*WHIMBREL Numenius phaeopus #

Local name Man Sibin (Sansundi).

Range N. p. variegatus Biak, Supiori, Owi, Yapen.

Status Palearctic migrant. Common Palearctic migrant to New Guinea (Bishop 2006) . Moderately common on Biak and Supiori where regularly seen in coastal habitats, especially mangroves, in July‒November (eBird) and on 21 March 1993 (J. Diamond & KDB). 13 January 1994: four on Owi (P. Gregory in litt. 2000).