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Table 2: List of Land birds of Makogai and Makodraga Islands observed during this
assessment survey and recorded on literature
Makodraga & Makogai
Land Bird Records
1. Banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
Makodraga Makogai EndemicityDi
stribution
2. Barking Pigeon Ducula latrans E
3. Barn Owl Tyto alba
11
Threat
Status
Historic Literature
Record
(observation date)
4. Brown Quail Coturnix ypsilophora Ex W
5. Collared Lory Phigys solitarius E
6. Common Mynah Acridotheres tristis
7.
Crimson-crowned Fruitdove
Ptilinopus
porphyraceus
RE
8. Eastern Reef Heron Egretta sacra
9. Fiji Bush Warbler Cettia ruficapilla E
10. Fiji Goshawk Accipiter rufitorques E
11.
Fiji Parrotfinche Erythrura pealii
E
12. Friendly Ground-dove Gallicolumba stairii RE V
13. Jungle Fowl Gallus gallus
14. Lesser Shrikebill Clytorhynchus vitiensis
15. Orange-breasted
Myzomela Myzomela jugularis
E
16.
Pacific Harrier Circus approximans
17. Pacific Pigeon Ducula pacifica ?
18. Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica
19. Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
20. Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
21. Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
22. Slaty Monarch Mayrornis lessoni E
23. Spotted Turtle-dove Streptopelia chinensis
24. Vanikoro Broadbill Myiagra vanikorensis
25. White-collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
26.
White-rumped Swiftlet
Aerodramus
spodiopygia
27. White-t`hroated Pigeon Columba vitiensis
CITES
Appendi
x II
B (6 th March,
2009)
28. Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo Ex W – 1924
Key:
Endemicity:
Threat Status
Historic/Literature
Record
Discussion
Recorded during this trip from
Makogai and Makodraga
E - Fiji Endemic
RE – Regional Endemic
V- Vulnerable (IUCN Red List 2008)
AR - At Risk in Fiji (Watling 2001)
Ex – Extirpated according to literature
W – Watling, 2001
B – Birdstack
Makodraga and Makogai Islands, under the Birds and Game Protection Act, are the
only two islands in the Fiji archipelago that are completely reserved areas in respect
of all game.