New Guinea Map / Location
Photos / Listing of Other Birds
Listing of forest / land birds native to, or found in, New Guinea
Listing: M - Z (Below)
Macgregor's Bowerbird (Amblyornis macgregoriae) - Range: New Guinea's mountain forests
Matthias Fantail (Rhipidura matthiae) - Range: Mussau in the St Matthias Islands of Papua New Guinea
Marbled Frogmouth (Podargus ocellatus) - Range: Papua New Guinea
Mayr's Swiftlet (Collocalia orientalis) - Found in Papua New Guinea
Melanesian Megapode or Melanesian Scrubfowl (Megapodius eremita) - Range: Papua New Guinea
Metallic Starling (Aplonis metallica)
Mountain Swiftlet (Aerodramus hirundinacea) - Endemic to the island of New Guinea and the nearby islands of Karkar, Yapen and Goodenough
New Guinea Babbler (Pomatostomus isidorei)
New Guinea Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina melas)
New Guinea Logrunner (Orthonyx novaeguineae) - Range: Subtropical or tropical moist montanes of New Guinea
New Guinean Magpie (C. tibicen papuana) - Range: Southern New Guinea
New Guinea Pipit or Alpine Pipit (Anthus gutturalis) - Range: Papua New Guinea.
Noisy Friarbird (Philemon corniculatus) aka Leatherhead
Northern Cassowary aka Single (One)-wattled Cassowary or Gold(en)-neck(ed) Cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus)
Olive-backed Oriole (Oriolus sagittatus)
Orange-footed Scrubfowl (Megapodius reinwardt) - Found in southern New Guinea
Papuan Frogmouth (Podargus papuensis) - Range: Papua New Guinea
Papuan Harrier (Circus spilonotus spilothorax) - Bird of Prey
Papuan Hornbill (R. p. jungei) - Range: Eastern New Guinea, west as far as the Fly River region
Papuan Needletail (Mearnsia novaeguineae), also known as the Papuan Spine-tailed Swift, New Guinea Spine-tailed Swift or Papua Spinetail
Pied Bushchat (Saxicola caprata) - Range: Papua New Guinea
Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus)
Red Wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
Restless Flycatcher (Myiagra inquieta) - Range: Papua New Guinea
Rufous-bellied Kookaburra (Dacelo gaudichaud) - Range: Lowland New Guinea
Rusty Thicketbird (Megalurulus rubiginosus) - Range: Papua New Guinea
Sacred Kingfisher (Todiramphus sanctus) - Range: Found in the mangroves, forests and river valleys of Papua New Guinea
Shovel-billed Kookaburra or Kingfisher (Clytoceyx rex) - Range: Occurs in hill forests, but has been recorded from sea-level up to an altitude of 2400 m (7850 ft)
Silver-eared Honeyeater (Lichmera alboauricularis) - Range: Papua New Guinea
Singing Starlings (Aplonis cantoroides): Range: New Guinea and someadjacent islands, the Bismarck Archipelago, Admiralty Islands and Solomon Islands
Smoky Honeyeater (Melipotes fumigatus) - Range: New Guinea - central Ranges across the length of the island as well as two isolated populations on north west and north of the island
Snow Mountain Quail (Anurophasis monorthonyx) - Range: Confined to New Guinea's highest elevations, the Snow Mountains of Irian Jaya - in the Alpine grasslands at an elevation above 9850 ft (3000 metres).
Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius)
Spangled Honeyeater (Melipotes ater) - Endemic to Papua New Guinea
Spangled Kookaburra (Dacelo tyro) - Range: Savannahs of southern New Guinea
Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
Torresian Crow (Corvus orru) aka Australian Crow
Uniform Swiftlet (Aerodramus vanikorensis)
Varied Triller (Lalage leucomela)
Vogelkop Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornata) - Range: Mountains of the Vogelkop Peninsula at Western New Guinea, Indonesia
Wattled Smoky Honeyeater (Melipotes carolae): Only discovered in 2005 - found in remote montane forests of Foja Mountains range, Western New Guinea at an altitude over 1,150 metres.
White-bellied Whistler (Pachycephala leucogastra) - Range: Occurs in two small areas of northern New Guinea, one small area in south eastern New Guinea and on Rossel Island in the Louisiade Archipelago (off the tip of eastern New Guinea)
White-eared Catbird (Ailuroedus buccoides) - Range Papua New Guinea
White-rumped Swiftlet (Aerodramus spodiopygia)
White-winged Triller (Lalage tricolor)
Willie Wagtail (Rhipidura leucophrys)
Yellow-billed Kingfisher (Syma torotoro) - Range: Widespread throughout lowland New Guinea and adjacent islands
Yellow-breasted Bowerbird (Chlamydera lauterbachi) aka Lauterbach's Bowerbird - Range: Mainland New Guinea
Yellow-faced Mynahs (Mino dumontii)
Yellow Oriole or Green Oriole (Oriolus flavocinctus)
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