Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Port Moresby
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List of the videos, photographs and sound recordings taken in Port Moresby
Materials recorded in Port Moresby
List of all the materials recorded in Port Moresby, sorted by rating.48 Videos
Pied Heron (Egretta picata)
A bird standing on a field
LocalityPort Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (Monotypic species) Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 August 2002 11 sec 4.8
Comb-crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea)
A bird walking on a wetland and feeding
LocalityPort Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp novaehollandiae) Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 August 2002 30 sec 4.3
Red-cheeked Parrot (Geoffroyus geoffroyi)
A male moving along a branch
LocalityVarirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea Keith Blomerley 30 August 2008 14 sec 4.2
Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
Two birds on a marsh, one lifting its wings
LocalityPort Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp melanopterus) Rigdon Currie 30 June 2005 7 sec 3.8
Raggiana Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea raggiana)
A male preening in a tree.
LocalityVarirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp raggiana) Keith Blomerley 30 August 2008 28 sec 3.7
Raggiana Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea raggiana)
A male preening, then calling, in a tree.
LocalityVarirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp raggiana) Keith Blomerley 30 August 2008 24 sec 3.7
Barking Owl (Ninox connivens)
A bird perched and looking around
LocalityVarirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp assimilis) Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 August 2002 9 sec 3.6
Comb-crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea)
A bird walking over waterlilies
LocalityPort Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp novaehollandiae) Rigdon Currie 30 June 2005 9 sec 3.6
Fawn-breasted Bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris)
A view of a bower
LocalityPort Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (Monotypic species) Rigdon Currie 30 June 2005 7 sec 3.5
Raggiana Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea raggiana)
A male preening in a tree.
LocalityVarirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp raggiana) Keith Blomerley 30 August 2008 27 sec 3.3
Chestnut-bellied Fantail (Rhipidura hyperythra)
A pair mating on a small branch then flying away
LocalityVarirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp castaneothorax) Keith Blomerley 30 August 2008 35 sec 3.3
Spot-winged Monarch (Monarcha guttula)
A bird sitting on a nest then flying away
LocalityVarirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (Monotypic species) Keith Blomerley 30 August 2008 20 sec 3.3
Yellow-billed Kingfisher (Syma torotoro)
A male standing on a branch, with a close view at the end
LocalityVarirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp torotoro) Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 August 2002 17 sec 3.2
Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus)
A bird on the ground and jumping once
LocalityPort Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp thierfelderi) Rigdon Currie 30 June 2005 14 sec 3.2
27 Photographs
Papuan Frogmouth (Podargus papuensis)
Bird resting on branch by daylight
LocalityPacific Adventist University, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (Monotypic species) Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 26 August 2007 3.8
Doria's Hawk (Megatriorchis doriae)
A breeding female Doria's Hawk perched at the edge of its nest during the heat of the day, perhaps shading the chick.
LocalityVarirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea Christian Boix Hinzen 26 August 2009 3.5
Pied Heron (Egretta picata)
Bird in pond, fishing
LocalityPacific Adventist University, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 26 August 2007 3.5
Yellow-faced Myna (Mino dumontii)
Perched bird
LocalityVarirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea mark sutton 10 August 2008 3.5
Yellow-billed Kingfisher (Syma torotoro)
Bird perched on branch
LocalityVarirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp torotoro) mark sutton 10 August 2008 3.3
Red-cheeked Parrot (Geoffroyus geoffroyi)
Perched male
LocalityVarirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea mark sutton 10 August 2009 3
Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus)
Pair at daytime roost
LocalityVarirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp ocellatus) mark sutton 09 August 2008 3
Barred Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles bennettii)
A roosting adult watches attentively to a bunch of birders near its roost hole
LocalityVarirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea Christian Boix Hinzen 15 September 2009 3
Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
several birds in pond
LocalityPacific Adventist University, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 26 August 2007 3
Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
Perched bird
LocalityVarirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea mark sutton 09 August 2008 3
Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
Bird standing at waters edge
LocalityPort Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp rogersi) mark sutton 10 August 2008 3
Black-billed Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia nigrirostris)
Two birds perched
LocalityVarirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (Monotypic species) Nik Borrow 21 June 2006 3
Brown-headed Paradise-kingfisher (Tanysiptera danae)
An adult bird perched low in the understory scanning the leaf litter for prey.
LocalityVarirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (Monotypic species) Christian Boix Hinzen 15 September 2009 3
Silver-eared Honeyeater (Lichmera alboauricularis)
Adult perched
LocalityPort Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp alboauriculus) Nik Borrow 03 June 2010 2.8
25 Sounds
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Yellow-billed Kingfisher (Syma torotoro)
Adult male singing
Locality:Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 August 2002 4.7
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Painted Quail-thrush (Cinclosoma ajax)
song, singing
Locality:Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea dreyernp 18 July 1990 4.5
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Chestnut-bellied Fantail (Rhipidura hyperythra)
Accelerating whistle followed with a lower piched note
Locality:Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea dreyernp 09 July 1990 4.5
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Raggiana Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea raggiana)
A bird perched and calling against another male
Locality:Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea Keith Blomerley 30 August 2008 4.5
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Crested Pitohui (Pitohui cristatus)
Bird calling from low in the understorey late morning.
Locality:Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea Sam Woods 23 September 2008 4.5
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Black-winged Monarch (Monarcha frater)
Persistent call
Locality:Brown River, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea dreyernp 08 July 1990 4.5
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Black Thicket-fantail (Rhipidura maculipectus)
Two repeating hard whistler like alarm notes
Locality:Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea dreyernp 11 July 1990 4
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White-crowned Koel (Caliechthrus leucolophus)
This bird made this call in response to playback of its call late in the morning on a ridge top trail.
