ORNITHOLIDAYS AND CRUISE FOR NATURE
TRIPLIST
WESTERN PACIFIC ODYSSEY 2009
14 MARCH - 19 APRIL
CHECKLIST OF BIRDS AND CETACEANS SEEN DURING THE CRUISE
Gould's Petrel
No of days seen |
Location |
Abundance scale |
maximum seen on one day |
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| Maximum = 34 | P = pelagic, at sea | 1 = 1-4 |
| N = New Zealand | 2 = 5-9 |
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| C = New Caledonia | 3 = 10-99 |
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| S = Solomon Islands | 4 = 100-999 |
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| T = Truk (Chuuk, Micronesia) | 5 = 1000-9999 |
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| B = Bonin Islands | ||
| I = Izu Islands and Japan |
Days Location Abundance
Wandering Albatross sp |
1 |
P |
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|
1 |
Diomedea (exulans) sp. |
Gibson’s Albatross |
1 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Diomedea (exulans/antipodensis) gibsoni |
| Short-tailed (Steller's) Albatross | 2 | P | 4 | Phoebastria albatrus | ||||||
Black-footed Albatross |
4 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
Phoebastria nigripes |
Black-browed Albatross |
1 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Thalassarche melanophris |
Campbell Albatross |
1 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Thalassarche (melanophris) impavida |
Beck’s Petrel |
1 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Pseudobulweria becki |
Tahiti Petrel |
11 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
Pterodroma rostrata |
Grey-faced Petrel |
4 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
Pterodroma gouldi |
Providence (Solander’s) Petrel |
3 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
Pterodroma solandri |
Kermadec Petrel |
5 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
Pterodroma neglecta |
White-necked (-naped) Petrel |
5 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
Pterodroma cervicalis |
Cook’s Petrel |
1 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
Pterodroma cookii |
Gould’s Petrel |
4 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
Pterodroma leucoptera |
Collared Petrel |
5 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Pterodroma brevipes |
Gould’s/Collared Petrel |
3 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
Pterodroma leucoptera/brevipes |
Bonin Petrel |
2 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
Pterodroma hypoleuca |
Black-winged Petrel |
6 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
Pterodroma nigripennis |
Pycroft’s Petrel |
1 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Pterodroma pycrofti |
Fairy Prion |
1 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Pachyptila turtur |
Bulwer’s Petrel |
3 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Bulweria bulwerii |
(Parkinson’s) Black Petrel |
4 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
Procellaria parkinsoni |
Streaked Shearwater |
3 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
Calonectris leucomelas |
Flesh-footed Shearwater |
4 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Puffinus carneipes |
Wedge-tailed Shearwater |
24 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
Puffinus pacificus |
Buller’s Shearwater |
1 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
Puffinus bulleri |
Sooty Shearwater |
2 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Puffinus griseus |
Short-tailed Shearwater |
3 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
Puffinus tenuirostris |
Tropical Shearwater |
2 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Puffinus bailloni |
Bannerman’s Shearwater |
2 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Puffinus bannermani |
Heinroth’s Shearwater |
2 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
Puffinus heinrothi |
Wilson’s Storm-petrel |
4 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Oceanites oceanicus |
New Zealand Storm-petrel |
1 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Oceanites maorianus |
White-faced Storm-petrel |
1 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Pelagodroma marina |
Black-bellied Storm-petrel |
1 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Fregetta tropica |
White-bellied Storm-petrel |
1 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Fregetta grallaria |
Leach’s Storm-petrel |
1 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Oceanodroma leucorhoa |
Tristram’s Storm-petrel |
2 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
Oceanodroma tristrami |
Matsudaira’s Storm-petrel |
5 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
Oceanodroma matsudairae |
Common Diving-petrel |
1 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Pelecanoides urinatrix |
Red-tailed Tropicbird |
3 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
Phaethon rubricauda |
White-tailed Tropicbird |
6 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Phaethon lepturus |
