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
Praying Mantis
Mantis religiosa
Click HERE to link to Main apage for visit to Melanesia.
