List of AVES species in Papua New Guinea
This is a list of AVES in Papua New Guinea according to the IUCN Red List.
This list was last updated 2019-09-14
This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.
Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.
| scientific_name | common_name | taxonid | category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edolisoma holopolium | Solomon Cicadabird | 103702529 | NT |
| Parotia wahnesi | Wahnes's Parotia | 22706183 | NT |
| Mino kreffti | Long-tailed Myna | 103878667 | LC |
| Lophorina intercedens | Growling Riflebird | 22706189 | LC |
| Edolisoma remotum | Melanesian Cicadabird | 103702559 | LC |
| Astrapia mayeri | Ribbon-tailed Astrapia | 22706218 | NT |
| Astrapia stephaniae | Princess Stephanie's Astrapia | 22706222 | LC |
| Astrapia rothschildi | Huon Astrapia | 22706226 | LC |
| Paradisaea decora | Goldie's Bird-of-Paradise | 22706257 | VU |
| Paradisaea guilielmi | Emperor Of Germany's Bird-of-paradise | 22706261 | NT |
| Edolisoma rostratum | Rossel Cicadabird | 103702615 | DD |
| Philemon albitorques | White-naped Friarbird | 22704215 | LC |
| Paradisornis rudolphi | Blue Bird-of-paradise | 22706266 | VU |
| Microptilotis cinereifrons | Elegant Honeyeater | 22734941 | LC |
| Philemon cockerelli | New Britain Friarbird | 22704218 | LC |
| Philemon eichhorni | New Ireland Friarbird | 22704221 | LC |
| Cracticus louisiadensis | Tagula Butcherbird | 22706279 | DD |
| Ninox jacquinoti | West Solomons Boobook | 45449325 | LC |
| Ptiloprora guisei | Rufous-backed Honeyeater | 22704245 | LC |
| Vosea whitemanensis | Gilliard's Honeyeater | 22704256 | NT |
| Melidectes princeps | Long-bearded Honeyeater | 22704264 | VU |
| Artamus insignis | White-backed Woodswallow | 22706314 | LC |
| Alopecoenas johannae | Eastern Bronze Ground-dove | 60444823 | LC |
| Melidectes foersteri | Huon Honeyeater | 22704284 | LC |
| Melipotes ater | Spangled Honeyeater | 22704304 | LC |
| Monachella coultasi | New Britain Flyrobin | 103735485 | NT |
| Actenoides bougainvillei | Bougainville Moustached Kingfisher | 22726874 | EN |
| Myzomela cineracea | Ashy Myzomela | 103686550 | LC |
| Aplonis feadensis | Atoll Starling | 22710531 | NT |
| Aplonis grandis | Brown-winged Starling | 22710537 | LC |
| Aplonis brunneicapillus | White-eyed Starling | 22710565 | VU |
| Puffinus heinrothi | Heinroth's Shearwater | 22698277 | VU |
| Monarcha castaneiventris | Chestnut-bellied Monarch | 103715139 | LC |
| Lalage conjuncta | Mussau Triller | 103702904 | VU |
| Columba pallidiceps | Yellow-legged Pigeon | 22690226 | VU |
| Corvus insularis | Bismarck Crow | 103727573 | LC |
| Centropus violaceus | Violet Coucal | 22684198 | NT |
| Centropus ateralbus | Pied Coucal | 22684206 | LC |
| Myzomela erythrina | Reddish Myzomela | 103686707 | LC |
| Hypotaenidia insignis | Pink-legged Rail | 22692421 | NT |
| Myiagra hebetior | Mussau Flycatcher | 103711371 | VU |
| Otidiphaps cervicalis | Grey-naped Pheasant-pigeon | 22725258 | LC |
| Pitta superba | Superb Pitta | 22698640 | EN |
| Rhipidura cockerelli | Cockerell's Fantail | 103709333 | LC |
| Myiagra cervinicolor | Djaul Flycatcher | 103711391 | VU |
| Myiagra eichhorni | Velvet Flycatcher | 103711426 | LC |
| Pitta anerythra | Black-faced Pitta | 22698703 | VU |
| Tyto aurantia | Bismarck Masked-Owl | 22688470 | VU |
| Rhipidura dahli | Bismarck Fantail | 22706903 | LC |
