This checklist includes all bird species found in New Ireland Island , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: New Ireland Island [map]
Other names: Latangai
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Garganey | Spatula querquedula | Rare/Accidental |
Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
Grey Teal | Anas gibberifrons | |
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Melanesian Megapode | Megapodius eremita | |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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White-throated Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
Yellow-legged Pigeon | Columba pallidiceps | Vulnerable |
Brown Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia amboinensis | |
Black-billed Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia nigrirostris | |
Mackinlay's Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia mackinlayi | |
Pied Cuckoo Dove | Reinwardtoena browni | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
White-bibbed Ground Dove | Alopecoenas jobiensis | |
Bronze Ground Dove | Alopecoenas beccarii | |
Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | Near-threatened |
Stephan's Dove | Chalcophaps stephani | |
Red-knobbed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula rubricera | |
Finsch's Imperial Pigeon | Ducula finschii | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
Island Imperial Pigeon | Ducula pistrinaria | |
Bismarck Imperial Pigeon | Ducula melanochroa | |
Torresian Imperial Pigeon | Ducula spilorrhoa | |
Superb Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus superbus | |
White-bibbed Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus rivoli | |
Yellow-bibbed Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus solomonensis | |
Knob-billed Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus insolitus | |
Papuan Mountain Pigeon | Gymnophaps albertisii | |
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Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
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Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | |
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Moustached Treeswift | Hemiprocne mystacea | |
Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
Mayr's Swiftlet | Aerodramus orientalis | Data deficient |
Australian Swiftlet | Aerodramus terraereginae | |
Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis | |
White-rumped Swiftlet | Aerodramus spodiopygius | |
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Pied Coucal | Centropus ateralbus | Endemic (country/region) |
Violaceous Coucal | Centropus violaceus | Endemic (country/region) |
Pacific Koel | Eudynamys orientalis | |
Long-tailed Koel | Urodynamis taitensis | |
Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae | |
Shining Bronze Cuckoo | Chalcites lucidus | |
Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | |
Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
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Red-necked Crake | Rallina tricolor | |
Buff-banded Rail | Hypotaenidia philippensis | |
Bare-eyed Rail | Gymnocrex plumbeiventris | |
Rufous-tailed Bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccana | |
White-browed Crake | Amaurornis cinerea | |
Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
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Wilson's Storm-petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
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Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | Near-threatened |
Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | Rare/Accidental |
Heinroth's Shearwater | Puffinus heinrothi | Vulnerable |
Beck's Petrel | Pseudobulweria becki | Critically endangered |
Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Near-threatened |
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Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | |
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Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | |
Rufous Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Pacific Reef Egret | Egretta sacra | |
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Straw-necked Ibis | Threskiornis spinicollis | Rare/Accidental |
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Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
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Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
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Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris | Near-threatened |
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Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
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Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | |
Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Endangered |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Near-threatened |
Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Near-threatened |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Near-threatened |
Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
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Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
Atoll Tern | Gygis alba | |
Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
Grey-backed Tern | Onychoprion lunatus | |
Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | |
Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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Black Honey Buzzard | Henicopernis infuscatus | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata | |
Variable Goshawk | Accipiter hiogaster | |
Slaty-backed Sparrowhawk | Accipiter luteoschistaceus | Vulnerable |
New Britain Sparrowhawk | Accipiter brachyurus | Vulnerable |
White-bellied Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | |
Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
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Russet Boobook | Ninox odiosa | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
Bismarck Boobook | Ninox variegata | |
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Papuan Hornbill | Rhyticeros plicatus | |
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Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | |
Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | |
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Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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Variable Dwarf Kingfisher | Ceyx lepidus | |
Little Kingfisher | Ceyx pusillus | |
Bismarck Kingfisher | Ceyx websteri | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
Forest Kingfisher | Todiramphus macleayii | Rare/Accidental |
Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
Beach Kingfisher | Todiramphus saurophagus | |
Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
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Oriental Hobby | Falco severus | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Buff-faced Pygmy Parrot | Micropsitta pusio | |
Green Pygmy Parrot | Micropsitta finschii | |
Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot | Micropsitta bruijnii | |
Eclectus Parrot | Eclectus roratus | |
Singing Parrot | Geoffroyus heteroclitus | |
Red-chinned Lorikeet | Charmosyna rubrigularis | |
Red-flanked Lorikeet | Charmosyna placentis | |
Purple-bellied Lory | Lorius hypoinochrous | |
White-naped Lory | Lorius albidinucha | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
Cardinal Lory | Chalcopsitta cardinalis | |
Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | |
Green-fronted Hanging Parrot | Loriculus tener | Endemic (country/region) |
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Red-bellied Pitta | Pitta erythrogaster | |
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Red Myzomela | Myzomela cruentata | |
New Ireland Myzomela | Myzomela pulchella | Endemic (country/region) |
Black-bellied Myzomela | Myzomela erythromelas | Endemic (country/region) |
Ebony Myzomela | Myzomela pammelaena | Endemic (country/region) |
New Ireland Friarbird | Philemon eichhorni | Endemic (country/region) |
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Barred Cuckooshrike | Coracina lineata | |
Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | Rare/Accidental |
White-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina papuensis | |
Melanesian Cicadabird | Edolisoma remotum | |
Varied Triller | Lalage leucomela | |
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Bismarck Whistler | Pachycephala citreogaster | |
Australian Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis | |
Mangrove Golden Whistler | Pachycephala melanura | |
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White-backed Woodswallow | Artamus insignis | Endemic (country/region) |
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Ribbon-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus megarhynchus | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
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Northern Fantail | Rhipidura rufiventris | |
Willie-wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys | |
Bismarck Fantail | Rhipidura dahli | |
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Bismarck Crow | Corvus insularis | |
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Satin Myiagra | Myiagra cyanoleuca | |
Shining Myiagra | Myiagra alecto | |
Velvet Myiagra | Myiagra hebetior | |
Black-tailed Monarch | Symposiachrus verticalis | Endemic (country/region) |
Golden Monarch | Carterornis chrysomela | |
Island Monarch | Monarcha cinerascens | |
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Red-banded Flowerpecker | Dicaeum eximium | |
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Black Sunbird | Leptocoma aspasia | |
Olive-backed Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | |
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Hooded Mannikin | Lonchura spectabilis | |
New Ireland Mannikin | Lonchura forbesi | Endemic (country/region) |
White-cowled Mannikin | Lonchura hunsteini | |
Bismarck Mannikin | Lonchura melaena | |
Blue-faced Parrotfinch | Erythrura trichroa | |
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Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | Rare/Accidental |
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Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | Rare/Accidental |
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Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis | |
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Gray's Warbler | Locustella fasciolata | Rare/Accidental |
Papuan Grassbird | Cincloramphus macrurus | |
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Clamorous Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus | |
Australian Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus australis | |
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Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans | |
Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
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Island Leaf Warbler | Seicercus maforensis | |
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Bismarck White-eye | Zosterops hypoxanthus | |
Louisiade White-eye | Zosterops griseotinctus | Endemic (country/region) |
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Long-tailed Myna | Mino kreffti | |
Metallic Starling | Aplonis metallica | |
Singing Starling | Aplonis cantoroides | |
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Pied Bush Chat | Saxicola caprata | |
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Island Thrush | Turdus poliocephalus |
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