Bird AlbumPapua New Guinea · Milne Bay Province
Porotona
134 species and 2,701 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January and October, with up to 67 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
- Garuahi2 km135 species
All 134 species recorded here
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru
- Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
- White-shouldered Fairywren Malurus alboscapulatus
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Red-capped Flowerpecker Dicaeum geelvinkianum
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Moluccan Eclectus Eclectus roratus
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis
- Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
- Orange-fronted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus aurantiifrons
- Orange-bellied Fruit Dove Ptilinopus iozonus
- Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii
- Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
- Purple-bellied Lory Lorius hypoinochrous
- Yellow-faced Myna Mino dumontii
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Yellow-billed Kingfisher Syma torotoro
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Hooded Butcherbird Cracticus cassicus
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Red-cheeked Parrot Geoffroyus geoffroyi
- Fawn-breasted Bowerbird Chlamydera cerviniventris
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Rufous-bellied Kookaburra Dacelo gaudichaud
- Glossy-mantled Manucode Manucodia ater
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Coconut Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Hook-billed Kingfisher Melidora macrorrhina
- Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula
- Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris
- White-bellied Thicket Fantail Rhipidura leucothorax
- Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis
- Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Black Sunbird Leptocoma aspasia
- Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto
- Brown Oriole Oriolus szalayi
- Dusky Myzomela Myzomela obscura
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- Raggiana Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea raggiana
- Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus
- Grey Crow Corvus tristis
- Variable Goshawk Tachyspiza hiogaster
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Superb Fruit Dove Ptilinopus superbus
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- Torresian Imperial Pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa
- Forest Kingfisher Todiramphus macleayii
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Orange-fronted Hanging Parrot Loriculus aurantiifrons
- Eastern Hooded Pitta Pitta novaeguineae
- Ivory-billed Coucal Centropus menbeki
- Brown-backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus
- Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
- Pink-spotted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perlatus
- Stephan's Emerald Dove Chalcophaps stephani
- Green-backed Honeyeater Glycichaera fallax
- Red-flanked Lorikeet Hypocharmosyna placentis
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-capped Lory Lorius lory
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis
- Coroneted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus coronulatus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Tawny-breasted Honeyeater Xanthotis flaviventer
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Yellow-bellied Gerygone Gerygone chrysogaster
- Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus
- Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
- North Moluccan Cicadabird Edolisoma grayi
- Mimic Honeyeater Microptilotis analogus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Forest Bittern Zonerodius heliosylus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Puff-backed Honeyeater Meliphaga aruensis
- Pygmy Longbill Oedistoma pygmaeum
- Streak-headed Honeyeater Pycnopygius stictocephalus
- Gurney's Eagle Aquila gurneyi
- Large-billed Gerygone Gerygone magnirostris
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Frilled Monarch Arses telescopthalmus
- Radjah Shelduck Radjah radjah
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Barred Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles bennettii
- Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Silver-eared Honeyeater Lichmera alboauricularis
- Scrub Honeyeater Microptilotis albonotatus
- Singing Starling Aplonis cantoroides
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Pinon's Imperial Pigeon Ducula pinon
- Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca
- Dusky Lory Pseudeos fuscata
- Grey-headed Goshawk Tachyspiza poliocephala
- White-crowned Cuckoo Caliechthrus leucolophus
- Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Oriental Hobby Falco severus
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Moustached Treeswift Hemiprocne mystacea
- Bar-tailed Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia nigrirostris
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Great Cuckoo-Dove Reinwardtoena reinwardti
- Long-billed Cuckoo Chalcites megarhynchus
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Common Paradise Kingfisher Tanysiptera galatea
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- Spectacled Longbill Oedistoma iliolophus
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Little Kingfisher Ceyx pusillus
- Hooded Cuckooshrike Coracina longicauda
- Marbled Frogmouth Podargus ocellatus
- Spot-winged Monarch Symposiachrus guttula
- Red-backed Buttonquail Turnix maculosus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Long-tailed Honey Buzzard Henicopernis longicauda
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus
- Rufous-banded Honeyeater Conopophila albogularis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Porotona?
January and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 67 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Porotona?
134 species, from 2,701 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.