Best of Micronesia: Rabaul to Palau Wildlife list Compiled by Brent Stephenson KEY: X Confirmed sighting H Heard record ? Unconfirmed sighting I Introduced E Endemic Species Scientific name 26-Feb 27-Feb 28-Feb 1-Mar 2-Mar 3-Mar 4-Mar 5-Mar 6-Mar 7-Mar 8-Mar 9-Mar 10-Mar 11-Mar Birds 1 Magpie goose Anseranas semipalmata X 2 E Melanesian scrubfowl Megapodius eremita X 3 Bulwer's petrel Bulweria bulwerii X 4 Christmas shearwater Puffinus nativitatis X 5 Tropical shearwater Puffinus bailloni X X 6 Matsudaira's storm-petrel Oceandroma matsudairae X 7 White-tailed tropicbird Phaethon lepturus X X X X 8 Lesser frigatebird Fregata ariel X X X 9 Great frigatebird Fregata minor X X 10 Masked booby Sula dactylatra X 11 Brown booby Sula leucogaster X X X X 12 Red-footed booby Sula sula X X X 13 Yellow bittern Ixobrychus sinensis X 14 Pacific reef-egret Egretta sacra X X X X X X 15 Black-crowned night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax X 16 Australian ibis Threskiornis molucca X 17 Straw-necked ibis Threskiornis spinicollis X 18 Osprey Pandion haliaetus X 19 White-bellied sea-eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster X 20 Buff-banded rail Gallirallus philippensis H 21 Bush thick-knee Burhinus grallarius X 22 Pacific golden-plover Pluvialis fulva X X X X X X X 23 Masked lapwing Vanellus miles X 24 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus X 25 Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres X X X X 26 Common sandpiper Tringa hypoleucos X 27 Grey-tailed tattler Tringa brevipes X X X X X 28 Silver gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae X 29 Brown (Common) noddy Anous stolidus X X X X X X X X X X X 30 Black noddy Anous minutus X X X X X X X X X X 31 White tern Gygis alba X X X X X X X X X X X Species Scientific name 26-Feb 27-Feb 28-Feb 1-Mar 2-Mar 3-Mar 4-Mar 5-Mar 6-Mar 7-Mar 8-Mar 9-Mar 10-Mar 11-Mar 32 Sooty tern Onychoprion fuscatus X X 33 Grey-backed tern Onychoprion lunatus X 34 Gull-billed tern Gelochelidon nilotica X 35 Black-naped tern Sterna sumatrana X X X 36 Great crested tern Thalasseus bergii X X X X X X 37 I Feral pigeon Columba livia X 38 E Mackinlay's cuckoo-dove Macropygia mackinlayi X 39 E Stephan's dove Chalcophaps stephani X 40 E Caroline Islands ground-dove Alopecoenas kubaryi X 41 Peaceful dove Geopelia placida X 42 Nicobar pigeon Caloenas nicobarica X 43 Purple-capped fruit-dove Ptilinopus ponapensis X X 44 E Palau fruit-dove Ptilinopus pelewensis X 45 E Yellow-bibbed fruit-dove Ptilinopus solomonensis X 46 E Micronesian pigeon Ducula oceanica X X 47 Torresian Imperial-pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa X 48 Glossy swiftlet Collocalia esculenta X 49 E Palau swiftlet Aerodramus pelewensis X 50 E Caroline Islands swiftlet Aerodramus inquietus X X 51 E Palau kingfisher Todiramphus pelewensis X 52 E Pohnpei kingfisher Todiramphus reichenbachii X 53 Collared kingfisher Todiramphus chloris H X 54 Sulphur-crested cockatoo Cacatua galerita X 55 Eclectus parrot Eclectus roratus H 56 Rainbow lorikeet (Coconut lorikeet) Trichoglossus haematodus X X 57 E Pohnpei lorikeet Trichoglossus rubiginosus X 58 E Micronesian myzomela Myzomela rubratra X X 59 E Bismarck black myzomela Myzomela pammelaena X 60 Brown honeyeater Lichmera indistincta X 61 White-breasted wood-swallow Artamus leucorhynchus X X 62 Black-tailed whistler Pachycephala melanura X 63 E Morningbird Pachycephala tenebrosa X 64 Willie wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys X X 65 E Palau fantail Rhipidura lepida X 66 E Pohnpei fantail Rhipidura kubaryi X 67 E Island monarch Monarcha cinerascens X 68 Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca X 69 E Palau flycatcher Myiagra erythrops X 70 E Pohnpei flycatcher Myiagra pluto X Species Scientific name 26-Feb 27-Feb 28-Feb 1-Mar 2-Mar 3-Mar 4-Mar 5-Mar 6-Mar 7-Mar 8-Mar 9-Mar 10-Mar 11-Mar 71 E Oceanic flycatcher Myiagra oceanica X 72 Barn swallow Hirundo rustica X 73 Welcome swallow Hirundo neoxena X 74 Pacific swallow Hirundo tahitica X 75 E Palau bush warbler Horornis annae X 76 E Caroline Islands reed warbler Acrocephalus syrinx X X 77 E Giant white-eye Megazosterops palauensis X 78 E Caroline Islands white-eye Zosterops semperi X X 79 E Dusky white-eye Zosterops finschii X 80 I Common myna Acridotheres tristis X 81 Metallic starling Aplonis metallica X 82 Singing starling Aplonis cantoroides X 83 E Micronesian starling Aplonis opaca X X X X X X X X 84 I Eurasian tree sparrow Passer montanus X X 85 I Mottled munia Lonchura hunsteini X TOTAL NUMBER OF SPECIES 19 17 0 10 5 20 9 19 6 7 8 11 10 26 Marine mammals Bottle-nosed dolphin Tursiops truncatus X Spinner dolphin Stenella longirostris X X Short-finned pilot whale Globicephala macrorhynchus X Pacific sheath-tailed bat Emballonura semicaudata X Other Flying fish X X X X X X X X X Monday, 26 February 2018 Cairns to Rabaul X Tuesday, 27 February 2018 Tingwon Island X Wednesday, 28 February 2018 At Sea X Thursday, 1 March 2018 Kapingamarangi X Friday, 2 March 2018 Nukuoro Atoll X Saturday, 3 March 2018 Pohnpei Island X Sunday, 4 March 2018 Oroluk Atoll X Monday, 5 March 2018 Chuuk (Truk) Island X Tuesday, 6 March 2018 Pulap Atoll X Wednesday, 7 March 2018 Satawal Island X Thursday, 8 March 2018 Ifalik Atoll X Friday, 9 March 2018 Sorol Island X.