Rondon Ridge Lodge
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Country: Papua New Guinea
Region: Western Highlands
We speak: English
Web site: www.pngtours.com/lodge6.html
Location:
Rondon Ridge Lodge is perched high on Kum Mountain, at 7100 feet above sea level in Western Highlands Province and boasts panoramic views of the Wahgi Valley and the Mount Hagen Range. This is the heart of the Papua New Guinean highlands with its’ coffee and tea plantations and extensive gardens. The area also supplies fresh fruit and vegetables to the rest of the country. It is inhabited by the Melpa tribe well-known for a society where “big men” earn status by accruing wealth and then giving it all away in a ceremonial exchange called “Moka”. Rondon Ridge is approximately 60 minutes from the Kagamuga Airport. Several daily flights from Port Moresby, PNG’s Capital city, to Mount Hagen make it easily accessible for International arrivals.Services:
A comprehensive touring program can be organized to visit the famous Mudmen and various villages displaying the customs and traditions of the Melpa people accompanied by our experienced local guides. Birding tours can also be arranged with knowledgeable local escorts. Birding is done primarily from the lodge on well groomed trails that climb through the mountain rainforest. Meals are served in the main lodge dining room and menus are served with European style recipes. Tables can be arranged according to guest requirements. A bar and lounge area are also in the main lodge with coffee and tea available at any time. Filtered water is provided and a filling station is located in the lodge should you wish to carry your own bottle. Transfers to and from the airport are also available. Rondon has 24-hour eco-friendly electricity provided by its own hydroelectric power plant. This generates clean, natural energy from a nearby mountain stream. It is 240 Volt with Australian style power points.Guestrooms:
Guests are accommodated in 12 tastefully appointed rooms with warmed king beds (double and twin) for cool highland nights. The rooms are finished in local rosewood, cane and bamboo with tile flooring. Electric blankets and continental quilts are available for the cool highland evenings. A double door opens to greet the 180 degree views. Each room has an ensuite modern bathroom with a shower and basic amenities. There is hot and cold running water and flush toilet. Bed linen and towels are provided and a daily housekeeping service ensures that your room is comfortable at all times. Filtered water is provided and a coffee/tea service is available in each room.
* Please note that the English bird names on this site follow the American terminology. If you can't find a species name, try searching by Family or latin name.
Status key: B = breeding species; RB - rare breeding; W = winter only; V - vagrant; RV = rare vagrant; TM - trans-migrant; In - introduced
Name |
Status | Name (lat) |
Family |
| Papuan Scrub-wren | R | Sericornis papuensis | Acanthizidae |
| Grey-green Scrub-wren | R | Sericomis arfakianus | Acanthizidae |
| New Guinea Thornbill | R | Acanthiza murina | Acanthizidae |
| Bicoloured Mouse-warbler | R | Crateroscelis nigrorufa | Acanthizidae |
| Grey Gerygone | R | Gerygone cinerea | Acanthizidae |
| Mountain Mouse-warbler | R | Crateroscelis robusta | Acanthizidae |
| Brown-breasted Gerygone | R | Gerygone ruficollis | Acanthizidae |
| Large Scrub-wren | R | Sericornis nouhuysi | Acanthizidae |
| Buff-faced Scrub-wren | R | Sericornis perspicillatus | Acanthizidae |
| Little Eagle | R | Hieraaetus morphnoides | Accipitridae |
| Spotted Marsh-harrier | TM | Circus spilonotus | Accipitridae |
| Gurney's Eagle | R | Aquila gurneyi | Accipitridae |
