Bird AlbumPapua New Guinea · West New Britain Province
Garu WMA
107 species and 4,640 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July–August, with up to 70 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
- Kulu River7 km108 species
- Numondo Cattle Farm12 km94 species
- Walindi Dive Resort12 km146 species
All 107 species recorded here
- Moluccan Eclectus Eclectus roratus
- Red-knobbed Imperial Pigeon Ducula rubricera
- Blue-eyed Cockatoo Cacatua ophthalmica
- Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
- White-necked Coucal Centropus ateralbus
- Purple-bellied Lory Lorius hypoinochrous
- Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus
- Violaceous Coucal Centropus violaceus
- Bismarck Crow Corvus insularis
- Variable Goshawk Tachyspiza hiogaster
- New Britain Friarbird Philemon cockerelli
- Red-banded Flowerpecker Dicaeum eximium
- Long-tailed Myna Mino kreffti
- Melanesian Megapode Megapodius eremita
- Finsch's Imperial Pigeon Ducula finschii
- Black Sunbird Leptocoma aspasia
- Coconut Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
- Black-capped Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera nigriceps
- Stephan's Emerald Dove Chalcophaps stephani
- Knob-billed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus insolitus
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- White-mantled Kingfisher Todiramphus albonotatus
- Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis
- Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
- Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- New Britain Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx sacerdotis
- Ashy Myzomela Myzomela cineracea
- Buff-faced Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta pusio
- Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis
- Velvet Flycatcher Myiagra eichhorni
- Red-flanked Lorikeet Hypocharmosyna placentis
- White-rumped Swiftlet Aerodramus spodiopygius
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Yellowish Imperial Pigeon Ducula subflavescens
- Melanesian Kingfisher Todiramphus tristrami
- Moustached Treeswift Hemiprocne mystacea
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto
- Song Parrot Geoffroyus heteroclitus
- Bismarck Monarch Symposiachrus verticalis
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Black-bellied Myzomela Myzomela erythromelas
- Black Honey Buzzard Henicopernis infuscatus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Black Imperial Pigeon Ducula melanochroa
- Buff-bellied Mannikin Lonchura melaena
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Singing Starling Aplonis cantoroides
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Red-chinned Lorikeet Vini rubrigularis
- Superb Fruit Dove Ptilinopus superbus
- Bismarck Hanging Parrot Loriculus tener
- Bismarck Pitta Erythropitta novaehibernicae
- Barred Cuckooshrike Coracina lineata
- New Britain Boobook Ninox odiosa
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Pied Cuckoo-Dove Reinwardtoena browni
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Spot-breasted Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia mackinlayi
- Bronze Ground Dove Pampusana beccarii
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- Central Melanesian Cicadabird Edolisoma erythropygium
- Bismarck Black Myzomela Myzomela pammelaena
- Golden Masked Owl Tyto aurantia
- Oriental Hobby Falco severus
- White-bibbed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus rivoli
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- White-breasted Ground Dove Pampusana jobiensis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Bar-tailed Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia nigrirostris
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Bismarck Kingfisher Ceyx websteri
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Slaty-mantled Goshawk Tachyspiza luteoschistacea
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Hooded Mannikin Lonchura spectabilis
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca
- Red Myzomela Myzomela cruentata
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- White-backed Woodswallow Artamus insignis
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Garu WMA?
July–August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 70 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Garu WMA?
107 species, from 4,640 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.