Birds of Paradise / Parotias / Sicklebills / Astrapias / Manucode / Riflebirds / Paradigalla
New Guinea Map / Location
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Listing of birds native to, or found in, New Guinea:
Barnes’ Astrapia (hybrid bird of paradise) – Range: Montane forest of Papua New Guinea, on a small part of the Hagen Range and Mount Giluwe, usually at 2,400 – 2,600 m asl (Above mean sea level).
Huon Astrapia or Rothschild’s Bird of Paradise (Astrapia rothschildi) – Range: Mountain forests of Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea
Ribbon-tailed Astrapia also known as Shaw Mayer’s Astrapia (Astrapia mayeri) – Endemic to subalpine forests in western part of the central highlands of Papua New Guinea
Splendid Astrapia (Astrapia splendidissima) – Range: Mountain forests in western part of the central highlands of New Guinea
Stephanie’s Astrapia (Astrapia stephaniae) – Range: Papua New Guinea
Birds of Paradise (Paradisaeidae)
Blue Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea rudolphi) – Range: Endemic to Papua New Guinea. It is distributed to mountain forests of southeastern New Guinea
Emperor Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea guilielmi) – Range: Endemic to Papua New Guinea. It is distributed in hill forests of the Huon Peninsula.
Goldie’s Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea decora) – Range: Papua New Guinea
Sharpe’s Lobe-billed Parotia or Sharpe’s Lobe-billed Riflebird (Paradisaeidae / Birds of Paradise – hybrid between a Long-tailed Paradigalla and Western Parotia)
Lesser Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea minor) – Range: Forests of northern New Guinea, and the nearby islands of Misool and Yapen
Greater Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea apoda) – Range: Lowland and hill forests of southwest New Guinea
King Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus regius) – Range: Distributed throughout lowland forests of New Guinea and nearby islands
Schodde’s Bird of Paradise (bird of paradise hybrid) – Only one specimen found in Trepikama in the Baiyer Valley of Papua New Guinea
King of Saxony Bird of Paradise (Pteridophora alberti) – Range: The cloud forests of New Guinea
Macgregor’s Bird of Paradise (Macgregoria pulchra) aka Macgregor’s Giant Honeyeater and Ochre-winged Honeyeater – Range: Subalpine forests of New Guinea
Magnificent Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) – Range: Hill and mid-mountain forests of New Guinea and surrounding islands
Raggiana Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea raggiana) – Range: Southern and north eastern New Guinea, where its name is kumul or cenderawasih
Rothschild’s Bird of Paradise (Hybrid) – Range: New Guinea (only ~4 specimens are known)
Rothschild’s Lobe-billed Bird of Paradise – Range: Papua New Guinea (only known from the holotype)
Superb Bird of Paradise (Lophorina superba) – Range: Rainforests of New Guinea
Superb Bird of Paradise (Lophorina superba) – Range: Rainforests of New Guinea
Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise (Seleucidis melanoleuca)
Berlepsch’s Parotia or Berlepsch’s Six-wired Bird of Paradise (Parotia berlepschi) – Range: Foja Mountains of Papua
Carola’s Parotia (Parotia carolae) – Range: Inhabits to mid-mountain forests of central New Guinea.
Eastern Parotia (Parotia helenae) – Range: Mountain forests of southeast Papua New Guinea
Lawes’s Parotia (Parotia lawesii) – Range: Mountain forests of southeast and eastern Papua New Guinea.
Wahnes’s Parotia (Parotia wahnesi) – Range: Mountain forests of Huon Peninsula and Adelbert Mountains, northeast Papua New Guinea
Western Parotia (Parotia sefilata) – Range: Found only in the mountain forests of Vogelkop and Wandammen Peninsula of Western New Guinea
Black-billed Sicklebill (Epimachus albertisi) – Range: Mountain forests of New Guinea
Black Sicklebills (Epimachus fastuosus) – Range: Midmountain forests of New Guinea
Brown Sicklebill (Epimachus meyeri) – Range: Mountain forests of New Guinea
Pale-billed Sicklebill (Epimachus bruijnii) – Range: Lowland rainforests of northwestern New Guinea
Curl-crested Manucode (Manucodia comrii) – Endemic to Papua New Guinea
Crinkle-collared Manucodes (Manucodia chalybatus) – Range: Lowlands and hill forests in mainland New Guinea and Misool Island of West Papua.
Glossy-mantled Manucodes (Manucodia ater) – Range: Widely distributed throughout the lowlands of New Guinea and nearby islands
Jobi Manucode (Manucodia jobiensis) – Range: Lowland forests of northern New Guinea
Trumpet Manucodes (Bird of Paradise) – Range: New Guinea and nearby islands.
Eastern Riflebirds (Ptiloris intercedens) – Endemic to the lowlands of easternmost Papua New Guinea
Magnificent Riflebird (Ptiloris magnificus) – Range: Lowland rainforests of New Guinea
Short-tailed Paradigalla (Paradigalla brevicauda) – Range: The mountain forests of New Guinea
Not technically part of the “Birds of Paradise” family, but formerly placed in this group and has many physical similarities
Antenna Satinbird or Crested Cnemophilus (Cnemophilus macgregorii)
Silken Satinbird or Yellow-breasted Bird-of-paradise (Loboparadisea sericea) – Range: Papua New Guinea
