Mai Veikau – Tales of Fijian Wildlife

Mai Veikau – Tales of Fijian Wildlife By Dick Watling

Illustrated by Ian Rolls

Soft Cover, Colour & B&W illustrations, 160 pages

An immensely popular introduction to Fiji’s varied wildlife. 30 short stories written in a popular style but factual and informative.

There is no better reference for learning about Fiji’s snakes or why Banded Sea Krait’s should be treated with respect (Fiji’s Snakes: Fact and Fiction).

• Why Taveuni’s stick insect shocked the scientific world (Taveuni’s Mythical Mimimata); 
• some of the most successful biological control work in the world (A Coconut Trilogy) 
• Fiddlers on the Reef; 
• Tombs of the Living Dead;
• When the Vunivalu was bitten.

Fiji’s Natural Heritage By Paddy Ryan

Fiji’s Natural Heritage By Paddy Ryan

First published in 1988 to critical acclaim, the second edition is now out.

This time in a hard cover with a staggering 500 color photos and an enormous compendium of useful information packed into 288 pages.

You cannot get a better introduction to the breadth of Fiji’s wildlife – a masterpiece and labour of love for Paddy.

Important Bird Areas in Fiji Conserving Fiji's Natural Heritage

By Guy Dutson and Vilikesa Masibalavu

Fiji supports a diverse range of birds, many of which are found nowhere else in the world. This book presents the best sites for bird conservation to strengthen and add to Fiji’s existing protected area system.

This book documents the results of a three-year research project to identify sites of global importance for bird conservation in Fiji. It draws on all previously published research on Fiji’s birds but relies mostly on data obtained from the 43 field surveys undertaken by this project. Those sites found to meet or exceed the selection criteria as defined by BirdLife

International are designated as Important Bird Areas (IBAs). IBA designation has no legal basis but it provides a strong scientific justification for the conservation of these areas.

Fourteen sites have been identified as IBAs, covering about 17% of Fiji’s land area and about 40% of Fiji’s remaining forest. These IBAs comprise the largest remaining areas of natural forests on the main islands (Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Taveuni, Kadavu and Gau) plus the whole of two small islands which each support a threatened bird species found nowhere else (Rotuma and Ogea) and Vatu-i-Ra, which supports Fiji’s biggest seabird nesting colony. The safeguard of these areas is vital for the conservation of Fiji’s threatened and endemic bird species. Fiji holds 11 species threatened with global Extinction and another six classified as Near Threatened. It also has sole responsibility for 27 national endemic species, while another ten species are shared only with its smaller closest neighbours. 

The network of 14 IBAs supports all the known populations of the most threatened species and >40% of the populations of the other threatened and endemic species. Conservation of these IBAs requires awareness, commitment and action from government through to native land-owners. BirdLife International aims to work with land-owners to promote conservation awareness and action, and to help the government and all the people of Fiji to ensure survival of these birds and other wildlife for the benefit of future generations of Fijians.

ISBN:  978-982-9101-01-3 

72 p. 24.4 cm;  © 2006 BirdLife International

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

Pocket Poster Guide to the Birds of Fiji - Sea and Shore Birds.

Pocket Poster Guide to the Birds of Fiji - Sea and Shore Birds. By Dick Watling

Reluctant to take your valued field guide into Fiji’s wet and humid forests or out to sea ? We certainly know the problem !

These could be the answer – a two part, pocket-sized (10x14cm) guide with a tough, laminated cover, cleverly designed and folded to be read as a book and opening out to the desired habitat.

Every breeding bird and regular migrant is illustrated in full colour and each bird has a paragraph of text with local names and identification and size information.

Otherwise fold out these posters to their full AO size for an informative wall chart or interpretive display.

Fiji Map

A superb travel guide in the form of a map. This detailed map highlights all the larger Fiji Islands plus inset maps of Lautoka, Nadi, Suva and Sigatoka. Almost an entire side of this map is devoted to providing information on Fiji, its scenic attractions, points of interest, tourist resorts, and facilities available.



ISBN13: 9781865001838
Map Date: 2005
Edition: 5
Scale: 1:600 000

Pocket Poster Guide to the Birds of Fiji: - Landbirds.

Pocket Poster Guide to the Birds of Fiji: - Landbirds. By Dick Watling

Reluctant to take your valued field guide into Fiji’s wet and humid forests or out to sea ?

We certainly know the problem !

These could be the answer – a two part, pocket-sized (10x14cm) guide with a tough, laminated cover, cleverly designed and folded to be read as a book and opening out to the desired habitat.

Every breeding bird and regular migrant is illustrated in full colour and each bird has a paragraph of text with local names and identification and size information.

Otherwise fold out these posters to their full AO size for an informative wall chart or interpretive display.