**FAR EASTERN CURLEW Numenius madagascariensis Endangered

Local name Man Sibin (Sansundi).

Status Palearctic migrant. Uncommon passage migrant to New Guinea (Beehler & Pratt 2016) . On Biak, seven at the tsunami swamp, 23 August 2019 (K. Behrens, eBird checklist S59190619). The first and only record on any Teluk Cenderawasih Island.