**GREY PLOVER Pluvialis squatarola

Status Palearctic migrant. Uncommon Palearctic migrant to New Guinea (Bishop 2006) . First recorded on Biak on 12 October 1997, one on a sports field in Biak town (SvB). In early August 2010, Dutson (2010) noted one on an unidentified small island off Biak.