| Rhipidura matthiae | Mussau Fantail | 22706906 | NT |
| Rhipidura semirubra | Manus Fantail | 22706921 | VU |
| Cyclopsitta amabilis | Creamy-breasted Fig-parrot | 22725373 | LC |
| Macropygia mackinlayi | Spot-breasted Cuckoo-Dove | 22690584 | LC |
| Geoffroyus heteroclitus | Song Parrot | 45419296 | LC |
| Hypotaenidia tertia | Bougainville Rail | 22727459 | NT |
| Reinwardtoena browni | Pied Cuckoo-dove | 22690596 | NT |
| Reinwardtoena crassirostris | Crested Cuckoo-dove | 22690600 | NT |
| Dicrurus megarhynchus | Ribbon-tailed Drongo | 22706999 | NT |
| Chalcopsitta cardinalis | Cardinal Lory | 22684499 | LC |
| Aerodramus orientalis | Mayr's Swiftlet | 22686555 | DD |
| Henicophaps foersteri | New Britain Bronzewing | 22690664 | VU |
| Lorius hypoinochrous | Purple-bellied Lory | 22684597 | LC |
| Lorius albidinucha | White-naped Lory | 22684603 | NT |
| Charmosyna rubrigularis | Red-chinned Lorikeet | 22684665 | LC |
| Charmosyna meeki | Meek's Lorikeet | 22684668 | NT |
| Ducula salvadorii | Louisiade Imperial-pigeon | 45448199 | LC |
| Erythropitta meeki | Louisiade Pitta | 103656460 | DD |
| Erythropitta gazellae | New Britain Pitta | 103656466 | LC |
| Erythropitta splendida | Tabar Pitta | 103656470 | VU |
| Charmosyna margarethae | Duchess Lorikeet | 22684697 | NT |
| Erythropitta novaehibernicae | New Ireland Pitta | 103656476 | LC |
| Eurostopodus nigripennis | Solomons Nightjar | 22725672 | VU |
| Pachycephala richardsi | Bougainville Hooded Whistler | 103693352 | LC |
| Henicopernis infuscatus | Black Honey Buzzard | 22694980 | VU |
| Megapodius eremita | Melanesian Scrubfowl | 22678611 | LC |
| Symposiachrus barbatus | Solomons Pied Monarch | 103713873 | NT |
| Symposiachrus malaitae | Malaita Monarch | 103713884 | NT |
| Dicaeum nitidum | Louisiade Flowerpecker | 22717549 | LC |
| Pachycephala orioloides | Oriole Whistler | 103693418 | LC |
| Dicaeum eximium | Red-banded Flowerpecker | 22717552 | LC |
| Dicaeum aeneum | Midget Flowerpecker | 22717555 | LC |
| Symposiachrus infelix | Manus Monarch | 22707310 | NT |
| Symposiachrus menckei | Mussau Monarch | 22707313 | NT |
| Zosterops hamlini | Bougainville White-eye | 103892101 | LC |
| Megalurulus grosvenori | Bismarck Thicketbird | 22715529 | VU |
| Myzomela longirostris | Long-billed Myzomela | 103687306 | NT |
| Megalurulus llaneae | Melanesian Thicketbird | 22715535 | NT |
| Cacatua ducorpsii | Broad-crested Corella | 22684823 | LC |
| Megalurulus rubiginosus | Rusty Thicketbird | 22715549 | LC |
| Myiagra ferrocyanea | Steel-blue Flycatcher | 22707380 | LC |
| Micropsitta meeki | Citrine Pygmy Parrot | 22684861 | LC |
| Haliaeetus sanfordi | Sanford's Sea-eagle | 22695105 | VU |
| Micropsitta finschii | Finsch's Pygmy-Parrot | 22684866 | LC |
| Parotia lawesii | Lawes's Parotia | 103728331 | LC |
| Tanysiptera nigriceps | Black-headed Paradise-kingfisher | 22725840 | LC |
| Pachycephala modesta | Brown-backed Whistler | 22705460 | LC |
| Lonchura caniceps | Grey-headed Munia | 22719864 | LC |
| Lonchura forbesi | New Ireland Munia | 22719876 | LC |
| Ptilinopus solomonensis | Yellow-bibbed Fruit-dove | 22728082 | LC |
| Lonchura monticola | Eastern Alpine Munia | 22719900 | LC |
| Lonchura melaena | Sooty Munia | 22719904 | LC |
| Ceyx websteri | Bismarck Kingfisher | 22683051 | VU |
| Rhipidura drownei | Bougainville Fantail | 103710131 | LC |
