Papua New Guinea · Western Province
Boystown Road – Bowerbird Hill
177 species and 5,849 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July–August, with up to 112 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Boys Town Road, Kiunga10 km201 species
- Tabubil-Kiunga Rd – Km 1710 km217 species
- Drimgas Road, Kiunga14 km147 species
- Fly River – between Kiunga and Elevala River19 km196 species
- Elevala River – between Fly River and Ketu River30 km169 species
- Elevala River32 km195 species
All 177 species recorded here
- Red-cheeked Parrot Geoffroyus geoffroyi
- Greater Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea apoda
- Black Sunbird Leptocoma aspasia
- Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis
- Lowland Peltops Peltops blainvillii
- Pink-spotted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perlatus
- Papuan Spinetail Mearnsia novaeguineae
- Tawny-breasted Honeyeater Xanthotis flaviventer
- Black-capped Lory Lorius lory
- Red-capped Flowerpecker Dicaeum geelvinkianum
- Red-flanked Lorikeet Hypocharmosyna placentis
- Yellow-streaked Lory Chalcopsitta scintillata
- Zoe's Imperial Pigeon Ducula zoeae
- Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis
- Orange-bellied Fruit Dove Ptilinopus iozonus
- Double-eyed Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma
- Rufous-bellied Kookaburra Dacelo gaudichaud
- Yellow-faced Myna Mino dumontii
- Glossy-mantled Manucode Manucodia ater
- Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
- Flame Bowerbird Sericulus ardens
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
- Plain Honeyeater Pycnopygius ixoides
- Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus
- Trumpet Manucode Phonygammus keraudrenii
- Brown Oriole Oriolus szalayi
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Grey-headed Cuckooshrike Edolisoma schisticeps
- Emperor Fairywren Malurus cyanocephalus
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Papuan Mountain Pigeon Gymnophaps albertisii
- Streak-headed Honeyeater Pycnopygius stictocephalus
- Yellow-capped Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta keiensis
- Yellow-billed Kingfisher Syma torotoro
- Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Beautiful Fruit Dove Ptilinopus pulchellus
- Boyer's Cuckooshrike Coracina boyeri
- Moluccan Eclectus Eclectus roratus
- Black-billed Brushturkey Talegalla fuscirostris
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Pinon's Imperial Pigeon Ducula pinon
- Golden Monarch Carterornis chrysomela
- Hooded Butcherbird Cracticus cassicus
- Yellow-bellied Gerygone Gerygone chrysogaster
- Magnificent Riflebird Ptiloris magnificus
- Yellow-bellied Longbill Toxorhamphus novaeguineae
- Long-billed Cuckoo Chalcites megarhynchus
- Mimic Honeyeater Microptilotis analogus
- Meyer's Friarbird Philemon meyeri
- Rufous-backed Fantail Rhipidura rufidorsa
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Dwarf Fruit Dove Ptilinopus nainus
- Long-tailed Honey Buzzard Henicopernis longicauda
- Frilled Monarch Arses telescopthalmus
- Superb Fruit Dove Ptilinopus superbus
- Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus
- Great Cuckoo-Dove Reinwardtoena reinwardti
- Blue Jewel-babbler Ptilorrhoa caerulescens
- Long-billed Honeyeater Melilestes megarhynchus
- Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
- Bar-tailed Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia nigrirostris
- Papuan Babbler Garritornis isidorei
- Grey-headed Goshawk Tachyspiza poliocephala
- Grey Crow Corvus tristis
- Moustached Treeswift Hemiprocne mystacea
- Obscure Honeyeater Caligavis obscura
- Green-backed Gerygone Gerygone chloronota
- Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon Ducula rufigaster
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Black-billed Coucal Centropus bernsteini
- White-bellied Thicket Fantail Rhipidura leucothorax
- Crinkle-collared Manucode Manucodia chalybatus
- Variable Goshawk Tachyspiza hiogaster
- Yellow-eyed Starling Aplonis mystacea
- Ivory-billed Coucal Centropus menbeki
- Golden Cuckooshrike Campochaera sloetii
- White-crowned Cuckoo Caliechthrus leucolophus
- Ruby-throated Myzomela Myzomela eques
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- Orange-fronted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus aurantiifrons
- Eastern Hooded Pitta Pitta novaeguineae
- Puff-backed Honeyeater Meliphaga aruensis
- Coconut Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
- Hook-billed Kingfisher Melidora macrorrhina
- Dwarf Koel Microdynamis parva
- Green-backed Honeyeater Glycichaera fallax
- Black-sided Robin Poecilodryas hypoleuca
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Dusky Lory Pseudeos fuscata
- King Bird-of-paradise Cicinnurus regius
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Stephan's Emerald Dove Chalcophaps stephani
- Papuan Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx solitarius
- New Guinea Bronzewing Henicophaps albifrons
- Rusty Pitohui Pseudorectes ferrugineus
- Papuan Pitta Erythropitta macklotii
- Golden Myna Mino anais
- Ornate Fruit Dove Ptilinopus ornatus
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris
- Scrub Honeyeater Microptilotis albonotatus
- Raggiana Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea raggiana
- Black Butcherbird Melloria quoyi
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Graceful Honeyeater Microptilotis gracilis
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Southern Variable Pitohui Pitohui uropygialis
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Little Shrikethrush Colluricincla megarhyncha
- Collared Imperial Pigeon Ducula mullerii
- Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera sylvia
- Rusty Mouse-warbler Origma murina
- Sclater's Crowned Pigeon Goura sclaterii
- Spot-winged Monarch Symposiachrus guttula
- Yellow-gaped Honeyeater Microptilotis flavirictus
- Pygmy Longbill Oedistoma pygmaeum
- Ochre-breasted Catbird Ailuroedus stonii
- Orange-fronted Hanging Parrot Loriculus aurantiifrons
- Cinnamon Ground Dove Gallicolumba rufigula
- Black-eared Catbird Ailuroedus melanotis
- White-throated Nightjar Eurostopodus mystacalis
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Black Berrypecker Melanocharis nigra
- Red-backed Buttonquail Turnix maculosus
- Papuan King Parrot Alisterus chloropterus
- Black Cicadabird Edolisoma melas
- White-shouldered Fairywren Malurus alboscapulatus
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Papuan Boobook Ninox theomacha
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis
- Sooty Thicket Fantail Rhipidura threnothorax
- Wallace's Fairywren Sipodotus wallacii
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Doria's Hawk Megatriorchis doriae
- Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex
- Papuan Harrier Circus spilothorax
- Spectacled Longbill Oedistoma iliolophus
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis castaneiventris
- Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis
- Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
- Lemon-bellied Flyrobin Microeca flavigaster
- Wallace's Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles wallacii
- Papuan Eagle Harpyopsis novaeguineae
- Greater Lophorina Lophorina latipennis
- Dusky Myzomela Myzomela obscura
- Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Gurney's Eagle Aquila gurneyi
- Great Woodswallow Artamus maximus
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- North Moluccan Cicadabird Edolisoma grayi
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- White-breasted Ground Dove Pampusana jobiensis
- Pesquet's Parrot Psittrichas fulgidus
- Thick-billed Ground Pigeon Trugon terrestris
- Plum-faced Lorikeet Oreopsittacus arfaki
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- Singing Starling Aplonis cantoroides
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Blue-collared Parrot Geoffroyus simplex
- Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto
- Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
- Painted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma ajax
- Rufous-banded Honeyeater Conopophila albogularis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Boystown Road – Bowerbird Hill?
July–August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 112 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Boystown Road – Bowerbird Hill?
177 species, from 5,849 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.