Papua New Guinea · Western Highlands Province
Rondon Ridge
175 species and 9,606 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June–September, with up to 99 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
- Rondon Ridge Lodge1 km183 species
- Tomba & Murmur Pass [2400-2800m]32 km150 species
- Kumul Lodge35 km240 species
- Tonga Trail44 km152 species
All 175 species recorded here
- Yellow-browed Melidectes Melidectes rufocrissalis
- Common Smoky Honeyeater Melipotes fumigatus
- Red-collared Myzomela Myzomela rosenbergii
- Princess Stephanie's Astrapia Astrapia stephaniae
- Friendly Fantail Rhipidura albolimbata
- Numfor Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus maforensis
- Greater Lophorina Lophorina latipennis
- Bar-tailed Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia nigrirostris
- Mountain Myzomela Myzomela adolphinae
- Buff-faced Scrubwren Aethomyias perspicillatus
- King of Saxony Bird-of-paradise Pteridophora alberti
- Wattled Ploughbill Eulacestoma nigropectus
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Papuan Mountain Pigeon Gymnophaps albertisii
- Brown Sicklebill Epimachus meyeri
- Fan-tailed Berrypecker Melanocharis versteri
- Stella's Lorikeet Charmosyna stellae
- Dimorphic Fantail Rhipidura brachyrhyncha
- Regent Whistler Pachycephala schlegelii
- Red-capped Flowerpecker Dicaeum geelvinkianum
- Papuan White-eye Zosterops novaeguineae
- Blue-capped Ifrit Ifrita kowaldi
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Black Fantail Rhipidura atra
- MacGregor's Bowerbird Amblyornis macgregoriae
- Mountain Swiftlet Aerodramus hirundinaceus
- Rufous-backed Honeyeater Ptiloprora guisei
- Brown-breasted Gerygone Gerygone ruficollis
- Yellow-billed Lorikeet Neopsittacus musschenbroekii
- Black Sicklebill Epimachus fastosus
- Sclater's Whistler Pachycephala soror
- White-shouldered Fairywren Malurus alboscapulatus
- Black-throated Honeyeater Caligavis subfrenata
- Black-breasted Boatbill Machaerirhynchus nigripectus
- Rufous-naped Bellbird Aleadryas rufinucha
- Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
- Mountain Kingfisher Syma megarhyncha
- Plum-faced Lorikeet Oreopsittacus arfaki
- Ornate Melidectes Melidectes torquatus
- Mountain Mouse-warbler Origma robusta
- White-bibbed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus rivoli
- Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis
- Tit Berrypecker Oreocharis arfaki
- Black Pitohui Melanorectes nigrescens
- Rufescent Imperial Pigeon Ducula chalconota
- Little Shrikethrush Colluricincla megarhyncha
- Rufous-throated Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites ruficollis
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Orange-billed Lorikeet Neopsittacus pullicauda
- Hooded Mannikin Lonchura spectabilis
- Mid-mountain Berrypecker Melanocharis longicauda
- Brown-backed Whistler Pachycephala modesta
- Grey Thornbill Acanthiza cinerea
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Orange-crowned Fairywren Clytomyias insignis
- Yellowish-streaked Honeyeater Ptiloprora meekiana
- Lesser Ground Robin Amalocichla incerta
- Blue Bird-of-paradise Paradisornis rudolphi
- Mottled Berryhunter Rhagologus leucostigma
- Large Scrubwren Sericornis nouhuysi
- Papuan Boobook Ninox theomacha
- Slaty-headed Longbill Toxorhamphus poliopterus
- Black Monarch Symposiachrus axillaris
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Garnet Robin Eugerygone rubra
- Lesser Melampitta Melampitta lugubris
- Black-mantled Goshawk Tachyspiza melanochlamys
- Papuan Sittella Daphoenositta papuensis
- Madarasz's Tiger Parrot Psittacella madaraszi
- Belford's Melidectes Melidectes belfordi
- Papuan Scrubwren Aethomyias papuensis
- Hooded Cuckooshrike Coracina longicauda
- Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta bruijnii
- Feline Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles insignis
- Brehm's Tiger Parrot Psittacella brehmii
- Spotted Jewel-babbler Ptilorrhoa leucosticta
- Yellow-breasted Bowerbird Chlamydera lauterbachi
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Grey-streaked Honeyeater Ptiloprora perstriata
- Green-fronted White-eye Zosterops minor
- Loria's Satinbird Cnemophilus loriae
