24/08/2026
The always evolving Off-the-beaten-track tour in Papua New Guinea this year was visiting the Adelbert Range, the Huon Peninsula and Bougainville where an easy version provided a great insight to the avifauna of the island.
With the more rarely visited sites, the more range-restricted species were popping up on our list and at the end we concluded with a nice total.
All major targets seen in the Huon including the Emperor Bird-of-paradise, Wahnes's Parotia and Huon Astrapia then flying to Bougainville where a good set of birds included island and Solomons endemics such as Woodford's Rail (the local form likely a separate species - Bougainville Rail). Sanford's Sea Eagle, Douchess Lorikeet, White-winged Fantail, Oriole Whistler, Chestnut-bellied (Bougainville) Monarch etc.
The pretour extension to the Adelbert range provided us with Collared Brushturkey, Banded Yellow Robin, Brown-headed Jewel-babbler and many more, however, sadly there was no sign of the Bowerbird though. Dani
