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Trans-Fly and Wasur National Park

Many key birds of the southern lowlands of New Guinea, including Southern Crowned-Pigeon Goura scheepmakeri and Greater Bird of Paradise Paradisaea apoda, can be seen in and around the famed Wasur National Park near Merauke within the so-called Trans-Fly zone. This is an extensive peneplain of seasonally flooded grassland, marshes, reedbeds, savanna, woodland and monsoon forest, bordered by the Digul, Fly and Aramia rivers: in essence, a little piece of Australia, isolated within New Guinea.

Not surprisingly, the Trans-Fly region supports the most distinctive avifauna within New Guinea with four endemic species and heaps of Australian specialties. Wasur is also a globally significant staging and wintering ground for waders and waterfowl both from the Palearctic and Australia.

Trans-Fly endemic birds (4 species)

Spangled Kookaburra Dacelo tyro
Fly River Grassbird Megalurus albolimbatus
Grey-crowned Munia Lonchura evermanni
Black Munia Lonchura stygia

Restricted-range species (1 species)

Greater Bird of Paradise Paradisaea apoda

Widespread goodies

Southern Cassowary Casuarius casuarius
Black-billed Talegalla Talegalla fuscirostris
Orange-footed Megapode Megapodius reinwardt
Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii
Yellow-streaked Lory Chalcopsitta sintillata
Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea
Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus
Barking Owl Ninox connivens
Collared Imperial-Pigeon Ducula mullerii
Southern Crowned-Pigeon Goura scheepmakeri
Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis
Brolga Grus rubicunda
New Guinea Flightless Rail Megacrex inepta
Flame Bowerbird Sericulus ardens
Fawn-breasted Bowerbird Chlamydera cerviniventris
Trumpet Manucode Manucodia keraudrenii
King Bird of Paradise Cicinnurus regius
Black-backed Butcherbird Cracticus mentalis
Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton
White-spotted Munia Lonchura leucosticta

View into Trans-Fly open savanna woodland inside the Wasur National Park near Merauke in the southern watershed of New Guinea.

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A little piece of Australia in New Guinea.
Four 'Trans-Fly' endemic birds and one restricted-range species.
Homeland of the Southern Cassowary, majestic Southern Crowned-Pigeon, and Greater Bird of Paradise.
A globally significant staging and wintering area for waders and waterfowl.

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Trans-Fly and Wasur National Park

Trans-Fly endemic birds (4 species)

Restricted-range species (1 species)

Widespread goodies

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