A bird thought to be extinct for 140 years has been rediscovered in the forests of Papua New Guinea. The black-naped pheasant-pigeon was documented by scientists for the first and last time in 1882, ...
Papua New Guinea is a global hotspot of avian biodiversity, home to spectacular and behaviorally complex bird species that occur nowhere else on the planet. A new study shows that forest fragmentation ...
"Prepared for students in Papua New Guinea ... in co-operation with the Wildlife Section of the Department of Agriculture, Stock and Fisheries, and the Department of Education." ...
Birds-of-paradise have captivated the planet with their elaborate plumage and idiosyncratic mating dances. Some species appear to shape-shift as they elongate plumes of feathers, fan their wings, or ...
Bell, Joshua A. 2015. ""Bird Specimen, Papua New Guinea."." In Trophies, Relics and Curios? : Missionary Heritage from Africa and the Pacific. Jacobs, Karen, Knowles ...