Papua New Guinea · Chimbu Province
Sera (formerly Crater Mountain) Biological Research Station
179 species and 3,358 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 89 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Hook-billed KingfisherMelidora macrorrhina
Ochre-breasted CatbirdAiluroedus stonii
Tawny-breasted HoneyeaterXanthotis flaviventer
Chestnut-backed Jewel-babblerPtilorrhoa castanonota
Chestnut-bellied FantailRhipidura hyperythra
Little ShrikethrushColluricincla megarhyncha
Spot-winged MonarchSymposiachrus guttula
Amboyna Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia amboinensis
Piping BellbirdOrnorectes cristatus
Torrent-larkGrallina bruijnii
Black-winged MonarchMonarcha frater
Green-fronted White-eyeZosterops minor
Rusty PitohuiPseudorectes ferrugineus
Pink-spotted Fruit DovePtilinopus perlatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 179 species recorded here
- Raggiana Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea raggiana
- Tawny-breasted Honeyeater Xanthotis flaviventer
- Magnificent Bird-of-paradise Diphyllodes magnificus
- Rusty Mouse-warbler Origma murina
- Zoe's Imperial Pigeon Ducula zoeae
- Hooded Butcherbird Cracticus cassicus
- Black-capped Lory Lorius lory
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Brown Oriole Oriolus szalayi
- Pheasant Pigeon Otidiphaps nobilis
- Moluccan Eclectus Eclectus roratus
- Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus
- Growling Riflebird Ptiloris intercedens
- White-eyed Robin Pachycephalopsis poliosoma
- Mountain Peltops Peltops montanus
- Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Black Berrypecker Melanocharis nigra
- Rufous-bellied Kookaburra Dacelo gaudichaud
- Pesquet's Parrot Psittrichas fulgidus
- Coconut Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
- Goldenface Pachycare flavogriseum
- Sooty Thicket Fantail Rhipidura threnothorax
- Spectacled Longbill Oedistoma iliolophus
- Chestnut-backed Jewel-babbler Ptilorrhoa castanonota
- Papuan Mountain Pigeon Gymnophaps albertisii
- Slaty-headed Longbill Toxorhamphus poliopterus
- Chestnut-bellied Fantail Rhipidura hyperythra
- Yellow-faced Myna Mino dumontii
- Mottle-breasted Honeyeater Microptilotis mimikae
- Long-billed Honeyeater Melilestes megarhynchus
- Red-flanked Lorikeet Hypocharmosyna placentis
- Torrent Flyrobin Monachella muelleriana
- Little Shrikethrush Colluricincla megarhyncha
- Spot-winged Monarch Symposiachrus guttula
- Drongo Fantail Chaetorhynchus papuensis
- Red-capped Flowerpecker Dicaeum geelvinkianum
- Great Cuckoo-Dove Reinwardtoena reinwardti
- Collared Brushturkey Talegalla jobiensis
- Northern Scrub Robin Drymodes superciliaris
- Hook-billed Kingfisher Melidora macrorrhina
- Crinkle-collared Manucode Manucodia chalybatus
- Ochre-breasted Catbird Ailuroedus stonii
- Grey-green Scrubwren Aethomyias arfakianus
- Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus
- Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis
- Pale-billed Scrubwren Aethomyias spilodera
- Piping Bellbird Ornorectes cristatus
- Blue-faced Parrotfinch Erythrura trichroa
- Ornate Fruit Dove Ptilinopus ornatus
- Papuan White-eye Zosterops novaeguineae
- Obscure Honeyeater Caligavis obscura
- Grey Crow Corvus tristis
- Rusty Whistler Pachycephala hyperythra
- Great Woodswallow Artamus maximus
- Pygmy Longbill Oedistoma pygmaeum
- Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
- Spotted Honeyeater Xanthotis polygrammus
- Torrent-lark Grallina bruijnii
- Papuan Black Myzomela Myzomela nigrita
- Queen Carola's Parotia Parotia carolae
- Black-winged Monarch Monarcha frater
- Beautiful Fruit Dove Ptilinopus pulchellus
- Plain Honeyeater Pycnopygius ixoides
- Stout-billed Cuckooshrike Coracina caeruleogrisea
- Frilled Monarch Arses telescopthalmus
- Fairy Lorikeet Charmosynopsis pulchella
- Long-tailed Honey Buzzard Henicopernis longicauda
- Yellow-breasted Boatbill Machaerirhynchus flaviventer
- Southern Variable Pitohui Pitohui uropygialis
- Mountain Swiftlet Aerodramus hirundinaceus
- Superb Fruit Dove Ptilinopus superbus
- Magnificent Riflebird Ptiloris magnificus
- Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris
- Green-fronted White-eye Zosterops minor
- Black Monarch Symposiachrus axillaris
- Scrub Honeyeater Microptilotis albonotatus
- Black Cicadabird Edolisoma melas
- Moustached Treeswift Hemiprocne mystacea
- Goldie's Lorikeet Glossoptilus goldiei
- Pygmy Eagle Hieraaetus weiskei
- Rusty Pitohui Pseudorectes ferrugineus
- Dwarf Cassowary Casuarius bennetti
- Ruby-throated Myzomela Myzomela eques
- Red Myzomela Myzomela cruentata
- Black Fantail Rhipidura atra
- Boyer's Cuckooshrike Coracina boyeri
- Mountain Honeyeater Microptilotis orientalis
