Birds to See in Papua New Guinea in August
17 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
17 bird species on our list for Papua New Guinea are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Willie Wagtail, Metallic Starling, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Great White Egret and Whistling Kite. New this month: Common Sandpiper, Whimbrel, Peregrine Falcon and Southern Cassowary.
Leaving after last month
No departures — all species from last month remain.
Residents
(2)Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(10)Present outside the breeding season
Metallic Starling
Aplonis metallicaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly May–Dec
Whistling Kite
Haliastur sphenurusLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Blue-winged Kookaburra
Dacelo leachiiLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly May–Dec
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly May–Nov
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Jun–Jan
Australian Hobby
Falco longipennisLC
Regularly Jun–Sep
Passage migrants
(3)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made