Papua New Guinea II - Rockjumper Birding Tours

RBT Trip Report – Papua New Guinea II 2012
Singletons were seen at the PAU and on the Elevala River.
Striated Heron Butorides striata
A singleton at the Hisu Mangrover.
[Eastern] Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus
Good numbers seen in the Port Moresby region with a few scattered sightings thereafter.
[Eastern] Great Egret Ardea modesta
Seen in small numbers in the lowlands.
Intermediate (Yellow-billed) Egret Egretta intermedia
Small numbers seen in the lowlands.
Pied Heron Egretta picata
These beautiful herons were seen at PAU and some nearby wetlands.
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Seen around Port Moresby and on the Fly River.
Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
Two were seen at the Hisu Mangroves.
Frigatebirds Fregatidae
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
Up to ten birds were seen at Hisu Beach.
Gannets, Boobies Sulidae
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
Up to 30 birds were seen at a rock stack offshore, Hisu Mangroves.
Cormorants Phalacrocoracidae
Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
Seen at PAU and along the Fly River.
Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Common in the Port Moresby area with numerous sightings at PAU.
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
A singleton was seen on the Lai River at Mt Hagen.
Anhingas, Darters Anhingidae
Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae
A singleton at PAU and ten at the Hisu mangroves.
Ospreys Pandionidae
[Eastern] Osprey Pandion cristatus
A singleton on the Fly River.
Kites, Hawks & Eagles Accipitridae
Pacific Baza (Crested Hawk) Aviceda subcristata
This attractive raptor was first seen at Varirata NP and almost daily in the Kiunga and Elevala River
areas.
Long-tailed Honey Buzzard (NE) Henicopernis longicauda
A few of these distinctive birds were seen in flight in the Tabubil to Kiunga areas.
Black Kite Milvus migrans
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