Mount Karimui

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Mount Karimui
Mount Karimui
Geography
Country Papua New Guinea
StateChimbu Province

Mount Karimui is an extinct volcano located in the southern region of the Central Ranges in Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea. [1] It has a blown out caldera, and a series of discrete peaks that rise out of the Karimui Plateau (which is at c.1100). The discrete peaks are tallest on the north end where they reach c.2550 meters. [1]

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Ecology

Mount Karimui is covered in primary forest. [1]

Wildlife

In July 2016 the first field observation of the Karimui owlet-nightjar occurred on the north-east ridge of the mountain. [2]

Climate change

87 bird species found on the mountain have shifting their ranges up the mountain by an average of 370 feet due to warming in the area. [3] The annual mean temperature of the area has increased by 0.7 degrees Fahrenheit in the past 50 years. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The avifauna of Mt. Karimui, Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea, including evidence for long-term population dynamics in undisturbed tropical forest". ResearchGate. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
  2. ↑ "https://bioone.org/journals/bulletin-of-the-british-ornithologists-club/volume-137/issue-2/bboc.v137i2.2017.a7/First-field-observation-of-Karimui-Owlet-Nightjar-Aegotheles-bennettii-terborghi/10.25226/bboc.v137i2.2017.a7.full". doi:10.25226/bboc.v137i2.2017.a7.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help); External link in |title= (help)
  3. 1 2 "Climate Change Pushing Tropical Birds Up the Mountain…and Off". All About Birds. 18 February 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2026.

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