Papua New Guinea · Western Highlands Province
Kumul Lodge
240 species and 21,897 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July–August, with up to 129 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Belford's MelidectesMelidectes belfordi
Ribbon-tailed AstrapiaAstrapia mayeri
Common Smoky HoneyeaterMelipotes fumigatus
White-winged RobinMelanodryas sigillata
Papuan Island ThrushTurdus papuensis
Friendly FantailRhipidura albolimbata
Brehm's Tiger ParrotPsittacella brehmii
Brown SicklebillEpimachus meyeri
Glossy SwiftletCollocalia esculenta
Grey-streaked HoneyeaterPtiloprora perstriata
Blue-capped IfritIfrita kowaldi
Rufous-naped BellbirdAleadryas rufinucha
Eastern Crested BerrypeckerParamythia montium
Regent WhistlerPachycephala schlegelii48 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 240 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Tomba & Murmur Pass [2400-2800m]5 km150 species
- Tonga Trail12 km152 species
- Rondon Ridge Lodge34 km183 species
- Rondon Ridge35 km175 species
- Mt Komonge Ridge57 km126 species
All 240 species recorded here
- Belford's Melidectes Melidectes belfordi
- Ribbon-tailed Astrapia Astrapia mayeri
- Common Smoky Honeyeater Melipotes fumigatus
- White-winged Robin Melanodryas sigillata
- Friendly Fantail Rhipidura albolimbata
- Brehm's Tiger Parrot Psittacella brehmii
- Papuan Island Thrush Turdus papuensis
- Brown Sicklebill Epimachus meyeri
- Rufous-naped Bellbird Aleadryas rufinucha
- Grey-streaked Honeyeater Ptiloprora perstriata
- Regent Whistler Pachycephala schlegelii
- Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
- Large Scrubwren Sericornis nouhuysi
- Stella's Lorikeet Charmosyna stellae
- Mountain Mouse-warbler Origma robusta
- Blue-capped Ifrit Ifrita kowaldi
- Eastern Crested Berrypecker Paramythia montium
- Lesser Melampitta Melampitta lugubris
- Papuan Scrubwren Aethomyias papuensis
- Crested Satinbird Cnemophilus macgregorii
- Black-breasted Boatbill Machaerirhynchus nigripectus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Mountain Swiftlet Aerodramus hirundinaceus
- Fan-tailed Berrypecker Melanocharis versteri
- Mountain Firetail Oreostruthus fuliginosus
- Mountain Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles albertisi
- Dimorphic Fantail Rhipidura brachyrhyncha
- Brown-backed Whistler Pachycephala modesta
- Red-collared Myzomela Myzomela rosenbergii
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Black-throated Honeyeater Caligavis subfrenata
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Archbold's Bowerbird Archboldia papuensis
- Papuan Mountain Pigeon Gymnophaps albertisii
- Plum-faced Lorikeet Oreopsittacus arfaki
- Brown-breasted Gerygone Gerygone ruficollis
- Feline Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles insignis
- Wattled Ploughbill Eulacestoma nigropectus
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Rufous-throated Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites ruficollis
- Archbold's Nightjar Eurostopodus archboldi
- Papuan Boobook Ninox theomacha
- Orange-billed Lorikeet Neopsittacus pullicauda
- Bar-tailed Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia nigrirostris
- New Guinea Woodcock Scolopax rosenbergii
- Great Woodswallow Artamus maximus
- Papuan Grassbird Cincloramphus macrurus
- Tit Berrypecker Oreocharis arfaki
- Yellow-billed Lorikeet Neopsittacus musschenbroekii
- Hooded Mannikin Lonchura spectabilis
- Buff-faced Scrubwren Aethomyias perspicillatus
- Rufous-backed Honeyeater Ptiloprora guisei
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Ornate Melidectes Melidectes torquatus
- Black Fantail Rhipidura atra
- Bronze Ground Dove Pampusana beccarii
- Red-capped Flowerpecker Dicaeum geelvinkianum
- White-shouldered Fairywren Malurus alboscapulatus
- Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis
- Goldie's Lorikeet Glossoptilus goldiei
- White-bibbed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus rivoli
- Garnet Robin Eugerygone rubra
- Mountain Myzomela Myzomela adolphinae
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Torrent Flyrobin Monachella muelleriana
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- King of Saxony Bird-of-paradise Pteridophora alberti
- Papuan White-eye Zosterops novaeguineae
- Orange-crowned Fairywren Clytomyias insignis
- Black-headed Whistler Pachycephala monacha
- Painted Tiger Parrot Psittacella picta
- Lesser Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea minor
- Yellow-breasted Bowerbird Chlamydera lauterbachi
- Mountain Honeyeater Microptilotis orientalis
- Princess Stephanie's Astrapia Astrapia stephaniae
- Greater Lophorina Lophorina latipennis
- Chestnut Forest Rail Rallicula rubra
- Numfor Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus maforensis
- Blue Bird-of-paradise Paradisornis rudolphi
- Mid-mountain Berrypecker Melanocharis longicauda
- Yellow-browed Melidectes Melidectes rufocrissalis
- Sooty Honeyeater Melionyx fuscus
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Mottled Berryhunter Rhagologus leucostigma
- Modest Tiger Parrot Psittacella modesta
- Marbled Honeyeater Pycnopygius cinereus
- Sclater's Whistler Pachycephala soror
- Forbes's Forest Rail Rallicula forbesi
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Loria's Satinbird Cnemophilus loriae
- Papuan Harrier Circus spilothorax
- Greater Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa
- Grey Thornbill Acanthiza cinerea
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- MacGregor's Bowerbird Amblyornis macgregoriae
- Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Magnificent Bird-of-paradise Diphyllodes magnificus
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Variable Goshawk Tachyspiza hiogaster
- Black-mantled Goshawk Tachyspiza melanochlamys
- Black Monarch Symposiachrus axillaris