| Black-shouldered Kite | B | Elanus caeruleus | Accipitridae |
| New Guinea Harpy-eagle | R | Harpyopsis novaeguineae | Accipitridae |
| Brahminy Kite | B | Haliastur indus | Accipitridae |
| Meyer's Goshawk | R | Accipiter meyerianus | Accipitridae |
| Long-tailed Buzzard | B | Henicopernis longicauda | Accipitridae |
| Grey headed Goshawk | B | Accipiter poliocephalus | Accipitridae |
| Collared Sparrowhawk | W | Accipiter cirrhocephalus | Accipitridae |
| Crested Hawk | W | Aviceda subcristata | Accipitridae |
| Grey Goshawk | W | Accipiter novaehollandiae | Accipitridae |
| Black-mantled Goshawk | R | Accipiter melanochlamys | Accipitridae |
| Brown Goshawk | B | Accipiter fasciatus | Accipitridae |
| Mountain Owlet-nightjar | R | Aegotheles albertisi | Aegothelidae |
| Feline Owlet-nightjar | R | Aegotheles insignis | Aegothelidae |
| Shovel-billed Kingfisher | R | Clytoceyx rex | Alcedinidae |
| Sacred Kingfisher | TM | Halcyon sancta | Alcedinidae |
| Mountain Kingfisher | R | Halcyon megarhyncha | Alcedinidae |
| Salvadori's Teal | R | Annus waigiuensis | Anatidae |
| Glossy Swiftlet | B | Collocalia esculenta | Apodidae |
| Mountain Swiftlet | R | Collocalia vanikorensis | Apodidae |
| Great Wood-swallow | B | Artamus maximus | Artamidae |
| Stout-billed Cuckoo-shrike | B | Coracina caeruleogrisea | Campephagidae |
| Grey-headed Cuckoo-shrike | R | Coracina schisticeps | Campephagidae |
| Black-bellied Cuckoo-shrike | R | Coracina montana | Campephagidae |
| Hooded Cuckoo-shrike | R | Coracina longicauda | Campephagidae |
| Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike | TM | Coracina novaehollandiae | Campephagidae |
| Mountain Nightjar | R | Eurostopodus archboldi | Caprimulgidae |
| Large-tailed Nightjar | B | Caprimulqus macrurus | Caprimulgidae |
| Dwarf Cassowary | R | Casuarius bennetti | Cassuariidae |
| Little Ringed Plover | B | Charadrius dubius | Charadriidae |
| American Golden-Plover | NB | Pluvialis dominica | Charadriidae |
| Papuan Treecreeper | R | Cormobates placens | Climacteridae |
| Brown Cuckoo-dove | B | Macropygia amboinensis | Columbidae |
| Pheasant Pigeon | R | Otidiphaps nobilis | Columbidae |
| Papuan Mountain Pigeon | B | Gymnophaps albertisii | Columbidae |
| White Bibbed Ground-dove | NB | Gallicolumba jobiensis | Columbidae |
| Rufescent Imperial Pigeon | R | Ducula chalconota | Columbidae |
| Bronze Ground-dove | R | Gallicolumba beccarii | Columbidae |
| White-breasted Fruit-dove | R | Ptilinopus rivoli | Columbidae |
| Great Cuckoo-dove | R | Reinwardtoena reinwardtil | Columbidae |
| Superb Fruit-dove | B | Ptilinopus superbus | Columbidae |
| Black-billed Cuckoo-dove | R | Macropygia nigrirostris | Columbidae |
| Ornate Fruit-dove | R | Ptilinopus ornatus | Columbidae |
| Dollarbird | B | Eurystomus orientalis | Coraciidae |
| Black Butcherbird | B | Cracticus quoyi | Cracticidae |
| Mountain Peltops | R | Peltops montanus | Cracticidae |
| Greater Black Coucal | NB | Centropus menbeki | Cuculidae |
| White-crowned Koel | R | Caliechthrus leucolophus | Cuculidae |
| Common Koel | B | Eudynamys scolopacea | Cuculidae |
| White-eared Bronze-cuckoo | R | Chrysococcyx meyerii | Cuculidae |
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo | R | Cacomantis flabelliformis | Cuculidae |
| Rufour-throated Bronze-cuckoo | R | Chrysococcyx ruficollis | Cuculidae |
| Brush Cuckoo | B | Cacomantis variolosus | Cuculidae |
| Canary Flycatcher | R | Microeca papuana | Eopsaltriidae |
| Garnet Robin | R | Eugerygone rubra | Eopsaltriidae |
| Black-throated Robin | R | Poecilodryas albonotata | Eopsaltriidae |
| Lesser Ground-robin | R | Amalocichla incerta | Eopsaltriidae |
| Torrent Flycatcher | R | Monachella muelleriana | Eopsaltriidae |
