Papua New Guinea · Central Province
Brown River/Vanapa River lowlands
259 species and 3,182 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July, with up to 143 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Rufous-bellied KookaburraDacelo gaudichaud
Moluccan EclectusEclectus roratus
Yellow-faced MynaMino dumontii
Whistling KiteHaliastur sphenurus
Common Paradise KingfisherTanysiptera galatea
Torresian Imperial PigeonDucula spilorrhoa
White-breasted WoodswallowArtamus leucorynchus
Grey-headed MannikinLonchura caniceps
Great EgretArdea alba
Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
Zoe's Imperial PigeonDucula zoeae
Sahul Brush CuckooCacomantis variolosus
Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicus
Fawn-breasted BowerbirdChlamydera cerviniventrisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Pacific Adventist University36 km248 species
- Varirata National Park44 km357 species
All 259 species recorded here
- Moluccan Eclectus Eclectus roratus
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Yellow-faced Myna Mino dumontii
- Coconut Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
- Rufous-bellied Kookaburra Dacelo gaudichaud
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Orange-bellied Fruit Dove Ptilinopus iozonus
- Common Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera galatea
- Red-cheeked Parrot Geoffroyus geoffroyi
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
- Black Sunbird Leptocoma aspasia
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Torresian Imperial Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
- Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii
- Frilled Monarch Arses telescopthalmus
- Grey-headed Mannikin Lonchura caniceps
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Tawny-breasted Honeyeater Xanthotis flaviventer
- Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis
- Hooded Butcherbird Cracticus cassicus
- Yellow-billed Kingfisher Syma torotoro
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Variable Goshawk Tachyspiza hiogaster
- Pinon's Imperial Pigeon Ducula pinon
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Zoe's Imperial Pigeon Ducula zoeae
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Elegant Honeyeater Microptilotis cinereifrons
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto
- Emperor Fairywren Malurus cyanocephalus
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- White-shouldered Fairywren Malurus alboscapulatus
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Fawn-breasted Bowerbird Chlamydera cerviniventris
- Black-capped Lory Lorius lory
- Pink-spotted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perlatus
- Glossy-mantled Manucode Manucodia ater
- Singing Starling Aplonis cantoroides
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Golden Myna Mino anais
- Dusky Lory Pseudeos fuscata
- Yellow-streaked Lory Chalcopsitta scintillata
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- Red-capped Flowerpecker Dicaeum geelvinkianum
- Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris
- Golden Monarch Carterornis chrysomela
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Spotted Whistling Duck Dendrocygna guttata
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
- Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea
- Coroneted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus coronulatus
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Mimic Honeyeater Microptilotis analogus
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Black-backed Butcherbird Cracticus mentalis
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
- Black Thicket Fantail Rhipidura maculipectus
- Ivory-billed Coucal Centropus menbeki
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
- Dwarf Fruit Dove Ptilinopus nainus
- King Bird-of-paradise Cicinnurus regius
- Brown Oriole Oriolus szalayi
- Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris
- Dusky Myzomela Myzomela obscura
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- Raggiana Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea raggiana
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Lowland Peltops Peltops blainvillii
- Boyer's Cuckooshrike Coracina boyeri
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Twelve-wired Bird-of-paradise Seleucidis melanoleucus
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Grey Crow Corvus tristis
- Lemon-bellied Flyrobin Microeca flavigaster
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Papuan Mountain Pigeon Gymnophaps albertisii
- Streak-headed Honeyeater Pycnopygius stictocephalus
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
- Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
- Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
- Silver-eared Honeyeater Lichmera alboauricularis
- White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea
- Rusty Pitohui Pseudorectes ferrugineus
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt
- Green Pygmy Goose Nettapus pulchellus
- Brown-backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus
- Green-backed Gerygone Gerygone chloronota
- Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex
- Spot-winged Monarch Symposiachrus guttula
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- Little Shrikethrush Colluricincla megarhyncha
- Rufous-banded Honeyeater Conopophila albogularis
- Papuan Spinetail Mearnsia novaeguineae
- Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis
- Trumpet Manucode Phonygammus keraudrenii
- Red-flanked Lorikeet Hypocharmosyna placentis
- Mangrove Gerygone Gerygone levigaster
- Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis
- Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Buff-faced Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta pusio
- Blue Jewel-babbler Ptilorrhoa caerulescens
- White-bellied Thicket Fantail Rhipidura leucothorax
