from R Angabunga to R Kemp Welch. Nominate species (Tanysiptera sylvia sylvia) migrates to South and North New Guinea in March to April.
Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae) – Range:, Papua New Guinea
Chestnut-breasted Finches (Lonchura castaneothorax)
Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris)
Common or European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris(Sturnus vulgaris) – Rare/Accidental
Crimson Finches (Neochmia phaeton) – Range: Southern New Guinea
Dusky Honeyeaters (Myzomela obscura)
Dwarf Cassowary (Casuarius bennetti) (Flightless Bird)
Fawn-breasted Bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris)
Flame Bowerbird (Sericulus aureus)
Figbirds (Sphecotheres viridis)
Fire-maned Bowerbird (Sericulus bakeri) – Range: Adelbert Mountains in Papua New Guinea
Forest Kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii), also known as the Macleay’s or Blue Kingfisher- Range: native to Papua New Guinea
Glossy Swiftlet (Collocalia esculenta)
Golden Myna (Mino anais) – Range: Papua New Guinea
Greater Melampitta (Melampitta gigantea) – Range: Found in Papua New Guinea
Grey Crow (Corvus tristis) – Range: New Guinea and associated offshore islands
Grey Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) – Range: Papua New Guinea
Hooded Pitohui (Pitohui dichrous)
Horsfield’s Cuckoo or Oriental Cuckoos (Cuculus optatus)
Island Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus poliocephalus) – Range: Papua New Guinea
Island Thrush (Turdus poliocephalus)
Kookaburras / Kingfishers
Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus) – Range: Papua New Guinea
Lesser Melampitta (Melampitta lugubris) – Range: Mountain forests of New Guinea
Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach) – Range: Indomalayan ecozone from Kazakhstan and Afghanistan through India to New Guinea
Macgregor’s Bowerbird (Amblyornis macgregoriae) – Range: New Guinea’s mountain forests
Matthias Fantail (Rhipidura matthiae) – Range: Mussau in the St Matthias Islands of Papua New Guinea
Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus) – Range: Papua New Guinea
Mayr’s Swiftlet (Collocalia orientalis) – Found in Papua New Guinea
Melanesian Megapode or Melanesian Scrubfowl (Megapodius eremita) – Range: Papua New Guinea
Metallic Starling (Aplonis metallica)
Mountain Swiftlet (Aerodramus hirundinacea) – Endemic to the island of New Guinea and the nearby islands of Karkar, Yapen and Goodenough
New Guinea Babbler (Pomatostomus isidorei)
New Guinea Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina melas)
New Guinea Logrunner (Orthonyx novaeguineae) – Range: Subtropical or tropical moist montanes of New Guinea
New Guinean Magpie (C. tibicen papuana) – Range: Southern New Guinea
New Guinea Pipit or Alpine Pipit (Anthus gutturalis) – Range: Papua New Guinea.
Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus) aka Leatherhead
Northern Cassowary aka Single (One)-wattled Cassowary or Gold(en)-neck(ed) Cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus)
Olive-backed Oriole (Oriolus sagittatus)
Orange-footed Scrubfowl (Megapodius reinwardt) – Found in southern New Guinea
Papuan Frogmouth (Podargus papuensis) – Range: Papua New Guinea
Papuan Harrier (Circus spilonotus spilothorax) – Bird of Prey
Papuan Hornbill (R. p. jungei) – Range: Eastern New Guinea, west as far as the Fly River region
Papuan Needletail (Mearnsia novaeguineae), also known as the Papuan Spine-tailed Swift, New Guinea Spine-tailed Swift or Papua Spinetail
Pied Bushchat (Saxicola caprata) – Range: Papua New Guinea
Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus)
Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
Restless Flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta) – Range: Papua New Guinea
Rufous-bellied Kookaburra (Dacelo gaudichaud) – Range: Lowland New Guinea
Rusty Thicketbird (Megalurulus rubiginosus) – Range: Papua New Guinea
Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) – Range: Found in the mangroves, forests and river valleys of Papua New Guinea
Shovel-billed Kookaburra or Kingfisher (Clytoceyx rex) – Range: Occurs in hill forests, but has been recorded from sea-level up to an altitude of 2400 m (7850 ft)
Silver-eared Honeyeater (Lichmera alboauricularis) – Range: Papua New Guinea
Singing Starlings (Aplonis cantoroides): Range: New Guinea and someadjacent islands, the Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Islands and Solomon Islands
Smoky Honeyeater (Melipotes fumigatus) – Range: New Guinea – central Ranges across the length of the island as well as two isolated populations on north west and north of the island
Snow Mountain Quail (Anurophasis monorthonyx) – Range: Confined to New Guinea’s highest elevations, the Snow Mountains of Irian Jaya – in the Alpine grasslands at an elevation above 9850 ft (3000 metres).
Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)
Spangled Honeyeater (Melipotes ater) – Endemic to Papua New Guinea
Spangled Kookaburra (Dacelo tyro) – Range: Savannahs of southern New Guinea
Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
Torresian Crow (Corvus orru) aka Australian Crow
Uniform Swiftlet (Aerodramus vanikorensis)
Varied Triller (Lalage leucomela)
Vogelkop Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornata) – Range: Mountains of the Vogelkop Peninsula at Western New Guinea, Indonesia
Wattled Smoky Honeyeater (Melipotes carolae): Only discovered in 2005 – found in remote montane forests of Foja Mountains range, Western New Guinea at an altitude over 1,150 metres.
White-bellied Whistler (Pachycephala leucogastra) – Range: Occurs in two small areas of northern New Guinea, one small area in south eastern New Guinea and on Rossel Island in the Louisiade Archipelago (off the tip of eastern New Guinea)
White-eared Catbird (Ailuroedus buccoides) – Range Papua New Guinea
White-rumped Swiftlet (Aerodramus spodiopygia)
White-winged Triller (Lalage tricolor)
Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
Yellow-billed Kingfisher (Syma torotoro) – Range: Widespread throughout lowland New Guinea and adjacent islands
Yellow-breasted Bowerbird (Chlamydera lauterbachi) aka Lauterbach’s Bowerbird – Range: Mainland New Guinea
Yellow-faced Mynahs (Mino dumontii)
Yellow Oriole or Green Oriole (Oriolus flavocinctus)
