*INTERMEDIATE EGRET Ardea intermedia

Range Biak, Numfor.

Status Regular visitor. Common year-round at wetlands throughout New Guinea. Mainly an Australian migrant but breeds in the southern Trans-Fly (Beehler & Pratt 2016). First recorded on Biak on 29 August 2015, seven at the tsunami swamp (KDB, eBird checklist S25951144). Subsequently, 1‒6 at the same site June‒December with a max. of eight on 8 August 2018 (W. Cook et al., eBird checklist S47710412).