- Little Kingfisher Ceyx pusillus
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Radjah Shelduck Radjah radjah
- Orange-fronted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus aurantiifrons
- Pied Heron Egretta picata
- Black-billed Brushturkey Talegalla fuscirostris
- Long-billed Honeyeater Melilestes megarhynchus
- Great Cuckoo-Dove Reinwardtoena reinwardti
- Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Ptilotula flavescens
- Papuan Harrier Circus spilothorax
- Puff-backed Honeyeater Meliphaga aruensis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Marbled Frogmouth Podargus ocellatus
- Black Berrypecker Melanocharis nigra
- Pygmy Longbill Oedistoma pygmaeum
- Ornate Fruit Dove Ptilinopus ornatus
- Long-tailed Honey Buzzard Henicopernis longicauda
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Stephan's Emerald Dove Chalcophaps stephani
- Papuan Black Myzomela Myzomela nigrita
- Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
- Hook-billed Kingfisher Melidora macrorrhina
- Rufous-backed Fantail Rhipidura rufidorsa
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Yellow-bellied Gerygone Gerygone chrysogaster
- Black-sided Robin Poecilodryas hypoleuca
- Spectacled Longbill Oedistoma iliolophus
- Eastern Hooded Pitta Pitta novaeguineae
- Great-billed Mannikin Lonchura grandis
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
- Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis
- North Moluccan Cicadabird Edolisoma grayi
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Torresian Kingfisher Todiramphus sordidus
- Growling Riflebird Ptiloris intercedens
- Black-winged Monarch Monarcha frater
- Sooty Thicket Fantail Rhipidura threnothorax
- Dwarf Koel Microdynamis parva
- Golden Cuckooshrike Campochaera sloetii
- Black Cicadabird Edolisoma melas
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
- Large-billed Gerygone Gerygone magnirostris
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Gurney's Eagle Aquila gurneyi
- Tawny Straightbill Timeliopsis griseigula
- Chestnut-bellied Fantail Rhipidura hyperythra
- White-bellied Whistler Pachycephala leucogastra
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Green-backed Honeyeater Glycichaera fallax
- Papuan Babbler Garritornis isidorei
- White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- Pygmy Eagle Hieraaetus weiskei
- White-eared Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites meyerii
- Black Butcherbird Melloria quoyi
- Northern Scrub Robin Drymodes superciliaris
- Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa
- Moustached Treeswift Hemiprocne mystacea
- Yellow-breasted Boatbill Machaerirhynchus flaviventer
- Crinkle-collared Manucode Manucodia chalybatus
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Drongo Fantail Chaetorhynchus papuensis
- Hooded Cuckooshrike Coracina longicauda
- Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon Ducula rufigaster
- Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis castaneiventris
- Olive Flyrobin Kempiella flavovirescens
- Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus
- Papuan King Parrot Alisterus chloropterus
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana
- Long-billed Cuckoo Chalcites megarhynchus
- Collared Imperial Pigeon Ducula mullerii
- Orange-billed Lorikeet Neopsittacus pullicauda
- Rufous-backed Honeyeater Ptiloprora guisei
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Yellow-bellied Longbill Toxorhamphus novaeguineae
- Thick-billed Ground Pigeon Trugon terrestris
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Doria's Hawk Megatriorchis doriae
- New Guinea Bronzewing Henicophaps albifrons
- Cinnamon Ground Dove Gallicolumba rufigula
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Spotted Honeyeater Xanthotis polygrammus
- Papuan Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx solitarius
- Grey-headed Cuckooshrike Edolisoma schisticeps
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Bar-tailed Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia nigrirostris
- Broad-billed Flycatcher Myiagra ruficollis
- Red-headed Myzomela Myzomela erythrocephala
- Hooded Pitohui Pitohui dichrous
- Beautiful Fruit Dove Ptilinopus pulchellus
- Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus
- Brown-headed Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera danae
- Red-backed Buttonquail Turnix maculosus
- Forest Bittern Zonerodius heliosylus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Barred Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles bennettii
- Beach Stone-curlew Esacus magnirostris
- Numfor Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus maforensis
- Mangrove Fantail Rhipidura phasiana
- Collared Brushturkey Talegalla jobiensis
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Green-fronted White-eye Zosterops minor
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Papuan Pitta Erythropitta macklotii
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- Pale-billed Scrubwren Aethomyias spilodera
- Barred Cuckooshrike Coracina lineata
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Yellow-gaped Honeyeater Microptilotis flavirictus
- Grey-headed Goshawk Tachyspiza poliocephala
- Papuan Grassbird Cincloramphus macrurus
- Blue-collared Parrot Geoffroyus simplex
- Superb Fruit Dove Ptilinopus superbus
- Piping Bellbird Ornorectes cristatus
- Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Brown River/Vanapa River lowlands?
July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 143 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Brown River/Vanapa River lowlands?
259 species, from 3,182 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Brown River/Vanapa River lowlands in November?
The most recorded in November: Rufous-bellied Kookaburra, Moluccan Eclectus, Yellow-faced Myna, Whistling Kite and Common Paradise Kingfisher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.