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Birdlist from the 27 March-26 April 2007 Tour

with Steve Howell as leader

NC
Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans ssp.
Campbell [Black-browed] Albatross T. [melanophris] impavida
Steller's (Short-tailed) Albatross Phoebastria albatrus
Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes
Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata
Beck's Petrel Pseudobulweria becki
Fiji Petrel Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi
Gray-faced [Great-winged] Petrel Pterodroma macroptera gouldi
Solander's (Providence) Petrel Pterodroma. solandri
Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta
White-necked Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis
Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cooki
Pycroft's Petrel Pterodroma pycrofti
Gould's Petrel Pterodroma leucoptera
Collared Petrel Pterodroma brevipes
Bonin Petrel Pterodroma hypoleuca
Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis
Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
Parkinson's (Black) Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni
Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus
Buller's Shearwater Puffinus bulleri
Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes
Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus
Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris
Heinroth's Shearwater Puffinus heinrothi
Bannerman's Shearwater Puffinus bannermani
shearwater sp. Puffinus sp.
Atoll [Tropical] Shearwater Puffinus dichrous
Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni
Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis haurakiensis
Little Shearwater Puffinus a. assimilis
New Zealand Storm-Petrel Oceanites maorianas
Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
Polynesian (White-throated) Storm-Petrel Nesofregetta fuliginosa
White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina
Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanites leucorhoa
Tristram's Storm-Petrel Oceanites tristrami
Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel Oceanites matsudairae
Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix
Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus ssp.
Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
Red-footed Booby Sula sula
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
Great Frigatebird Fregata major
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
Frigatebird sp.
Australian Ibis Threskiornis molucca
Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis
Rufous Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
Great Egret Egretta alba
Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
Pacific Reef-heron Egretta sacra
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Striated Heron Butorides striatus
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus
Solomon Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus sanfordi
Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
Pied Goshawk Accipiter albogularis
New Caledonian (White-bellied) Goshawk Accipiter haplochrous
Australian (Nankeen) Kestrel Falco cenchroides
Oriental Hobby Falco severus
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Kagu Rhynochetos jubatus
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
Wandering Tattler Heteroscelus incanus
Gray-tailed Tattler H. brevipes
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Little Curlew N. minutus
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
South Polar Skua Catharacta maccormicki
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
Silver Gull Chroicocephalus (Larus) novaehollandiae forsteri
Crested Tern Thalassarche bergii
Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
Common Tern Sterna hirundo longipennis
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Grey-backed Tern Onychoprion lunata
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetu
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscata
Grey Ternlet Procelsterna albivitta
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
Black Noddy Anous minutus
White Tern Gygis alba
Mackinlay's Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia mackinlayi
Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
Caroline Islands Ground Dove Gallicolumba kubaryi
Silver-capped Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus richardsii
Purple-capped (Crimson-crowned) Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus porphyraceus
Claret-breasted Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus viridis
Cloven-feathered Dove Drepanoptila holosericea
Pacific Imperial-Pigeon Ducula pacifica
Red-knobbed Imperial-Pigeon Ducula rubricera
Island Imperial-Pigeon Ducula pistrinaria
New Caledonian Imperial-Pigeon Ducula goliath
Ducorps' Cockatoo Cacatua ducorpsii
Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
Yellow-bibbed Lory Lorius chlorocercus
Finsch's Pygmy-Parrot Micropsitta finschii
New Caledonian Parakeet Cyanoramphus saissetti
Norfolk Island Parakeet Cyanoramphus cookii
Singing Parrot Geoffroyus heteroclitus
Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
Buff-headed Coucal Centropus milo
Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus (C.) vanikorensis
Caroline Swiftlet Aerodramus (C.) inquietus
Swiftlet sp.
Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
Moustached Treeswift Hemiprocne mystacea
Collared Kingfisher Todirhamphus chloris
Sacred Kingfisher Todirhamphus sanctus
Blyth's Hornbill Aceros plicatus
Norfolk Gerygone Gerygone modesta
Fan-tailed Gerygone Gerygone flavolateralis
Dark-brown Honeyeater Lichmera incana
New Caledonian Myzomela Myzomela caledonica
Micronesian Myzomela Myzomela rubrata
Cardinal Myzomela Myzomela cardinalis
New Caledonian Friarbird Philemon diemenensis
Crow Honeyeater Gymnomyza aubryana
Barred Honeyeater Philodonyris undulata
Yellow-bellied Robin Eopslatria flaviventris
Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
New Caledonian Whistler Pachycephala caledonica
Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris
Southern Shrikebill Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides
Rennell Shrikebill Clytorhynchus hamlini
Chestnut-bellied Monarch Monarcha castaneiventris
Oceanic Flycatcher Myiagra oceanica
Steel-blue Flycatcher Myiagra ferrocyanea
Willie Wagtail Rhiphidura leucophrys
Gray Fantail Rhiphidura fuliginosa
Streaked Fantail Rhiphidura spilodera
Rennell Fantail Rhiphidura rennelliana
Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike Coracina caledonica
Yellow-eyed Cuckoo-shrike Coracina lineata
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis
Solomon Cuckoo-shrike Coracina holopolia
Long-tailed Triller Lalage leucopyga
White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorhynchus
New Caledonian Crow Corvus moneduloides
Blue-faced Parrotfinch Erythrura trichroa
Red-throated Parrotfinch E. psittacea
Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
Midget Flowerpecker Dicaeum aeneum
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Caroline Reed Warbler Acrocephalus syrinx
Silver-eye Zosterops lateralis
Caroline White-eye Zosterops semperi
Rennell White-eye Zosterops rennellianus
Green-backed White-eye Zosterops xanthochrous
Slender-billed White-eye Zosterops tenuirostris
Bare-eyed White-eye Woodfordia superciliosa
Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope
Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus
Rennell Starling Aplonis insularis
Singing Starling Aplonis cantoroides
Brown-winged Starling Aplonis grandis
Micronesian Starling Aplonis opaca
Yellow-faced Myna Mino dumontii
Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula
Song Thrush Turdus philomelas

Possible Mammals

Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus
Short-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala macrorhynchus
Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba

Mammals

Bryde's/Omura's Whale Balaenoptera edeni/omurai
Minke Whale sp. Balaenoptera acutorostrata sp.
Pygmy Killer Whale Feresa attenuata
False Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens
Beaked Whales spp.
Pygmy/Dwarf Sperm Whale Kogia breviceps/sima
Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Rough-toothed Dolphin Steno bredanensis
Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin Stenella attenuata
Flying Foxes (Rennell and Truk)

Reptiles

Sea Turtle sp.

Introduced Species

California Quail Callipepla californicus

Fish

Hammerhead Shark sp.
Whale Shark
Shark sp.
Flying Fish, numerous species.