*GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea

Range Biak, Yapen.

Status Palearctic migrant. Common and widespread Palearctic migrant to New Guinea (Beehler & Pratt 2016) . 7 October 1997: one along the road at Wadibu, Biak. Also recorded by S. F. Bailey (in Beehler & Pratt 2016) but no details. 2 October 2015: two along a forest-lined road near Warafri (R. Tizard, eBird checklist S51365737).