Australian Gannet |
1 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
Morus serrator |
Masked Booby |
5 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
Sula dactylatra |
Red-footed Booby |
9 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
Sula sula |
Brown Booby |
10 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
Sula leucogaster |
Great Cormorant |
1 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Phalacrocorax carbo |
Little Pied Cormorant |
2 |
|
N |
C |
|
|
|
|
2 |
Phalacrocorax melanoleucos |
Great Frigatebird |
7 |
P |
|
|
S |
T |
|
|
1 |
Fregata minor |
Lesser Frigatebird |
2 |
P |
|
|
S |
|
|
|
2 |
Fregata ariel |
Great/Lesser Frigatebird |
9 |
P |
|
|
S |
|
|
|
3 |
Fregata minor/ariel |
Great Egret |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
B |
|
1 |
Egretta alba |
White-faced Heron |
3 |
P |
N |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Egretta novaehollandiae |
Pacific Reef Heron |
4 |
|
|
C |
S |
T |
|
|
1 |
Egretta sacra |
Rufous Night-Heron |
1 |
|
|
|
|
T |
|
|
1 |
Nycticorax caledonicus |
Yellow Bittern |
2 |
|
|
|
S |
T |
|
|
1 |
Ixobrychus sinensis |
Australian Ibis |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
3 |
Threskiornis molucca |
Northern Pintail |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
B |
|
3 |
Anas acuta |
Osprey |
2 |
|
|
C |
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Pandion haliaetus |
Black-eared Kite |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
I |
1 |
Milvus (migrans) lineatus |
Whistling Kite |
1 |
|
|
C |
|
|
|
|
1 |
Haliastur sphenurus |
Brahminy Kite |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Haliastur Indus |
Solomon Sea-Eagle |
2 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Haliaeetus sanfordi |
Variable Goshawk |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Accipiter hiogaster |
Brown Goshawk |
1 |
|
|
C |
|
|
|
|
1 |
Accipiter fasciatus |
Pied Goshawk |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Accipiter albogularis |
New Caledonia Goshawk |
1 |
|
|
C |
|
|
|
|
1 |
Accipiter haplochrous |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
B |
|
1 |
Accipiter nisus |
Eastern (Japanese) Buzzard |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
B |
|
1 |
Buteo japonicus |
Oriental Hobby |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Falco severus |
Roviana Rail |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Gallirallus philippensis |
Kagu |
1 |
|
|
C |
|
|
|
|
3 |
Rhynochetos jubatus |
Variable Oystercatcher |
1 |
|
N |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Haematopus unicolor |
Black-winged (Pied) Stilt |
1 |
|
N |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Himantopus himantopus |
Pacific Golden-Plover |
2 |
|
|
C |
|
T |
|
|
3 |
Pluvialis fulva |
Bar-tailed Godwit |
3 |
P |
|
C |
|
|
|
|
3 |
Limosa lapponica |
Common Sandpiper |
1 |
|
|
|
|
T |
|
|
1 |
Actitis hypoleucos |
Wandering Tattler |
2 |
|
|
|
|
T |
|
|
1 |
Heterosceles incanus |
Ruddy Turnstone |
2 |
|
|
|
|
T |
|
|
3 |
Arenaria interpres |
South Polar Skua |
2 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Stercorarius maccormicki |
Pomarine Skua |
7 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Stercorarius pomarinus |
Parasitic Jaeger (Arctic Skua) |
3 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Stercorarius parasiticus |
Long-tailed Jaeger (Skua) |
6 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Stercorarius longicaudus |
Black-tailed Gull |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
I |
1 |
Larus crassirostris |
Silver Gull |
2 |
|
N |
C |
|
|
|
|
1 |
Larus novaehollandiae |
Red-billed Gull |
1 |
|
N |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
Larus scopulinus |
Kelp Gull |
1 |
|
N |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
Larus dominicanus |
Slaty-Backed Gull |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
I |
2 |
Larus schistisagus |
Great Crested Tern |
4 |
P |
|
C |
S |
|
|
|
2 |
Sterna bergii |
Black-naped Tern |
3 |
P |
|
|
|
T |
|
|
1 |
Sterna sumatrana |
Little Tern |
1 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
Sterna albifrons |
Grey-backed Tern |
2 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Sterna lunata |
Bridled Tern |
3 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Sterna anaethetus |
Sooty Tern |
17 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
Sterna fuscata |
Black Noddy |
4 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
Anous minutes |
Brown Noddy |
11 |
P |
|
|
|
T |
B |
|
4 |
Anous stolidus |
Black/Brown Noddy |
3 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
Anous minutes/stolidus |
| Grey Noddy (Ternlet) | 3 | P | 3 | Procelsterna albivitta | ||||||
White Tern |
10 |
P |
|
|
|
T |
|
|
4 |
Gygis alba |
Japanese Murrelet |
1 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
Synthliboramphus wumizusume |
Oriental Turtle-Dove |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
I |
1 |
Streptopelia orientalis |
Spotted Dove |
2 |
|
|
C |
|
|
|
|
3 |
