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Tongatapu and ‘Eua; Birding Southern Tonga

10,000 Birds

It didn’t take long to be set right though, as I managed to get my first native species, the Polynesian Starling , while drinking a Coke on the waterfront of Nuku’alofa, the small town on Tongatapu which is Tonga’s capital. Further down the coast Grey Noddies and Brown Boobies nest on the cliffs.

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