Common Birds in Papua New Guinea
Our list for Papua New Guinea has 16 common birds recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 summer visitor, 8 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Papua New Guinea in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 16, most common first
Willie WagtailRhipidura leucophrysResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRegularly May–Mar
Metallic StarlingAplonis metallicaWinter visitorCommon22–25 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Whistling KiteHaliastur sphenurusWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantCommon54–58 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly May–Dec
Blue-winged KookaburraDacelo leachiiWinter visitorCommon38–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoWinter visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Jun–Jan
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusScarceCommon46–51 cm
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Dec
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantCommon18–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly May–Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Eurasian Tree Sparrow 13–14 cm
- House Sparrow 14–17 cm
- Common Kingfisher 16–17 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Willie Wagtail 19–22 cm
- Metallic Starling 22–25 cm
- Pacific Golden-Plover 23–26 cm
- Common Tern 31–35 cm
- Blue-winged Kookaburra 38–41 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Pomarine Jaeger 46–51 cm
- Whistling Kite 50–60 cm
- Osprey 54–58 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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