| Blue-grey Robin | R | Peneothello cyanus | Eopsaltriidae |
| Ashy Robin | R | Poccilodryas albispecularis | Eopsaltriidae |
| White-winged Robin | R | Peneothello sigillatus | Eopsaltriidae |
| Blue-faced Parrot-finch | R | Erythrura trichroa | Estrildidae |
| Papuan Parrot-finch | R | Erythrura papuana | Estrildidae |
| Hooded Mannakin | R | Lonchura spectabilis | Estrildidae |
| Peregrine Falcon | R | Falco peregrinus | Falconidae |
| Australian Kestrel | TM | Falco cenchroides | Falconidae |
| Brown Falcon | B | Falco berigora | Falconidae |
| Torrent-lark | R | Grallina bruijni | Grallinidae |
| Moustached Tree-swift | B | Hemiprocne mystacea | Hemiprocnidae |
| Long-tailed Shrike | R | Lanius schach | Laniidae |
| Orange-crowned Fairy-wren | R | Clytomyias insignis | Maluridae |
| White-shouldered Fairy-wren | R | Malurus alboscapulatus | Maluridae |
| Tit Berrypecker | R | Oreocharis arfaki | Melanocharitidae |
| Papuan Flowerpecker | B | Dicaeum pectorale | Melanocharitidae |
| Streaked Berrypecker | R | Melanocharis striatiuentris | Melanocharitidae |
| Mid-mountain Berrypecker | R | Melanocharis longicauda | Melanocharitidae |
| Spotted Berrypecker | R | Rhamphocharis crassirostris | Melanocharitidae |
| Fan-tailed Berrypecker | R | Melanocharis versteri | Melanocharitidae |
| Crested Berrypecker | R | Paramythia montium | Melanocharitidae |
| Marbled Honeyeater | R | Pycnopygius cinereus | Meliphagidae |
| Long-billed Honeyeater | B | Melilestes megarhynchus | Meliphagidae |
| Black-throated Honeyeater | R | Lichenostomus subfrenatus | Meliphagidae |
| Rufous-backed Honeyeater | R | Ptiloprora quisei | Meliphagidae |
| Yellowish Streaked Honeyeater | R | Ptiloprora meekiana | Meliphagidae |
| Grey-streaked Honeyeater | R | Ptiloprora perstriata | Meliphagidae |
| Belford's Melidectes | R | Melidectes belfordi | Meliphagidae |
| Mountain-red-headed Myzomela | R | Myzomela adolphinae | Meliphagidae |
| Olive Straightbill | R | Timeliopsis fulviqula | Meliphagidae |
| Yellow-browed Melidectes | R | Melidectes rufocrissalis | Meliphagidae |
| Mountain Meliphaga | B | Meliphaga orientalis | Meliphagidae |
| Red-collared Myzomela | R | Myzomela rosenbergii | Meliphagidae |
| Ornate Melidectes | R | Melidectes torquatus | Meliphagidae |
| Slaty-chinned Longbill | R | Toxorhamphus poliopterus | Meliphagidae |
| Twany-breasted Honeyeater | B | Xanthotis flaviventer | Meliphagidae |
| Scrub White-eared Meliphaga | R | Meliphaga albonotata | Meliphagidae |
| Common Smoky Honeyeater | R | Melipotes fumigatus | Meliphagidae |
| Rainbow Bee-eater | TM | Merops ornatus | Meropidae |
| Gray Wagtail | W | Motacilla cinerea | Motacillidae |
| Australasian Pipit | TM | Anthus novaeseelandiae | Motacillidae |
| Pied Bushchat | R | Saxicola caprata | Muscicapidae |
| Black-breasted Boatbill | R | Machaerirhynchus nigripectus | Myiagridae |
| Black Monarch | B | Monarcha axillaris | Myiagridae |
| Black Faced Monarch | B | Monarcha melanopsis | Myiagridae |
| Black Winged Monarch | TM | Monarcha frater | Myiagridae |
| Varied Sittella | R | Daphoenositta chrysoptera | Neosittadae |
| Black Sittella | R | Daphoenositta miranda | Neosittadae |
| Spotted Jewel-babbler | R | Ptilorahoa leucosticta | Orthonychidae |
| Logrunner | R | Orthonyx temminckii | Orthonychidae |
| Lesser Melampitta | R | Melampitta luqubris | Orthonychidae |
| Blue-capped Ifrita | R | Ifrita kowaldi | Orthonychidae |
| Varied Triller | B | Lalage leucomela | Pachycephalidae |
| Mottled Whistler | R | Rhagologus leucostigma | Pachycephalidae |
| Black Pitohui | R | Pitohui nigrescens | Pachycephalidae |
| Sclater's Whistler | R | Pachycephala soror | Pachycephalidae |
