Vol 3 Land Resource Inventory Report - Department of Environment ...

Indian myna (Acridotheres tristis).
Jungle myna (Acridotheres fuscus).
Red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer).
(Food and Agriculture Organisation: 2010)
3.16 MIGRATORY SPECIES
Some of the species of flora and fauna that are migratory include:
Out of the 55 terrestrial breeding species of birds found in Fiji, 1 is inland migrant
and 16 coastal migrants.
(Department of Environment, 1997:9).
3.17 ENDANGERED SPECIES
Study conducted by Doyle (1998) as cited in World Wildlife Fund (2001) stated that a
number of Fiji‘s 10 gymnosperm species are considered endangered including the
endemics Podocarpus affinis, Acmophyle sahniana, and Dacrydium nausoriense.
Building on this idea another study conducted by Doyle & Fuller (1998) as cited in
World Wildlife Fund (2001) stated that 24 native palm species are enedemic to Fiji and at
least 8 out of the 24 are endangered or critically endangered including Neoveitchia
storckii. Other flora and fauna that are endangered to Fiji include the following:
Fiji petrel (Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi).
Fijian ground frog
Fiji tree frog
Giant forest Honey eater
Kadavu Parrot
Polynesian Storm Petrel
Long legged Warbler
Pink Billed Parrotfinch
Rotuman myzomela
Friendly ground dove
Black faced Shrikebill
Fiji Petrel
Ogea Monarch
Silktail
Red-throated Lorikeet
Bristle-thighed Curlew
Acochlidium fiiense
Giant Fijian Longhorn Beetle
Fijian Stick Insect
Fijidoma maculata
Pacific Sheath-tail Bat
Fijian Flying Fox
Fiji Blossom Bat
Neoveitchia storckii
405