Papua New Guinea · Western Province
Tabubil Area
285 species and 4,839 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July–August, with up to 162 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Glossy SwiftletCollocalia esculenta
Red-capped FlowerpeckerDicaeum geelvinkianum
Amboyna Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia amboinensis
Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
Willie WagtailRhipidura leucophrys
Mountain PeltopsPeltops montanus
Grey-headed CuckooshrikeEdolisoma schisticeps
Brown OrioleOriolus szalayi
Coconut LorikeetTrichoglossus haematodus
Moluccan EclectusEclectus roratus
Magnificent Bird-of-paradiseDiphyllodes magnificus
Rusty Mouse-warblerOrigma murina
Black-capped LoryLorius lory
Long-billed HoneyeaterMelilestes megarhynchusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Dablin Creek Road5 km230 species
- Ok Menga Hydro Intake12 km161 species
All 285 species recorded here
- Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Great Woodswallow Artamus maximus
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- Papuan Mountain Pigeon Gymnophaps albertisii
- Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis
- Mountain Peltops Peltops montanus
- Grey-headed Cuckooshrike Edolisoma schisticeps
- Scrub Honeyeater Microptilotis albonotatus
- Tawny-breasted Honeyeater Xanthotis flaviventer
- Brown Oriole Oriolus szalayi
- Coconut Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
- White-eared Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites meyerii
- Red-capped Flowerpecker Dicaeum geelvinkianum
- Long-tailed Honey Buzzard Henicopernis longicauda
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Greater Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea apoda
- Moluccan Eclectus Eclectus roratus
- Yellow-faced Myna Mino dumontii
- Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Magnificent Bird-of-paradise Diphyllodes magnificus
- Moustached Treeswift Hemiprocne mystacea
- Torrent Flyrobin Monachella muelleriana
- Pesquet's Parrot Psittrichas fulgidus
- Queen Carola's Parotia Parotia carolae
- Black Butcherbird Melloria quoyi
- Dusky Lory Pseudeos fuscata
- Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis
- Rusty Mouse-warbler Origma murina
- Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis castaneiventris
- Black Sunbird Leptocoma aspasia
- Black-capped Lory Lorius lory
- Hooded Butcherbird Cracticus cassicus
- Long-billed Honeyeater Melilestes megarhynchus
- Stout-billed Cuckooshrike Coracina caeruleogrisea
- Green-backed Gerygone Gerygone chloronota
- Variable Goshawk Tachyspiza hiogaster
- Magnificent Riflebird Ptiloris magnificus
- Golden Cuckooshrike Campochaera sloetii
- Grey Crow Corvus tristis
- White-bellied Thicket Fantail Rhipidura leucothorax
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Common Smoky Honeyeater Melipotes fumigatus
- Salvadori's Teal Salvadorina waigiuensis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Crinkle-collared Manucode Manucodia chalybatus
- Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus
- Obscure Berrypecker Melanocharis arfakiana
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- Varied Triller Lalage leucomela
- Superb Fruit Dove Ptilinopus superbus
- White-shouldered Fairywren Malurus alboscapulatus
- Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta bruijnii
- Mountain Swiftlet Aerodramus hirundinaceus
- Great Cuckoo-Dove Reinwardtoena reinwardti
- Green-fronted White-eye Zosterops minor
- Spotted Honeyeater Xanthotis polygrammus
- Black Fantail Rhipidura atra
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Mountain Honeyeater Microptilotis orientalis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Red-flanked Lorikeet Hypocharmosyna placentis
- Papuan Boobook Ninox theomacha
- Torrent-lark Grallina bruijnii
- Mimic Honeyeater Microptilotis analogus
- Black-winged Monarch Monarcha frater
- Capped White-eye Zosterops fuscicapilla
- Zoe's Imperial Pigeon Ducula zoeae
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Streak-headed Honeyeater Pycnopygius stictocephalus
- Pygmy Longbill Oedistoma pygmaeum
- Blue-collared Parrot Geoffroyus simplex
- Spectacled Longbill Oedistoma iliolophus
- Hooded Pitohui Pitohui dichrous
- Beautiful Fruit Dove Ptilinopus pulchellus
- Boyer's Cuckooshrike Coracina boyeri
- Bar-tailed Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia nigrirostris
- Pygmy Eagle Hieraaetus weiskei
- White-crowned Cuckoo Caliechthrus leucolophus
