10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Black-faced Pitta is found only on one of the Solomon Islands (northwest of Australia). Dale Forbes wrote that there are Only 5 pairs Gurney’s Pitta left in Thailand last June. It isn’t till his travels get under way that we learn, chapter by chapter, about the specific difficulties of locating and viewing pittas.

Hunters 202

Hunters Sri Lanka Asia Solomon Islands 202

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Subspecies humii , Thailand. 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 ). Subspecies vidali , Goa, India. Pacific Kingfisher.

United Arab Emirates 182

United Arab Emirates Micronesia Tonga Vanuatu 182

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2011

Subspecies humii , Thailand. Vanuatu has five subspecies, Fiji has three, and the far flung Solomon Islands have twelve. Across their range there are a large number of subspecies, 49 according to the Handbook of the Birds of the World, but as we shall see there is some disagreement about both subspecies and species limits.

Samoa 172

Samoa Vanuatu United Arab Emirates Tonga 172