Malolo Plantation Lodge Bird List
Bird List of Malolo Plantation Lodge
Listed below in are the common and scientific names used in the Birds of New Guinea by B.M.Beehler, T.K.Pratt & D.A.Zimmerman.
The list has been compiled by a number of people visiting MALOLO PLANTATION LODGE and the area and particularly by Joseph Tano the senior field guide from AMBUA LODGE.
There have to date been a total of 176 different species sited around the MALOLO, the North Coast road and the adjacent waters. The list has been edited by various people including by Joseph Tano of AMBUA LODGE.
PETRELS, SHEARWATERS & ALLIES - Procellariidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Tahiti Petrel | 46 | Pterodroma rostrata |
| Straeked Shearwater | 48 | Calonectris leucomelus |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | 48 | Puffinus facificus |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | 48 | Puffinus carneipes |
| Heinroth's Shearwater or Audubon's Shearwater |
49 | Puffinus heinrothi or Puffinus lherminieri |
GREBES or DABCHICKS - Podicipedidiae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Australasian Grebe | 51 | Tachyboptus novaehollandiae |
| Little Grebe | 51 | Tachyboptus nificollis |
FRIGATEBIRD - Fregatidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Lesser Frigatebird | 53 | Fregata Ariel |
COMORANTS - Phalacrocoracidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Little Black Comorant | 53 | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris |
| Little Pied Cormorant | 53 | Phalacrocorax melanoleucos |
BOOBIES - Sulidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Brown Booby | 55 | Sula leucogaster |
HERONS, EGRETS & BITTENS - Ardeidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Great Egret | 56 | Egretta alba |
| Intermediate Egret | 57 | Egretta intermedia |
| Little Egret | 57 | Egretta garzetta |
| Easten Reef Egret | 58 | Egretta sacra |
HAWKS, KITES, & EAGLES-Accipitridae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Crested Hawk | 61 | Aviceda subcristata |
| Long-tailed Buzzard | 61 | Henicopernis longicauda |
| Black Kite | 62 | Milvus Migrans |
| Whistling Kite | 62 | Haliastur sphenurus |
| Brahminy Kite | 63 | Haliastur indus |
| White-bellied Sea Eagle | 63 | Haliaeetus leucogaster |
| Grey Goshawk | 65 | Accipiter novaehollandiae |
| Grey-headed Goshawk | 65 | Accipiter poliocephalus |
| Collard Sparrow | 65 | Accipiter cirrhocephalus |
| Gurney's Eagle | 67 | Aquia gurneyi |
DUCKS & GEESE - Anatidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Spotted Whistling Duck | 69 | Dendrocygna guttata |
| Wandering Whistling Duck | 69 | Dendrocygna arcuata |
| White-headed Shelduck | 70 | Tadorna radijah |
| Green Pigmy Goose | 70 | Nettapus pulehellus |
| Pacific Black Duck | 71 | Anas superciliosa |
MEGAPODES or MOUND-BUILDERS-Megapodiidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Common Scrubfowl | 72 | Megapodius freycinet |
| Brown-collared Brush-turkey | 73 | Talegalla jobiensis |
RAILS, MOORHENS & COOTS - Rallidae
Porphyrio porphyrio| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Buff-banded Rail | 76 | Rallus phippensis |
| White-browed Crake | 78 | Porzana cinerea |
| Bush Hen | 78 | Amaurornis olivaceus |
| Purple Swamphen | 79 |
JACANAS or LILY TROTTERS - Jacanidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Comb-crested Jacana |
80 |
Irediparra gallinacea |
PLOVERS & DOTTERELS - Charadriidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Masked Lapwing | 83 | Vanellus miles |
| Lesser Golden Plover | 83 | Pluvialis dominica |
| Little Ringed Plover | 84 | Charadrius dubius |
| Mongolian Plover | 84 | Charadrius mongolus |
| Large Sand Plover | 84 | Charadrius leschenaultii |
CURLEWS, SANDPIPERS, SNIPES & ALLIES-Scolopacidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Eastern Curlew | 85 | Numenius madagascariensis |
| Whimbrel | 85 | Numenius phaeopus |
| Little Curlew | 86 | Numenius minutus |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | 86 | Tringa brcuipes |
SANDPIPER-Scolopacidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Common Sandpiper | 87 | Tringa hypoleucos |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | 91 | Calidris acuminata |
