Birds to See in Papua New Guinea in October
18 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
18 bird species on our list for Papua New Guinea are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Willie Wagtail, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Metallic Starling, Great White Egret and Blue-winged Kookaburra. New this month: Red-necked Phalarope and Little Tern.
New in October2
Leaving after last month4
Residents
(2)Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(9)Present outside the breeding season
Metallic Starling
Aplonis metallicaLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly May–Dec
Blue-winged Kookaburra
Dacelo leachiiLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Whistling Kite
Haliastur sphenurusLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Jun–Jan
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly May–Dec
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly May–Nov
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
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