Bird AlbumPapua New Guinea · Western Province
Kwatu Lodge
223 species and 11,025 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June–August, with up to 152 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Rufous-bellied KookaburraDacelo gaudichaud
Black-capped LoryLorius lory
Moluccan EclectusEclectus roratus
Yellow-faced MynaMino dumontii
Helmeted FriarbirdPhilemon buceroides
Hook-billed KingfisherMelidora macrorrhina
Sclater's Crowned PigeonGoura sclaterii
Glossy-mantled ManucodeManucodia ater
Twelve-wired Bird-of-paradiseSeleucidis melanoleucus
Yellow-bellied GerygoneGerygone chrysogaster
Zoe's Imperial PigeonDucula zoeae
Grey CrowCorvus tristis
Yellow-bellied LongbillToxorhamphus novaeguineae
Pinon's Imperial PigeonDucula pinonSpecies 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 River2 km195 species
- Elevala River – between Fly River and Ketu River5 km169 species
- Fly River – between Kiunga and Elevala River17 km196 species
- Drimgas Road, Kiunga23 km147 species
- Tabubil-Kiunga Rd – Km 1727 km217 species
All 223 species recorded here
- Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus
- Rufous-bellied Kookaburra Dacelo gaudichaud
- Moluccan Eclectus Eclectus roratus
- Black-capped Lory Lorius lory
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto
- Red-cheeked Parrot Geoffroyus geoffroyi
- Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
- Sclater's Crowned Pigeon Goura sclaterii
- Golden Myna Mino anais
- Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis
- Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus
- Hooded Butcherbird Cracticus cassicus
- Glossy-mantled Manucode Manucodia ater
- Twelve-wired Bird-of-paradise Seleucidis melanoleucus
- Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Yellow-faced Myna Mino dumontii
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Yellow-bellied Gerygone Gerygone chrysogaster
- Papuan Spinetail Mearnsia novaeguineae
- Zoe's Imperial Pigeon Ducula zoeae
- Hook-billed Kingfisher Melidora macrorrhina
- Frilled Monarch Arses telescopthalmus
- Eastern Hooded Pitta Pitta novaeguineae
- Yellow-streaked Lory Chalcopsitta scintillata
- Grey Crow Corvus tristis
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Common Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera galatea
- Black-sided Robin Poecilodryas hypoleuca
- Double-eyed Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma
- Tawny-breasted Honeyeater Xanthotis flaviventer
- Orange-bellied Fruit Dove Ptilinopus iozonus
- White-bellied Pitohui Pseudorectes incertus
- Black Sunbird Leptocoma aspasia
- Collared Imperial Pigeon Ducula mullerii
- King Bird-of-paradise Cicinnurus regius
- Little Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera hydrocharis
- Yellow-bellied Longbill Toxorhamphus novaeguineae
- Ivory-billed Coucal Centropus menbeki
- Large-billed Gerygone Gerygone magnirostris
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Pinon's Imperial Pigeon Ducula pinon
- Black-billed Brushturkey Talegalla fuscirostris
- Papuan Pitta Erythropitta macklotii
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Marbled Frogmouth Podargus ocellatus
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- Superb Fruit Dove Ptilinopus superbus
- Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis
- Blue Jewel-babbler Ptilorrhoa caerulescens
- Pink-spotted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perlatus
- Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon Ducula rufigaster
- Papuan Babbler Garritornis isidorei
- Dwarf Fruit Dove Ptilinopus nainus
- Beautiful Fruit Dove Ptilinopus pulchellus
- Spot-winged Monarch Symposiachrus guttula
- Papuan Mountain Pigeon Gymnophaps albertisii
- Flame Bowerbird Sericulus ardens
- Golden Cuckooshrike Campochaera sloetii
- Red-flanked Lorikeet Hypocharmosyna placentis
- White-bellied Thicket Fantail Rhipidura leucothorax
- Boyer's Cuckooshrike Coracina boyeri
- Long-tailed Honey Buzzard Henicopernis longicauda
- Little Shrikethrush Colluricincla megarhyncha
- Moustached Treeswift Hemiprocne mystacea
- Trumpet Manucode Phonygammus keraudrenii
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Great Cuckoo-Dove Reinwardtoena reinwardti
- Red-capped Flowerpecker Dicaeum geelvinkianum
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Southern Variable Pitohui Pitohui uropygialis
- Hooded Monarch Symposiachrus manadensis
- Raggiana Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea raggiana
- Grey-headed Cuckooshrike Edolisoma schisticeps
- Yellow-billed Kingfisher Syma torotoro
- Wallace's Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles wallacii
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
- Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
- Lowland Peltops Peltops blainvillii
- Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis
- Pesquet's Parrot Psittrichas fulgidus
- Long-billed Honeyeater Melilestes megarhynchus
- Variable Goshawk Tachyspiza hiogaster
- Starry Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles tatei
- Golden Monarch Carterornis chrysomela
- Emperor Fairywren Malurus cyanocephalus
- Long-billed Cuckoo Chalcites megarhynchus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Rufous-backed Fantail Rhipidura rufidorsa
- Black Berrypecker Melanocharis nigra
- Mimic Honeyeater Microptilotis analogus
- Rusty Mouse-warbler Origma murina
- Buff-breasted Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera sylvia
- Papuan Hawk-Owl Uroglaux dimorpha
- Yellow-eyed Starling Aplonis mystacea
- Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
