**BROWN BOOBY Sula leucogaster

Status Regular visitor. Small numbers throughout New Guinea waters year-round but only known to breed in the South-East Islands (Beehler & Pratt 2016). 4 July 1982: single between Biak and Kuneff, Supiori (KDB). D. Lopez-Velasco (in litt. 2021) noted it regularly along the south coast of Biak and during the crossing to Numfor including c.15 on 5 July 2017.