- Greater Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa
- White-bibbed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus rivoli
- Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex
- Pink-spotted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perlatus
- Papuan Eagle Harpyopsis novaeguineae
- Bar-tailed Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia nigrirostris
- Grey-headed Cuckooshrike Edolisoma schisticeps
- Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon Ducula rufigaster
- Large Scrubwren Sericornis nouhuysi
- Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis castaneiventris
- Olive Flyrobin Kempiella flavovirescens
- Striated Lorikeet Synorhacma multistriata
- Lawes's Parotia Parotia lawesii
- Dwarf Koel Microdynamis parva
- Variable Goshawk Tachyspiza hiogaster
- New Guinea Scrubfowl Megapodius decollatus
- Sclater's Whistler Pachycephala soror
- White-breasted Ground Dove Pampusana jobiensis
- Dusky Lory Pseudeos fuscata
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Papuan Boobook Ninox theomacha
- Marbled Honeyeater Pycnopygius cinereus
- Papuan King Parrot Alisterus chloropterus
- Black-billed Sicklebill Drepanornis albertisi
- Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa
- Green-backed Honeyeater Glycichaera fallax
- Pinon's Imperial Pigeon Ducula pinon
- Black Butcherbird Melloria quoyi
- New Guinea Bronzewing Henicophaps albifrons
- Black Sunbird Leptocoma aspasia
- Puff-backed Honeyeater Meliphaga aruensis
- Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis
- Yellow-gaped Honeyeater Microptilotis flavirictus
- Meyer's Goshawk Astur meyerianus
- Blue-collared Parrot Geoffroyus simplex
- Wattled Brushturkey Aepypodius arfakianus
- Trumpet Manucode Phonygammus keraudrenii
- Red-collared Myzomela Myzomela rosenbergii
- Wallace's Fairywren Sipodotus wallacii
- Pygmy Lorikeet Charminetta wilhelminae
- Cinnamon Ground Dove Gallicolumba rufigula
- Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
- Golden Monarch Carterornis chrysomela
- Orange-fronted Hanging Parrot Loriculus aurantiifrons
- Marbled Frogmouth Podargus ocellatus
- Dwarf Fruit Dove Ptilinopus nainus
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Hooded Pitohui Pitohui dichrous
- Yellow-billed Kingfisher Syma torotoro
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- White-eared Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites meyerii
- Yellow-bellied Gerygone Gerygone chrysogaster
- Grey-headed Goshawk Tachyspiza poliocephala
- Salvadori's Teal Salvadorina waigiuensis
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Papuan Parrotfinch Erythrura papuana
- Double-eyed Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Ivory-billed Coucal Centropus menbeki
- Mid-mountain Berrypecker Melanocharis longicauda
- Rufescent Imperial Pigeon Ducula chalconota
- Black-faced Monarch Monarcha melanopsis
- Mimic Honeyeater Microptilotis analogus
- Forest Bittern Zonerodius heliosylus
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Spot-breasted Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia mackinlayi
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Golden Myna Mino anais
- Common Smoky Honeyeater Melipotes fumigatus
- Papuan Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx solitarius
- Singing Starling Aplonis cantoroides
- Gurney's Eagle Aquila gurneyi
- Greater Lophorina Lophorina latipennis
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Spotted Jewel-babbler Ptilorrhoa leucosticta
- Mottled Berryhunter Rhagologus leucostigma
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Buff-faced Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta pusio
- Coroneted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus coronulatus
- Lemon-bellied Flyrobin Microeca flavigaster
- Papuan Pitta Erythropitta macklotii
- Glossy-mantled Manucode Manucodia ater
- Papuan Spinetail Mearnsia novaeguineae
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- Mountain Myzomela Myzomela adolphinae
- Olive Straightbill Timeliopsis fulvigula
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sera (formerly Crater Mountain) Biological Research Station?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 89 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sera (formerly Crater Mountain) Biological Research Station?
179 species, from 3,358 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sera (formerly Crater Mountain) Biological Research Station in November?
The most recorded in November: Hook-billed Kingfisher, Ochre-breasted Catbird, Tawny-breasted Honeyeater, Chestnut-backed Jewel-babbler and Chestnut-bellied Fantail.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.