‘The D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea, forms a BirdLife International-designated Endemic Bird Area (EBA 196), with scientific knowledge of the local taxa considered to be poor (Stattersfield 1998). High levels of endemism in this archipelago are likely the product of these being true oceanic islands that were never connected to the New Guinea mainland and are separated by 18km at their closest point from mainland New Guinea. The archipelago consists of three main islands, Goodenough, Fergusson and Normandby, with the middle island in the chain, Fergusson, being the largest of the three. The lowland bird communities of these islands overlap with mainland New Guinea (Mayr & Van Deusen 1956), but are substantially less diverse due to the dispersal barrier presented by the open water channel between the mainland and the islands (Diamond 1972). Many species from the mainland are represented in the archipelago by phenotypically distinct subspecies that could represent future splits into endemic species (cite field guides). Hill and montane habitats contain all of the D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago’s currently recognized endemic species: Goldie’s Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisea decora), Black-naped Pheasant-pigeon (Otidiphaps insularis), Long-billed Myzomela (Myzomela longirostris), and Oya Tabu White-eye (Zosterops crookshanki).’