Rondon Ridge Bird List
Bird List Rondon Ridge & Vicinity
Listed below in systematic order are the common and scientific names used in the Birds of New Guinea by B. M. Beehler, T. K. Pratt & D. A. Zimmerman. This list was initially compiled in 2004 by Joseph Tano, Trans Niugini Tours' senior field guide and is being continually updated by Joseph Tano.
CASSOWARIES - Cassuariidae| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Dwarf Cassowary |
45 |
Caruarius bennetti |
HERONS AND EGRETS - Ardeidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Pacific Heron | 56 | Ardea pacifica |
| Great Egret | 56 | Egretta alba |
| Intermediate Egret | 57 | Egretta intermedia |
| White Faced Heron | 57 | Egretta novahollandiae |
| Striated Heron | 58 | Ardeola striata |
HAWKS, KITES & EAGLES - Accipitridae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Crested Hawk | 61 | Aviceda subcristata |
| Long-tailed Buzzard | 61 | Henicopernis longicauda |
| Brahminy Kite | 63 | Haliastur indus |
| Black-winged Kite | 62 | Elanus caeruleus |
| Spotted Marsh-harrier | 63 | Circus spilonotus |
| Brown Goshawk | 64 | Accipiter fasciatus |
| Grey Goshawk | 65 | Accipiter novaehollandiae |
| Grey Headed Goshawk | 65 | Accipiter poliocephalus |
| Black-mantled Goshawk | 65 | Accipiter melanochlamys |
| Collared Sparrowhawk | 65 | Accipiter cirrhocephalus |
| Meyer's Goshawk | 66 | Accipiter meyerianus |
| New Guinea Harpy-eagle | 66 | Harpyopsis novaeguineae |
| Gurney's Eagle | 67 | Aquila gurneyi |
| Little Eagle | 67 | Hieraaetus morphnoides |
FALCONS - Falconidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Brown Falcon | 67 | Falco berigora |
| Australian Kestrel | 68 | Falco cenchroides |
| Peregrine Falcon | 68 | Falco peregrinus |
DUCKS, GEESE AND SWANS - Anatidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Salvadori's Teal | 70 | Annus waigiuensis |
| Pacific Black Duck | 71 | Anas superciliosa |
QUAILS - Phasianidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Brown Quail |
74 |
Coturnix australis |
RAILS, MOORHENS & COOTS - Rallidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Bare-eyed Rail | 76 | Eulabeornis plumbeiventris |
| Buff-banded Rail | 76 | Rallus philippensis |
| Forbes Forest-rail | 77 | Rallina forbesi |
| Baillon's Crake | 78 | Porzana pusilla |
| Bush-hen | 78 | Amaurornis olivaceus |
| Lewin's Rail | 77 | Rallus pectoralis |
PLOVERS - Charadriidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Lesser Golden Plover | 83 | Pluvialis dominica |
| Little Ringed Plover | 84 | Charadrius dubius |
CURLEWS, SANDPIPERS, SNIPES AND ALLIES - Scolopacidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Common Sandpiper | 87 | Tringa hypoleucos |
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 reinwardtil |
| Bronze Ground-dove | 103 | Gallicolumba beccarii |
| White Bibbed Ground-dove | 103 | Gallicolumba jobiensis |
| Pheasant Pigeon | 104 | Otidiphaps nobilis |
| Ornate Fruit-dove | 106 | Ptilinopus ornatus |
| Superb Fruit-dove | 106 | Ptilinopus superbus |
| White-breasted Fruit-dove | 107 | Ptilinopus rivoli |
| Rufescent Imperial Pigeon | 109 | Ducula chalconota |
| Papuan Mountain Pigeon | 111 | Gymnophaps albertisii |
PARROTS, LORIES & COCKATOOS - Psittacidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Dusky Lory | 113 | Pseudeos fuscata |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | 113 | Trichoglossus haematodus |
| Goldie's Lorikeet | 113 | Trichoglossus goldiei |
| Pygmy Lorikeet | 114 | Charmosyna wilhelminae |
