Birds of lowlands around Manokwarie and Sorong, West Papua, Indonesia

October 2016

All photographs copyright Paul Gale Bird Photography

Birds of Manokwarie lowlands

Black Sunbird	Blyth's Hornbill	Claret-breasted Fruit-Dove
Collared Sparrowhawk	Grey Crow	Lesser Bird-of-Paradise
Long-tailed Buzzard	Lowland Peltops	Northern Variable Pitohui
Palm Cockatoo	Pygmy Eagle	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Birds of Sorong, photographed from the 5th floor of the hotel. Stayed here after return from Waigeo island before flying onto Manokwarie the following morning. The white-bellied sea-eagle flew past the window at eye-level and Pacific Swifts circled.

White-breasted Woodswallow	White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Sorong	Tern Sorong
Pacific Swallow Sorong	Pacific Swift Sorong	View of Sorong airport runway from hotel window

Indonesia and West Papua

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