Oro Province - Native Species

Native Species

  • Queen Alexandra's Birdwing Butterfly, the largest butterfly in the world with a wing span reaching lengths up to one foot (30 cm)
  • Dwarf Cassowary (Casuarius bennetti, the smallest of the three species of Cassowaries.
  • Papuan Hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus), otherwise known as Blyth's Hornbill
  • King Bird-of-paradise, (Cicinnurus regius)
  • Yellow-faced Myna (Mino dumontii)
  • Lawes's Parotia, (Parotia lawesii)

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