Bird AlbumIndonesia · Papua
Sorong Mangroves
156 species and 5,173 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–October, with up to 64 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Brown-backed HoneyeaterRamsayornis modestus
Orange-fronted Fruit DovePtilinopus aurantiifrons
Uniform SwiftletAerodramus vanikorensis
Willie WagtailRhipidura leucophrys
Garden SunbirdCinnyris jugularis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Collared Imperial PigeonDucula mullerii
Metallic StarlingAplonis metallica
Large-billed GerygoneGerygone magnirostris
Little KingfisherCeyx pusillus
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Shining FlycatcherMyiagra alecto
Blue-black KingfisherTodiramphus nigrocyaneus
White-bellied CuckooshrikeCoracina papuensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Malagufuk village39 km168 species
- Malagufuk40 km180 species
All 156 species recorded here
- Brown-backed Honeyeater Ramsayornis modestus
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Orange-fronted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus aurantiifrons
- Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Blue-black Kingfisher Todiramphus nigrocyaneus
- Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis
- Large-billed Gerygone Gerygone magnirostris
- Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
- Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto
- Collared Imperial Pigeon Ducula mullerii
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Little Kingfisher Ceyx pusillus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Barred Rail Gallirallus torquatus
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Black Thicket Fantail Rhipidura maculipectus
- Moustached Treeswift Hemiprocne mystacea
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Variable Goshawk Tachyspiza hiogaster
- Emperor Fairywren Malurus cyanocephalus
- Singing Starling Aplonis cantoroides
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Black-billed Coucal Centropus bernsteini
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Sunbird Leptocoma aspasia
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Glossy-mantled Manucode Manucodia ater
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Red-flanked Lorikeet Hypocharmosyna placentis
- Olive-crowned Flowerpecker Dicaeum pectorale
- Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Rufous-bellied Kookaburra Dacelo gaudichaud
- Spotted Whistling Duck Dendrocygna guttata
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Black Butcherbird Melloria quoyi
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Ivory-billed Coucal Centropus menbeki
- Brown Oriole Oriolus szalayi
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Stephan's Emerald Dove Chalcophaps stephani
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Pied Imperial Pigeon Ducula bicolor
- Mimic Honeyeater Microptilotis analogus
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Pinon's Imperial Pigeon Ducula pinon
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Orange-bellied Fruit Dove Ptilinopus iozonus
- Mangrove Gerygone Gerygone levigaster
- Papuan Spinetail Mearnsia novaeguineae
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Boyer's Cuckooshrike Coracina boyeri
- Pink-spotted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perlatus
- Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris
- Beach Kingfisher Todiramphus saurophagus
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Black-browed Triller Lalage atrovirens
- Moluccan Eclectus Eclectus roratus
- Rusty Pitohui Pseudorectes ferrugineus
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
- Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex
- Streak-headed Honeyeater Pycnopygius stictocephalus
- Scrub Honeyeater Microptilotis albonotatus
- Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus
- Double-eyed Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma
- Dusky Myzomela Myzomela obscura
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis
- North Moluccan Cicadabird Edolisoma grayi
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Ruby-throated Myzomela Myzomela eques
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Moluccan Starling Aplonis mysolensis
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- White-bellied Thicket Fantail Rhipidura leucothorax
- Dwarf Koel Microdynamis parva
- Twelve-wired Bird-of-paradise Seleucidis melanoleucus
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Hook-billed Kingfisher Melidora macrorrhina
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Meyer's Friarbird Philemon meyeri
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Trumpet Manucode Phonygammus keraudrenii
- Green-backed Gerygone Gerygone chloronota
- Coroneted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus coronulatus
- Australian Pratincole Glareola isabella
- Red-fronted Lorikeet Hypocharmosyna rubronotata
- Red-cheeked Parrot Geoffroyus geoffroyi
- Yellow-bellied Longbill Toxorhamphus novaeguineae
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Oriental Hobby Falco severus
- Radjah Shelduck Radjah radjah
- Papuan Nightjar Eurostopodus papuensis
- Long-tailed Honey Buzzard Henicopernis longicauda
- Yellow-capped Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta keiensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
- Australian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus australis
- Grey-headed Cuckooshrike Edolisoma schisticeps
- Golden Monarch Carterornis chrysomela
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Beautiful Fruit Dove Ptilinopus pulchellus
- White-bibbed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus rivoli
- Plain Honeyeater Pycnopygius ixoides
- Superb Fruit Dove Ptilinopus superbus
- Pied Heron Egretta picata
- Black Fantail Rhipidura atra
- Brown-breasted Gerygone Gerygone ruficollis
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Hooded Pitohui Pitohui dichrous
- Dusky Moorhen Gallinula tenebrosa
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sorong Mangroves?
August–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 64 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sorong Mangroves?
156 species, from 5,173 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sorong Mangroves in November?
The most recorded in November: Brown-backed Honeyeater, Orange-fronted Fruit Dove, Uniform Swiftlet, Willie Wagtail and Garden Sunbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.