Solomon Islands Related Topics 
10,000 Birds
JULY 17, 2012
Even red list species are being exported under the claim that they are captive bred despite the lack of breeding facilities in the archipelago. Amazingly, CITES is actually getting on the case after the practice has been going on for only ten years… a.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 7, 2014
The large, crested Choiseul Pigeon ( Microgoura meeki ) inhabited Choiseul and perhaps nearby islands in the Solomon Islands. Solomon Islanders say that the species was driven to extinction by cats and dogs introduced by Europeans. Choiseul Pigeon ( Microgoura meeki ) by J.G.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 24, 2014
There are four species in the family, ranging from India to the Solomon Islands. Of course this is nonsense, and they are clearly close to swifts, but with a hind toe that lets them perch like a swallow, they sit outside the family as well, in their own, rarely thought about, family.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 14, 2015
The species was in the news because some scientists had finally managed (or bothered – it’s much the same thing) to locate the population high in the mountains of the Solomon Islands, and catch and photograph one.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 16, 2017
On one memorable occasion, I recall a birder breaking his cover while I was watching the movie, “The Thin Red Line” Given that the director of that war film is into nature and might also be a birder, I guess it was expected that a few fantastic looking birds from the Solomon Islands would appear on the screen now and then.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 23, 2011
I quickly got a good view of an Orange-breasted Honeyeater , a local endemic, and the Vanikoro Flycatcher , a geographically disjunct oddity that occurs only in Fiji and the Solomon islands. The Kadavu race is now placed in the White-throated Whistler , along with birds from Gau and Lau in Fiji and some birds in the Solomon Islands.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 23, 2015
This attitude of superiority and arrogance can be seen in the recent story about a researcher on the Solomon Islands who mist trapped a bird not seen by scientists for fifty years.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 23, 2015
The Pacific Kingfisher ( Todiramphus sacer ) is one of three species identified in the South Pacific, the other two being from the Solomon Islands and I have no images of them (The Colonist Kingfisher and Melanesian Kingfisher ). Tom Tarrant (Creative Commons, Attribution share-alike). Pacific Kingfisher. Bryan Harry, USNPS.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 22, 2014
While Australian birds migrate to New Guinea, New Zealand birds migrate to the Bismark Archipelago and the Solomon Islands (there are also resident populations in New Caledonia and Vanuatu). Shining Bronze-cuckoos are, along with the Long-tailed Cuckoos, the only migrant landbirds of New Zealand.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 8, 2012
The answer should be obvious to any birder that enjoys a bit of twitching; they were lost.The species is actually prone to that; they regularly turn up in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 23, 2011
Vanuatu has five subspecies, Fiji has three, and the far flung Solomon Islands have twelve. It’s when you start heading off into the Pacific, however, that you start bumping into the really unusual forms. It is also where the majority of subspecies occur.
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