Papua New Guinea · Western Province
Fly River – between Kiunga and Elevala River
196 species and 4,042 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July–August, with up to 100 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
- Elevala River – between Fly River and Ketu River13 km169 species
- Drimgas Road, Kiunga13 km147 species
- Tabubil-Kiunga Rd – Km 1715 km217 species
- Elevala River15 km195 species
- Elevala and Ketu Rivers16 km173 species
All 196 species recorded here
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
- Collared Imperial Pigeon Ducula mullerii
- Moluccan Eclectus Eclectus roratus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Papuan Spinetail Mearnsia novaeguineae
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Yellow-faced Myna Mino dumontii
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Pinon's Imperial Pigeon Ducula pinon
- Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus
- Glossy-mantled Manucode Manucodia ater
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Yellow-streaked Lory Chalcopsitta scintillata
- Red-cheeked Parrot Geoffroyus geoffroyi
- Golden Myna Mino anais
- Zoe's Imperial Pigeon Ducula zoeae
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Black-capped Lory Lorius lory
- Rufous-bellied Kookaburra Dacelo gaudichaud
- Hooded Butcherbird Cracticus cassicus
- Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto
- Double-eyed Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma
- Papuan Mountain Pigeon Gymnophaps albertisii
- Orange-bellied Fruit Dove Ptilinopus iozonus
- Twelve-wired Bird-of-paradise Seleucidis melanoleucus
- Variable Goshawk Tachyspiza hiogaster
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Grey Crow Corvus tristis
- Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
- Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
- Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis
- Trumpet Manucode Phonygammus keraudrenii
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Coconut Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
- Pink-spotted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perlatus
- Ivory-billed Coucal Centropus menbeki
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Moustached Treeswift Hemiprocne mystacea
- Black Sunbird Leptocoma aspasia
- Hook-billed Kingfisher Melidora macrorrhina
- Grey-headed Goshawk Tachyspiza poliocephala
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Sclater's Crowned Pigeon Goura sclaterii
- Long-tailed Honey Buzzard Henicopernis longicauda
- Spotted Whistling Duck Dendrocygna guttata
- Yellow-eyed Starling Aplonis mystacea
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Black-billed Coucal Centropus bernsteini
- Golden Cuckooshrike Campochaera sloetii
- Lowland Peltops Peltops blainvillii
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Boyer's Cuckooshrike Coracina boyeri
- Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon Ducula rufigaster
- Great Cuckoo-Dove Reinwardtoena reinwardti
- Stephan's Emerald Dove Chalcophaps stephani
- Flame Bowerbird Sericulus ardens
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Tawny-breasted Honeyeater Xanthotis flaviventer
- King Bird-of-paradise Cicinnurus regius
- Frilled Monarch Arses telescopthalmus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- White-bellied Thicket Fantail Rhipidura leucothorax
- White-bellied Pitohui Pseudorectes incertus
- Dwarf Fruit Dove Ptilinopus nainus
- Common Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera galatea
- Red-capped Flowerpecker Dicaeum geelvinkianum
- Dusky Lory Pseudeos fuscata
- Emperor Fairywren Malurus cyanocephalus
- Red-flanked Lorikeet Hypocharmosyna placentis
- Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
- Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
- Superb Fruit Dove Ptilinopus superbus
- Yellow-bellied Gerygone Gerygone chrysogaster
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Yellow-billed Kingfisher Syma torotoro
- Long-billed Honeyeater Melilestes megarhynchus
- Forest Bittern Zonerodius heliosylus
- Black-mantled Goshawk Tachyspiza melanochlamys
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Raggiana Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea raggiana
- Papuan Babbler Garritornis isidorei
- Yellow-bellied Longbill Toxorhamphus novaeguineae
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis
- Scrub Honeyeater Microptilotis albonotatus
- Black-billed Brushturkey Talegalla fuscirostris
- Grey-headed Cuckooshrike Edolisoma schisticeps
- Golden Monarch Carterornis chrysomela
- Streak-headed Honeyeater Pycnopygius stictocephalus
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Large-billed Gerygone Gerygone magnirostris
- Greater Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea apoda
- Mimic Honeyeater Microptilotis analogus
- Yellow-capped Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta keiensis
- Marbled Frogmouth Podargus ocellatus
- Ornate Fruit Dove Ptilinopus ornatus
- Beautiful Fruit Dove Ptilinopus pulchellus
- Spot-winged Monarch Symposiachrus guttula
- Hooded Monarch Symposiachrus manadensis
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- Rufous-banded Honeyeater Conopophila albogularis
- Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
- Orange-fronted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus aurantiifrons
- Little Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera hydrocharis
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
- Eastern Hooded Pitta Pitta novaeguineae
- Blue Jewel-babbler Ptilorrhoa caerulescens
- Green-backed Gerygone Gerygone chloronota
- Bar-tailed Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia nigrirostris
- Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex
- Southern Variable Pitohui Pitohui uropygialis
- Long-billed Cuckoo Chalcites megarhynchus
- Magnificent Riflebird Ptiloris magnificus
- Crinkle-collared Manucode Manucodia chalybatus
- Black-sided Robin Poecilodryas hypoleuca
- New Guinea Bronzewing Henicophaps albifrons
- Rufous-backed Fantail Rhipidura rufidorsa
- Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
- Meyer's Friarbird Philemon meyeri
- Papuan Pitta Erythropitta macklotii
- Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana
- Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius
- Puff-backed Honeyeater Meliphaga aruensis
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- Black-winged Monarch Monarcha frater
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Pygmy Eagle Hieraaetus weiskei
- Brown Oriole Oriolus szalayi
- Yellow-gaped Honeyeater Microptilotis flavirictus
- Little Kingfisher Ceyx pusillus
- Singing Starling Aplonis cantoroides
- Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis castaneiventris
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt
- Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera sylvia
- Thick-billed Ground Pigeon Trugon terrestris
- Obscure Honeyeater Caligavis obscura
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Orange-fronted Hanging Parrot Loriculus aurantiifrons
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Plain Honeyeater Pycnopygius ixoides
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca
- Pygmy Longbill Oedistoma pygmaeum
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Sooty Thicket Fantail Rhipidura threnothorax
- Wallace's Fairywren Sipodotus wallacii
- Wallace's Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles wallacii
- Torresian Imperial Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa
- Dwarf Koel Microdynamis parva
- Black Thicket Fantail Rhipidura maculipectus
- Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton
- Black-eared Catbird Ailuroedus melanotis
- Ochre-breasted Catbird Ailuroedus stonii
- Gurney's Eagle Aquila gurneyi
- White-crowned Cuckoo Caliechthrus leucolophus
- Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis
- Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii
- Magnificent Bird-of-paradise Diphyllodes magnificus
- Blue-collared Parrot Geoffroyus simplex
- Black Berrypecker Melanocharis nigra
- Ruby-throated Myzomela Myzomela eques
- Papuan Boobook Ninox theomacha
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pesquet's Parrot Psittrichas fulgidus
- Red-backed Buttonquail Turnix maculosus
- Greater Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Rusty Pitohui Pseudorectes ferrugineus
- Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris
- White-throated Nightjar Eurostopodus mystacalis
- Papuan Nightjar Eurostopodus papuensis
- New Guinea Flightless Rail Megacrex inepta
- Papuan Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx solitarius
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Doria's Hawk Megatriorchis doriae
- Cinnamon Ground Dove Gallicolumba rufigula
- Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Fly River – between Kiunga and Elevala River?
July–August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 100 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Fly River – between Kiunga and Elevala River?
196 species, from 4,042 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.