- Papuan Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx solitarius
- Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex
- Sooty Thicket Fantail Rhipidura threnothorax
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- New Guinea Flightless Rail Megacrex inepta
- Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius
- Yellow-gaped Honeyeater Microptilotis flavirictus
- Yellow-capped Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta keiensis
- New Guinea Bronzewing Henicophaps albifrons
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Grey-headed Goshawk Tachyspiza poliocephala
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Coconut Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
- Stephan's Emerald Dove Chalcophaps stephani
- Puff-backed Honeyeater Meliphaga aruensis
- Greater Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea apoda
- Brown Oriole Oriolus szalayi
- Wallace's Fairywren Sipodotus wallacii
- Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
- Green-backed Gerygone Gerygone chloronota
- Scrub Honeyeater Microptilotis albonotatus
- Yellow-breasted Boatbill Machaerirhynchus flaviventer
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Papuan Boobook Ninox theomacha
- Dwarf Koel Microdynamis parva
- Meyer's Friarbird Philemon meyeri
- Black Butcherbird Melloria quoyi
- Streak-headed Honeyeater Pycnopygius stictocephalus
- Painted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma ajax
- North Moluccan Cicadabird Edolisoma grayi
- Obscure Honeyeater Caligavis obscura
- Black Cicadabird Edolisoma melas
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Ruby-throated Myzomela Myzomela eques
- Rusty Pitohui Pseudorectes ferrugineus
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Red-necked Crake Rallina tricolor
- Campbell's Fairywren Chenorhamphus campbelli
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt
- Ornate Fruit Dove Ptilinopus ornatus
- Black-billed Coucal Centropus bernsteini
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- White-throated Nightjar Eurostopodus mystacalis
- Gurney's Eagle Aquila gurneyi
- Crinkle-collared Manucode Manucodia chalybatus
- Bare-eyed Rail Gymnocrex plumbeiventris
- Orange-fronted Hanging Parrot Loriculus aurantiifrons
- Papuan Nightjar Eurostopodus papuensis
- Doria's Hawk Megatriorchis doriae
- Forest Bittern Zonerodius heliosylus
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Greater Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa
- Rufous-banded Honeyeater Conopophila albogularis
- Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa
- Black-eared Catbird Ailuroedus melanotis
- Orange-fronted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus aurantiifrons
- Magnificent Riflebird Ptiloris magnificus
- Plain Honeyeater Pycnopygius ixoides
- Pygmy Eagle Hieraaetus weiskei
- Little Kingfisher Ceyx pusillus
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
- Green Pygmy Goose Nettapus pulchellus
- Dusky Lory Pseudeos fuscata
- Cinnamon Ground Dove Gallicolumba rufigula
- Bar-tailed Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia nigrirostris
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Graceful Honeyeater Microptilotis gracilis
- Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis castaneiventris
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
- Ochre-breasted Catbird Ailuroedus stonii
- White-crowned Cuckoo Caliechthrus leucolophus
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Papuan King Parrot Alisterus chloropterus
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis
- Pygmy Longbill Oedistoma pygmaeum
- Singing Starling Aplonis cantoroides
- Barred Cuckooshrike Coracina lineata
- Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Australian Pratincole Glareola isabella
- Spectacled Monarch Symposiachrus trivirgatus
- Thick-billed Ground Pigeon Trugon terrestris
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Mangrove Golden Whistler Pachycephala melanura
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- White-bibbed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus rivoli
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- White-shouldered Fairywren Malurus alboscapulatus
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Rufous Owl Ninox rufa
- Grey-streaked Honeyeater Ptiloprora perstriata
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Mountain Swiftlet Aerodramus hirundinaceus
- Papuan Parrotfinch Erythrura papuana
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris
- Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Blue-collared Parrot Geoffroyus simplex
- Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta bruijnii
- Black-winged Monarch Monarcha frater
- Black-headed Whistler Pachycephala monacha
- Hooded Pitohui Pitohui dichrous
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Collared Brushturkey Talegalla jobiensis
- Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
- Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis
- Papuan Harrier Circus spilothorax
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- Golden-backed Whistler Pachycephala aurea
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kwatu Lodge?
June–August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 152 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kwatu Lodge?
223 species, from 11,025 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kwatu Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: Rufous-bellied Kookaburra, Black-capped Lory, Moluccan Eclectus, Yellow-faced Myna and Helmeted Friarbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.