Species richness of birds along a rainforest elevational gradient in New Britain, Papua New Guinea

<b>Aim: </b>We examined bird communities along a forest elevational gradient in New Britain, Papua New Guinea.<b>Location: </b>Elevational gradient (500-1,100 m) in New Britain, Papua New Guinea<b>Taxon: </b>Birds<b>Methods: </b>We collected data on bird communities at four sites (200 m elevational increment) during one survey which lasted 9 days at site. We used point counts and mist-netting at each site. All methods are described in the associated Word file.<b>Results: </b>We recorded 6,514 bird individuals belonging to 87 bird species<b>Main conclusions: </b>We detected only very low decrease in species richness with increasing elevation, from 68 to 60 bird species.