GULLS & TERNS - Laridae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Common Tern | 97 | Sterna hirundo |
| Sooty Tern | 98 | Sterna fuscata |
| Bridled Tern | 98 | Sterna anaethetus |
| Little Tern | 98 | Sterna albifrons |
| Crested Tern | 99 | Sterna bergii |
PIGEONS & DOVES-Columbidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Brown Cuckoo-Dove | 101 | Macropygia amboinensis |
| Black-Billed Cuckoo-Dove | 101 | Macropygia nigrirostris |
| Great Cuckoo-dove | 102 | Reinwardtoena reinwardtii |
| Emerald Ground-Dove | 102 | Chalocophaps indica |
| Stephan's Ground-Dove | 102 | Chalocophaps stephani |
| Cinnamon Ground-Dove | 103 | Gallicolumba rufigula |
| Wampoo Fruit-dove | 105 | Ptilinopus Magnificus |
| Pink Spotted Fruit-Dove | 105 | Ptilinopus perlatus |
| Ornate Fruit-Dove | 106 | Ptilinopus ornatus |
| Superb Fruit-Dove | 106 | Ptilinopus superbus |
| Coroneted Fruit-Dove | 107 | Ptilinopus coronulatus |
| Beautiful Fruit-Dove | 107 | Ptilinopus pulchellus |
| Orange-bellied Fruit-dove | 108 | Ptilinopus iozonus |
| Claret-Breasted Fruit-Dove | 108 | Ptilinopus viridis |
| Dwarf Fruit-Dove | 108 | Ptilinopus nanus |
| Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon | 109 | Ducula rufigaster |
| Pinon Imperial Pigeon | 110 | Ducula pinon |
| Zoe Imperial Pigeon | 110 | Ducula zoeae |
| Pied Imperial Pigeon | 110 | Ducula bicolor |
| Papua Mountain Pigeon | 111 | Gymnophops albertisii |
PARROTS, LORIKEETS & COCKATOOS-Psittacidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Dusky Lory | 113 | Pseudoes fuscata |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | 113 | Trichoglossus heamatodus |
| Western Black-capped Lory | 114 | Lorius Lory |
| Palm Cockatoo | 117 | Probosciger aterrimus |
| Sulphur Crested Cockatoo | 117 | Cacatua Galerita |
| Buff-Faced Pigmy Parrot | 118 | Micropsitta pusio |
| Doubled-eyed Fig Parrot | 119 | Cyclopsitta diophthalma |
| Edward's Parrot | 119 | Psittaculirostris edwardsii |
| Red-cheeked Parrot | 121 | Geoffroyus geoffroyi |
| Eclectus Parrot | 121 | Eclectus roratus |
| Papuan Hanging Parrot | 123 | Loriculus aurantiifrons |
CUCKOOS, KOELS and COUCALS-Cuculidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Malay Bronze-Cuckoo | 126 | Chrysococcyx minutillus |
| Common Koel | 127 | Eudynamys scolopacea |
| Channel-billed Cuckoo | 128 | Scythrops novaehollandiae |
| Lesser Black Coucal | 129 | Centropus bernsteini |
TREE_SWIFTS-Hemiprocndae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Moustached tree-swift |
136 |
Hemiprocne mystacea |
SWIFTLETS-Apodidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Uniformed Swiftlet | 137 | Collocalia Vanikorensis |
| Three-Toed Swiftlet | 137 | Collocalia papuensis |
| Glossy Swiftlet | 138 | Collocalia esculenta |
KINGFISHERS & KOOKABURRAS-Alcedinidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Common Paradise Kingfisher | 139 | Tanysiptera galatea |
| Hook-billed Kingfisher | 140 | Melidora Macrorrhina |
| Rufous-belled Kookaburra | 141 | Dacelo Gaudichaud |
| Forest Kingfisher | 142 | Halcyon macleayii |
| Sacred Kingfisher | 142 | Halcyon sancta |
| Beach Kingfisher | 142 | Halcyon sourophaga |
| Yellow-billed Kingfisher | 142 | Halcyon torotoro |
| Dwarf Kingfisher | 143 | Ceyx lepidus |
| Azure Kingfisher | 143 | Alecedo asurea |
| Common Kingfisher | 144 | Alecedo althis |
BEE-EATERS-Meropidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Rainbow Bee Eater |
144 |
Merops ornatus |
ROLLERS-Coraciidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Dollarbird |
145 |
Eurystomus orientalis |
HORNBILL-Bucerotidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Blyth's Hornbil |
145 |
Rhyticeros plicatus |
SWALLOWS-Hirundinidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Pacific Swallow |
147 |
Hirundo tahitica |
CUCKOO-SHRIKES & TRILLERS-Campephagidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| White-Bellied Cuckoo-shrike | 150 | Coricina papuensis |
| Stout Billed Cuckoo-shrike | 150 | Coricina caeruleogrisea |
| Boyer's Cuckoo-shrike | 151 | Coricina boyeri |
| Cicadabird | 151 | Coricina tenu |
