10,000 Birds

AUGUST 27, 2014

I’ve written before about how the Collared Kingfisher is a million splits waiting to happen (not happened yet), and the golden whistlers of the Pacific have been split now (giving me on from Fiji, one in Australia and one in Vanuatu), but I hadn’t really expected the Wattled Honeyeater to be a split. Photo from ‘Eua, Tonga.

Tonga 173

Tonga Fiji Samoa Vanuatu 173

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 7, 2013

The family also reaches into India and as far east as samoa and Fiji. This has been benefitial for the species, which suffered considerable losses after the snow storm two years ago but quickly rebounded.

New Zealand 173

New Zealand Samoa Fiji Killing 173

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

.’s Birds of New Guinea notes that the species is often seen moving in “high-flying flocks,” and Coates and Bishop’s Bird of Wallacea declares, “this species has suffered greatly from human predation and is now generally scarce to very rare.” Choiseul Pigeon ( Microgoura meeki ) by J.G.

Solomon Islands 267

Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius 2006 267

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Insofar as they relate to other bird families, they are perhaps closest to the thornbills, another family that is mostly Australian but reaches as far as Thailand and Fiji. They do need older trees, which host more lerps, and they can suffer due to some land use types.

Australia 170

Australia Fiji Hunters Thailand 170