Bird AlbumPapua New Guinea · Western Province
Elevala River
195 species and 3,311 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August, with up to 103 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
- Elevala and Ketu Rivers1 km173 species
- Elevala River – between Fly River and Ketu River2 km169 species
- Kwatu Lodge2 km223 species
- Fly River – between Kiunga and Elevala River15 km196 species
- Drimgas Road, Kiunga21 km147 species
- Tabubil-Kiunga Rd – Km 1725 km217 species
All 195 species recorded here
- Moluccan Eclectus Eclectus roratus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis
- Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Rufous-bellied Kookaburra Dacelo gaudichaud
- Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus
- Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
- Glossy-mantled Manucode Manucodia ater
- Grey Crow Corvus tristis
- Sclater's Crowned Pigeon Goura sclaterii
- Yellow-faced Myna Mino dumontii
- Papuan Spinetail Mearnsia novaeguineae
- Golden Myna Mino anais
- Red-cheeked Parrot Geoffroyus geoffroyi
- Twelve-wired Bird-of-paradise Seleucidis melanoleucus
- Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Hooded Butcherbird Cracticus cassicus
- Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Zoe's Imperial Pigeon Ducula zoeae
- Collared Imperial Pigeon Ducula mullerii
- Pink-spotted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perlatus
- Double-eyed Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma
- Common Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera galatea
- Trumpet Manucode Phonygammus keraudrenii
- Black-capped Lory Lorius lory
- Papuan Mountain Pigeon Gymnophaps albertisii
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Pinon's Imperial Pigeon Ducula pinon
- Orange-bellied Fruit Dove Ptilinopus iozonus
- Yellow-streaked Lory Chalcopsitta scintillata
- King Bird-of-paradise Cicinnurus regius
- Ivory-billed Coucal Centropus menbeki
- Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis
- Frilled Monarch Arses telescopthalmus
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Black Sunbird Leptocoma aspasia
- Little Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera hydrocharis
- Flame Bowerbird Sericulus ardens
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- Hook-billed Kingfisher Melidora macrorrhina
- Long-tailed Honey Buzzard Henicopernis longicauda
- Eastern Hooded Pitta Pitta novaeguineae
- Golden Cuckooshrike Campochaera sloetii
- Black-billed Brushturkey Talegalla fuscirostris
- Mimic Honeyeater Microptilotis analogus
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
- Yellow-eyed Starling Aplonis mystacea
- Moustached Treeswift Hemiprocne mystacea
- Raggiana Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea raggiana
- Yellow-bellied Gerygone Gerygone chrysogaster
- Black-sided Robin Poecilodryas hypoleuca
- White-bellied Pitohui Pseudorectes incertus
- Dwarf Fruit Dove Ptilinopus nainus
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Beautiful Fruit Dove Ptilinopus pulchellus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Coconut Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
- Yellow-bellied Longbill Toxorhamphus novaeguineae
- Tawny-breasted Honeyeater Xanthotis flaviventer
- Lowland Peltops Peltops blainvillii
- Grey-headed Cuckooshrike Edolisoma schisticeps
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Large-billed Gerygone Gerygone magnirostris
- Boyer's Cuckooshrike Coracina boyeri
- Brown Oriole Oriolus szalayi
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- White-bellied Thicket Fantail Rhipidura leucothorax
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Black-billed Coucal Centropus bernsteini
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Papuan Pitta Erythropitta macklotii
- Superb Fruit Dove Ptilinopus superbus
- Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Red-flanked Lorikeet Hypocharmosyna placentis
- Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
- Meyer's Friarbird Philemon meyeri
- Pesquet's Parrot Psittrichas fulgidus
- Blue Jewel-babbler Ptilorrhoa caerulescens
- Green-backed Gerygone Gerygone chloronota
- Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon Ducula rufigaster
- Grey-headed Goshawk Tachyspiza poliocephala
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Green Pygmy Goose Nettapus pulchellus
- Emperor Fairywren Malurus cyanocephalus
- Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis
- Hooded Monarch Symposiachrus manadensis
- Campbell's Fairywren Chenorhamphus campbelli
