Birds to See in Papua New Guinea in September
20 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
20 bird species on our list for Papua New Guinea are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Willie Wagtail, Metallic Starling, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Common Sandpiper and Great White Egret. New this month: Pacific Golden-Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper and Dwarf Cassowary.
Leaving after last month1
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
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Jun–Jan
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly May–Dec
Whistling Kite
Haliastur sphenurusLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
Blue-winged Kookaburra
Dacelo leachiiLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Regularly Jun–Oct
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly May–Nov
Australian Hobby
Falco longipennisLC
Regularly Jun–Sep
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Sep–Nov
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminataVU
Regularly Sep
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Jun–Sep
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