Further studies of the birds of the Ok Tedi area, Western Province, Papua New Guinea

Abstract

The area around Tabubil in the remote Western Province of Papua New Guinea near the border with Irian Jaya has been the subject of three previous ornithological studies. This paper serves to up-date and amend those studies and is primarily based on the author's own observations from Jan 1991-Oct 1994, plus some records collected from visitors during this period. The area is still relatively poorly known ornithologically, with the discovery of over 50 species additional to those previously known bearing out this fact.