OCEANIAN (TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEANIC ISLANDS)
Tropical Moist Forest
The tiny pockets of rainforest of the small tropical and subtropical islands of the vast Pacific Ocean...
Class Reptilia
(Palau)Lamprolepis smaragdina, 'Emerald Tree Skink'.
Class Aves: Birds
Family Columbidae: Doves & Pigeons
Ptilinopus spp. 'Fruit Doves'
(in captivity, Fiji)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
(Colo-I-Suva, Fiji)Accipiter rufitorques, 'Fijian Goshawk'. Found in various habitats, but endemic to Fiji.
Family Psittaculidae: Parrots
(Colo-I-Suva, Fiji)Prosopeia personata, 'Masked Shining Parrot'. Endemic to Fiji.
Family Meliphagidae: Honeyeaters
(Palau Royal Resort gardens)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.
(Colo-I-Suva, Fiji)Probably Foulehaio procerior, 'Northern Wattled Honeyeater'. Endemic to main island of Fiji.
(Fulaga, Fiji)Foulehaio carunculatus, 'Eastern Wattled Honeyeater'. Found in the rainforest and mangroves of Fiji.
Family Campephagidae: Cuckoo-shrikes
(Colo-I-Suva resort, Fiji)Lalage maculosa, 'Polynesian Triller'.
Family Sturnidae
(Palau Royal Resort gardens)Aplonis opaca, 'Micronesian Starling'. Found in Micronesia, including northern Mariana islands.
Family Sturnidae: Starlings & Mynas
(Colo-I-Suva resort, Fiji)Acridotheres fuscus, 'Jungle Mynah'. Closely related and resembles Javan Mynah. Introduced from India into Fiji and other islands.
Class Mammalia
(Neiafu, Tonga)Order Chiroptera
Family Pteropodidae
(Palau)Pteropus pelewensis, 'Pelew Flying Fox/Fruit Bat'. Infamously included in a 'fruit bat soup' in Micronesia.
(Fruit bat mom with young attached, Palau)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.
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