List of Birds of Papua New Guinea

List Of Birds Of Papua New Guinea

This is a list of the bird species recorded in Papua New Guinea. The avifauna of Papua New Guinea includes a total of 781 species, of which 76 are endemic, one has been introduced by humans, and 18 are rare or accidental. 28 species are globally threatened.

This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of Clements's 5th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflects this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Papua New Guinea.

The following tags have been used to highlight certain relevant categories. The commonly occurring, native, species do not fall into any of these categories.

  • (A) Accidental A species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Papua New Guinea.
  • (E) Endemic A species endemic to Papua New Guinea.
  • (I) Introduced A species introduced to Papua New Guinea as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions.


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Non-passerines: Cassowaries . Grebes . Shearwaters and Petrels . Storm-Petrels . Tropicbirds . Pelicans . Boobies and Gannets . Cormorants . Darters . Frigatebirds . Bitterns, Herons and Egrets . Storks . Ibises and Spoonbills . Ducks, Geese and Swans . Osprey . Hawks, Kites and Eagles . Caracaras and Falcons . Megapodes . Pheasants and Partridges . Buttonquails . Cranes . Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, and Coots . Bustards . Jacanas . Oystercatchers . Avocets and Stilts . Thick-knees . Pratincoles and Coursers . Plovers and Lapwings . Sandpipers and allies . Skuas and Jaegers . Gulls . Terns . Pigeons and Doves . Cockatoos . Parrots . Cuckoos . Barn owls . Typical owls . Owlet-nightjars . Frogmouths . Nightjars . Swifts . Treeswifts . Kingfishers . Bee-eaters . Typical Rollers . Hornbills .

Passerines: Pittas . Larks . Swallows and Martins . Wagtails and Pipits . Cuckoo-shrikes . Bulbuls . Thrushes and allies . Cisticolas and allies . Old World warblers . Old World flycatchers . Fantails . Monarch flycatchers . Australasian robins . Whistlers and allies . Pseudo-babblers . Logrunners and Chowchilla . Whipbirds and Quail-thrushes . Fairywrens . Thornbills and allies . Sitellas . Australasian Treecreepers . Sunbirds and Spiderhunters . Berrypeckers and Longbills . Tit Berrypicker and Crested Berrypecker . Flowerpeckers . White-eyes . Honeyeaters . Old World Orioles . Shrikes . Drongos . Mudnest builders . Woodswallows . Bellmagpies and allies . Birds-of-paradise . Bowerbirds . Crows, Jays, Ravens and Magpies . Starlings . Waxbills and allies . Sparrows .

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Read more about List Of Birds Of Papua New Guinea:  Cassowaries, Grebes, Shearwaters and Petrels, Storm-Petrels, Tropicbirds, Pelicans, Boobies and Gannets, Cormorants, Darters, Frigatebirds, Bitterns, Herons and Egrets, Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills, Ducks, Geese and Swans, Osprey, Hawks, Kites and Eagles, Caracaras and Falcons, Megapodes, Pheasants and Partridges, Buttonquails, Cranes, Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, and Coots, Bustards, Jacanas, Oystercatchers, Avocets and Stilts, Thick-knees, Pratincoles and Coursers, Plovers and Lapwings, Sandpipers and Allies, Skuas and Jaegers, Gulls, Terns, Pigeons and Doves, Cockatoos, Parrots, Cuckoos, Barn Owls, Typical Owls, Owlet-nightjars, Frogmouths, Nightjars, Swifts, Treeswifts, Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Typical Rollers, Hornbills, Pittas, Larks, Swallows and Martins, Wagtails and Pipits, Cettiid Warblers, Cuckoo-shrikes, Bulbuls, Thrushes and Allies, Cisticolas and Allies, Old World Warblers, Old World Flycatchers, Fantails, Monarch Flycatchers, Australasian Robins, Whistlers and Allies, Pseudo-babblers, Logrunners and Chowchilla, Whipbirds and Quail-thrushes, Fairy-wrens, Thornbills and Allies, Sitellas, Australasian Treecreepers, Sunbirds and Spiderhunters, Berrypeckers and Longbills, Tit Berrypicker and Crested Berrypecker, Flowerpeckers, White-eyes, Honeyeaters, Old World Orioles, Shrikes, Drongos, Mudnest Builders, Woodswallows, Bellmagpies and Allies, Birds-of-paradise, Bowerbirds, Crows, Jays, Ravens and Magpies, Starlings, Waxbills and Allies, Sparrows

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