Streptopelia chinensis |
Mackinlay’s Cuckoo-Dove |
2 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Macropygia mackinlayi |
Caroline Islands Ground-Dove |
1 |
|
|
|
|
T |
|
|
1 |
Gallicolumba kubaryi |
Crimson-Crowned Fruit-Dove |
2 |
|
|
|
|
T |
|
|
1 |
Ptilinopus porphyraceus |
Silver-Capped Fruit-Dove |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Ptilinopus richardsii |
Pacific Imperial-Pigeon |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Ducula pacifica |
Red-knobbed Imperial-Pigeon |
3 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
3 |
Ducula rubricera |
Island Imperial-Pigeon |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Ducula pistrinaria |
Chestnut-bellied Imperial-Pigeon |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Ducula brenchleyi |
New Caledonian Imperial-Pigeon |
1 |
|
|
C |
|
|
|
|
1 |
Ducula goliath |
Ducorps’ Cockatoo |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
2 |
Cacatua ducorpsii |
Rainbow Lorikeet |
3 |
|
|
C |
S |
|
|
|
3 |
Trichoglossus haematodus |
Yellow-bibbed Lory |
2 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
2 |
Lorius chlorocercus |
Finsch’s Pygmy-Parrot |
3 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Micropsitta finschii |
Crimson Rosella (introduced) |
1 |
|
N |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
Platycercus elegans |
Eastern Rosella (introduced) |
1 |
|
N |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
Platycercus eximius |
Singing Parrot |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Geoffroyus heteroclitus |
Eclectus Parrot |
2 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Eclectus roratus |
Buff-headed Coucal |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Centropus milo |
Glossy Swiftlet |
5 |
|
|
C |
S |
|
|
|
4 |
Collocalia esculenta |
White-rumped Swiftlet |
2 |
|
|
C |
S |
|
|
|
3 |
Aerodramus vanikorensis |
Uniform Swiftlet |
2 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
3 |
Aerodramus vanikorensis |
Caroline Islands Swiftlet |
2 |
|
|
|
|
T |
|
|
3 |
Aerodramus inquietus |
Fork-tailed (Pacific) Swift |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
I |
1 |
Apus pacificus |
Moustached Treeswift |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
2 |
Hemiprocne mystacea |
Common Kingfisher |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Alcedo atthis |
Ultramarine Kingfisher |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Todiramphus leucopygius |
Collared Kingfisher |
3 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Todiramphus chloris |
Sacred Kingfisher |
2 |
|
N |
|
S |
|
|
|
3 |
Todirhamphus sanctus |
Dollarbird |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Eurystomus orientalis |
Blyth’s Hornbill |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Aceros plicatus |
Pygmy Woodpecker |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
I |
1 |
Dendrocopos kizuki |
Barn Swallow |
2 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
I |
2 |
Hirundo rustica |
Pacific Swallow |
2 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
2 |
Hirundo tahitica |
Red-rumped Swallow |
1 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Cecropis daurica |
White Wagtail |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
I |
1 |
Motacilla alba |
Yellow-eyed Cuckoo-shrike |
2 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
3 |
Coracina lineate |
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike |
2 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
2 |
Coracina papuensis |
New Caledonian Cuckoo-shrike |
1 |
|
|
C |
|
|
|
|
2 |
Coracina analis |
Solomon Islands Cuckoo-shrike |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Coracina holopolia |
Long-tailed Triller |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
3 |
Lalage leucopyga |
Red-vented Bulbul (introduced) |
2 |
|
N |
C |
|
|
|
|
1 |
Pycnonotus cafer |
Brown-eared Bulbul |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
B |
I |
3 |
Ixos amaurotis |
Japanese Waxwing |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
B |
|
4 |
Bombycilla japonica |
Blue Rock-Thrush |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
B |
I |
3 |
Monticola solitarius |
Eurasian Blackbird |
1 |
|
N |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
Turdus merula |
Island Thrush |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Turdus poliocephalus |
Izu Thrush |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
I |
2 |
Turdus celaenops |
Japanese Bush-Warbler |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
B |
I |
3 |
Cettia diphone |
Caroline Reed-Warbler |
2 |
|
|
|
|
T |
|
|
2 |
Acrocephalus syrinx |
Ijima’s Leaf-Warbler |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
I |
3 |
Phylloscopus ijimae |
Red-flanked Bluetail |
1 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Tarsiger cyanurus |
Willie-wagtail |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Rhipidura leucophrys |
Rennell Fantail |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
3 |
Rhipidura rennelliana |
