Explore West Papua through modular birding programs focused on New Guinea’s birds-of-paradise, bowerbirds, and regional specialties around Waigeo, Sorong, Jayapura, and Manokwari. Modules can be combined according to time and target species.
Explore West Papua through modular birding programs focused on New Guinea’s birds-of-paradise, bowerbirds, and regional specialties around Waigeo, Sorong, Jayapura, and Manokwari. Modules can be combined according to time and target species.
This comprehensive expedition explores the rich avian diversity of West Papua, Indonesia, across four distinct regional programs designed for varying fitness levels and birding preferences. Spanning coastal islands, lowland rainforests, and high-elevation montane reserves, the route targets as many species as possible, including up to 14 species of Birds-of-Paradise (BOP), iconic pigeons, kingfishers, and localized endemics.
Shown below are our four programs for you to choose from to have the best birding in West Papua, exploring the western end of the island of New Guinea. Our program will be led by Wildtour from July to September - download the itinerary PDF file
A summary of our program is shown in the table below:
| Program | Duration | Priority Target | Total number of expected species |
| 4-DAY BIRDING IN WAIGEO | 4 days | Wilson’s Bird of Paradise and Red Bird of Paradise | 80 |
| 3-DAY BIRDING IN SORONG | 3 days | Twelve-wired BOP, King BOP, Lesser BOP, Magnificent BOP | 60 |
| 6-DAY BIRDING IN JAYAPURA | 6 days | Lesser BOP, Twelve-wired BOP, King BOP, Magnificent BOP, Magnificent Riflebird, Pale-billed Sicklebill. | 150 |
| 7-DAY BIRDING IN MANOKWARI | 7 days | Magnificent BOP, Masked Bowerbird, Vogelkop Bowerbird, Western Parotia, Superb BOP, Black Sicklebill, Arfak Astrapia, Long-tailed Paradigalla | 160 |
Detailed program
Duration: 4 days
Estimate: 80 species can be seen in 4 days
Tour classification: easy and luxury
Targets: Wilson’s Bird of Paradise and Red Bird of Paradise
Other key species: Glossy-mantled Manucode, Beautiful Fruit Dove, Pink Spotted Fruit Dove, Wompoo Fruit Dove, Spice Imperial Pigeon, Dusky Scrubfowl, Spotted Whistling Duck, Raja Shelduck, White Ibis, Pacific Baza, Red-necked Crake, Great Cuckoo Dove, Claret-breasted Fruit Dove, Pied Imperial Pigeon, Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon, Pinon’s Imperial Pigeon, Rufescent Imperial Pigeon, Collared Sparrowhawk, Grey Goshawk, Grey-headed Goshawk, Gurney’s Eagle, Beach Kingfisher, Common Paradise Kingfisher, Yellow-billed Kingfisher, Little Kingfisher, Hook-billed Kingfisher, many species of Honey Eater, Black and Hooded Butcherbird, Electus and Great-billed, Red-cheeked Parrot, many species of Lorikeet, Goden, Spot-winged, Frilled Monarch, Marble Frogmouth, Raja Ampat Pitohui together with many species of Sunbird, Meliphage, Medidetes and many shorebirds.
Duration: 2-3 days
Estimate: 60 species can be seen in 3 days
Tour classification: hard and basic
Targets: Twelve-wired BOP, King BOP, Lesser BOP, Magnificent BOP
Other key species: Northern Cassowary, Buff-banded Rail, Rufous-tailed Bushen, Brown Cuckoo Dove, Cinnamon Ground Dove, New Guinea Bronzewing, Western-crowned Pigeon, Orange-fronted Fruit Dove, Superb Fruit Dove, Coroneted Fruit Dove, Orange-bellied Fruit Dove, Zoes’s Imperial Pigeon, Palm Cockatoo, Black-capped Lory, Rainbow Lorikeet, Blyth’s Hornbill
Duration: 6 days
Estimate: 150 species can be seen in 6 days
Tour classification: easy to moderate
Targets: 6 Birds of Paradise including Lesser BOP, Twelve-wired BOP, King BOP, Magnificent BOP, Magnificent Riflebird, Pale-billed Sicklebill.
Other key species: Blue Jewel Babbler, Papuan Babbler, Victoria Crowned Pigeon, Bush Turkey, Northern Cassowary, Thrillers, Cuckooshrikes, Little Shrikethrush, Black Coucal, Rusty Pitohui, Brush Cuckoo, Little Bronze Cuckoo, King Parrot, Buff-facedPygmy Parrot, Salvadori’s Fig Parrot, Double-eyed Fig Parrot, Crimson Finch, Cicadabird, Azure Kingfisher, Rufous-bellied Kookaburra, Papuan Frogmouth, Papuan Boobook.
Duration: 7 days
Estimate: 160 species can be seen in 7 days
Tour classification: hard and basic
Targets: Magnificent BOP, Masked Bowerbird, Vogelkop Bowerbird, Western Parotia, Superb BOP, Black Sicklebill, Arfak Astrapia, Long-tailed Paradigalla
Other key species: Poisonous Hooded Pitohui, Papuan Parotfinch, Black-eared Catbird, Capped White-eye, Island Leaf Warbler, Green-backed Robin, Blue-Grey Robin, Ashy Robin, Black Fantail, Black- breasted Boatbill, Fantail Monarch, Sclater’s Whistler, Black Pitohui, Papuan Treecreeper, Tit Berrypecker, Smoky Honey Eater, Lesser Ground Robin, Feline and Mountain Owlet Nightjar.
Itinerary: Please contact us for the detailed itinerary.
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