Trip Report: Fiji (2022-04-30 - 2022-05-10)
Citrus Fiddler Crab (Austruca citrus)
FIji Streaked Fantail (Rhipidura consobrinus)
Pacific Kingfisher (Todiramphus sacer)
Northern Wattled-Honeyeater (Foulehaio taviunensis)
Pacific Kingfisher (Todiramphus sacer)
Citrus Fiddler Crab (Austruca citrus)
Forest Crab (Sesarmops atrorubens)
Vanikoro Flycatcher (Myiagra vanikorensis)
White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
Citrus Fiddler Crab (Austruca citrus)
Polynesian Triller (Lalage maculosa)
Peale's Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula latrans)
Peale's Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula latrans)
Vanikoro Flycatcher (Myiagra vanikorensis) - Viti Levu
Pacific Reef-Heron (Egretta sacra)
Fiji Goshawk (Accipiter rufitorques)
Slaty Monarch (Mayrornis lessoni)
Pacific Swallow (Hirundo javanica)
Crimson Shining-Parrot (Prosopeia splendens)
Pacific Kingfisher (Todiramphus sacer) - Kadavu
Vanikoro Flycatcher (Myiagra vanikorensis)
Fiji Boa (Candoia bibroni)
Red Shining-Parrot (Prosopeia tabuensis)
Fiji Shrikebill (Clytorhynchus vitiensis)
Vanikoro Flycatcher (Myiagra vanikorensis) - Female
Fiji Woodswallow (Artamus mentalis)
Hypolimnas Butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina)
Meadow Argus (Junonia villida)
Australian Lurcher (Yoma sabina)
Common Grass Yellow (Eurema hecabe)
Orb-weaver Spider (Leucauge hebridisiana)
Fiji Goshawk (Accipiter rufitorques)
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Citrus Fiddler Crab (Austruca citrus)
FIji Streaked Fantail (Rhipidura consobrinus)
Pacific Kingfisher (Todiramphus sacer)
Northern Wattled-Honeyeater (Foulehaio taviunensis)
Pacific Kingfisher (Todiramphus sacer)
Citrus Fiddler Crab (Austruca citrus)
Forest Crab (Sesarmops atrorubens)
Vanikoro Flycatcher (Myiagra vanikorensis)
White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
Citrus Fiddler Crab (Austruca citrus)
Polynesian Triller (Lalage maculosa)
Peale's Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula latrans)
Peale's Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula latrans)
Vanikoro Flycatcher (Myiagra vanikorensis) - Viti Levu
Pacific Reef-Heron (Egretta sacra)
Fiji Goshawk (Accipiter rufitorques)
Slaty Monarch (Mayrornis lessoni)
Pacific Swallow (Hirundo javanica)
Crimson Shining-Parrot (Prosopeia splendens)
Pacific Kingfisher (Todiramphus sacer) - Kadavu
Vanikoro Flycatcher (Myiagra vanikorensis)
Fiji Boa (Candoia bibroni)
Red Shining-Parrot (Prosopeia tabuensis)
Fiji Shrikebill (Clytorhynchus vitiensis)
Vanikoro Flycatcher (Myiagra vanikorensis) - Female
Fiji Woodswallow (Artamus mentalis)
Hypolimnas Butterfly (Hypolimnas bolina)
Meadow Argus (Junonia villida)
Australian Lurcher (Yoma sabina)
Common Grass Yellow (Eurema hecabe)
Orb-weaver Spider (Leucauge hebridisiana)
Fiji Goshawk (Accipiter rufitorques)
A short trip to Fiji where we visited four islands
Sites Visited
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (74 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(9 records)
Class: Arachnids
(1 record)
- Order: Spiders
(1 record)
- Family: Long-jawed Orbweavers
- Fiji Leucauge (Leucauge hebridisiana)
Class: Insects
(6 records)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(5 records)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Australian Lurcher (Yoma sabina)
- Great Eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina)
- Meadow Argus (Junonia villida)
- Family: Swallowtails and Parnassians
- Fiji Swallowtail (Papilio schmeltzi)
- Family: Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs
- Common Grass Yellow (Eurema hecabe)
- Order: True Bugs
(1 record)
- Family: Stink Bugs
- Kadavu Stink Bug (Axiagastus cambelli)
Class: Malacostracans
(2 records)
- Order: Crabs
(2 records)
- Family: Ghost Crabs
- Citrus Fiddler Crab (Austruca citrus)
- Family: Land Crab
- Forest Crab (Sesarmops atrorubens)
Phylum: Chordates
(65 records)
Class: Birds
(60 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
- Order: Boobies
(1 record)
- Family: Boobies and Gannets
- Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(9 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Golden Dove (Ptilinopus luteovirens)
- Many-colored Fruit-Dove (Ptilinopus perousii)
- Metallic Pigeon (Columba vitiensis)
- Orange Dove (Ptilinopus victor)
- Peale's Imperial-Pigeon (Ducula latrans)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Shy Ground Dove (Pampusana stairi)
- Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
- Whistling Dove (Ptilinopus layardi)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Fiji Goshawk (Tachyspiza rufitorques)
- Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Swifts
- White-rumped Swiftlet (Aerodramus spodiopygius)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Pacific Kingfisher (Todiramphus sacer)
- Order: Parrots (4 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(5 records)
- Family: Frigatebirds
- Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel)
- Family: Herons
- Little Heron (Butorides atricapilla)
- Pacific Reef-Heron (Egretta sacra)
- White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)
- Order: Perching Birds
(30 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
- Family: Bush Warblers and Allies
- Fiji Bush Warbler (Horornis ruficapilla)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Polynesian Triller (Lalage maculosa)
- Family: Honeyeaters
- Duetting Giant-Honeyeater (Gymnomyza brunneirostris)
- Kadavu Honeyeater (Meliphacator provocator)
- Northern Wattled-Honeyeater (Foulehaio taviunensis)
- Sulphur-breasted Myzomela (Myzomela jugularis)
- Western Wattled-Honeyeater (Foulehaio procerior)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
- Black-throated Shrikebill (Clytorhynchus nigrogularis)
- Fiji Shrikebill (Clytorhynchus vitiensis)
- Slaty Monarch (Mayrornis lessoni)
- Taveuni Silktail (Lamprolia victoriae)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Long-legged Thicketbird (Cincloramphus rufus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- Azure-crested Flycatcher (Myiagra azureocapilla)
- Chestnut-throated Flycatcher (Myiagra castaneigularis)
- Vanikoro Flycatcher (Myiagra vanikorensis)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Jungle Myna (Acridotheres fuscus)
- Polynesian Starling (Aplonis tabuensis)
- Family: Swallows
- Pacific Swallow (Hirundo javanica)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Fiji Island-Thrush (Turdus ruficeps)
- Family: Waxbills and Allies
- Fiji Parrotfinch (Erythrura pealii)
- Family: Whistlers and Allies
- White-throated Fiji Whistler (Pachycephala vitiensis)
- Family: White-eyes
- Layard's White-eye (Zosterops explorator)
- Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)
- Family: Woodswallows, Bellmagpies and Allies
- Fiji Woodswallow (Artamus mentalis)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(5 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana)
- Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)
- Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
Class: Mammals
(1 record)
- Order: Bats
(1 record)
- Family: Old World Fruit Bats
- Samoan Flying Fox (Pteropus samoensis)
Class: Ray-finned Fish
(1 record)
- Order: Goby
(1 record)
- Family: Mudskippers and Allies
- Barred Mudskipper (Periophthalmus argentilineatus)
Class: Reptiles
(3 records)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(3 records)
- Family: Boas
- Fiji Boa (Candoia bibroni)
- Family: Skinks
- Copper-tailed Skink (Emoia cyanura)
- Emo Skink (Emoia sp)