Papua New Guinea · Port Moresby
Pacific Adventist University
248 species and 22,649 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July–August, with up to 109 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
Masked LapwingVanellus miles
Comb-crested JacanaIrediparra gallinacea
Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
Dusky MoorhenGallinula tenebrosa
Black-backed ButcherbirdCracticus mentalis
Pied HeronEgretta picata
Plumed EgretArdea plumifera
Australasian FigbirdSphecotheres vieilloti
Wandering Whistling DuckDendrocygna arcuata
Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus
Willie WagtailRhipidura leucophrys
Fawn-breasted BowerbirdChlamydera cerviniventris
Peaceful DoveGeopelia placidaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Varirata National Park10 km357 species
- Brown River/Vanapa River lowlands36 km259 species
All 248 species recorded here
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Fawn-breasted Bowerbird Chlamydera cerviniventris
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Comb-crested Jacana Irediparra gallinacea
- Pied Heron Egretta picata
- Black-backed Butcherbird Cracticus mentalis
- Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida
- Australasian Figbird Sphecotheres vieilloti
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Torresian Imperial Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Rufous-banded Honeyeater Conopophila albogularis
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru
- Yellow-faced Myna Mino dumontii
- Coconut Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey-headed Mannikin Lonchura caniceps
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Radjah Shelduck Radjah radjah
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Brown Oriole Oriolus szalayi
- Orange-fronted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus aurantiifrons
- Singing Starling Aplonis cantoroides
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
- Red-cheeked Parrot Geoffroyus geoffroyi
- Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
- Moluccan Eclectus Eclectus roratus
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Ptilotula flavescens
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii
- Variable Goshawk Tachyspiza hiogaster
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Spotted Whistling Duck Dendrocygna guttata
- Green Pygmy Goose Nettapus pulchellus
- Orange-bellied Fruit Dove Ptilinopus iozonus
- Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Streak-headed Honeyeater Pycnopygius stictocephalus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Hooded Butcherbird Cracticus cassicus
- Glossy-mantled Manucode Manucodia ater
- Hardhead Aythya australis
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Common Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera galatea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Straw-necked Ibis Threskiornis spinicollis
- Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris
- Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- White-shouldered Fairywren Malurus alboscapulatus
- Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
- Rufous-bellied Kookaburra Dacelo gaudichaud
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-streaked Lory Chalcopsitta scintillata
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana
- Dusky Myzomela Myzomela obscura
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- Black Butcherbird Melloria quoyi
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Rufous-backed Honeyeater Ptiloprora guisei
- Zoe's Imperial Pigeon Ducula zoeae
- Scrub Honeyeater Microptilotis albonotatus
- Mimic Honeyeater Microptilotis analogus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- North Moluccan Cicadabird Edolisoma grayi
- Silver-eared Honeyeater Lichmera alboauricularis
- Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus
- Meyer's Friarbird Philemon meyeri
- Magpie Goose Anseranas semipalmata
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
- Tawny-breasted Honeyeater Xanthotis flaviventer
- Grey Crow Corvus tristis
- Green-backed Gerygone Gerygone chloronota
- Black Sunbird Leptocoma aspasia
- Black-capped Lory Lorius lory
- Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Pink-spotted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perlatus
- White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
- Oriental Hobby Falco severus
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Australian Pratincole Glareola isabella
- Trumpet Manucode Phonygammus keraudrenii
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor
- Ivory-billed Coucal Centropus menbeki
- Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
- Noisy Friarbird Philemon corniculatus
- Brown-headed Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera danae
- Green-backed Honeyeater Glycichaera fallax
