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  1. Moustached Treeswift

    Moustached Treeswift

    I wanted to include a bird picture from my old work trips to PNG in my gallery, but I have very few worth posting. These two Moustached Treeswifts were the most in-focus.
  2. catbird.JPG

    catbird.JPG

    Arfak Catbird at first light
  3. Palm Cockatoo

    Palm Cockatoo

    Next in this mini-series: Palm cockatoo ;)
  4. Frilled Monarch

    Frilled Monarch

    Endemic to the forests of New Guinea
  5. Blue-winged Kookaburra

    Blue-winged Kookaburra

    At the Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
  6. Wattled Ploughbill by Markus Lilje

    Wattled Ploughbill by Markus Lilje

    A great way to end the week is with this irresistible songbird, the Wattled Ploughbill. Endemic to the cloud forests of the central mountain ranges of New Guinea, this mysterious bird is a must-see if you find yourself on the island. Its uniquely developed wedge-shaped bill is used to 'plough'...
  7. Snow Mountain Quail

    Snow Mountain Quail

    A very little known phasianidae living in alpine grasslands of Irian Jaya up to 3000 m. Female above.
  8. Yellow-billed Kingfisher

    Yellow-billed Kingfisher

    The Yellow-billed Kingfisher is a lowland rainforest species found on the island of New Guinea, surrounding small islands and Australia's Cape York Peninsula.
  9. Slaty-headed Longbill watercolor

    Slaty-headed Longbill watercolor

    I decided today to paint an upland forest bird in its natural habitat in Victorian era style painting, like does William T Cooper. So I chose this species, rarely illustrated, shown surrounded by moss and orchids in its native New Guinea cloud forests.
  10. Pinon's Imperial Pigeon - Indonesia 2006

    Pinon's Imperial Pigeon - Indonesia 2006

    Pinon's Imperial Pigeon - Western Papua, New Guinea, Indonesia 2006 Common resident of the bigger islands of New Guinea, however, so hard to get close enough... Comments are welcome and appreciated. Cheers!
  11. Nicobar Pigeon  - Indonesia 2006

    Nicobar Pigeon - Indonesia 2006

    Nicobar Pigeon - Indo-New Guinea, Indonesia 2006 Funny, when I saw this one, deep in the forest in New Guinea, I tough it was the coolest pigeon I could find in the wild ever... then, next week we spotted in Papua, my next post: the Western Crowned Pigeon... you'll see...
  12. Yellow-faced Myna - Indonesia 2006

    Yellow-faced Myna - Indonesia 2006

    Yellow-faced Myna - Indo - New Guinea, Indonesia 2006
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