New Guinea Map / Location

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Listing of forest birds native to, or found in, New Guinea:

Australian Hobby / Falcon (Falco longipennis) – Range: Winters in Indonesia and New Guinea

Nankeen or Australian Kestrels (Falco cenchroides) – Range: A common bird of prey found in New Guinea, and nearby islands

Australian Kestrel or Nankeen Kestrel (Falco cenchroides)Australian Hobby

Brown GoshawkBrown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus)

Long-tailed Honey-buzzard (Henicopernis longicauda) – Range: Papua New Guinea

Black Honey-buzzard, Bondrée Noire or Abejero Negro (Henicopernis infuscatus) – Endemic to Papua New Guinea

Collared Sparrowhawk (Accipiter cirrocephalus) – Range: Widespread through New Guinea except for sandy deserts

Grey-headed Goshawk (Accipiter poliocephalus) – Endemic to New Guinea and adjacent islands

Doria’s Goshawks (Megatriorchis doriae) – Range: Lowland rainforests of New Guinea and Batanta Island off western New Guinea

Pacific Baza or Crested Hawk (Aviceda subcristata) – Range: New Guinea and adjacent islands

Pacific Baza or Crested HawkCollared SparrowhawkDorias Goshawk

White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)

Gurney’s Eagle (Aquila gurneyi) – Range: New Guinea and adjacent islands

Wedge-tailed Eagle or Eaglehawk (Aquila audax) – Range: Southern New Guinea

New Guinea Harpy Eagle (Harpyopsis novaeguineae) – Endemic to undisturbed tropical rainforests of New Guinea

New Guinea Hawk-eagle (Hieraaetus weiskei) – Range: Papua New Guinea

Wedge-tailed Eagle

Papuan Harriers (Circus spilonotus spilothorax) – Bird of Prey – Range: Sattered across the whole of New Guinea except for the Vogelkop peninsula in the west

Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus)

Whistling Kite

 


 

Southern Boobook OwlOwls

Australian Masked Owl (Tyto novaehollandiae) – Range: Southern New Guinea

Greater Sooty Owl (Tyto tenebricosa) – Range: Montane rainforests of New Guinea

Barking Owls or Winking Owls

Southern Boobook (Ninox novaeseelandiae) – Range: Southern New Guinea and nearby islands


 

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