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Listing of birds native to, or found in, New Guinea:
Australian Pelican (Pelicanus conspicillatus) aka Goolayyalibee
Beach Stone-curlew (Esacus giganteus) aka Beach Thick-knee – Range: Uncommon. Coastal New Guinea
Terns (Seabirds)
Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana)
Melanesian Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus serrata)
Storks (Wading Birds)
Black-necked Stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus)
Godwits (Waders)
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Cranes (Wetland Birds)
Brolga / Crane (Grus rubicunda) – Range: Sound in southern New Guinea
Rails (Wetland Birds)
Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis)
Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
Spotless Crake (Porzana tabuensis)
White-browed Crakes (Porzana cinerea)
Waders (Wetland Birds)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Ducks and Geese (Inland Water Birds)
Green Pygmy Goose (Nettapus pulchellus) – Range: Southern New Guinea
Grey Teal (Anas gracilis)
Hardhead or White-eyed Ducks (Aythya australis)
Magpie Goose (Anseranas semipalmata)
Pacific Black Duck aka Grey Duck or Parera (Anas superciliosa)
Plumed Whistling Ducks (Dendrocygna eytoni)
Salvadori’s Teal or Salvadori’s Duck (Salvadorina waigiuensis)
Spotted Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna guttata) Papua New Guinea
Wandering Whistling Ducks (Dendrocygna arcuata): Range: Papua New Guinea
Shearwaters (Seabirds)
Heinroth’s Shearwaters (Puffinus heinrothi) – Range: Restricted to the seas around the islands of Kolombangara (Papua New Guinea)
Snipes (Wading Birds)
Latham’s Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii) aka Japanese Snipeeast and eastern Papua New Guinea
Swinhoe’s Snipe (Gallinago megala) aka Forest Snipe or Chinese Snipe
Bitterns (Wading Birds)
Little Bitterns (Ixobrychus minutus dubius)
Grebes (Freshwater Birds)
Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis) or Dabchick – Range: Breeds in small colonies in heavily vegetated areas of freshwater lakes across New Guinea
Cormorants (Water Birds)
Little Pied Cormorant, Little Shag or Kawaupaka (Phalacrocorax melanoleucos) – Range: Coasts, islands, estuaries, and inland waters of New Guinea
Herons (Wetland Birds)
Nankeen Night Heron aka Rufous Night Heron and in Melanesia as Melabaob (Nycticorax caledonicus) – Range: Papua New Guinea
White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae, formerly Ardea novaehollandiae) aka Grey Heron)
Plovers (Waders)
Oriental Plover (Charadrius veredus) aka Oriental Dotterel – Range: Rare in New Guinea
Dotterels (Waders)
Red-kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus) – Range: Southern New Guinea
Spoonbills (Waders)
Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia) also known as the Black-billed Spoonbill – Range: Fresh and saltwater wetlands in Papua New Guinea
Ibises (Waders)
Straw-necked Ibis (Threskiornis spinicollis)
Birds of Prey (Hunting in or near water)
White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
