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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 BENSBACH WILDLIFE LODGE and the area and particularly by David Milton and Joseph Tano the senior field guide from AMBUA LODGE.
There have to date been a total of 191 different species sited around the BENSBACH, the the adjacent wetlands and plains. CASSOWARIES - Cassuariidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Southern Cassowary | 45 | Casuarius casuarius |
GREBES or DABCHICKS - Podicipedidiae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Australasian Grebe | 51 | Tachyboptus novaehollandiae |
COMORANTS - Phalacrocoracidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Great Comorant | 53 | Phalacrocorax carbo |
Pied Comorant | - | Phalacrocorax varius |
Little Black Comorant | 53 | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris |
Little Pied Cormorant | 53 | Phalacrocorax melanoleucos |
DARTERS - Anhingidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Australian Darter | 54 | Anhinga novaehollandiae |
PELICANS - Pelecanidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Australian Pelican | 55 | Pelecanus conspicillatus |
HERONS, EGRETS & BITTENS - Ardeidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Great-billed Heron | 56 | Ardea sumatrana |
Great Egret | 56 | Egretta alba |
Pied Heron | 57 | Ardea picata |
Intermediate Egret | 57 | Egretta intermedia |
White-faced Heron | 57 | Egretta novaehollandiae |
Little Egret | 57 | Egretta garzetta |
Striated (Mangrove) Heron | 58 | Butorides striatus |
Rufous Night-Heron | 58 | Nycticorax caledonicus |
STORKS - Ciconiidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Black-necked Stork | 60 | Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus |
IBISES and SPOONBILLS - Threskiornithidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Glossy Ibis | 60 | Plegadis falcinellus |
Sacred Ibis | 60 | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
Straw-necked Ibis | 60 | Threskiornis spinicollis |
Royal Spoonbill | 61 | Platalea regia |
Yellow-billed Spoonbill | - | Platalea flavipes |
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Osprey | 61 | Pandion haliaetus |
Crested Hawk | 61 | Aviceda subcristata |
Whistling Kite | 62 | Haliastur sphenurus |
Brahminy Kite | 63 | Haliastur indus |
White-bellied Sea Eagle | 63 | Haliaeetus leucogaster |
Spotted Marsh Harrier | 63 | Circus spilonotus |
Grey Goshawk | 65 | Accipiter novaehollandiae |
Grey-headed Goshawk | 65 | Accipiter poliocephalus |
Wedge-tailed Eagle | 67 | Aquila audax |
Little Eagle | 67 | Hieraaetus morphnoides |
FALCONS - Falconidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Peregrine Falcon | 68 | Falco peregrinus |
GEESE & DUCKS - Anatidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Magpie Goose | 69 | Anseranus semipalmata |
Spotted Whistling Duck | 69 | Dendrocygna guttata |
Wandering Whistling Duck | 69 | Dendrocygna arcuata |
White-headed Shelduck | 70 | Tadorna radijah |
Green Pigmy Goose | 70 | Nettapus pulehellus |
Grey Teal | 71 | Anas gibberifrons |
Pacific Black Duck | 71 | Anas superciliosa |
MEGAPODES or MOUND-BUILDERS - apodiidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Orange-footed Scrubfowl | - | Megapodius reinwardt |
CRANES - Gruidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Brolga | 79 | Grus rubicunda |
BUSTARDS - Otididae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Australian Bustard | 80 | Adeotis australis |
JACANAS or LILY TROTTERS - Jacanidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Comb-crested Jacana | 80 | Irediparra gallinacea |
STILTS - Recurvirostridae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
White-headed Stilt | 81 | Himantopus leucocephalus |
