OCEANIAN (TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEANIC ISLANDS)
Tropical Moist Forest

The tiny pockets of forest of the small tropical and subtropical islands of the vast Pacific Ocean include only a small number of species, but they are unique for their being remote and often endemic. The biogeography of this region is not really distinct; if you look at the groups of birds found on these islands, such as lorikeets and fruit doves (only a few insects, reptiles and mammals have made it), it is essentially an extension of the north-eastern Australasian flora and fauna, especially New Guinea and Melanesia. 

Class Reptilia

Lamprolepis smaragdina, 'Emerald Tree Skink'.

Class Aves: Birds

Family Columbidae: Doves & Pigeons

Ptilinopus spp. 'Fruit Doves'

Ptilinopus luteovirens, 'Golden Fruit Dove'. Endemic to Fiji.

Ducula spp. 'Imperial Pigeons'

Ducula latrans, 'Barking/Peale's Imperial Pigeon'. Endemic to Fiji.

Family Accipitridae: Hawks, Kites, Eagles

Accipiter rufitorques, 'Fijian Goshawk'. Found in various habitats, but endemic to Fiji.

Family Psittaculidae: Parrots

Prosopeia personata, 'Masked Shining Parrot'. Endemic to Fiji.

Family Meliphagidae: Honeyeaters

Myzomela rubratra, 'Micronesian Myzomela'. Found in northern Mariana islands.

Foulehaio spp.'(Fiji) Wattled Honeyeaters'

There are three species in this genus. They are found on the islands of Fiji, with one species extending into Polynesia.

Probably Foulehaio procerior, 'Northern Wattled Honeyeater'. Endemic to main island of Fiji.

Foulehaio carunculatus, 'Eastern Wattled Honeyeater'. Found in the rainforest and mangroves of Fiji.

Family Campephagidae: Cuckoo-shrikes

Lalage maculosa, 'Polynesian Triller'.

Family Sturnidae

Aplonis opaca, 'Micronesian Starling'. Found in Micronesia, including northern Mariana islands.

Family Sturnidae: Starlings & Mynas

Acridotheres fuscus, 'Jungle Mynah'. Closely related and resembles Javan Mynah. Introduced from India into Fiji and other islands. 

Class Mammalia

Order Chiroptera

Family Pteropodidae 

Pteropus pelewensis, 'Pelew Flying Fox/Fruit Bat'. Infamously included in a 'fruit bat soup' in Micronesia.

Pteropus tonganus , 'Insular/Pacific Flying Fox'. It is found in rainforest, mangroves and around human habitation. It is the most geographically widespread of all the flying fox in the Pacific; being recorded in New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Wallis & Futuna and Fiji.

Places to experience Oceanic Pacific Island rainforest

Countries, islands, resorts, and national parks that have rainforest in the Pacific islands of Oceania include: French Polynesia, Palau, and the Pitcairn Islands.