- Goldie's Lorikeet Glossoptilus goldiei
- Papuan Grassbird Cincloramphus macrurus
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Short-tailed Paradigalla Paradigalla brevicauda
- Ashy Robin Heteromyias albispecularis
- Great Woodswallow Artamus maximus
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Modest Tiger Parrot Psittacella modesta
- Stout-billed Cuckooshrike Coracina caeruleogrisea
- Papuan Parrotfinch Erythrura papuana
- Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis
- Long-tailed Honey Buzzard Henicopernis longicauda
- Black-headed Whistler Pachycephala monacha
- Mountain Honeyeater Microptilotis orientalis
- Blue-faced Parrotfinch Erythrura trichroa
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Streaked Berrypecker Melanocharis striativentris
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Bronze Ground Dove Pampusana beccarii
- White-winged Robin Melanodryas sigillata
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Great Cuckoo-Dove Reinwardtoena reinwardti
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Red Myzomela Myzomela cruentata
- Papuan Harrier Circus spilothorax
- Scrub Honeyeater Microptilotis albonotatus
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophorus
- White-crowned Cuckoo Caliechthrus leucolophus
- Josephine's Lorikeet Charmosyna josefinae
- Mountain Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles albertisi
- White-eared Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites meyerii
- Variable Goshawk Tachyspiza hiogaster
- Yellow-bellied Longbill Toxorhamphus novaeguineae
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Pygmy Eagle Hieraaetus weiskei
- Archbold's Bowerbird Archboldia papuensis
- Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis
- Double-eyed Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis
- Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex
- Forbes's Forest Rail Rallicula forbesi
- Ornate Fruit Dove Ptilinopus ornatus
- Spotted Berrypecker Melanocharis piperata
- Moluccan Eclectus Eclectus roratus
- Queen Carola's Parotia Parotia carolae
- Torrent Flyrobin Monachella muelleriana
- White-breasted Ground Dove Pampusana jobiensis
- Golden Monarch Carterornis chrysomela
- Ruby-throated Myzomela Myzomela eques
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
- Meyer's Goshawk Astur meyerianus
- Ribbon-tailed Astrapia Astrapia mayeri
- Papuan Island Thrush Turdus papuensis
- Pygmy Lorikeet Charminetta wilhelminae
- Forest Honeyeater Microptilotis montanus
- Papuan King Parrot Alisterus chloropterus
- Mottle-breasted Honeyeater Microptilotis mimikae
- Coconut Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
- Lewin's Rail Lewinia pectoralis
- Gurney's Eagle Aquila gurneyi
- Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis castaneiventris
- Grey Crow Corvus tristis
- Moustached Treeswift Hemiprocne mystacea
- Crinkle-collared Manucode Manucodia chalybatus
- Yellow-faced Myna Mino dumontii
- Rufous Owl Ninox rufa
- Lesser Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea minor
- Greater Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Long-billed Honeyeater Melilestes megarhynchus
- Lawes's Parotia Parotia lawesii
- Lowland Peltops Peltops blainvillii
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Black Sittella Daphoenositta miranda
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Marbled Honeyeater Pycnopygius cinereus
- Piping Bellbird Ornorectes cristatus
- Magnificent Bird-of-paradise Diphyllodes magnificus
- White-eyed Robin Pachycephalopsis poliosoma
- Raggiana Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea raggiana
- Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
- Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus
- New Guinea Thornbill Acanthiza murina
- Black-browed Triller Lalage atrovirens
- Singing Starling Aplonis cantoroides
- Yellow-bellied Gerygone Gerygone chrysogaster
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Rondon Ridge?
June–September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 99 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Rondon Ridge?
175 species, from 9,606 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.