STONE-CURLEWS - Burhinidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Beach Stone-Curlew | 81 | Esacus magnirostris |
COUSERS & PRATINCOLES - Glareolidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Oriental Pratincole | 82 | Glareola maldivarum |
Australian Pratincole | 82 | Stiltia isabella |
PLOVERS & DOTTERELS - Charadriidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Masked Lapwing | 83 | Vanellus miles |
Lesser Golden Plover | 83 | Pluvialis dominica |
Red-kneed Dotterel | 83 | Erythrogonys cinctus |
Mongolian Plover | 84 | Charadrius mongolus |
Large Sand Plover | 84 | Charadrius leschenaultii |
CURLEWS, SANDPIPERS, SNIPES & ALLIES-Scolopacidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Ruddy Turnstone | 85 | Arenaria interpres |
Little Curlew | 86 | Numenius minutus |
Wood Sandpiper | 86 | Tringa glareola |
Grey-tailed Tattler | 86 | Tringa brevipes |
Common Sandpiper | 87 | Tringa hypoleucos |
Common Greenshank | 87 | Tringa nebularia |
Marsh Sandpiper | 87 | Tringa stagnatilis |
Swinhoe's Snipe | 89 | Gallinago megala |
Black-tailed Dodwit | 89 | Limosa limosa |
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | 91 | Calidris acuminata |
Red-necked Stint | 91 | Calidris ruficollis |
Long-toed Stint | 92 | Calidris subminuta |
Curlew Sandpiper | 92 | Calidris ferruginea |
GULLS & TERNS - Laridae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Whiskered Tern | 96 | Chlidonias hybridus |
White-winged Black Tern | 96 | Chlidonias leucopterus |
Gull-billed Tern | 96 | Gelochelidon nilotica |
Little Tern | 98 | Sterna albifrons |
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 Cuckoo-dove | 102 | Chalcophaps indica |
Stephan's Ground-Dove | 102 | Chalocophaps stephani |
Peaceful Dove | 102 | Geopelia striata |
Bar-shouldered Dove | 103 | Geopelia humeralis |
Orange-fronted Fruit-Dove | 106 | Ptilinopus aurantiifrons |
Orange-bellied Fruit-Dove | 108 | Ptilinopus iozonus |
Pied Imperial Pigeon or Black-Shoulderes Fruit Imperial Pigeon | 110 | Ducula bicolor |
Pinon Imperial Pigeon | 110 | Ducula pinon |
Collared Imperial Pigeon | 110 | Ducula muellerii |
PARROTS, LORIKEETS & COCKATOOS -Psittacidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Greater Streaked Lory | 112 | Chalcopsitta scintillata |
Rainbow Lorikeet | 113 | Trichoglossus heamatodus |
Red-flanked Lorikeet | 115 | Charmosyna placentis |
Palm Cockatoo | 117 | Probosciger aterrimus |
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo | 117 | Cacatua galerita |
Little Corella | 117 | Cacatua pastinator |
Orange-breasted Fig-Parrot | 118 | Cyclopsitta gulielmitertii |
Edwards' Fig-Parrot | 119 | Psittaculirostris edwardsii |
Red-cheeked Parrot | 121 | Geoffroyus geoffroyi |
Eclectus Parrot | 121 | Eclectus roratus |
Red-winged Parrot | 122 | Aprosmictus erythropterus |
Papuan Hanging Parrot | 123 | Loriculus aurantiifrons |
CUCKOOS, KOELS and COUCALS-Cuculidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Oriental Cuckoo | 123 | Cuculus saturatus |
Brush Cuckoo | 124 | Cacomantis variolosus |
Chestnut-brested Cuckoo | 124 | Cacomantis castaneiventris |
Horsefield's Bronze-Cuckoo | 125 | Chrysococcyx basalis |
Malay Bronze-Cuckoo | 126 | Chrysococcyx minutillus |
Common Koel | 127 | Eudynamys scolopacea |
Great Black Coucal | 128 | Centropus menbeki |
Lesser Black Coucal | 129 | Centropus bernsteini |
Pheasant Coucal | 129 | Centropus phasianinus |
BARN OWLES-Tytonidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Masked Owl | 130 | Tyto novaehollandiae |
TYPICAL OWLES-Strigidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Barking Owl | 131 | Ninox connivens |
Southern Boobook | 124 | Ninox novaeseelandiae |
FROGMOUTHS-Podargidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Marbled Frogmouth | 133 | Podargus ocellatus |
