Birds in Manokwari Lowland Forest

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

I have organized a lot of birding tours in lowland, lower montane and higher montane forest of Manokwari. From all of the tours, I made pictures of birds and did identification works using field guide book Birds of New Guinea - written by Thane K. Pratt and Bruce Beehler as my main reference. My favorite birding site is Dopi and Mesirrokow forests. It is a lowland forest area of Manokwari. Birds that can be seen this forest are listed below:

Little-ringed Plover

• Long-tailed Honey Buzzard
• Variable Goshawk
• Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
• Common Sandpiper
• Little-ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
• Little Egret
• Beautiful Fruit-Dove
• Pinon Imperial Pigeon
• Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
• Eclectus Parrot (Eclectus roratus)
• Rainbow Lorikeet
• Black-capped Lory
• Pesquet Parrot
• Yellow-capped Pygmy Parrot (Micropsitta keiensis)
• Moluccan King Parrot
• Great Cuckoo Dove (Reinwardtoena reinwardti)
• Jungle Hawk-Owl
• Marbled Frogmouth
• Azure Kingfisher
• Oriental Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
• Rufous-bellied Kookaburra (Dacelo gaudichaud)
• Papuan (Blyth's) Hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus)
• Black Sunbird
• Yellow-bellied Longbill
• Pygmy Longbill
• Olive-crowned (Papuan) Flowerpecker
• Spangled Drongo
• Willie Wagtail
• Hooded Butcherbird (Cracticus cassicus)
• Lesser Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea minor)
• Magnificent Bird of Paradise
• Glossy-mantled Manucode
• Yellow-faced Myna (Mino dumontii)
• Large-tailed Nightjar
• Western-crowned Pigeon (Goura cristata)

The above list should be considered as temporary only. I will add more birds into the list as I see more birds during my next birding trips in this lowland forest of Manokwari. 

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