Lowland birds of the Vanimo Region, West Sepik Province

Abstract

Vanimo lies in the north west of Papua New Guinea in the West Sepik Province. It is primarily a region of virgin lowland rainforest that has a rich avifauna, but is also rarely visited by ornithologists. Hans Best and Tony Palliser visited the area for five days in October 1987. Observations were made between Wutung, close to the Irian Jaya border, and the logging areas 26 km east of Vanimo, with several mornings being spent on the road going inland towards Bewani. An annotated list is presented.