Papuan Frogmouth | 133 | Podargus papuensis |
OWLET-NIGHTJARS-Aegothelidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Barred Owlet-Nightjar | 134 | Aegotheles bennettii |
NIGHTJARS-Caprimulgidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
White-throated Nightjar | 135 | Eurostopodus mystacalis |
Papuan Nightjar | 135 | Eurostopodus papuensis |
Large-tailed Nightjar | 136 | Caprimulgusmacrurus |
TREE-SWIFTS-Hemiprocndae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Moustached tree-swift | 136 | Hemiprocne mystacea |
SWIFTS & SWIFTLETS-Apodidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Papuan Spine-tailed Swift | 138 | Mearnsia novaeguinae |
Fork-tailed Swift | 138 | Apus pacificus |
KINGFISHERS & KOOKABURRAS-Alcedinidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Little Paradise-Kingfisher | 139 | Tanysiptera hydrocharis |
Rufous-belled Kookaburra | 141 | Dacelo Gaudichaud |
Spangled Kookaburra | 141 | Dacelo tyro |
Blue-winged Kookaburra | 141 | Dacelo leachii |
Forest Kingfisher | 142 | Halcyon macleayii |
Sacred Kingfisher | 142 | Halcyon sancta |
Yellow-billed Kingfisher | 142 | Halcyon torotoro |
Dwarf Kingfisher | 143 | Ceyx lepidus |
Little Kingfisher | 143 | Alcedo pusilla |
Azure Kingfisher | 143 | Alcedo asurea |
BEE-EATERS-Meropidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Blue-tailed Bee-eater | 144 | Merops philippinus |
Rainbow Bee Eater | 144 | Merops ornatus |
ROLLERS-Coraciidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Dollarbird | 145 | Eurystomus orientalis |
PITTAS-Pittidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Noisy Pitta | 146 | Pitta versicolor |
LARKS-Alaudidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Singing Bushlark | 146 | Mirafra javanica |
SWALLOWS & MARTINS-Hirundinidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Pacific Swallow | 147 | Hirundo tahitica |
Tree Martin | 148 | Hirundo nigricans |
WAGTAILS & PIPITS-Motacillidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Yellow Wagtail | 148 | Motacilla flava |
CUCKOO-SHRIKES & TRILLERS-Campephagidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
White-Bellied Cuckoo-shrike | 150 | Coricina papuensis |
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike | 150 | Coricina novaehollandiae |
Cicadabird | 151 | Coricina tenuirostris |
Varied Triller | 152 | Lalage leucomela |
White-winged Triller | 152 | Lalage sueurii |
LOGRUNNERS AND ALLIES-Orthonychidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Painted Quail-thrush | 155 | Cinclosoma ajax |
FALSE BABBLERS-Pomatostomatidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Grey-crowned Babbler | 158 | Pomatostomus temporalis |
OLD WORLD WARBLERS-Sylviidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Clamorous Reed-Warbler | 158 | Acrocephalus stentoreus |
Tawny Grassbird | 159 | Megalurus timoriensis |
Fly River Grassbird | 159 | Megalurus albolimbatus |
Golden-headed Cisticola | 159 | Cisticola exilis |
Zitting Cisticola | 160 | Cisticola juncidis |
FAIRY-WRENS-Maluridae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
White-shouldered Fairy-Wren | 161 | Malurus alboscapulatus |
AUSTRALIAN-WARBLERS-Acanthizidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Beccari's Scrub-Wren | 163 | Sericornis beccarii |
Yellow-bellied Gerygone | 165 | Gerygone chrysogaster |
Greeb-backed Gerygone | 165 | Gerygone chloronotus |
Fairy Gerygone | 166 | Gerygone palpebrosa |
Large-billed Gerygone | 166 | Gerygone magnirostris |
FANTAILS-Rhipiduridae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Rufus Fantail | 168 | Phipidura rufifrons |
Rufus-backed Fantail | 168 | Rhipidura rufidora |
Mangrove Fantail | 169 | Rhipidura phasiana |
Willie Wagtail | 170 | Rhipidura leucophrys |
