All going rather well out here. Just completed the first leg of the trip and now at the airport heading to the Arfaks. Ebird trip report HERE. 93 species so far. Six Birds of Paradise species in the bag. A few photo highlights below.
Male Twelve-wired Bird-of-Paradise
Pale-billed Sicklebill
Male King Bird-of-Paradise
Magnificent Riflebird (immature male)
Male Lesser Bird-of-Paradise
Papuan Frogmouth
Marbled Frogmouth
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Long-tailed Honey Buzzard
Channel-billed Cuckoo- what a beast, completely prehistoric like
Grand Munia
Female Black Cicadabird
Female Golden Monarch
Male Little Bronze Cuckoo
Blyth's Hornbill
Hawkmoth sp. Got a moth trap out here - will post separately on the leps.
Over 97% of rainforest in West Papua is still in tact.
Happy Punter- travelling with Wise Birding HERE
2 comments:
Pretty sure the sphingid is Daphnis dohertyi.
Cheers Dingers
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