Grey Fantail |
1 |
|
|
C |
|
|
|
|
1 |
Rhipidura fuliginosa |
New Zealand Fantail |
1 |
P |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
Rhipidura fuliginosa |
Streaked Fantail |
1 |
|
|
C |
|
|
|
|
1 |
Rhipidura spilodera |
Rufous Fantail |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Rhipidura rufifrons |
Southern Shrikebill |
1 |
|
|
C |
|
|
|
|
1 |
Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides |
Rennell Shrikebill |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
2 |
Clytorhynchus hamlini |
White-capped Monarch |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Monarcha richardsii |
White-collared Monarch |
1 |
|
|
|
S |
|
|
|
1 |
Monarcha viduus |
Oceanic Flycatcher |
1 |
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T |
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2 |
Myiagra oceanica |
Steel-blue Flycatcher |
2 |
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S |
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1 |
Myiagra ferrocyanea |
Melanesian Flycatcher |
1 |
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S |
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1 |
Myiagra caledonica |
Yellow-bellied Robin |
1 |
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C |
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1 |
Eopsaltria flaviventris |
Golden Whistler |
1 |
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S |
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1 |
Pachycephala pectoralis |
New Caledonian Whistler |
1 |
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C |
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1 |
Pachycephala caledonica |
Rennell (Fantailed-) Gerygone |
1 |
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S |
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2 |
Gerygone (flavolateralis) citrina |
Great Tit |
1 |
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I |
1 |
Parus major |
Varied Tit |
1 |
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I |
2 |
Sittiparus varius |
Midget Flowerpecker |
1 |
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S |
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3 |
Dicaeum aeneum |
Mottled Flowerpecker |
1 |
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S |
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2 |
Dicaeum tristrami |
Japanese White-eye |
2 |
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B |
I |
3 |
Zosterops japonicus |
Caroline Islands White-eye |
1 |
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T |
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2 |
Zosterops semperi |
Rennell White-eye |
1 |
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S |
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1 |
Zosterops rennellianus |
Green-backed White-eye |
2 |
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C |
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3 |
Zosterops xanthochrous |
Silver-eye |
1 |
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N |
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2 |
Zosterops lateralis |
Bare-eyed White-eye |
1 |
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S |
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3 |
Woodfordia superciliosa |
Dark-brown Honeyeater |
1 |
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C |
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1 |
Lichmera incana |
New Caledonian Myzomela |
1 |
|
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C |
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3 |
Myzomela caledonica |
Micronesian Myzomela |
2 |
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T |
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3 |
Myzomela rubratra |
Cardinal Myzomela |
1 |
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S |
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2 |
Myzomela cardinalis |
Black-headed Myzomela |
1 |
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S |
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1 |
Myzomela melanocephala |
Sooty Myzomela |
1 |
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S |
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2 |
Myzomela tristrami |
San Cristobal Melidectes |
1 |
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S |
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2 |
Melidectes sclateri |
Bonin Honeyeater |
1 |
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B |
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1 |
Apalopteron familiare |
Barred Honeyeater |
1 |
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C |
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1 |
Phylidonyris undulata |
Tui |
1 |
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N |
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1 |
Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae |
Bull-headed Shrike |
1 |
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I |
1 |
Lanius bucephalus |