MONARCHS-Myiagridae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Black-faced Monarch | 171 | Monarcha melanopsis |
Spectacled Monarch | 172 | Monarcha trivirgatus |
Frilled Monarch | 173 | Arses telescophthalmus |
Shining Flycather | 174 | Myiagra alecto |
Restless Flycatcher | 175 | Myiagra inequieta |
Yellow-brested Boatbill | 175 | Machaerirhynchus flaviventer |
AUSTRALIAN ROBINS (FLYCATCHERS)-Eopsaltriidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Lemon-bellied Flycatcher | 176 | Microeca flavovigaster |
Yellow-legged Flycatcher | 176 | Microeca griseoceps |
WHISTLERS, PITOHUIS, &ALLIES-Pachycephalidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
little Shrike-Thrush | 185 | Colluricincla megarhyncha |
Grey Shrike-Thrush | 186 | Colliricincla harmonica |
White-bellied Pitohui | 187 | Pitohui incertus |
FLOWERPECKERS & BERRYPECKERS-Dicaeidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
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 |
WHITE-EYES-Zosteropidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Black-fronted White-eye | 193 | Zosterops atrifrons |
New Guinea White-eye | 194 | Zosterops novaeguineae |
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 vovaeguineae |
Pygmy Honeyeater | 196 | Oedistoma pygmaeum |
Green-backed Honeyeater | 196 | Glycichaera fallax |
Brown Honeyeater | 196 | Lichmera indistincta |
Dusky Myzomela | 197 | Myzomela obscura, |
Red-headed Myzomela | 198 | Myzomela erythrocephala |
Puff-Backed Meliphaga | 201 | Meliphaga aruensis |
Mimic Meliphaga | 201 | Meliphaga analoga |
Graceful Meliphaga | 201 | Meliphaga gracilis |
Yellow-tinted Honeyeater | 202 | Lichenostomus flavescens |
Spotted Honeyeater | 203 | Xanthotis polygramma |
Tawny-breasted Honeyeater | 203 | Xanthotis flaviventer |
White-throated Honeyeater | 203 | Melithreptis albogularis |
Blue-faced Honeyeater | 203 | Entomyzon cyanotis |
Plain Honeyeater | 203 | Pycnopygius ixoides |
Streak-Headed Honeyeater | 204 | Pycnphygius stictocephalus |
Meyer's Friarbird | 204 | Philemon meyeri |
Little Friarbird | 204 | Philemon citreogularis |
Helmeted Friarbird | 205 | Philemon buceroides |
Noisy Friarbird | 205 | Philemon corniculatus |
Brown-backed Honeyeater | 209 | Ramsayornis modestus |
Rufus-banded Honeyeater | 209 | Conopophila albogularis |
MANNIKINS, PARROT-FINCHES & ALLIES-Estrildidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
White-spotted Mannikin | 210 | Lonchura leucosticta |
Grey-crowned Mannikin | 211 | Lonchura nevermanni |
Black Mannikin | 211 | Lonchura stygia |
Crimson Finch | 212 | Neochmea phaeton |
ORIOLES-Oriolidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Brown Oriole | 214 | Oriolus szalayi |
Yellow Oriole | 215 | Oriolus flavocinctus |
DRONGOS-Dicruridae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Spangled Drongo | 216 | Dicrurus hottentottus |
MAGPIE-LARKS-Grallinidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Magpie-lark | 216 | Grallina cyanoleuca |
WOOD-SWALLOWS-Artamidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
White-brerasted Wood-Swallow | 217 | Artamus leucorhynchus |
BUTCHERBIRDS, PELLTOPS & ALLIES-Cracticidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Black-backed Butcherbird | 218 | Cracticus mentalis |
Australian Magpie | 218 | Gymnorhina tibicens |
BOWERBIRDS-Ptilonorhynchidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
White-eared Catbird | 220 | Ailuroedus buccoides |
Spotted Catbird | 220 | Ailuroedus melanotis |
Fawn-brested Bowerbird | 222 | Chlamydera cerviniventris |
MANUCODES-Manucodia
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Gloss-mantled Manucode | 224 | Manucodia atra |
CROWS-Covidae
Common Name | Reference Beehler's | Scientific Name |
Torresian Crow | 234 | Corvus orru |