Faces of Polynesia: Fiji to Tahiti Wildlife List -- October 22 - November 7, 2017 Produced by Brian Gibbons Date of sighting in October and November 2017 Key for Locations on Page 4 Common Name Scientific Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Megapodes Megapodiidae Niuafoou Scrubfowl ( E ) Megapodius pritchardii X Shearwaters & Petrels Procellariidae Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis X Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata X X Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica X X Tropicbirds Phaethontidae White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus X X X X X X X Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda X X X Frigatebirds Fregatidae Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel X X X X Great Frigatebird Fregata minor X X X X X Boobies & Gannets Sulidae Masked Booby Sula dactylatra X Brown Booby Sula leucogaster X X X X X X Red-footed Booby Sula sula X X X X X X X X Herons, Egrets & Bitterns Ardeidae White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae X Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra X X X X X X X X X X X Striated (Little) Heron Butorides striata X Hawks, Eagles & Kites Accipitridae Swamp Harrier Circus approximans X X Fiji Goshawk (E) Accipiter rufitorques X Rails, Gallinules & Coots Rallidae Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis X X Plovers & Lapwings Charadriidae Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva X X X Sandpipers & Allies Scolopacidae Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres X X Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Common Name Scientific Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Wandering Tattler Tringa incana X X X X X X X X Gulls, Terns & Skimmers Laridae Brown (Common) Noddy Anous stolidus X X X X X X X X X X X Black Noddy Anous minutus X X X X X X X White Tern Gygis alba X X X X X X X X X X X X Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus X X X Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana X X Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii X X X X X X X Pigeons & Doves Columbidae Rock Pigeon (I) Columba livia X X X Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis X Zebra Dove (I) Geopelia striata X X Many-colored Fruit-Dove ( E ) Ptilinopus perousii X Crimson-crowned Fruit-Dove (E) Ptilinopus porphyraceus X X X X X Cook Islands Fruit-Dove (E) Ptilinopus rarotongensis X Gray-green Fruit-Dove (E) Ptilinopus purpuratus X X Orange Dove (E) Ptilinopus victor X Pacific Imperial-Pigeon (E) Ducula pacifica X X X X X X Peale's Imperial-Pigeon (E) Ducula latrans X Cuckoos Cuculidae Long-tailed Koel Urodynamis taitensis X Swifts Apodidae White-rumped Swiftlet (E) Aerodramus spodiopygius X X X X X X Atiu Swiftlet (E) Aerodramus sawtelli X Polynesian Swiftlet (E) Aerodramus leucophaeus X Kingfishers Alcedinidae Society Kingfisher (E) Todiramphus veneratus X Chattering Kingfisher (E) Todiramphus tutus X X Pacific Kingfisher (E) Todiramphus sacer X X X X Old World Parrots Psittaculidae Red Shining-Parrot (E) Prosopeia tabuensis X Collared Lory (E) Phigys solitarius X X Blue-crowned Lorikeet (E) Vini australis X X Common Name Scientific Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Kuhl's Lorikeet (E) Vini kuhli X Blue Lorikeet (E) Vini peruviana X Honeyeaters Meliphagidae Orange-breasted Myzomela (E) Myzomela jugularis X Chattering Giant-Honeyeater (E) Gymnomyza viridis X Western Wattled-Honeyeater (E) Foulehaio procerior X Eastern Wattled-Honeyeater (E) Foulehaio carunculatus X X Northern Wattled-Honeyeater (E) Foulehaio taviuensis X Woodswallows Artamidae Fiji Woodswallow (E) Artamus mentalis X Cuckooshrikes Campephagidae Polynesian Triller (E) Lalage maculosa X X X Whistlers & Allies Pachycephalidae Tongan Whistler (E) Pachycephala jacquinoti X Golden Whistler (E) Pachycephala pectoralis HO Fantails Rhipiduridae Taveuni Silktail (E) Lamprolia victoriae X Streaked Fantail (E) Rhipidura spilodera X Monarch Flycatchers Monarchidae Tahiti Monarch (E) Pomarea nigra X Rarotonga Monarch (E) Pomarea dimidiata X Slaty Monarch (E) Mayrornis lessoni Fiji Shrikebill (E) Clytorhynchus vitiensis HO Vanikoro Flycatcher (E) Myiagra vanikorensis X X Azure-crested Flycatcher (E) Myiagra azureocapilla HO Swallows Hirundinidae Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica X X Bulbuls Pycnonotidae Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer X X X White-eyes, Yuhinas & Allies Zosteropidae Layard's White-eye (E) Zosterops explorator X Common Name Scientific Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Silver-eye Zosterops lateralis X Thrushes & Allies Turdidae Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus X Starlings Sturnidae Polynesian Starling (E) Aplonis tabuensis X X X X X Common Myna Acridotheres tristis X X X X X Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus X X X X Waxbills & Allies Estrildidae Common Waxbill (I) Estrilda astrild X Red Avadavat Amandava amandava X Fiji Parrotfinch (E) Erythrura pealii X X Chestnut-breasted Munia Lonchura castaneothorax X Rorquals Balaenopteridae Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae X Marine Dolphins Delphinidae Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus X Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris Short-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala macrorhynchus X KEY 1 - October 24 ~ Nadi, Fiji 2 - October 25 ~ Taveuni 3 - October 26 ~ Futuna, Territory of Wallis & Futuna 4 - October 27 ~ Wallis 5 - October 28 ~ Niuafo’ou, Kingdom of Tonga 6 - October 29 ~ Fonualei Island / Toku / Vava’u 7 - October 30 ~ Neiafu. Vava’u Islands 8 - October 30 ~ Alofi, Niue 9 - October 31 ~ At Sea 10 - November 1 ~ Palmerston, Cook Islands 11 - November 2 ~ Aitutaki 12 - November 3 ~ Atiu 13 - November 4 ~ Mopelia Atoll 14 - November 5 ~ Bora Bora, Society Islands, French Polynesia 15 - November 6 ~ Papeete, Tahiti.