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BIRD CHECKLIST --MILNE BAY
PROVINCE |
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Based on Birds of New
Guinea (Beehler et al. 1986) T. K. Pratt, March 2003 |
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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. |
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Common
Name |
Scientific
Name |
Mainland |
G |
F |
N |
M |
S |
R |
T |
W |
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Dwarf
Cassowary |
Casuarius
bennetti |
X |
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Southern
Cassowary |
Casuarius
casuarius |
X |
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Streaked
Shearwater |
Calonectris
leucomelas |
X |
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White-bellied
Storm-Petrel |
Fregetta
grallaria |
X |
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Australasian
Grebe |
Tachybaptus
novaehollandiae |
X |
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X |
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White-tailed
Tropicbird |
Phaethon
lepturus |
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X |
X |
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Great
Frigatebird |
Fregata
minor |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Lesser
Frigatebird |
Fregata
ariel |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Little
Black Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax
sulcirostris |
X |
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X |
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Little
Pied Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax
melanoleucos |
X |
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Darter |
Anhinga
melanogaster |
X |
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X |
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Masked
Booby |
Sula
dactylatra |
X |
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Red-footed
Booby |
Sula
sula |
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X |
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Brown
Booby |
Sula
leucogaster |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Australian
Pelican |
Pelecanus
conspicillatus |
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X |
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Great-billed
Heron |
Ardea
sumatrana |
X |
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X |
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Great
Egret |
Egretta
alba |
X |
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X |
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Intermediate
Egret |
Egretta
intermedia |
X |
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X |
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White-faced
Heron |
Egretta
novaehollandiae |
X |
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X |
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Little
Egret |
Egretta
garzetta |
X |
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Eastern
Reef-Egret |
Egretta
sacra |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Rufous
Night-Heron |
Nycticorax
caledonicus |
X |
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Forest
Bittern |
Zonerodius
heliosylus |
X? |
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Black
Bittern |
Ixobrychus
flavicollis |
X |
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X |
X |
X |
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X |
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Osprey |
Pandion
haliaetus |
X |
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X |
X |
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X |
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Pacific
Baza |
Aviceda
subcristata |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Long-tailed
Buzzard |
Henicopernis
longicauda |
X |
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X |
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Black
Kite |
Milvus
migrans |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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Whistling
Kite |
Haliastur
sphenurus |
X |
X |
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Brahminy
Kite |
Haliastus
indus |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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X |
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White-bellied
Sea-Eagle |
Haliaeetus
leucogaster |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
? |
X |
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Brown
Goshawk |
Accipiter
fasciatus |
X |
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Grey
Goshawk |
Accipiter
novaehollandiae |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
X |
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X |
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Black-mantled
Goshawk |
Accipiter
melanochlamys |
? |
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Grey-headed
Goshawk |
Accipiter
poliocephalus |
X |
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X |
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X |
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Collared
Sparrowhawk |
Accipiter
cirrhocephalus |
X |
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X |
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Meyer's
Goshawk |
Accipiter
meyerianus |
? |
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Chestnut-shouldered
Goshawk |
Accipiter
buergersi |
? |
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Doria's
Hawk |
Megatriorchis
doriae |
X |
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New
Guinea Harpy-Eagle |
Harpyopsis
novaeguineae |
X |
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Gurney's
Eagle |
Aquila
gurneyi |
X |
X |
X |
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Little
Eagle |
Hieraaetus
morphnoides |
X |
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Brown
Falcon |
Falco
berigora |
X |
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Australian
Kestrel |
Falco
cenchroides |
X |
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Oriental
Hobby |
Falco
severus |
X |
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