Locality:Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea Sam Woods 24 September 2008 4
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White-bellied Whistler (Pachycephala leucogastra)
Bird calling from high in a eucalypt tree late in the afternoon.
Locality:Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea Sam Woods 03 September 2008 4
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Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)
A bird displaying
Locality:Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea Keith Blomerley 30 August 2008 4
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Painted Quail-thrush (Cinclosoma ajax)
Singing from the forest floor early in the morning.
Locality:Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea Sam Woods 02 September 2008 4
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Rusty Mouse-warbler (Crateroscelis murina)
A singing bird
Locality:Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea dreyernp 07 July 1990 4
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Papuan King-parrot (Alisterus chloropterus)
Recorded calling from trees up on a ridge mid-morning.
Locality:Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea Sam Woods 24 September 2008 4
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Black-billed Brush-turkey (Talegalla fuscirostris)
Bird calling in the thicket
Locality:Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 August 2002 4
List of the species with videos, photos and sounds taken in Port Moresby
Species with materials recorded in Port Moresby
List of species with materials recorded in Port Moresby. Species that occur in Port Moresby but that do not have materials recorded there will not be included in the list.- Grebes (Podicipedidae)
- Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)
- Herons (Ardeidae)
- Pied Heron (Egretta picata)
- Rufous Night-heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)
- Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
- Spotted Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna guttata)
- Wandering Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna arcuata)
- Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
- Hawks and Eagles (Accipitridae)
- Long-tailed Buzzard (Henicopernis longicauda)
- Doria's Hawk (Megatriorchis doriae)
- Megapodes (Megapodiidae)
- Black-billed Brush-turkey (Talegalla fuscirostris)
- Rails, Gallinules and Coots (Rallidae)
- Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
- Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
- Jacanas (Jacanidae)
- Comb-crested Jacana (Irediparra gallinacea)
- Pigeons and Doves (Columbidae)
- Black-billed Cuckoo-dove (Macropygia nigrirostris)
- Pink-spotted Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus perlatus)
- Dwarf Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus nanus)
- Parrots (Psittacidae)
- Black-capped Lory (Lorius lory)
- Red-cheeked Parrot (Geoffroyus geoffroyi)
- Papuan King-parrot (Alisterus chloropterus)
- Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
- White-crowned Koel (Caliechthrus leucolophus)
- Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus)
- Typical Owls (Strigidae)
- Barking Owl (Ninox connivens)
- Owlet-nightjars (Aegothelidae)
- Barred Owlet-nightjar (Aegotheles bennettii)
- Frogmouths (Podargidae)
- Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus)
- Papuan Frogmouth (Podargus papuensis)
- Kingfishers (Alcedinidae)
- Brown-headed Paradise-kingfisher (Tanysiptera danae)
- Rufous-bellied Kookaburra (Dacelo gaudichaud)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (Dacelo leachii)
- Forest Kingfisher (Todiramphus macleayii)
- Yellow-billed Kingfisher (Syma torotoro)
- Bee-eaters (Meropidae)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus)
- Rollers (Coraciidae)
- Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
- Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)
- Barred Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina lineata)
- White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina papuensis)
- Fantails (Rhipiduridae)
- Chestnut-bellied Fantail (Rhipidura hyperythra)
- Black Thicket-fantail (Rhipidura maculipectus)
- Monarch-flycatchers (Monarchidae)
- Black-winged Monarch (Monarcha frater)
- Spot-winged Monarch (Monarcha guttula)
- Yellow-breasted Boatbill (Machaerirhynchus flaviventer)
- Jewel-babblers and allies (Eupetidae)
- Painted Quail-thrush (Cinclosoma ajax)
- Spotted Jewel-babbler (Ptilorrhoa leucosticta)
- Whistlers (Pachycephalidae)
- Grey Whistler (Pachycephala simplex)
- White-bellied Whistler (Pachycephala leucogastra)
- Hooded Pitohui (Pitohui dichrous)
- Crested Pitohui (Pitohui cristatus)
- Australasian Robins (Petroicidae)
- Northern Scrub-robin (Drymodes superciliaris)
- Thornbills (Acanthizidae)
- Rusty Mouse-warbler (Crateroscelis murina)
- Yellow-bellied Gerygone (Gerygone chrysogaster)
- Green-backed Gerygone (Gerygone chloronota)
- Fairy Gerygone (Gerygone palpebrosa)
- Berrypeckers and Longbills (Melanocharitidae)
- Black Berrypecker (Melanocharis nigra)
- Honeyeaters (Meliphagidae)
- Puff-backed Honeyeater (Meliphaga aruensis)
- Scrub Honeyeater (Meliphaga albonotata)
- Rufous-banded Honeyeater (Conopophila albogularis)
- Silver-eared Honeyeater (Lichmera alboauricularis)
- Drongos (Dicruridae)
- Pygmy Drongo (Chaetorhynchus papuensis)
- Woodswallows (Artamidae)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (Artamus leucorynchus)
- Bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchidae)
- Fawn-breasted Bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris)
- Birds-of-paradise (Paradisaeidae)
- Magnificent Riflebird (Ptiloris magnificus)
- Paradise Riflebird (Ptiloris paradiseus)
- Raggiana Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea raggiana)
- Starlings (Sturnidae)
- Yellow-faced Myna (Mino dumontii)