| Little Red Lorikeet | 115 | Charmosyna pulchella |
| Josephine's Lorikeet | 115 | Charmosyna josefinae |
| Papuan Lorikeet | 116 | Charmosyna papou |
| Plum-faced Lorikeet | 116 | Oreopsittacus arfaki |
| Yellow-billed Lorikeet | 116 | Neopsittacus musschenbroekii |
| Orange-billed Lorikeet | 117 | Neopsittacus pullicauda |
| Red-breasted Pygmy-parrot | 118 | Micropsitta bruijnii |
| Double-eyed Fig-parrot | 119 | Cyclopsitta diophthalma |
| Brehm's Tiger-parrot | 120 | Psittacella brehmii |
| Painted Tiger-parrot | 120 | Psittacella picta |
| Modest Tiger-parrot | 120 | Psittacella modesta |
| Madarasz Tiger-parrot | 120 | Psittacella madaraszi |
| Blue-Collared parrot | 121 | Geoffroyus simplex |
| Papuan King-parrot | 122 | Alisterus chloropterus |
CUCKOOS, KOELS & COUCALS - Cuculidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Brush Cuckoo | 124 | Cacomantis variolosus |
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo | 125 | Cacomantis flabelliformis |
| Rufour-throated Bronze-cuckoo | 126 | Chrysococcyx ruficollis |
| White-eared Bronze-cuckoo | 126 | Chrysococcyx meyerii |
| White-crowned Koel | 127 | Caliechthrus leucolophus |
| Common Koel | 127 | Eudynamys scolopacea |
| Greater Back Coucal | 128 | Centropus menbreki |
BARN OWLS - Tyonidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Grass Owl | 130 | Tyto capensis |
| Sooty Owl | 130 | Tyto tenebricosa |
TYPICAL OWLS - Strigidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Papuan Boobook |
132 |
Ninox theomacha |
FROGMOUTHS - Podargidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Marbled Frogmouth | 133 | Podarqus ocellatus |
| Papuan Frogmouth | 133 | Podarqus papuensis |
OWLET-NIGHTJARS - Aegothelidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Feline Owlet-nightjar | 133 | Aegotheles insignis |
| Mountain Owlet-nightjar | 134 | Aegotheles albertisi |
NIGHTJARS - Caprimulgidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Mountain Nightjar | 136 | Eurostopodus archboldi |
| Large-tailed Nightjar | 136 | Caprimulqus macrurus |
TREE-SWIFTS - Hemiprocnidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Moustached Tree-swift |
136 |
Hemiprocne mystacea |
SWIFTLETS - Apodidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Mountain Swiftlet | 137 | Collocalia vanikorensis |
| Glossy Swiftlet | 138 | Collocalia esculenta |
KINGFISHERS - Alcedinidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Shovel-billed Kingfisher | 140 | Clytoceyx rex |
| Sacred Kingfisher | 142 | Halcyon sancta |
| Mountain Kingfisher | 143 | Halcyon megarhyncha |
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 |
144 |
Eurystomus orientalis |
WAGTAILS & PIPITS - Motacillidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Grey Wagtail | 148 | Motacilla cinerea |
| Richard's Pipit | 149 | Anthus novaeseelandiae |
CUCKOO-SHRIKES & TRILLERS - Campephagidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Hooded Cuckoo-shrike | 149 | Coracina longicauda |
| Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike | 150 | Coracina novaehollandiae |
| Stout-billed Cuckoo-shrike | 150 | Coracina caeruleogrisea |
| White-Bellied Cuckoo-shrike | 150 | Coracina papuensis |
| Grey-headed Cuckoo-shrike | 151 | Coracina schisticeps |
| Black-bellied Cuckoo-shrike | 152 | Coracina montana |
| Varied Triller | 153 | Lalage leucomela |
SHRIKES - Laniidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Long-tailed Shrike |
153 |
Lanius schach |
THRUSHES - Turdidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Pied Chat | 154 | Saxicola caprata |
| Island Thrush | 155 | Turdus poliocephalus |
LOGRUNNERS & BABLERS - Orthonychidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Logrunner | 155 | Orthonyx temminckii |
| Spotted Jewel-babbler | 156 | Ptilorahoa leucosticta |
| Lesser Melampitta | 157 | Melampitta luqubris |
| Blue-capped Ifrita | 157 | Ifrita kowaldi |
OLD WORLD WARBLERS - Sylviidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Clamorous Reed-Warbler | 158 | Acrocephalus stentoreus |
| Tawny Grassbird | 159 | Megalurus timorensis |
| Island Leaf-warbler | 160 | Phylloscopus trivirgatus |
FAIRY-WRENS - Maluridae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| White-shouldered Fairy-wren | 161 | Malurus alboscapulatus |
| Orange-crowned Fairy-wren | 161 | Clytomyias insignis |
AUSTRALIAN-WARBLERS, WRENS & GERYGONES - Acanthizidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Bicoloured Mouse-warbler | 162 | Crateroscelis nigrorufa |
| Mountain Mouse-warbler | 162 | Crateroscelis robusta |
| Large Scrub-wren | 163 | Sericornis nouhuysi |
| Grey-green Scrub-wren | 164 | Sericornis arfakianus |
| Buff-faced Scrub-wren | 164 | Sericornis perspicillatus |
| Papuan Scrub-wren | 164 | Sericornis papuensis |
| Grey-green Scrub-wren | 164 | Sericomis arfakianus |
| New Guinea Thornbill | 165 | Acanthiza murina |
| Grey Gerygone | 165 | Gerygone cinerea |
| Brown-breasted Gerygone | 166 | Gerygone ruficollis |
FANTAILS - Rhipiduridae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Dimorphic Fantail | 169 | Rhipidura brachyrhyncha |
| Black Fantail | 169 | Rhipidura atra |
| Friendly Fantail | 170 | Rhipidura albolimbata |
| Northern Fantail | 170 | Rhipidura rufiventris |
| Willie Wagtail | 170 | Rhipidura leucophrys |
MONARCHS - Myiagridae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Black Monarch | 171 | Monarcha axillaris |
| Black Faced Monarch | 171 | Monarcha melanopsis |
| Black Winged Monarch | 172 | Monarcha frater |
| Black-breasted Boatbill | 175 | Machaerirhynchus nigripectus |
AUSTRALIAN ROBINS & FLYCATCHERS - Eopsaltriidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Torrent Flycatcher | 175 | Monachella muelleriana |
| Canary Flycatcher | 177 | Microeca papuana |
| Garnet Robin | 177 | Eugerygone rubra |
| Ashy Robin | 178 | Poccilodryas albispecularis |
| Black-throated Robin | 178 | Poecilodryas albonotata |
| Lesser Ground-robin | 179 | Amalocichla incerta |
| Blue-grey Robin | 180 | Peneothello cyanus |
| White-winged Robin | 180 | Peneothello sigillatus |
WHISTLERS, SHRIKE-THRUSHES & PITOHUIS - Pachycephalidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Mottled Whistler | 182 | Rhagologus leucostigma |
| Sclater's Whistler | 183 | Pachycephala soror |
| Regent Whistler | 183 | Pachycephala schlegelii |
| Brown-backed Whistler | 184 | Pachycephala modesta |
| Black-headed Whistler | 185 | Pachycephala monacha |
| Rufous-naped Whistler | 185 | Pachycephala rufinucha |
| Little Shrike-thrush | 185 | Colluricincia megarhyncha |
| Grey Shrike-thrush | 186 | Colluricinla harmonica |
| Black Pitohui | 188 | Pitohui nigrescens |
| Wattled Ploughbill | 188 | Eulacestoma nigropectus |
AUSTRALIAN TREECREEPERS - Climacteridae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Papuan Treecreeper |
188 |
Cormobates placens |
SITTELLAS - Neosittadae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Varied Sittella | 189 | Daphoenositta chrysoptera |
| Black Sittella | 189 | Daphoenositta miranda |
FLOWERPECKERS & BERRYPECKERS - Dicaeidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Mid-mountain Berrypecker | 190 | Melanocharis longicauda |