- Papuan Boobook Ninox theomacha
- Spot-winged Monarch Symposiachrus guttula
- Long-billed Cuckoo Chalcites megarhynchus
- Variable Goshawk Tachyspiza hiogaster
- Golden Monarch Carterornis chrysomela
- Papuan Babbler Garritornis isidorei
- Marbled Frogmouth Podargus ocellatus
- Red-capped Flowerpecker Dicaeum geelvinkianum
- Great Cuckoo-Dove Reinwardtoena reinwardti
- Little Shrikethrush Colluricincla megarhyncha
- Yellow-billed Kingfisher Syma torotoro
- Yellow-capped Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta keiensis
- Greater Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea apoda
- Streak-headed Honeyeater Pycnopygius stictocephalus
- Long-billed Honeyeater Melilestes megarhynchus
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Orange-fronted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus aurantiifrons
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Stephan's Emerald Dove Chalcophaps stephani
- Crinkle-collared Manucode Manucodia chalybatus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- White-crowned Cuckoo Caliechthrus leucolophus
- Southern Variable Pitohui Pitohui uropygialis
- Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera sylvia
- Rufous-backed Fantail Rhipidura rufidorsa
- Dwarf Koel Microdynamis parva
- Little Kingfisher Ceyx pusillus
- Dusky Lory Pseudeos fuscata
- Black Cicadabird Edolisoma melas
- New Guinea Flightless Rail Megacrex inepta
- Plain Honeyeater Pycnopygius ixoides
- New Guinea Bronzewing Henicophaps albifrons
- Scrub Honeyeater Microptilotis albonotatus
- Puff-backed Honeyeater Meliphaga aruensis
- Wallace's Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles wallacii
- Magnificent Riflebird Ptiloris magnificus
- Yellow-gaped Honeyeater Microptilotis flavirictus
- Yellow-breasted Boatbill Machaerirhynchus flaviventer
- Starry Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles tatei
- Papuan Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx solitarius
- Magnificent Bird-of-paradise Diphyllodes magnificus
- Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Ashy Robin Heteromyias albispecularis
- Blue-capped Ifrit Ifrita kowaldi
- Graceful Honeyeater Microptilotis gracilis
- Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
- Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis
- Bar-tailed Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia nigrirostris
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Doria's Hawk Megatriorchis doriae
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Rusty Pitohui Pseudorectes ferrugineus
- Singing Starling Aplonis cantoroides
- Barking Owl Ninox connivens
- Pygmy Longbill Oedistoma pygmaeum
- Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
- Coroneted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus coronulatus
- Yellowish-streaked Honeyeater Ptiloprora meekiana
- Wallace's Fairywren Sipodotus wallacii
- Thick-billed Ground Pigeon Trugon terrestris
- Spectacled Longbill Oedistoma iliolophus
- Chestnut-bellied Fantail Rhipidura hyperythra
- Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
- Orange-billed Lorikeet Neopsittacus pullicauda
- Papuan Hawk-Owl Uroglaux dimorpha
- Spotted Whistling Duck Dendrocygna guttata
- Blue-collared Parrot Geoffroyus simplex
- Black Berrypecker Melanocharis nigra
- Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta bruijnii
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- King of Saxony Bird-of-paradise Pteridophora alberti
- Torresian Imperial Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa
- Pied Heron Egretta picata
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Obscure Honeyeater Caligavis obscura
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru
- Papuan Nightjar Eurostopodus papuensis
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa
- Ornate Fruit Dove Ptilinopus ornatus
- Red-necked Crake Rallina tricolor
- Black Monarch Symposiachrus axillaris
- Greater Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa
- Forest Bittern Zonerodius heliosylus
- Bare-eyed Rail Gymnocrex plumbeiventris
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Rusty Mouse-warbler Origma murina
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- North Moluccan Cicadabird Edolisoma grayi
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Elevala River?
August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 103 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Elevala River?
195 species, from 3,311 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.