| Goura scheepmakeri | Scheepmaker's Crowned-pigeon | 45014473 | VU |
| Amblyornis subalaris | Streaked Bowerbird | 22703654 | LC |
| Zoothera talaseae | New Britain Thrush | 103879758 | LC |
| Sericulus bakeri | Fire-maned Bowerbird | 22703671 | NT |
| Horornis haddeni | Odedi | 22734397 | NT |
| Accipiter albogularis | Pied Goshawk | 22695535 | LC |
| Accipiter luteoschistaceus | Slaty-backed Goshawk | 22695547 | VU |
| Accipiter imitator | Imitator Goshawk | 22695553 | VU |
| Otidiphaps insularis | Black-naped Pheasant-pigeon | 22726273 | EN |
| Accipiter princeps | New Britain Goshawk | 22695561 | VU |
| Symposiachrus verticalis | Black-tailed Monarch | 103714482 | LC |
| Accipiter brachyurus | Grey Sparrowhawk | 22695605 | VU |
| Ninox meeki | Manus Hawk-Owl | 22689465 | LC |
| Rhamphocharis piperata | Spotted Berrypecker | 103730878 | LC |
| Todiramphus albonotatus | New Britain Kingfisher | 22683328 | NT |
| Ninox variegata | Bismarck Hawk-Owl | 22689475 | LC |
| Myzomela albigula | White-chinned Myzomela | 22703813 | DD |
| Ninox odiosa | Russet Hawk-Owl | 22689480 | VU |
| Todiramphus leucopygius | Ultramarine Kingfisher | 22683341 | LC |
| Myzomela pulchella | Crimson-fronted Myzomela | 22703830 | LC |
| Ptilinopus insolitus | Knob-billed Fruit Dove | 22691549 | LC |
| Loriculus tener | Green-fronted Hanging-Parrot | 22685410 | NT |
| Cacatua ophthalmica | Blue-eyed Cockatoo | 22728429 | VU |
| Myzomela sclateri | Scarlet-bibbed Myzomela | 22703874 | LC |
| Nesasio solomonensis | Fearful Owl | 22689539 | VU |
| Myzomela pammelaena | Ebony Myzomela | 22703877 | LC |
| Myzomela lafargei | Red-capped Myzomela | 22703880 | LC |
| Zosterops meeki | Sudest White-eye | 22714131 | DD |
| Zosterops hypoxanthus | Bismarck White-eye | 22714136 | LC |
| Myzomela erythromelas | Black-bellied Myzomela | 22703902 | LC |
| Corvus meeki | Bougainville Crow | 22705966 | LC |
| Zosterops griseotinctus | Louisiade White-eye | 22714168 | LC |
| Stresemannia bougainvillei | Bougainville Honeyeater | 22703937 | LC |
| Symposiachrus ateralbus | Djaul Monarch | 103714645 | VU |
| Zosterops metcalfii | Yellow-throated White-eye | 22714199 | LC |
| Ducula rubricera | Red-knobbed Imperial Pigeon | 22691680 | NT |
| Coracina welchmani | North Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike | 103694187 | LC |
| Ducula pistrinaria | Island Imperial-Pigeon | 22691694 | LC |
| Microptilotis vicina | Sudest Meliphaga | 22704002 | DD |
| Ducula finschii | Growling Imperial Pigeon | 22691729 | NT |
| Zoothera atrigena | Bougainville Thrush | 103879831 | NT |
| Cnemophilus macgregorii | Yellow Satinbird | 103731110 | LC |
| Zosterops crookshanki | Oya Tabu White-eye | 103892045 | LC |
| Ducula melanochroa | Bismarck Imperial-Pigeon | 22691765 | LC |
| Pseudobulweria becki | Beck's Petrel | 22697913 | CR |
| Manucodia comrii | Curl-crested Manucode | 22706128 | LC |
| Tanysiptera danae | Russet Paradise Kingfisher | 22683602 | LC |
| Ceyx dispar | Manus Dwarf-kingfisher | 22726619 | NT |
| Ceyx mulcatus | New Ireland Dwarf-kingfisher | 22726625 | LC |
| Ceyx sacerdotis | New Britain Dwarf-kingfisher | 22726631 | LC |
| Ceyx meeki | North Solomons Dwarf-kingfisher | 22726637 | LC |
| Ducula subflavescens | Yellowish Imperial-pigeon | 22691828 | NT |
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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups: