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Melanesia Wildlife - 2016

 

Wildlife of Melanesia - 2016

 

To view general photos of the route click HERE

The wildlife photos below give a record of some of the species seen and are not necessarily of a good quality.

A copy of the species list for the trip may be found HERE

 

Melanesian Megapode

Megapodius eremite

Spotted Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna guttata

Melanesian Megapode

Megapodius eremite

Wandering Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna arcuata

Great-billed Heron

Ardea sumatrana

Nankeen Night Heron

Nycticorax caledonicus

Pacific Reef Heron

Egretta sacra

Black Kite

Milvus migrans

Lesser Frigatebird

Fregata ariel

Whistling Kite

Haliastur sphenurus

Solomons Sea Eagle

Haliaeetus sanfordi

White-bellied Sea Eagle

Haliaeetus leucogaster

Pacific Golden Plover

Pluvialis fulva

Comb-crested Jakana

Irediparra gallinacea

Greater Sand Plover

Charadrius leschenaultii

Bar-tailed Godwit

Limosa lapponica

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Grey-tailed Tatler

Tringa brevipes

Eastern Great Egret

Ardea modesta

Brown Noddy

Anous stolidus

Beach Stone Curlew

Esacus magnirostris

Black-napped Tern

Sterna sumatrana

Nicobar Pigeon

Caloenas nicobanica

Common Tern

Sterna hirundo

Yellow-bibbed Fruit Dove

Ptilinopus solomonensis

Pacific Imperial Pigeon

Ducula pacifica

Dwarf Fruit Dove

Ptilinopus nainus

Red-cheeked Parrot

Geoffroyus heteroclitus

Moustached Treeswift

Hemiprocne mystacea

Glossy Swiftlet Nests

Collocalia esculenta

White-rumped Swiftlet

Aerodramus spodiopygius

Rufous-bellied Kookaburra

Dacelo gaudichaud

Dollarbird

Eurystomus orientalis

 

 

Beach Kingfisher

Todiramphus saurophaga

Yellow-bellied Longbill

Toxorhamphus novaeguineae

Blyth's Hornbill

Aceros plicatus

 

 

Island Imperial Pigeon

Ducula pistrinaria

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Cacatua galerita

Pinon's Imperial Pigeon

Ducula pinon

 

 

 

Solomons Cockatoo

Cacatua ducorpsii

 

Coconut Lorikeet

Trichoglosus haematodus

 

Meek's Pygmy Parrot

Micropsitta finschii

 

 

Purple-bellied Lory

Lorius hypoinochrous

Barred Cuckooshrike

Coracina lineata

New Guinea Friarbird

Philemon novaguineae

 

 

Manus Cuckooshrike

Coracina ingens

Wille Wagtail

Rhipidura leucophrys

Common Cicadabird

Coracina tenuirostris

 

 

Island Monach

Monarcha cinerascens

Steel-blue Flycatcher

Myiagra ferrocyanea

White-capped Monach

Monarcha richardsii

 

 

Steel-blue Flycatcher

Myiagra ferrocyanea

Grey-throated White-eye

Zosteropus ugiensis

Island Leaf Warbler

Phyiloscopus poliocephalus

 

 

Metalic Starling

Aplonis metalicam

Red-banded Flowerpecker

Dicaeum eximium

Long-tailed Myna

Mino kreffti

 

 

Midget Flowerpecker

Dicaeum aeneum

Hooded Mannikin

Lonchura spectablis

Hooded Mannikin

Lonchura spectablis

 

 

Tawny-breasted

Honeyeater

Sternella longirostris

Hawkshead Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

 

Spinner Dolphin

Sternella longirostris

 

 

 

Hawkshead Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata)

Hawkshead Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata)

Hawkshead Turtle

Eretmochelys imbricata

 

 

Lizard

 

Praying Mantis

Mantis religiosa

Grasshopper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click HERE to link to Main apage for visit to Melanesia.