- Golden Monarch Carterornis chrysomela
- Chestnut-backed Jewel-babbler Ptilorrhoa castanonota
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Yellow-capped Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta keiensis
- Fairy Lorikeet Charmosynopsis pulchella
- Orange-fronted Hanging Parrot Loriculus aurantiifrons
- Ornate Melidectes Melidectes torquatus
- Red-cheeked Parrot Geoffroyus geoffroyi
- Papuan Black Myzomela Myzomela nigrita
- Grey Whistler Pachycephala simplex
- Black-headed Whistler Pachycephala monacha
- Piping Bellbird Ornorectes cristatus
- Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana
- Ivory-billed Coucal Centropus menbeki
- Rufous-bellied Kookaburra Dacelo gaudichaud
- Wallace's Fairywren Sipodotus wallacii
- Ruby-throated Myzomela Myzomela eques
- Sclater's Whistler Pachycephala soror
- Friendly Fantail Rhipidura albolimbata
- Pale-billed Scrubwren Aethomyias spilodera
- Greater Lophorina Lophorina latipennis
- Hook-billed Kingfisher Melidora macrorrhina
- Numfor Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus maforensis
- Black Monarch Symposiachrus axillaris
- Orange-bellied Fruit Dove Ptilinopus iozonus
- Palm Cockatoo Probosciger aterrimus
- Southern Variable Pitohui Pitohui uropygialis
- Pink-spotted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perlatus
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora
- Red-collared Myzomela Myzomela rosenbergii
- Rusty Whistler Pachycephala hyperythra
- Dwarf Koel Microdynamis parva
- Lowland Peltops Peltops blainvillii
- Grey-headed Goshawk Tachyspiza poliocephala
- Yellow-streaked Lory Chalcopsitta scintillata
- Yellow-browed Melidectes Melidectes rufocrissalis
- Double-eyed Fig Parrot Cyclopsitta diophthalma
- Trumpet Manucode Phonygammus keraudrenii
- Green-backed Honeyeater Glycichaera fallax
- Little Shrikethrush Colluricincla megarhyncha
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Yellow-breasted Boatbill Machaerirhynchus flaviventer
- Obscure Honeyeater Caligavis obscura
- Plain Honeyeater Pycnopygius ixoides
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Meyer's Friarbird Philemon meyeri
- Black-billed Coucal Centropus bernsteini
- Striated Lorikeet Synorhacma multistriata
- White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
- Red Myzomela Myzomela cruentata
- North Moluccan Cicadabird Edolisoma grayi
- Lemon-bellied Flyrobin Microeca flavigaster
- Sooty Thicket Fantail Rhipidura threnothorax
- Grey-green Scrubwren Aethomyias arfakianus
- Ornate Fruit Dove Ptilinopus ornatus
- Papuan Spinetail Mearnsia novaeguineae
- Josephine's Lorikeet Charmosyna josefinae
- Pinon's Imperial Pigeon Ducula pinon
- Doria's Hawk Megatriorchis doriae
- White-bibbed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus rivoli
- Mottled Berryhunter Rhagologus leucostigma
- Rufous-backed Fantail Rhipidura rufidorsa
- Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
- Stephan's Emerald Dove Chalcophaps stephani
- Slaty-headed Longbill Toxorhamphus poliopterus
- Mottle-breasted Honeyeater Microptilotis mimikae
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-sided Robin Poecilodryas hypoleuca
- Fairy Gerygone Gerygone palpebrosa
- Golden Myna Mino anais
- Mountain Myzomela Myzomela adolphinae
- Goldenface Pachycare flavogriseum
- Frilled Monarch Arses telescopthalmus
- Emperor Fairywren Malurus cyanocephalus
- Rusty Pitohui Pseudorectes ferrugineus
- Fan-tailed Berrypecker Melanocharis versteri
- Loria's Satinbird Cnemophilus loriae
- Yellow-bellied Gerygone Gerygone chrysogaster
- Yellow-billed Kingfisher Syma torotoro
- Yellow-bellied Longbill Toxorhamphus novaeguineae
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Dusky Myzomela Myzomela obscura
- Marbled Frogmouth Podargus ocellatus
- Spot-winged Monarch Symposiachrus guttula
- Black Sicklebill Epimachus fastosus
- Collared Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza cirrocephala
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Papuan King Parrot Alisterus chloropterus
- Goldie's Lorikeet Glossoptilus goldiei
- Raggiana Bird-of-paradise Paradisaea raggiana
- Blue Jewel-babbler Ptilorrhoa caerulescens
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Brown-breasted Gerygone Gerygone ruficollis
- Black-breasted Boatbill Machaerirhynchus nigripectus
- Glossy-mantled Manucode Manucodia ater
- Puff-backed Honeyeater Meliphaga aruensis
- Regent Whistler Pachycephala schlegelii
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- King of Saxony Bird-of-paradise Pteridophora alberti
