Rails, gallinules, and coots
Image | Species | |||
![]() | BUFF-BANDED RAIL (Gallirallus philippensis) | |||
TAGS Extirpated, Breeder | RECORDED Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti - Lau - Rotuma | |||
![]() | BLACK-BACKED SWAMPHEN (Porphyrio indicus) - is another ground-dwelling bird which has succumbed to the introduced mongoose. Consequently it is only found on some of the small islands and other mongoose-free islands such as Taveuni, Kadavu and Ovalau. Visitors from New Zealand will recognise the Fiji Swamphen as their Pukeko, but in Fiji it is not such an adaptable and common bird. | |||
TAGS Unknown | RECORDED Unknown | |||
![]() | AUSTRALASIAN SWAMPHEN (Porphyrio melanotus) | |||
TAGS Extirpated, Breeder | RECORDED Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti - Lau - Rotuma | |||
![]() | WHITE-BROWED CRAKE (Poliolimnas cinereus) | |||
TAGS Breeder | RECORDED Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti - Lau | |||
![]() | SPOTLESS CRAKE (Zapornia tabuensis) | |||
TAGS Breeder | RECORDED Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti - Lau | |||
![]() | VITI LEVU RAIL (Vitirallus watlingi) | |||
TAGS Extirpated | RECORDED Viti Levu | |||
![]() | BAR-WINGED RAIL (Gallirallus poecilopterus) - The Bar-winged rail now extinct was a medium-large rail that would have stood at about 30 cm. It was a darkish rail with black and chestnut bars on its wings, a long stout beak, and powerful legs. Interestingly it had a small black wing claw. | |||
TAGS Unknown | RECORDED Unknown |
Plovers and lapwings
Sandpipers and allies
Skuas and jaegers
Gulls, terns, and skimmers
Tropicbirds
Albatrosses
Southern storm-petrels
Northern storm-petrels
Shearwaters and petrels
Frigatebirds
Boobies and gannets
Pelicans
Image | Species | |||
![]() | AUSTRALIAN PELICAN (Pelecanus conspicillatus) | |||
TAGS Vagrant | RECORDED Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti - Lau - Rotuma |
Herons, egrets, and bitterns
Ibises and spoonbills
Image | Species | |||
![]() | GLOSSY IBIS (Plegadis falcinellus) | |||
TAGS Vagrant | RECORDED Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti - Lau - Rotuma |
Hawks, eagles, and kites
Image | Species | |||
![]() | SWAMP HARRIER (Circus approximans) | |||
TAGS Breeder | RECORDED Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti - Lau | |||
![]() | FIJI GOSHAWK (Accipiter rufitorques) - Fiji Goshawk (Accipiter rufitorques) - The Fiji Goshawk is one of Fiji's special birds. It is a well-known and handsome bird of prey which is found nowhere else in the world. Fortunately the Goshawk is a common species and found throughout Fiji, except in the Southern Lau Group. It can be observed even in urban areas where it helps to keep down the population of Mynah birds. | |||
TAGS Breeder | RECORDED Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti |
Barn-owls
Kingfishers
Image | Species | |||
![]() | PACIFIC KINGFISHER (Todirhamphus sacer) | |||
TAGS Breeder | RECORDED Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti - Lau | |||
![]() | SACRED KINGFISHER (Todirhamphus sanctus) | |||
TAGS Unknown | RECORDED Unknown |
Falcons
Old World Parrots
Fiji’s parrots were of great significance to early Fijians long before Europeans arrived with their science, taxonomy in particular because the red feathers of Fiji’s parrots were central to an almost Pacific-wide trade. In fact, red feathers were the currency of trade for many of the Pacific’s earliest inhabitants.
