**RUDDY TURNSTONE Arenaria interpres

Status Palearctic migrant. Widespread Palearctic migrant to New Guinea (Bishop 2006) . Surprisingly, there are just two records for Biak. 30 September 1989: one on Biak’s south coast (KDB). 13 January 1994: six on Owi (P. Gregory in litt. 2000) .