Feb 8, 2009

birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder

Number of bird species:133

Number of endemics:22
Fiji Goshawk Accipiter rufitorques Orange Dove Ptilinopus victor Golden Dove Ptilinopus luteovirens Velvet Dove Ptilinopus layardi Peale`s Imperial-Pigeon Ducula latrans Crimson Shining-Parrot Prosopeia splendens Masked Shining-Parrot Prosopeia personata Collared Lory Phigys solitarius Orange-breasted Myzomela Myzomela jugularis Wattled Honeyeater Foulehaio carunculata Kadavu Honeyeater Xanthotis provocator Giant Honeyeater Gymnomyza viridis Streaked Fantail Rhipidura spilodera Kadavu Fantail Rhipidura personata Slaty Monarch Mayrornis lessoni Fiji Shrikebill Clytorhynchus vitiensis Black-throated Shrikebill Clytorhynchus nigrogularis Vanikoro Flycatcher Myiagra vanikorensis Blue-crested Flycatcher Myiagra azureocapilla Fiji Woodswallow Artamus mentalis Layard`s White-eye Zosterops explorator Fiji Bush-Warbler Cettia ruficapilla Fiji Parrot-Finch Erythrura pealii

Useful reading

A Guide to the Birds of Fiji and Western Polynesia including American Samoa, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu and Wallis & Futuna
By Dick Watling Hard Cover; 16 Full Colour Plates; Figures, Tables & Maps; 272 pages.
ISBN: 9829030040

Important Bird Areas in Fiji
Conserving Fiji's Natural Heritage Edited by Vilikesa T Masibalavu and Guy Dutson 66 pages, 50 Col photos, 14 tabs, 17 maps. BirdLife International Distributed by NHBS
ISBN: 9829101010

Pocket Poster Guide to the Birds of Fiji - Volume 1 - Landbirds
Dick Watling Series: POCKET POSTER GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF FIJI Col illus. Distributed by NHBS - other posters available too...
ISBN: 99085

birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder

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