BIRD CHECKLIST --MILNE BAY PROVINCE

Based on Birds of New Guinea (Beehler et al. 1986)

T. K. Pratt, March 2003

 

Birds recorded from, or thought to occur on (seabirds, shorebirds), islands in Milne Bay Province. 

Locations:  Mainland New Guinea, G = Goodenough, F = Fergusson, N = Normanby, M = Misima,

S = Sudest, R = Rossel, T = Trobriands, W = Woodlark.  Species names in bold are endemic to

offshore islands.

 

Common Name

Scientific Name

Mainland

G

F

N

M

S

R

T

W

Dwarf Cassowary

Casuarius bennetti

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Southern Cassowary

Casuarius casuarius

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Streaked Shearwater

Calonectris leucomelas

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White-bellied Storm-Petrel

Fregetta grallaria

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Australasian Grebe

Tachybaptus novaehollandiae

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

White-tailed Tropicbird

Phaethon lepturus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

X

Great Frigatebird

Fregata minor

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Lesser Frigatebird

Fregata ariel

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Little Black Cormorant

Phalacrocorax sulcirostris

X

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

Little Pied Cormorant

Phalacrocorax melanoleucos

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Darter

Anhinga melanogaster

X

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

Masked Booby

Sula dactylatra

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red-footed Booby

Sula sula

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

Brown Booby

Sula leucogaster

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Australian Pelican

Pelecanus conspicillatus

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

Great-billed Heron

Ardea sumatrana

X

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

Great Egret

Egretta alba

X

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

Intermediate Egret

Egretta intermedia

X

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

White-faced Heron

Egretta novaehollandiae

X

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eastern Reef-Egret

Egretta sacra

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Rufous Night-Heron

Nycticorax caledonicus

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forest Bittern

Zonerodius heliosylus

X?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black Bittern

Ixobrychus flavicollis

X

 

 

X

X

X

 

 

X

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

X

 

X

X

 

 

 

 

X

Pacific Baza

Aviceda subcristata

X

X

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

Long-tailed Buzzard

Henicopernis longicauda

X

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black Kite

Milvus migrans

X

X

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

Whistling Kite

Haliastur sphenurus

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brahminy Kite

Haliastus indus

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

X

White-bellied Sea-Eagle

Haliaeetus leucogaster

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

?

X

Brown Goshawk

Accipiter fasciatus

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grey Goshawk

Accipiter novaehollandiae

X

X

X

X

X

X

 

 

X

Black-mantled Goshawk

Accipiter melanochlamys

?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grey-headed Goshawk

Accipiter poliocephalus

X

 

X

 

X

 

 

 

 

Collared Sparrowhawk

Accipiter cirrhocephalus

X

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

Meyer's Goshawk

Accipiter meyerianus

?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chestnut-shouldered Goshawk

Accipiter buergersi

?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Doria's Hawk

Megatriorchis doriae

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Guinea Harpy-Eagle

Harpyopsis novaeguineae

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gurney's Eagle

Aquila gurneyi

X

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

Little Eagle

Hieraaetus morphnoides

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brown Falcon

Falco berigora

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Australian Kestrel

Falco cenchroides

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oriental Hobby

Falco severus

X