White-breasted Woodswallow |
1 |
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C |
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2 |
Artamus leucorynchus |
Large-billed Crow |
1 |
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I |
2 |
Corvus macrorhynchos |
Metallic Starling |
1 |
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S |
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3 |
Aplonis metallica |
Singing Starling |
2 |
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S |
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1 |
Aplonis cantoroides |
Rennell Starling |
1 |
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S |
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3 |
Aplonis insularis |
Brown-winged Starling |
1 |
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S |
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3 |
Aplonis grandis |
San Cristobal Starling |
1 |
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S |
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3 |
Aplonis dichroa |
Micronesian Starling |
2 |
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T |
|
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3 |
Aplonis opaca |
Yellow-faced Myna |
2 |
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S |
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1 |
Mino dumontii |
Common Myna |
3 |
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N |
C |
S |
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3 |
Acridotheres tristis |
European Starling (introduced) |
1 |
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N |
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3 |
Sturnus vulgaris |
House Sparrow (introduced) |
1 |
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N |
C |
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3 |
Passer domesticus |
Eurasian Tree Sparrow |
2 |
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T |
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I |
3 |
Passer montana |
Blue-faced Parrotfinch |
1 |
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T |
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2 |
Erythrura trichroa |
Red-throated Parrotfinch |
1 |
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C |
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3 |
Erythrura psittacea |
Oriental Greenfinch |
1 |
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I |
1 |
Carduelis sinica |
Hawfinch |
1 |
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I | 1 | Coccothraustes coccothraustes |
(Siberian) Meadow Bunting |
1 |
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I | 1 | Emberiza cioides |
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CHECKLIST OF CETACEANS SEEN DURING THE CRUISE |
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Sperm Whale |
5 |
P |
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3 |
Physter macrocephalus |
Humpback Whale |
2 |
P |
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1 |
Megaptera novaeangliae |
| Short-finned Pilot Whale | 4 | P | 3 | Globicephala macrorhyncus | ||||||
Pygmy Killer Whale |
1 |
P |
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1 |
Feresa attenuata |
Melon-headed Whale |
1 |
P |
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3 |
Peponocephala electra |
False Killer Whale |
2 |
P |
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3 |
Pseudorca crassidens |
Risso’s Dolphin |
1 |
P |
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1 |
Grampus griseus |
Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale |
1 |
P |
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1 |
Mesoplodon ginkgodens |
Blainville’s Beaked Whale |
1 |
P |
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1 |
Mesoplodon densirostris |
Beaked Whale sp. |
1 |
P |
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2 |
Ziphiidae sp. |
Dwarf Sperm Whale |
1 |
P |
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1 |
Kogia simia |
Bottlenose Dolphin |
2 |
P |
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3 |
Tursiops truncatus |
Rough-toothed Dolphin |
1 |
P |
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3 |
Steno bredanensis |
Short-beaked Common Dolphin |
1 |
P |
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4 |
Delphinus delphis |
Spinner Dolphin |
1 |
P |
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3 |
Stenella longirostris |
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin |
1 |
P |
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3 |
Stenella attenuate |
Fraser’s Dolphin |
1 |
P |
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3 |
Lagenodelphis hosei |
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CHECKLIST OF OTHER MAMMALS SEEN DURING THE CRUISE |
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Pacific Flying-Fox |
1 |
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|
S |
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2 |
Pteropus tonganus |
Solomon Islands Flying-Fox |
