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KEY of ABBREVIATIONS a 1-10, A= C10-15, A HERITAGE EXPEDITIONS MELANESIA DISCOVERER #1856 06 - 19 October 2018 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 11 Day 12 Day 13 Day 14 Day 15 Day 16 Day 17 Day 18 Day 19 Day 20 Day 21 Day 22 Day 23 Day 24 Day 25 Day 26 Day 27 Day 28 Day 29 Day 30 Species Area of Occurrence MELANESIAN MEGAPODE 1 PNG 1 H H KEY OF ABBREVIATIONS Megapodius eremita VANUATU MEGAPODE 2 VAN Megapodius layardi A 1-10, A= c10-15, A- about 15-30, A+ c80-100, PACIFIC BLACK DUCK 3 PNG 1 3 B 10-100, B= more than a hundred, Anas superciliosa B- low hundreds, C 100-1000, C- low thousands, SPOTTED WHISTLING DUCK 4 Dendrocygna guttata C+ high thousands, D tens of thousands (i.e. 10,000- WANDERING WHISTLING DUCK 100,000), D= more than ten thousand, D- low tens of 5 PNG Dendrocygna arcuata thousands, D+ high tens of thousands, E hundreds of RADJAH SHELDUCK 6 2 Tadorna radjah thousands (i.e. 100,000-1,000,000), H Heard Only VANUATU PETREL 7 VAN Pterodroma occulta MAGNIFICENT PETREL 8 VAN Pterodroma (brevipes) magnificens COLLARD PETREL 9 VAN Pterodroma brevipes TAHITI PETREL 10 R 1 Pseudobulweria rostrata BECK'S PETREL 11 PNG 4 Pseudobulweria becki STREAKED SHEARWATER 12 PNG Calonectris leucomelas CHRISTMAS SHEARWATER 13 R Puffinus nativitatis WEDGE-TAILED SHEARWATER 14 R Puffinus pacificus TROPICAL SHEARWATER 15 R Puffinus balloni HEINROTH'S SHEARWATER 16 PNG, SOL Puffinus heinrothi SHORT-TAILED SHEARWATER 17 R Puffinus tenuirostris FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER 18 R Puffinus carneipes BULWER'S PETREL 19 R Bulweria bulwerii WILSON'S STORM-PETREL 20 R Oceanites oceanicus POLYNESIAN STORM-PETREL 21 VAN Nesofregetta fuliginosa LEACH'S STORM-PETREL 22 R Oceanodroma leucorhoa LITTLE GREBE 23 PNG Tachybaptus ruficollis TRICOLORED GREBE 24 Tachybaptus tricolor WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD 25 R Phaethon lepturus HERITAGE EXPEDITIONS MELANESIA DISCOVERER #1856 06 - 19 October 2018 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 11 Day 12 Day 13 Day 14 Day 15 Day 16 Day 17 Day 18 Day 19 Day 20 Day 21 Day 22 Day 23 Day 24 Day 25 Day 26 Day 27 Day 28 Day 29 Day 30 Species Area of Occurrence YELLOW BITTERN 26 PNG Ixobrychus sinensis BLACK BITTERN 27 PNG, SOL Dupetor flavicollis NANKEEN NIGHT HERON 28 R 1 Nycticorax caledonicus STRIATED HERON 29 R 1 1 Butorides striata GREAT-BILLED HERON 30 Ardea sumatrana PIED HERON 31 2 Ardea picata EASTERN GREAT EGRET 32 R A Ardea modesta INTERMEDIATE EGRET 33 A Ardea intermedia LITTLE EGRET 34 5 Egretta garzetta CATTLE EGRET 35 A Bubulcus ibis PACIFIC REEF HERON 36 R 3 1 2 7 5 Egretta sacra GREAT FRIGATEBIRD 37 R 1 Fregata minor LESSER FRIGATEBIRD 38 R (A) 1 B B B A Fregata ariel RED-FOOTED BOOBY 39 R A A A 3 A Sula sula BROWN BOOBY 40 R A A Sula leucogaster LITTLE PIED CORMORANT 41 R A Microcarbo melanoleucos LITTLE BLACK CORMORANT 42 2 Phalacrocorax sulcirostris EASTERN OSPREY 43 R 1 2 1 1 2 Pandion cristatus PACIFIC BAZA 44 PNG, SOL 1 Aviceda subcristata BLACK HONEY BUZZARD 45 PNG Henicopernis infuscatus LONG-TAILED HONEY BUZZARD 46 PNG Henicopernis longicauda BRAHMINY KITE 47 PNG, SOL 2 5 5 A A A A A 4 A 2 2 Haliastur indus BLACK KITE 48 2 Milvus migrans