| Regent Whistler | R | Pachycephala schlegelii | Pachycephalidae |
| Brown-backed Whistler | R | Pachycephala modesta | Pachycephalidae |
| Black-headed Whistler | R | Pachycephala monacha | Pachycephalidae |
| Rufous-naped Whistler | R | Pachycephala rufinucha | Pachycephalidae |
| Wattled Ploughbill | R | Eulacestoma nigropectus | Pachycephalidae |
| Little Shrike-thrush | B | Colluricincia megarhyncha | Pachycephalidae |
| Buff-tailed Sicklebill | R | Epimachus albertisi | Paradisaeidae |
| Short-tailed Paradigalla | R | Paradidalla brevicauda | Paradisaeidae |
| King of Saxony Bird of Paradise | R | Pteridophora alberti | Paradisaeidae |
| Brown Sicklebill | R | Epimachus meyeri | Paradisaeidae |
| Stephanie's Astrapia | R | Astrapia stephaniae | Paradisaeidae |
| Loria's Bird of Paradise | R | Cnemophilus loriae | Paradisaeidae |
| Superb Bird of Paradise | R | Lophorina superba | Paradisaeidae |
| Raggiana Bird of Paradise | R | Paradisaea raggiana | Paradisaeidae |
| Black Sicklebill | R | Epimachus fastuosus | Paradisaeidae |
| Brown Quail | B | Coturnix australis | Phasianidae |
| Papuan Frogmouth | B | Podarqus papuensis | Podargidae |
| Marbled Frogmouth | B | Podarqus ocellatus | Podargidae |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | B | Trichoglossus haematodus | Psittacidae |
| Red-breasted Pygmy-parrot | B | Micropsitta bruijnii | Psittacidae |
| Plum-faced Lorikeet | R | Oreopsittacus arfaki | Psittacidae |
| Blue-Collared parrot | R | Geoffroyus simplex | Psittacidae |
| Dusky Lory | B | Pseudeos fuscata | Psittacidae |
| Orange-billed Lorikeet | R | Neopsittacus pullicauda | Psittacidae |
| Papuan Lorikeet | R | Charmosyna papou | Psittacidae |
| Madarasz Tiger-parrot | R | Psittacella madaraszi | Psittacidae |
| Josephine's Lorikeet | R | Charmosyna josefinae | Psittacidae |
| Modest Tiger-parrot | R | Psittacella modesta | Psittacidae |
| Little Red Lorikeet | R | Charmosyna pulchella | Psittacidae |
| Painted Tiger-parrot | R | Psittacella picta | Psittacidae |
| Pygmy Lorikeet | R | Charmosyna wilhelminae | Psittacidae |
| Brehm's Tiger-parrot | R | Psittacella brehmii | Psittacidae |
| Goldie's Lorikeet | R | Trichoglossus goldiei | Psittacidae |
| Double-eyed Fig-parrot | B | Cyclopsitta diophthalma | Psittacidae |
| Yellow-billed Lorikeet | R | Neopsittacus musschenbroekii | Psittacidae |
| Papuan King-parrot | R | Alisterus chloropterus | Psittacidae |
| Macgregor's Bowerbird | R | Amblyornis macgregoriae | Ptilonorhynchidae |
| Yellow-breasted Bowerbird | R | Chlamydera lauterbachi | Ptilonorhynchidae |
| Bare-eyed Rail | B | Eulabeornis plumbeiventris | Rallidae |
| Buff-banded Rail | R | Rallus philippensis | Rallidae |
| Lewin's Rail | R | Rallus pectoralis | Rallidae |
| Bush Hen | TM | Amaurornis olivaceus | Rallidae |
| Baillon's Crake | TM | Porzana pusilla | Rallidae |
| Forbes Forest-rail | R | Rallina forbesi | Rallidae |
| Dimorphic Fantail | R | Rhipidura brachyrhyncha | Rhipiduridae |
| Northern Fantail | R | Rhipidura rufiventris | Rhipiduridae |
| Willie Wagtail | B | Rhipidura leucophrys | Rhipiduridae |
| Black Fantail | R | Rhipidura atra | Rhipiduridae |
| Friendly Fantail | R | Rhipidura albolimbata | Rhipiduridae |
| Papuan Boobook | R | Ninox theomacha | Strigidae |
| Tawny Grassbird | R | Megalurus timorensis | Sylviidae |
| Island Leaf-warbler | R | Phylloscopus trivirgatus | Sylviidae |
| Island Thrush | R | Turdus poliocephalus | Turdidae |
| Sooty Owl | R | Tyto tenebricosa | Tytonidae |
| Grass Owl | R | Tyto capensis | Tytonidae |
| Western Mountain White-eye | R | Zosterops fuscicapillus | Zosteropidae |
| New Guinea White-eye | R | Zosterops novaeguineae | Zosteropidae |
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