Australian Ornithological Services P/L

WET SEASON
KUTINI PAYAMU
IRON RANGE NP
13 to 19 January 2027

The main objective of this tour is to see the Papuan pitta (formerly red-bellied

pitta), which migrates to Iron Range from PNG during the Wet season

(November to March). Other migrants from PNG we should see are the black-

winged monarch and the buff-breasted paradise-kingfisher.

Of course, we will also seek out all the other Iron Range endemics and

specialities including palm cockatoo, eclectus parrot, red-cheeked parrot,

superb fruit- dove, chestnut-breasted cuckoo, masked owl, marbled frogmouth,

large-tailed nightjar, yellow-billed kingfisher, double-eyed fig- parrot (race

marshalli), noisy pitta, black-eared catbird,fawn-breasted bowerbird, lovely

fairywren, green- backed honeyeater, tawny-breasted honeyeater, graceful

honeyeater, tropical scrub-wren, barred cuckoo-shrike, frill-necked monarch,

trumpet manucode, magnificent riflebird, white-faced robin, yellow- gged

flycatcher and northern scrub-robin. The birding up on Cape York is fantastic at

this time of year as most birds are breeding.

Iron Range has an extraordinary array or mammals, reptiles and butterflies. We

will spotlight with a thermal scope on several evenings.

This will be a fly in and fly out tour (ex Cairns).

We hire two 4WDs at Lockhart River and will stay six nights at the Iron Range Cabins, next to the airport.

We arrive at Lockhart River Airport on 13 January and depart 19 January 2027.

This tour is limited to six birders.

Cost is $7,655.00 per person and includes Cairns to Lockhart River return fare.

Accommodation from Wednesday 13 to Tuesday 19 January, all meals from

dinner on the 13th to breakfast on the 19th January 2027. The single

supplement is $780. There are no twin bed studios, just one queen- size bed in

each studio.

Guide: Philip Maher
Logistics and meals: Patricia Maher