WHISTLING KITE 49 A Haliastur sphenurus WHITE-BELLIED SEA EAGLE 50 PNG 2 2 1 Haliaeetus leucogaster HERITAGE EXPEDITIONS MELANESIA DISCOVERER #1856 06 - 19 October 2018 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 11 Day 12 Day 13 Day 14 Day 15 Day 16 Day 17 Day 18 Day 19 Day 20 Day 21 Day 22 Day 23 Day 24 Day 25 Day 26 Day 27 Day 28 Day 29 Day 30 Species Area of Occurrence SOLOMONS SEA EAGLE 51 SOL 1 Haliaeetus sanfordi PYGMY EAGLE 52 Hieraaetus weiskei SWAMP HARRIER 53 VAN Circus approximans VARIABLE GOSHAWK 54 PNG, SOL 1 1 1 Accipter hiogaster GREY-HEADED GOSHAWK 55 PNG Accipter poliocephalus BROWN GOSHAWK 56 VAN Accipiter fasciatus PIED GOSHAWK 57 PNG, SOL 1 Accipiter albogularis MEYER'S GOSHAWK 58 PNG, SOL Accipter meyerianus PEREGRINE FALCON 59 R Falco peregrinus WOODFORD'S RAIL 60 SOL H Nesoclopeus woodfordi BUFF-BANDED RAIL 61 R 1 Gallirallus philippensis ROVIANA RAIL 62 SOL Gallirallus rovianae PALE-VENTED BUSH-HEN 63 PNG, SOL Arnaurornis moluccana SPOTLESS CRAKE 64 SOL, VAN Porzana tabuensis WHITE-BROWED CRAKE 65 R Porzana cinerea PURPLE SWAMPHEN 66 R 3 Porphyrio porphyrio LITTLE CURLEW 67 Numenius minutus BEACH STONE-CURLEW 68 R 5 Esacus magnirostris BRISTLE-THIGHED CURLEW 69 Numenius tahitiensis LESSER SAND PLOVER 70 R A10 Charadrius mongolus GREATER SAND PLOVER 71 R Charadrius leschenaultii COMMON RINGED PLOVER 72 SOL Charadrius hiaticula BLACK-BELLIED PLOVER 73 6 Pluvialis squatarola PACIFIC GOLDEN PLOVER 74 A 8 3 A Pluvialis fulva COMB-CRESTED JACANA 75 PNG Irediparra gallinacea HERITAGE EXPEDITIONS MELANESIA DISCOVERER #1856 06 - 19 October 2018 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 11 Day 12 Day 13 Day 14 Day 15 Day 16 Day 17 Day 18 Day 19 Day 20 Day 21 Day 22 Day 23 Day 24 Day 25 Day 26 Day 27 Day 28 Day 29 Day 30 Species Area of Occurrence BAR-TAILED GODWIT 76 R 3 Limosa lapponica BLACK-TAILED GODWIT 77 3 5 Limosa limosa WHIMBREL 78 R 1 1 3 5 1 2 Numenius phaeopus GREY-TAILED TATTLER 79 R 1 Tringa brevipes WANDERING TATTLER 80 R 5 Tringa incana COMMON SANDPIPER 81 R 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 3 Actitis hypoleucos TEREK SANDPIPER 82 1 Xenus cinereus RUDDY TURNSTONE 83 R 2 Arenaria interpres RED-NECKED STINT 84 R Calidris ruficollis SHARP-TAILED SANDPIPER 85 R 1 9 Calidris acuminata BROWN NODDY 86 R A 1 A Anous stolidus BLACK NODDY 87 R 1 A B A B C B A Anous minutus WHITE TERN 88 R Gygis alba GREATER CRESTED TERN 89 R 2 A Thalasseus bergii LESSER CRESTED TERN 90 Thalasseus bengalensis LITTLE TERN 91 PNG 8 6 1 A A Sternula albifrons BRIDLED TERN 92 R A 4 Onychoprion anaethetus SOOTY TERN 93 R Onychoprion fuscatus ROSEATE TERN 94 R 1 3 Sterna dougalli BLACK-NAPED TERN 95 R A A A A Sterna sumatrana COMMON TERN 96 PNG, SOL 1 A A A 1 Sterna hirundo WHISKERED TERN 97 PNG A Chlidonias hybrida GREY-BACKED TERN 98 Onychoprion lunatus POMARINE SKUA 99 R Stercorarius pomarinus ARCTIC SKUA 100 R Stercorarius parasiticus HERITAGE EXPEDITIONS MELANESIA DISCOVERER #1856 06 - 19 October 2018 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 11 Day 12 Day 13 Day 14 Day 15 Day 16 Day 17 Day 18 Day 19 Day 20 Day 21 Day 22 Day 23 Day 24 Day 25 Day 26 Day 27 Day 28 Day 29 Day 30 Species Area of Occurrence LONG-TAILED SKUA 101 R Stercorarius longicaudus METALLIC (WHITE-THROATED) PIGEON 102 R Columba vitiensis SLENDER-BILLED CUCKOO-DOVE 103 PNG 2 Macropygia amboinensis BAR-TAILED CUCKOO-DOVE 104 PNG 1 Macropygia nigrirostris MACKINLAY'S CUCKOO-DOVE 105 R 2 A 2 1 4 5 Macropygia mackinlayi PIED CUCKOO-DOVE 106 PNG 2 Reinwardtoena browni CRESTED CUCKOO-DOVE 107 SOL Reinwardtoena crassirostris PACIFIC EMERALD DOVE 108 VAN Chalcophaps longirostris STEPHAN'S EMERALD DOVE 109 PNG, SOL 1 4 1 1 1 2 Chalcophaps stephani NICOBAR PIGEON 110 PNG, SOL 2 Caloenas nicobarica BRONZE GROUND DOVE 111 PNG, SOL Gallicolumba beccanii TANNA FRUIT DOVE 112 VAN Ptilinopus tannensis WOMPOO FRUIT DOVE 113 Ptilinopus magnificus SUPERB FRUIT DOVE 114 PNG, SOL A 1 Ptilinopus superbus CORONETED FRUIT DOVE 115 1 Ptilinopus coronulatus SILVER-CAPPED FRUIT DOVE 116 SOL Ptilinopus richardsii RED-BELLIED FRUIT DOVE 117 SOL, VAN Ptilinopus greyii WHITE-BIBBED FRUIT DOVE 118 PNG A Ptilinopus rivoli YELLOW-BIBBED FRUIT DOVE 119 PNG, SOL 1 4 A A Ptilinopus solomonensis CLARET-BREASTED FRUIT DOVE 120 PNG, SOL 2 Ptilinopus viridis WHITE-HEADED FRUIT DOVE 121 SOL Ptilinopus eugeniae KNOB-BILLED FRUIT DOVE 122 PNG 1 A 2 Ptilinopus insolitus ORANGE-FRONTED FRUIT DOVE 123 1+ Ptilinopus aurantiifrons ORANGE-BELLIED FRUIT DOVE 124 1 Ptilinopus iozonus DWARF FRUIT DOVE 125 Ptilinopus nainus HERITAGE EXPEDITIONS MELANESIA DISCOVERER #1856 06 - 19 October 2018 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 11 Day 12 Day 13 Day 14 Day 15 Day 16 Day 17 Day 18 Day 19 Day 20 Day 21 Day 22 Day 23 Day 24 Day 25 Day 26 Day 27 Day 28 Day 29 Day 30 Species Area of Occurrence PINK-SPOTTED FRUIT DOVE 126 Ptilinopus perlatus PACIFIC IMPERIAL PIGEON 127 R Ducula pacifica RED-KNOBBED IMPERIAL PIGEON 128 PNG, SOL A 6 5 A 6 Ducula rubricera ISLAND IMPERIAL PIGEON 129 PNG. SOL A A 1 A A 2 A A 2 Ducula pistrinaria COLLARED IMPERIAL PIGEON 130 A- Ducula mullerii FINSCH'S IMPERIAL PIGEON 131 PNG 1 Ducula finschii CHESTNUT-BELLIED IMPERIAL PIGEON 132 SOL Ducula brenchleyi TORRESIAN IMPERIAL PIGEON 133 A 4 Ducula spilorrhoa VANUATU IMPERIAL PIGEON 134 VAN Ducula bakeri BLACK IMPERIAL PIGEON 135 PNG A Ducula melanochroa ZOE'S IMPERIAL PIGEON 136 Ducula zoeae PINON'S IMPERIAL PIGEON 137 3 A Ducula pinon YELLOWISH IMPERIAL PIGEON 138 PNG 1 1 Ducula subflavescens PALE MOUNTAIN PIGEON 139 SOL A Gymnophaps solomonensis PAPUAN MOUNTAIN PIGEON 140 PNG Gymnophaps albertisii PALM COCKATOO 141 Probosciger aterrimus SULPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOO 142 6 5 Cacatua galerita SOLOMONS COCKATOO 143 SOL A A A 4 Cacatua ducorpsii BLUE-EYED COCKATOO 144 PNG 3 Cacatua ophthalmica BISMARK HANGING PARROT 145 PNG Loriculus tener BUFF-FACED PYGMY PARROT 146 PNG 6 4 Micropsitta pusio MEEK'S PYGMY PARROT 147 PNG A 8 Micropsitta meeki FINSCH'S PYGMY PARROT 148 PNG, SOL 4 3 Micropsitta finschii ORANGE-BREASTED FIG PARROT 149 Cyclopsitta gulielmiterti EDWARD'S FIG PARROT 150 Cyclopsitta edwardsii HERITAGE EXPEDITIONS MELANESIA DISCOVERER #1856 06 - 19 October 2018 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 11 Day 12 Day 13 Day 14 Day 15 Day 16 Day 17 Day 18 Day 19 Day 20 Day 21 Day 22 Day 23 Day 24 Day 25 Day 26 Day 27 Day 28 Day 29 Day 30 Species Area of Occurrence CARDINAL
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