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Little Shrikethrush Colluricincla megarhyncha
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- White-bibbed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus rivoli
- Red-capped Flowerpecker Dicaeum geelvinkianum
- Red-flanked Lorikeet Hypocharmosyna placentis
- Stephan's Emerald Dove Chalcophaps stephani
- Brown-breasted Gerygone Gerygone ruficollis
- Papuan Black Myzomela Myzomela nigrita
- Dusky Lory Pseudeos fuscata
- Papuan Harrier Circus spilothorax
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis
- Doria's Hawk Megatriorchis doriae
- Dwarf Fruit Dove Ptilinopus nainus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Papuan Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx solitarius
- Australian Tern Gelochelidon macrotarsa
- Gurney's Eagle Aquila gurneyi
- Hooded Cuckooshrike Coracina longicauda
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Beautiful Fruit Dove Ptilinopus pulchellus
- Boyer's Cuckooshrike Coracina boyeri
- Black-billed Brushturkey Talegalla fuscirostris
- Elegant Honeyeater Microptilotis cinereifrons
- Lemon-bellied Flyrobin Microeca flavigaster
- Barking Owl Ninox connivens
- Red-backed Buttonquail Turnix maculosus
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Buff-faced Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta pusio
- Papuan Spinetail Mearnsia novaeguineae
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Torresian Kingfisher Todiramphus sordidus
- White-throated Gerygone Gerygone olivacea
- Raggiana Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea raggiana
- Plain Honeyeater Pycnopygius ixoides
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Barred Cuckooshrike Coracina lineata
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Grey-headed Goshawk Tachyspiza poliocephala
- White-throated Nightjar Eurostopodus mystacalis
- Papuan Mountain Pigeon Gymnophaps albertisii
- Moustached Treeswift Hemiprocne mystacea
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Hooded Mannikin Lonchura spectabilis
- Purple-bellied Lory Lorius hypoinochrous
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Papuan White-eye Zosterops novaeguineae
- Puff-backed Honeyeater Meliphaga aruensis
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Yellow-bellied Longbill Toxorhamphus novaeguineae
- Mangrove Gerygone Gerygone levigaster
- Rufous Owl Ninox rufa
- Spotted Jewel-babbler Ptilorrhoa leucosticta
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Brown Sicklebill Epimachus meyeri
- Little Kingfisher Ceyx pusillus
- Belford's Melidectes Melidectes belfordi
- Common Smoky Honeyeater Melipotes fumigatus
- Papuan Boobook Ninox theomacha
- Marbled Frogmouth Podargus ocellatus
- Brown-backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus
- Great-billed Mannikin Lonchura grandis
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt
- Black Berrypecker Melanocharis nigra
- Hook-billed Kingfisher Melidora macrorrhina
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta bruijnii
- Black-winged Monarch Monarcha frater
- Broad-billed Flycatcher Myiagra ruficollis
- Mountain Myzomela Myzomela adolphinae
- Pygmy Longbill Oedistoma pygmaeum
- White-bellied Whistler Pachycephala leucogastra
- Hooded Pitohui Pitohui dichrous
- Superb Fruit Dove Ptilinopus superbus
- Yellowish-streaked Honeyeater Ptiloprora meekiana
- Growling Riflebird Ptiloris intercedens
- Chestnut-backed Jewel-babbler Ptilorrhoa castanonota
- Yellow-billed Kingfisher Syma torotoro
- Spot-winged Monarch Symposiachrus guttula
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
- Stout-billed Cuckooshrike Coracina caeruleogrisea
- Barred Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles bennettii
- Frilled Monarch Arses telescopthalmus
- Long-tailed Honey Buzzard Henicopernis longicauda
- Spectacled Longbill Oedistoma iliolophus
- Green-fronted White-eye Zosterops minor
- Yellow-gaped Honeyeater Microptilotis flavirictus
- Great Woodswallow Artamus maximus
- Black-billed Coucal Centropus bernsteini
- Painted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma ajax
- Red-collared Myzomela Myzomela rosenbergii
- Sclater's Whistler Pachycephala soror
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Double-eyed Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Goldie's Lorikeet Glossoptilus goldiei
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Pacific Adventist University?
July–August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 109 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Pacific Adventist University?
248 species, from 22,649 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Pacific Adventist University in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Black Cormorant, Masked Lapwing, Comb-crested Jacana, Pacific Black Duck and Dusky Moorhen.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.