Black Bee-eater

Medium sized, long-tailed antbird, which forages on the ground in humid forests. Strikingly patterned, but can be difficult to see. Note the rufous-brown crown, back, tail and vent, and pinkish legs. Males have black wing coverts with pale spots, a black face with a pale eyebrow, a black scalloped breast, and a white throat and belly. Females differ in having a buff throat and flanks.

A medium-sized white seabird with black marks on the wings and a yellow beak. The long white tail streamers are visible from a great distance. Nests on coastal and inland cliffs on the main islands. Often seen flying over canyons and along cliffs. At sea usually flies high above the water. Calls are loud clucks and squawks. Smaller and more graceful in flight than Red-tailed Tropicbird.

A large bird of foothill forest and edge. The national bird of PNG. Both sexes have a black chest and yellow eyes. Males have red or orange plumes, depending on the race, which are raised above the back during the display, in which he leans forward and flicks his wings. Overlaps slightly with Greater, Lesser and Emperor birds-of-paradise but Raggiana male has reddish rather than white plumes. Raggiana female is distinguished by its combination of yellow eye and yellow back of the head. Male gives a repeated, nasal squawk, typical of the group.