🇵🇬What animals live in Papua New Guinea?

1,264,501 animal records from Papua New Guinea cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 1,264,501 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in Papua New Guinea

	Animal	Group	Records
	Willie-wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys	Aves Rhipiduridae	8,927
	Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides	Aves Meliphagidae	6,988
	Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus	Aves Accipitridae	6,850
	Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta	Aves Apodidae	6,546
	Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus	Aves Psittacidae	6,339
	Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus	Aves Psittacidae	6,259
	Red-capped Flowerpecker Dicaeum geelvinkianum	Aves Dicaeidae	5,301
	Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia amboinensis	Aves Columbidae	5,241
	Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica	Aves Hirundinidae	5,079
	Smoky Honeyeater Melipotes fumigatus	Aves Meliphagidae	4,672
	Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica	Aves Sturnidae	4,666
	Friendly Fantail Rhipidura albolimbata	Aves Rhipiduridae	4,648
	Red-cheeked Parrot Geoffroyus geoffroyi	Aves Psittacidae	4,485
	Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus	Aves Dicruridae	4,393
	Belford's Melidectes Melidectes belfordi	Aves Meliphagidae	4,365
	Yellow-faced Myna Mino dumontii	Aves Sturnidae	4,304
	Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus	Aves Bucerotidae	4,284
	Owen Stanley Range Slender Skink Papuascincus stanleyanus	Squamata Scincidae	4,272
	Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita	Aves Psittacidae	4,213
	Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis	Aves Apodidae	4,112
	Black Sunbird Leptocoma sericea	Aves Nectariniidae	4,054
	Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus	Aves Cuculidae	3,784
	Torresian Crow Corvus orru	Aves Corvidae	3,777
	Black Kite Milvus migrans	Aves Accipitridae	3,698
	Hooded Butcherbird Cracticus cassicus	Aves Cracticidae	3,683
	Boulenger's Emo Skink Emoia mivarti	Squamata Scincidae	3,680
	Rufous-bellied Kookaburra Dacelo gaudichaud	Aves Alcedinidae	3,658
	Red-collared Myzomela Myzomela rosenbergii	Aves Meliphagidae	3,566
	Orange-bellied Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus iozonus	Aves Columbidae	3,540
	Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus	Aves Alcedinidae	3,539
	Talanga excelsalis	Insecta Crambidae	3,533
	Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus	Aves Meropidae	3,518
	Mimic Honeyeater Microptilotis analogus	Aves Meliphagidae	3,513
	Black-capped Lory Lorius lory	Aves Psittacidae	3,470
	Zoe Imperial-Pigeon Ducula zoeae	Aves Columbidae	3,458
	Brenthia salaconia	Insecta Choreutidae	3,425
	Papuan Mountain-Pigeon Gymnophaps albertisii	Aves Columbidae	3,299
	Brown Four-fingered Skink Carlia fusca	Squamata Scincidae	3,288
	Regent Whistler Pachycephala schlegelii	Aves Pachycephalidae	3,278
	Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis	Aves Coraciidae	3,262
	Southern Blossom Bat Syconycteris australis	Mammalia Pteropodidae	3,177
	White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis	Aves Campephagidae	3,097
	Sphenomorphus solomonis	Squamata Scincidae	3,004
	Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise Paradisaea raggiana	Aves Paradisaeidae	2,945
	Singing Starling Aplonis cantoroides	Aves Sturnidae	2,872
	Brown Oriole Oriolus szalayi	Aves Oriolidae	2,862
	Tawny-breasted Honeyeater Xanthotis flaviventer	Aves Meliphagidae	2,845
	Mellea ordinaria	Insecta Thyrididae	2,820
	Fan-tailed Berrypecker Melanocharis versteri	Aves Melanocharitidae	2,784
	Shining Flycatcher Myiagra alecto	Aves Monarchidae	2,748
	Hooded Pitohui Pitohui dichrous	Aves Oriolidae	2,730
	Brown Sicklebill Epimachus meyeri	Aves Paradisaeidae	2,696
	Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus	Aves Passeridae	2,686
	Artamus leucorhynchos	Aves Artamidae	2,658
	Pharambara splendida	Insecta Thyrididae	2,626
	Large Scrubwren Sericornis nouhuysi	Aves Acanthizidae	2,614
	Black Fantail Rhipidura atra	Aves Rhipiduridae	2,606
	Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata	Aves Muscicapidae	2,584
	Long-billed Honeyeater Melilestes megarhynchus	Aves Meliphagidae	2,546
	Dichomeris ochreoviridella	Insecta Gelechiidae	2,525