| Black-Browed Triller | 153 | Lalage atrovirens |
LOGRUNNERS & ALLIES-Orthonychidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Blue Jewel-babler |
156 |
Ptilorrhoa caerulescens |
OLD WORLD WARBLERS-Sylviidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Golden-headed Cisticola |
159 |
Cisticola exilis |
FANTAILS-Rhipiduridae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Sooty Thicket-Fantail | 167 | Phipidura threnothorax |
| White-bellied Thicket-Fantail | 168 | Phipidura leucothorax |
| Rufus-backed Fantail | 168 | Rhipidura rufidora |
| Northern Fantail | 170 | Phipidura rufiventris |
| Willie Wagtail | 170 | Rhipidura leucophrys |
MONARCHS-Myiagridae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Island Monarch | 171 | Monarcha cinerascens |
| Spot-winged Monarch | 172 | Monarcha guttula |
| Hooded Monarch | 172 | Monarcha manadensis |
| Golden Monarch | 173 | Monarcha chrysomela |
| Frilled Monarch | 173 | Arses telescophthalmus |
| Shining Flycather | 174 | Myiagra alecto |
| Yellow-brested Boatbill | 175 | Machaerirhynchus flaviventer |
AUSTRALIAN ROBINS/FLYCATCHERS-Eopsaltriidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Olive Flycatcher |
176 |
Microeca flavovirescens |
WHISTLERS, SHRIKE-THRUSHES & PITOHUIS-Pachycephalidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Mangrove Golden Whistler | 182 | Pachycephala melanura |
| Grey Whistler | 184 | Pachycephala simplex |
| Little Shrike-thrush | 185 | Colluricincla megarhyncha |
| Variable Pitohui | 186 | Pitohui kirhocephalus |
| Hooded Pitohui | 186 | Pitohui Dichrous |
FLOWERPECKERS & BERRYPECKERS-Dicaeidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Black Berrypecker | 190 | Melanocharis nigra |
| Papuan Flowerpecker | 191 | Dicaeum pectorale |
SUNBIRDS-Nectariniidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Black Sunbird | 192 | Nectarinia apasia |
| Yellow-bellied Sunbird | 192 | Nectarinia Jugularis |
HONEYEATERS, MELIPHAGA & FRIARBIRDS-Meliphagidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Tawny Straightbill | 195 | Timeliopsis griseigula |
| Long-billed Honeyeater | 195 | Melilestes megarhynchus |
| Yellow-bellied Longbill | 195 | Toxorhamphus novaeguineae |
| Dwarf Honeyeater | 196 | Oedistoma iliolophus |
| Green-backed Honeyeater | 196 | Glycichaera fallax |
| Puff-Backed Meliphaga | 201 | Meliphaga aruensis |
| Mimic Meliphaga | 201 | Meliphagaanaloga |
| Varied Honeyeater | 201 | Lichenostomus versicolor |
| Tawny-breasted Honeyeater | 203 | Xantholis flaviventer |
| Streak-Headed Honeyeater | 204 | Pycnphygius stictocephalus |
| Meyer's Friarbird | 204 | Philemon meyeri |
| Helmeted Friarbird | 205 | Philemon buceroides |
MANNIKINS-Estrildidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Streak-headed Mannikin | 210 | Lonchura tristissima |
| Grand Mannikin | 211 | Lonchuva grandis |
| Hooded Mannikin | 211 | Lonchura spectagilis |
| Chestnut-breasted Mannikin | 211 | Lonchuro castaneothorax |
STARLINGS & MYNAS-Sturnidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Metallic Starling | 213 | Alponis metallica |
| Golden Myna | 214 | Mino anais |
| Yellow-faced Myna | 214 | Mino dumontii |
ORIOLES-Oriolidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Brown Oriole |
214 |
Oriolus szalayi |
DRONGOS-Dicruridae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Spangled Drongo |
216 |
Dicrurus hottentottus |
PELTOPS & BUTCHERBIRDS-Gracticidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Hooded Butcherbird | 218 | Gracticus cassicus |
| Lowland Peltops | 219 | Peltops blainvillii |
MANUCODES-Paradisaeidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Gloss-mantled Manucode |
224 |
Manucodia atra |
BIRDS OF PARADISE-Paradisaeidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| King Bird of Paradise | 231 | Cicinnurus regius |
| Magnificent Bird of Paradise | 231 | Cicinnurus magnificus |
| Raggiana Bird of Paradise | 231 | Paradisea raggiana |
| Lesser Bird of Paradise | 232 | Paradisea minor |
CROWS-Covidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Grey Crow | 234 | Corvus tristis |
| Torresian Crow | 234 | Corvus orru |
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