Key Biodiversity Areas

Baining Mountains (45018)
Papua New Guinea, Australasia

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AmphibiaCornufer boulengeriBoulenger's PlatymantisLC2012link-icon
AmphibiaCornufer schmidtiSchmidt's Wrinkled Ground FrogLC2012link-icon
AmphibiaCornufer akarithymusPomugu Wrinkled Ground FrogVU2012link-icon
AvesCacatua ophthalmicaBlue-eyed CockatooVU2012link-icon
AvesHenicopernis infuscatusBlack Honey-buzzardVU2012link-icon
AvesHenicophaps foersteriNew Britain BronzewingVU2012link-icon
AvesNinox odiosaNew Britain BoobookVU2012link-icon
AvesTyto aurantiaGolden Masked-owlVU2012link-icon
MammaliaDobsonia anderseniAndersen's Bare-backed Fruit BatLC2012link-icon
MammaliaPteropus capistratusBismarck Flying FoxNT2012link-icon
MammaliaKerivoula myrellaManus Island Woolly BatDD2012link-icon
MammaliaMelonycteris melanopsBlack-bellied Blossom BatLC2012link-icon
AvesColumba pallidicepsYellow-legged PigeonVU2012link-icon
AvesMegalurulus rubiginosusRusty ThicketbirdLC2012link-icon
AvesMegalurulus grosvenoriBismarck ThicketbirdVU2012link-icon
AmphibiaAustrochaperina novaebritanniaeVU2012link-icon
PapilionoideaPapilio moerneriEN2012link-icon
AvesGallirallus insignisNew Britain RailNT2012link-icon
AvesAccipiter brachyurusNew Britain SparrowhawkVU2012link-icon
AvesAccipiter luteoschistaceusSlaty-backed GoshawkVU2012link-icon
AvesAccipiter princepsNew Britain GoshawkVU2012link-icon
MammaliaHydromys neobritannicusNew Britain Water RatDD2012link-icon
MammaliaDobsonia praedatrixBismarck Bare-backed Fruit BatLC2012link-icon
MammaliaPteropus gilliardorumGilliard's Flying FoxDD2012link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Baining Mountains. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 19, 2025.