Hi from Papua New Guinea (1 Viewer)

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eremita

New member

• Jan 23, 2006

• #1

Hi all,

Anyone been to my country- Papua New Guinea.

Well anyways its a great place with with about 200 bird species.

A big shout to all you bird enthusiasts around the world and keep up the good work birds.

By the way I am a conservationist and studying wildfowls here in Papua New Guinea.

Hope to hear from some of you.

Cheers

Eremita

 

John Archer

Well-known member

• Jan 30, 2006

• #2

What a great place for birds
John

 

John N

Well-known member

• Jan 30, 2006

• #3

Hi Eremita,welcome to Birdforum.

 

pauliev69

Proud Smoggie

• Jan 30, 2006

• #4

Hello and welcome to BF

 

Surreybirder

Ken Noble

• Jan 30, 2006

• #5

Hi, Eremita,
Yes I did visit PNG once (quite a long time ago). I only had a few days at Boroko and in Milne Bay Province and didn't have an adequate field guide so I only identified about 60 species.... but was glad to see Raggiana BoP and Papuan Hornbill.
I think your estimate of 200 species is rather on the low side. "Birds of the World: a checklist" by James F Clements gives the no. of species for "New Guinea" as 736, including 330 endemics.
Cheers,
Ken