New Guinea Map / Location
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Listing of forest birds native to, or found in, New Guinea:
Australian Hobby / Falcon (Falco longipennis) - Range: Winters in Indonesia and New Guinea
Nankeen or Australian Kestrels (Falco cenchroides) - Range: A common bird of prey found in New Guinea, and nearby islands
Brown Goshawk (Accipiter fasciatus)
Long-tailed Honey-buzzard (Henicopernis longicauda) - Range: Papua New Guinea
Black Honey-buzzard, Bondrée Noire or Abejero Negro (Henicopernis infuscatus) - Endemic to Papua New Guinea
Collared Sparrowhawk (Accipiter cirrocephalus) - Range: Widespread through New Guinea except for sandy deserts
Grey-headed Goshawk (Accipiter poliocephalus) - Endemic to New Guinea and adjacent islands
Doria's Goshawks (Megatriorchis doriae) - Range: Lowland rainforests of New Guinea and Batanta Island off western New Guinea
Pacific Baza or Crested Hawk (Aviceda subcristata) - Range: New Guinea and adjacent islands
White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster)
Gurney’s Eagle (Aquila gurneyi) - Range: New Guinea and adjacent islands
Wedge-tailed Eagle or Eaglehawk (Aquila audax) - Range: Southern New Guinea
New Guinea Harpy Eagle (Harpyopsis novaeguineae) - Endemic to undisturbed tropical rainforests of New Guinea
New Guinea Hawk-eagle (Hieraaetus weiskei) - Range: Papua New Guinea
Papuan Harriers (Circus spilonotus spilothorax) - Bird of Prey - Range: Sattered across the whole of New Guinea except for the Vogelkop peninsula in the west
Whistling Kite (Haliastur sphenurus)
Owls
Australian Masked Owl (Tyto novaehollandiae) - Range: Southern New Guinea
Greater Sooty Owl (Tyto tenebricosa) - Range: Montane rainforests of New Guinea
Southern Boobook (Ninox novaeseelandiae) - Range: Southern New Guinea and nearby islands
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