- Grey-streaked Honeyeater Ptiloprora perstriata
- King Bird-of-paradise Cicinnurus regius
- Brown Sicklebill Epimachus meyeri
- Madarasz's Tiger Parrot Psittacella madaraszi
- Black-throated Honeyeater Caligavis subfrenata
- Black-mantled Goshawk Tachyspiza melanochlamys
- Splendid Astrapia Astrapia splendidissima
- Papuan Grassbird Cincloramphus macrurus
- Olive Flyrobin Kempiella flavovirescens
- Greater Melampitta Megalampitta gigantea
- Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris
- Black Berrypecker Melanocharis nigra
- Short-tailed Paradigalla Paradigalla brevicauda
- Graceful Honeyeater Microptilotis gracilis
- Stella's Lorikeet Charmosyna stellae
- Yellow-eyed Starling Aplonis mystacea
- Pygmy Lorikeet Charminetta wilhelminae
- Red-necked Crake Rallina tricolor
- Northern Scrub Robin Drymodes superciliaris
- Papuan White-eye Zosterops novaeguineae
- Cinnamon Ground Dove Gallicolumba rufigula
- Black-backed Butcherbird Cracticus mentalis
- Blue-faced Parrotfinch Erythrura trichroa
- Yellow-billed Lorikeet Neopsittacus musschenbroekii
- Drongo Fantail Chaetorhynchus papuensis
- New Guinea Bronzewing Henicophaps albifrons
- Ochre-breasted Catbird Ailuroedus stonii
- Painted Quail-thrush Cinclosoma ajax
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Dimorphic Fantail Rhipidura brachyrhyncha
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black Cicadabird Edolisoma melas
- Marbled Honeyeater Pycnopygius cinereus
- Mountain Kingfisher Syma megarhyncha
- Gurney's Eagle Aquila gurneyi
- Mountain Mouse-warbler Origma robusta
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis
- Papuan Babbler Garritornis isidorei
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
- Belford's Melidectes Melidectes belfordi
- Satin Flycatcher Myiagra cyanoleuca
- Coroneted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus coronulatus
- Spotted Jewel-babbler Ptilorrhoa leucosticta
- Australian Pipit Anthus australis
- Lawes's Parotia Parotia lawesii
- Papuan Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx solitarius
- Long-billed Cuckoo Chalcites megarhynchus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Orange-billed Lorikeet Neopsittacus pullicauda
- Papuan Scrubwren Aethomyias papuensis
- Papuan Harrier Circus spilothorax
- Black Pitohui Melanorectes nigrescens
- Bronze Ground Dove Pampusana beccarii
- Ashy Robin Heteromyias albispecularis
- Tit Berrypecker Oreocharis arfaki
- Large Scrubwren Sericornis nouhuysi
- Rufous-naped Bellbird Aleadryas rufinucha
- Buff-faced Scrubwren Aethomyias perspicillatus
- Mid-mountain Berrypecker Melanocharis longicauda
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- Black-eared Catbird Ailuroedus melanotis
- Singing Starling Aplonis cantoroides
- Pheasant Pigeon Otidiphaps nobilis
- Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon Ducula rufigaster
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis
- Oriental Hobby Falco severus
- Hooded Mannikin Lonchura spectabilis
- Beach Stone-curlew Esacus magnirostris
- Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
- Grey Shrikethrush Colluricincla harmonica
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Barred Cuckooshrike Coracina lineata
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Golden-backed Whistler Pachycephala aurea
- White-breasted Ground Dove Pampusana jobiensis
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Orange-fronted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus aurantiifrons
- Dwarf Fruit Dove Ptilinopus nainus
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Pied Heron Egretta picata
- Black-billed Brushturkey Talegalla fuscirostris
- Feline Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles insignis
- Azure Kingfisher Ceyx azureus
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Plumed Egret Ardea plumifera
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Papuan Hawk-Owl Uroglaux dimorpha
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tabubil Area?
July–August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 162 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tabubil Area?
285 species, from 4,839 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tabubil Area in November?
The most recorded in November: Glossy Swiftlet, Red-capped Flowerpecker, Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove, Pacific Swallow and Willie Wagtail.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.