Honeyeaters
Cuckoo shrikes
Image | Species | |||
![]() | POLYNESIAN TRILLER (Lalage maculosa) | |||
TAGS Breeder | RECORDED Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti - Lau - Rotuma |
Whistlers and allies
Image | Species | |||
![]() | FIJI WHISTLER (Pachycephala vitiensis) | |||
TAGS Breeder | RECORDED Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti - Lau |
Woodswallows, bellmagpies, and allies
Fantails
Monarch flycatchers
Australasian robins
Image | Species | |||
![]() | PACIFIC ROBIN (Petroica pusilla) | |||
TAGS Breeder | RECORDED Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu |
Grassbirds and allies
Image | Species | |||
![]() | LONG-LEGGED THICKETBIRD (Trichocichla rufa) | |||
TAGS Breeder | RECORDED Viti Levu - Vanua Levu |
Swallows
Image | Species | |||
![]() | PACIFIC SWALLOW (Hirundo tahitica) | |||
TAGS Breeder | RECORDED Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti - Lau |
Bulbuls
Bush warblers and allies
Image | Species | |||
![]() | FIJI BUSH WARBLER (Horornis ruficapilla) | |||
TAGS Breeder | RECORDED Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu |
White-eyes, yuhinas, and allies
Starlings
Thrushes and allies
Image | Species | |||
![]() | ISLAND THRUSH (Turdus poliocephalus) | |||
TAGS Breeder | RECORDED Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti |
Waxbills and allies
Old World sparrows
Image | Species | |||
![]() | HOUSE SPARROW (Passer domesticus) | |||
TAGS Introduced | RECORDED Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti - Lau - Rotuma |
Megapodes
Image | Description | |||
![]() | CONSUMED SCRUBFOWL (Megapodius alimentum) | |||
TAGS Extirpated | RECORDED Lau | |||
![]() | VITI LEVU SCRUBFOWL (Megapodius amissus) | |||
TAGS Extirpated | RECORDED Viti Levu - Lau | |||
![]() | MELANESIAN SCRUBFOWL (Megapodius eremita) | |||
TAGS Unknown | RECORDED Unknown |
Sylviornithids
Image | Species | |||
![]() | NOBLE MEGAPODE (Megavitiornis altirostris) | |||
TAGS X | RECORDED Viti Levu |
Common Name | Recorded |
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EASTERN SPOT BILLED DUCK Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl [1] | Unknown |
MALLARD Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl [1] | Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti - Lau - Rotuma |
BROWN QUAIL Pheasants, grouse & allies | Viti Levu - Vanua Levu |
WANDERING WHISTLING DUCK Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl [1] | Viti Levu |
PACIFIC BLACK DUCK Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl [1] | Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti |
RED JUNGLEFOWL Pheasants, grouse & allies | Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti - Lau - Rotuma |
WILD TURKEY Pheasants, grouse & allies | Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti - Lau - Rotuma |
ROCK DOVE Pigeons and doves | Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni |
METALLIC PIGEON Pigeons and doves | Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti - Lau |
SPOTTED DOVE Pigeons and doves | Viti Levu – Vanua Levu – Taveuni – Lau |
MANY COLOURED FRUIT DOVE Pigeons and doves | Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti - Lau |
ORANGE DOVE Pigeons and doves | Vanua Levu - Taveuni |
GOLDEN DOVE Pigeons and doves | Viti Levu - Lomaiviti |
PACIFIC IMPERIAL PIGEON Pigeons and doves | Lomaiviti - Lau - Rotuma |
PEALE'S IMPERIAL PIGEON Pigeons and doves | Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti - Lau |
LAU IMPERIAL-PIGEON Pigeons and doves | Viti Levu - Lau |
VITI LEVU GIANT PIGEON Pigeons and doves | Viti Levu |
CRIMSON-CROWNED FRUIT DOVE Pigeons and doves | Lau - Rotuma |
VELVET DOVE Pigeons and doves | Kadavu |
SHY GROUND DOVE Pigeons and doves | Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti - Lau |
LONG TAILED KOEL Cuckoos | Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti - Lau |
FAN TAILED CUCKOO Cuckoos | Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti |
TAWNY FROGMOUTH Frogmouth | Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti - Lau - Rotuma |
WHITE-THROATED NEEDLETAIL Swifts | Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti - Lau - Rotuma |
WHITE-RUMPED SWIFTLET Swifts | Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti - Lau |
AUSTRALIAN SWIFTLET Swifts | Unknown |
BUFF BANDED RAIL Rails, gallinules, and coots | Viti Levu - Vanua Levu - Taveuni - Kadavu - Lomaiviti - Lau - Rotuma |
Footnotes
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl – Ducks are a distinctive bird group with certain well-known characteristics that set them apart. They are equipped for aquatic or semi-aquatic existence having the three front toes connected by webbing. They all have a distinctive bill that is usually blunt and spoon-like, it is covered by a thin membrane with a harder tip on the upper mandible. Another common feature is the thick waterproof plumage, with a dense coat of insulating down underneath