- Singing Starling Aplonis cantoroides
- Great Cuckoo-Dove Reinwardtoena reinwardti
- Ashy Robin Heteromyias albispecularis
- Blue-faced Parrotfinch Erythrura trichroa
- Green-fronted White-eye Zosterops minor
- Streaked Berrypecker Melanocharis striativentris
- Long-tailed Honey Buzzard Henicopernis longicauda
- Mountain Kingfisher Syma megarhyncha
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Black Sittella Daphoenositta miranda
- Coconut Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis
- Lawes's Parotia Parotia lawesii
- Black Pitohui Melanorectes nigrescens
- Long-billed Honeyeater Melilestes megarhynchus
- Papuan King Parrot Alisterus chloropterus
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Slaty-headed Longbill Toxorhamphus poliopterus
- Papuan Eagle Harpyopsis novaeguineae
- Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
- Scrub Honeyeater Microptilotis albonotatus
- Rufescent Imperial Pigeon Ducula chalconota
- Torrent-lark Grallina bruijnii
- Little Shrikethrush Colluricincla megarhyncha
- Papuan Sittella Daphoenositta papuensis
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
- Spotted Berrypecker Melanocharis piperata
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Fairy Lorikeet Charmosynopsis pulchella
- New Guinea Thornbill Acanthiza murina
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Pygmy Eagle Hieraaetus weiskei
- Lesser Ground Robin Amalocichla incerta
- White-eared Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites meyerii
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis castaneiventris
- Spotted Jewel-babbler Ptilorrhoa leucosticta
- Glossy-mantled Manucode Manucodia ater
- Raggiana Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea raggiana
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Madarasz's Tiger Parrot Psittacella madaraszi
- Hooded Butcherbird Cracticus cassicus
- Short-tailed Paradigalla Paradigalla brevicauda
- Stephan's Emerald Dove Chalcophaps stephani
- Superb Fruit Dove Ptilinopus superbus
- Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Moustached Treeswift Hemiprocne mystacea
- Rusty Whistler Pachycephala hyperythra
- Magnificent Riflebird Ptiloris magnificus
- Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus
- Boyer's Cuckooshrike Coracina boyeri
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Crinkle-collared Manucode Manucodia chalybatus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Moluccan Eclectus Eclectus roratus
- Papuan Parrotfinch Erythrura papuana
- Blue-collared Parrot Geoffroyus simplex
- Black Berrypecker Melanocharis nigra
- Black-billed Sicklebill Drepanornis albertisi
- Pinon's Imperial Pigeon Ducula pinon
- Yellow-breasted Boatbill Machaerirhynchus flaviventer
- Tawny-breasted Honeyeater Xanthotis flaviventer
- Mountain Peltops Peltops montanus
- Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii
- Obscure Honeyeater Caligavis obscura
- Mimic Honeyeater Microptilotis analogus
- Meyer's Goshawk Astur meyerianus
- Red-cheeked Parrot Geoffroyus geoffroyi
- Northern Variable Pitohui Pitohui kirhocephalus
- Stout-billed Cuckooshrike Coracina caeruleogrisea
- Zoe's Imperial Pigeon Ducula zoeae
- Black Sicklebill Epimachus fastosus
- Brown Oriole Oriolus szalayi
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Drongo Fantail Chaetorhynchus papuensis
- Oriental Hobby Falco severus
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Yellow-bellied Gerygone Gerygone chrysogaster
- Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa
- Black Sunbird Leptocoma aspasia
- Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta bruijnii
- Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- Hooded Pitohui Pitohui dichrous
- Southern Variable Pitohui Pitohui uropygialis
- Spot-winged Monarch Symposiachrus guttula
- Hooded Monarch Symposiachrus manadensis
- Spotted Honeyeater Xanthotis polygrammus
- Frilled Monarch Arses telescopthalmus
- Chestnut-bellied Fantail Rhipidura hyperythra
- Salvadori's Teal Salvadorina waigiuensis
- Green-backed Honeyeater Glycichaera fallax
- Mottle-breasted Honeyeater Microptilotis mimikae
- Yellow-gaped Honeyeater Microptilotis flavirictus
- Red-flanked Lorikeet Hypocharmosyna placentis
- Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Black Butcherbird Melloria quoyi
- Rusty Mouse-warbler Origma murina
- Golden Monarch Carterornis chrysomela
- Puff-backed Honeyeater Meliphaga aruensis
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- White-eyed Robin Pachycephalopsis poliosoma
- Queen Carola's Parotia Parotia carolae
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis
- Ornate Fruit Dove Ptilinopus ornatus
- King Bird-of-paradise Cicinnurus regius
- New Guinea Bronzewing Henicophaps albifrons
- Piping Bellbird Ornorectes cristatus
- Gurney's Eagle Aquila gurneyi
- Black Cicadabird Edolisoma melas
- Black-capped Lory Lorius lory
- Lemon-bellied Flyrobin Microeca flavigaster
- Yellow-faced Myna Mino dumontii
- Beautiful Fruit Dove Ptilinopus pulchellus
- Yellow-billed Kingfisher Syma torotoro
- Dwarf Koel Microdynamis parva
- Meyer's Friarbird Philemon meyeri
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Grey Crow Corvus tristis
- Long-bearded Honeyeater Melionyx princeps
- Olive Flyrobin Kempiella flavovirescens
- White-breasted Ground Dove Pampusana jobiensis
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kumul Lodge?
July–August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 129 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kumul Lodge?
240 species, from 21,897 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kumul Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: Belford's Melidectes, Ribbon-tailed Astrapia, Common Smoky Honeyeater, White-winged Robin and Papuan Island Thrush.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.