Papua New Guinea · Western Province
Elevala River – between Fly River and Ketu River
169 species and 3,748 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June–July, with up to 95 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Moluccan EclectusEclectus roratus
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
Glossy-mantled ManucodeManucodia ater
Shining FlycatcherMyiagra alecto
Red-capped FlowerpeckerDicaeum geelvinkianum
Long-tailed Honey BuzzardHenicopernis longicauda
Trumpet ManucodePhonygammus keraudrenii
Papuan PittaErythropitta macklotii
Striated HeronButorides striata
Varied TrillerLalage leucomela
Greater Bird-of-paradiseParadisaea apoda
Yellow-bellied LongbillToxorhamphus novaeguineae
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Elevala River2 km195 species
- Elevala and Ketu Rivers4 km173 species
- Kwatu Lodge5 km223 species
- Fly River – between Kiunga and Elevala River13 km196 species
- Drimgas Road, Kiunga20 km147 species
- Boys Town Road, Kiunga23 km201 species
All 169 species recorded here
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Glossy-mantled Manucode Manucodia ater
- Moluccan Eclectus Eclectus roratus
- Yellow-faced Myna Mino dumontii
- Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
- Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis
- Golden Myna Mino anais
- Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto
- Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Pinon's Imperial Pigeon Ducula pinon
- Rufous-bellied Kookaburra Dacelo gaudichaud
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Red-cheeked Parrot Geoffroyus geoffroyi
- Collared Imperial Pigeon Ducula mullerii
- Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Grey Crow Corvus tristis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-capped Lory Lorius lory
- Orange-bellied Fruit Dove Ptilinopus iozonus
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Zoe's Imperial Pigeon Ducula zoeae
- Double-eyed Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma
- Papuan Mountain Pigeon Gymnophaps albertisii
- Papuan Spinetail Mearnsia novaeguineae
- Twelve-wired Bird-of-paradise Seleucidis melanoleucus
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- Hooded Butcherbird Cracticus cassicus
- Black Sunbird Leptocoma aspasia
- Yellow-streaked Lory Chalcopsitta scintillata
- Sclater's Crowned Pigeon Goura sclaterii
- Boyer's Cuckooshrike Coracina boyeri
- Hook-billed Kingfisher Melidora macrorrhina
- Variable Goshawk Tachyspiza hiogaster
- Pink-spotted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perlatus
- Tawny-breasted Honeyeater Xanthotis flaviventer
- Eastern Hooded Pitta Pitta novaeguineae
- Large-billed Gerygone Gerygone magnirostris
- Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis
- Grey-headed Goshawk Tachyspiza poliocephala
- Common Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera galatea
- Ivory-billed Coucal Centropus menbeki
- Red-capped Flowerpecker Dicaeum geelvinkianum
- Long-tailed Honey Buzzard Henicopernis longicauda
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Golden Cuckooshrike Campochaera sloetii
- Moustached Treeswift Hemiprocne mystacea
- Crinkle-collared Manucode Manucodia chalybatus
- Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon Ducula rufigaster
- Black-billed Brushturkey Talegalla fuscirostris
- White-bellied Pitohui Pseudorectes incertus
- King Bird-of-paradise Cicinnurus regius
- Lowland Peltops Peltops blainvillii
- Black-sided Robin Poecilodryas hypoleuca
- Trumpet Manucode Phonygammus keraudrenii
- Papuan Pitta Erythropitta macklotii
- Dwarf Fruit Dove Ptilinopus nainus
- Stephan's Emerald Dove Chalcophaps stephani
- Coconut Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
- Frilled Monarch Arses telescopthalmus
- Emperor Fairywren Malurus cyanocephalus
- Red-flanked Lorikeet Hypocharmosyna placentis
- Golden Monarch Carterornis chrysomela
- Flame Bowerbird Sericulus ardens
- Great Cuckoo-Dove Reinwardtoena reinwardti
- Orange-fronted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus aurantiifrons
- Black-billed Coucal Centropus bernsteini
- Superb Fruit Dove Ptilinopus superbus
- Little Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera hydrocharis
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
- Yellow-billed Kingfisher Syma torotoro
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Beautiful Fruit Dove Ptilinopus pulchellus
- Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Greater Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea apoda
- Yellow-bellied Gerygone Gerygone chrysogaster
- White-bellied Thicket Fantail Rhipidura leucothorax
- Yellow-eyed Starling Aplonis mystacea
- Yellow-bellied Longbill Toxorhamphus novaeguineae
- White-crowned Cuckoo Caliechthrus leucolophus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey-headed Cuckooshrike Edolisoma schisticeps
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Little Shrikethrush Colluricincla megarhyncha
- Streak-headed Honeyeater Pycnopygius stictocephalus
- Scrub Honeyeater Microptilotis albonotatus
- Mimic Honeyeater Microptilotis analogus
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Doria's Hawk Megatriorchis doriae
- Raggiana Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea raggiana
- Blue Jewel-babbler Ptilorrhoa caerulescens
- Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii
- Papuan Boobook Ninox theomacha
- Spot-winged Monarch Symposiachrus guttula
- Puff-backed Honeyeater Meliphaga aruensis
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
- Black Berrypecker Melanocharis nigra
- Pesquet's Parrot Psittrichas fulgidus
- Yellow-capped Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta keiensis
- Hooded Monarch Symposiachrus manadensis
- Rufous-backed Fantail Rhipidura rufidorsa
- Brown Oriole Oriolus szalayi
- Marbled Frogmouth Podargus ocellatus
- Dusky Lory Pseudeos fuscata
- Ruby-throated Myzomela Myzomela eques
- Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex
- Papuan Babbler Garritornis isidorei
- Plain Honeyeater Pycnopygius ixoides
- Papuan King Parrot Alisterus chloropterus
- Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis castaneiventris
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Southern Variable Pitohui Pitohui uropygialis
- Wallace's Fairywren Sipodotus wallacii
- Meyer's Friarbird Philemon meyeri
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- New Guinea Flightless Rail Megacrex inepta
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Dwarf Koel Microdynamis parva
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Long-billed Cuckoo Chalcites megarhynchus
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Green-backed Gerygone Gerygone chloronota
- Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis
- Long-billed Honeyeater Melilestes megarhynchus
- Plum-faced Lorikeet Oreopsittacus arfaki
- Black Cicadabird Edolisoma melas
- Papuan Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx solitarius
- Yellow-breasted Boatbill Machaerirhynchus flaviventer
- Wallace's Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles wallacii
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Spotted Whistling Duck Dendrocygna guttata
- Bar-tailed Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia nigrirostris
- Ornate Fruit Dove Ptilinopus ornatus
- Forest Bittern Zonerodius heliosylus
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- New Guinea Bronzewing Henicophaps albifrons
- Mountain Honeyeater Microptilotis orientalis
- Little Kingfisher Ceyx pusillus
- Papuan Nightjar Eurostopodus papuensis
- Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera sylvia
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Black Thicket Fantail Rhipidura maculipectus
- Papuan Hawk-Owl Uroglaux dimorpha
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Ochre-breasted Catbird Ailuroedus stonii
- Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris
- Painted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma ajax
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Sooty Thicket Fantail Rhipidura threnothorax
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Cinnamon Ground Dove Gallicolumba rufigula
- Campbell's Fairywren Chenorhamphus campbelli
- Splendid Astrapia Astrapia splendidissima
- Rusty Mouse-warbler Origma murina
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Elevala River – between Fly River and Ketu River?
June–July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 95 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Elevala River – between Fly River and Ketu River?
169 species, from 3,748 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Elevala River – between Fly River and Ketu River in November?
The most recorded in November: Moluccan Eclectus, Brahminy Kite, Glossy-mantled Manucode, Shining Flycatcher and Red-capped Flowerpecker.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.