| Fan-tailed Berrypecker | 190 | Melanocharis versteri |
| Streaked Berrypecker | 190 | Melanocharis striatiuentris |
| Spotted Berrypecker | 191 | Rhamphocharis crassirostris |
| Papuan Flowerpecker | 191 | Dicaeum pectorale |
| Tit Berrypecker | 191 | Oreocharis arfaki |
| Crested Berrypecker | 192 | Paramythia montium |
WHITE-EYES - Zosteropidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Western Mountain White-eye | 193 | Zosterops fuscicapillus |
| New Guinea White-eye | 194 | Zosterops novaeguineae |
HONEYEATERS & MELIPHAGA - Meliphagidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Olive Straightbill | 194 | Timeliopsis fulviqula |
| Red-collared Myzomela | 198 | Myzomela rosenbergii |
| Mountain-red-headed Myzomela | 198 | Myzomela adolphinae |
| Slaty-chinned Longbill | 195 | Toxorhamphus poliopterus |
| Long-billed Honeyeater | 195 | Melilestes megarhynchus |
| Mountain Meliphaga | 199 | Meliph orientalis |
| Scrub White-eared Meliphaga | 199 | Meliphaga albonotata |
| Black-throated Honeyeater | 202 | Lichenostomus subfrenatus |
| Twany-breasted Honeyeater | 203 | Xanthotis flaviventer |
| Marbled Honeyeater | 204 | Pycnopygius cinereus |
| Yellowish Streaked Honeyeater | 205 | Ptiloprora meekiana |
| Noisy Frairbird | 205 | Philemon corniculatus |
| Rufous-backed Honeyeater | 206 | Ptiloprora quisei |
| Grey-streaked Honeyeater | 206 | Ptiloprora perstriata |
| Belford's Melidectes | 207 | Melidectes belfordi |
| Yellow-browed Melidectes | 207 | Melidectes rufocrissalis |
| Ornate Melidectes | 208 | Melidectes torquatus |
| Common Smoky Honeyeater | 208 | Melipotes fumigatus |
MANNIKINS & PARROT-FINCHES - Estrildidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Blue-faced Parrot-finch | 209 | Erythrura trichroa |
| Papuan Parrot-finch | 210 | Erythrura papuana |
| Hooded Mannakin | 211 | Lonchura spectabilis |
STARLINGS AND MYNAS - Sturnidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Metallic Starling |
213 |
Aplonis metallica |
ORIOLES - Oriolidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Brown Oriele |
215 |
Oriolus szalayi |
MAGPIE-LARKS - Grallinidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Torrent-lark |
216 |
Grallina bruijni |
WOOD-SWALLOWS - Artamidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Great Wood-swallow |
217 |
Artamus maximus |
BUTCHERBIRDS & PELTOPS - Gracticidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Black Butcherbird | 218 | Cracticus quoyi |
| Mountain Peltops | 219 | Peltops montanus |
BOWERBIRDS - Ptilonorhynchidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Macgregor's Bowerbird | 221 | Amblyornis macgregoriae |
| Yellow-breasted Bowerbird | 222 | Chlamydera lauterbachi |
BIRDS OF PARADISE-Paradisaeidae
| Common Name | Reference Beehler's |
Scientific Name |
| Loria's Bird of Paradise | 224 | Cnemophilus loriae |
| Jobi Manucode | 225 | Manucodia jobiensis |
| Short-tailed Paradigalla | 226 | Paradidalla brevicauda |
| Buff-tailed Sicklebill | 227 | Epimachus albertisi |
| Black Sicklebill | 227 | Epimachus fastuosus |
| Brown Sicklebill | 227 | Epimachus meyeri |
| Stephanie's Astrapia | 228 | Astrapia stephaniae |
| Superb Bird of Paradise | 229 | Lophorina superba |
| King of Saxony Bird of Paradise | 230 | Pteridophora alberti |
| Lawes Parotia | 230 | Parotia lawesii |
| Raggiana Bird of Paradise | 231 | Paradisaea raggiana |
| Blue Bird of Paradise | 233 | Paradisaea rudolphi |
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