1 |
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S |
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3 |
Pteropus rayneri |
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| Also seen were Ocean Sunfish, Hammerhead Shark, Manta Rays and a sea turtle (probably a Hawksbill) |
SEABIRDS SEEN ON THE VARIOUS SECTORS:
Wandering Albatross sp |
Diomedea (exulans) sp |
Gibson’s Albatross |
Diomedea (exulans/antipodensis) gibsoni |
Black-browed Albatross |
Thalassarche melanophris |
Campbell Albatross |
Thalassarche (melanophris) impavida |
Tahiti Petrel |
Pterodroma rostrata |
Grey-faced (Great-winged) Petrel |
Pterodroma (macroptera) gouldi |
Providence (Solander’s) Petrel |
Pterodroma solandri |
Kermadec Petrel |
Pterodroma neglecta |
White-necked (-naped) Petrel |
Pterodroma cervicalis |
Cook’s Petrel |
Pterodroma cookie |
Gould’s Petrel |
Pterodroma leucoptera |
Collared Petrel |
Pterodroma brevipes |
Black-winged Petrel |
Pterodroma nigripenis |
Pycroft’s Petrel |
Pterodroma pycrofti |
Fairy Prion |
Pachyptila turtur |
(Parkinson’s) Black Petrel |
Procellaria parkinsoni |
Flesh-footed Shearwater |
Puffinus carneipes |
Wedge-tailed Shearwater |
Puffinus pacificus |
Buller’s Shearwater |
Puffinus bulleri |
Sooty Shearwater |
Puffinus griseus |
Wilson’s Storm-petrel |
Oceanites oceanicus |
New Zealand Storm-petrel |
Oceanites maorianus |
White-faced Storm-petrel |
Pelagodroma marina |
White-bellied Storm-petrel |
Fregetta grallaria |
Common Diving-petrel |
Pelecanoides urinatrix |
Red-tailed Tropicbird |
Phaethon rubricauda |
Australian Gannet |
Morus serrator |
Masked Booby |
Sula dactylatra |
Brown Booby |
Sula leucogaster |
Great Frigatebird |
Fregata minor |
Pomarine Skua |
Stercorarius pomarinus |
Parasitic Jaeger (Arctic Skua) |
Stercorarius parasiticus |
Silver Gull |
Larus novaehollandiae |
Great Crested Tern |
Sterna bergii |
Bridled Tern |
Sterna anaethetus |
Sooty Tern |
Sterna fuscata |
Black Noddy |
Anous minutes |
Brown Noddy |
Anous stolidus |
Grey Noddy (Ternlet) |
Procelsterna albivitta |
White Tern |
Gygis alba |
Sector 2 – from New Caledonia, through Solomon Islands, to Truk
| Beck's Petrel | Pseudobulweria becki |
Tahiti Petrel |
Pterodroma rostrata |
Providence (Solander’s) Petrel |
Pterodroma solandri |
Kermadec Petrel |
Pterodroma neglecta |
Gould’s Petrel |
Pterodroma leucoptera |
Collared Petrel |
Pterodroma brevipes |
Bulwer’s Petrel |
Bulweria bulwerii |
Flesh-footed Shearwater |
Puffinus carneipes |
Wedge-tailed Shearwater |
Puffinus pacificus |
Sooty Shearwater |
Puffinus griseus |
Tropical Shearwater |
Puffinus bailloni |
Heinroth’s Shearwater |
Puffinus heinrothi |
Wilson’s Storm-petrel |
Oceanites oceanicus |
Black-bellied Storm-petrel |
Fregetta tropica |
White-tailed Tropicbird |
Phaethon lepturus |
Masked Booby |
Sula dactylatra |
Red-footed Booby |
Sula sula |
Brown Booby |
Sula leucogaster |
Great Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax carbo |
Great Frigatebird |
Fregata minor |
Lesser Frigatebird |
Fregata ariel |
South Polar Skua |
Stercorarius maccormicki |
Pomarine Skua |
Stercorarius pomarinus |
Parasitic Jaeger (Arctic Skua) |
Stercorarius parasiticus |
Long-tailed Jaeger (Skua) |
Stercorarius longicaudus |
Great Crested Tern |
Sterna bergii |
Black-naped Tern |
Sterna sumatrana |
Little Tern |
Sterna albifrons |
Grey-backed Tern |
Sterna lunata |
Bridled Tern |
Sterna anaethetus |
Sooty Tern |
Sterna fuscata |
Black Noddy |
Anous minutes |
Brown Noddy |
Anous stolidus |
White Tern |
Gygis alba |
Sector 3 – from Truk to the Bonin Islands, then the Izu Islands, to Japan
Short-tailed (Steller’s) Albatross |
Phoebastria albatrus |
Black-footed Albatross |
Phoebastria nigripes |
Bonin Petrel |
Pterodroma hypoleuca |
Bulwer’s Petrel |
Bulweria bulwerii |
Streaked Shearwater |
Calonectris leucomelas |
Flesh-footed Shearwater |
Puffinus carneipes |
Wedge-tailed Shearwater |
Puffinus pacificus |
Short-tailed Shearwater |
Puffinus tenuirostris |
Bannerman’s Shearwater |
Puffinus bannermani |
Leach’s Storm-petrel |
Oceanodroma leucorhoa |
Tristram’s Storm-petrel |
Oceanodroma tristrami |
Matsudaira’s Storm-petrel |
Oceanodroma matsudairae |
White-tailed Tropicbird |
Phaethon lepturus |
Masked Booby |
Sula dactylatra |
Red-footed Booby |
Sula sula |
Brown Booby |
Sula leucogaster |
Great Frigatebird |
Fregata minor |
Pomarine Skua |
Stercorarius pomarinus |
Long-tailed Jaeger (Skua) |
Stercorarius longicaudus |
Black-tailed Gull |
Larus crassirostris |
Slaty-Backed Gull |
Larus schistisagus |
Sooty Tern |
Sterna fuscata |
Black Noddy |
Anous minutes |
Brown Noddy |
Anous stolidus |
White Tern |
Gygis alba |
Japanese Murrelet |
Synthliboramphus wumizusume |
Aboard the ship a general birdlog was called each evening for all passengers. The above lists are believed to represent the species (and numbers) seen by Ornitholidays and Cruises for Nature clients - these lists represent therefore those birds, and other animals, seen by party members on this tour.
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