Project manumanu vuka | Photos of all birds of Fiji
Originally, I planned to post separate articles with birds of Fiji images depending on their size and type. A few months back I posted the first article with images of small to medium-sized birds here in Fiji and followed a few weeks later with another one dedicated to the beautiful doves here. Instead of following with a post on the larger birds, I decided to compile all birds I managed (and will manage) to photograph so far in this post. And because everything sticks a little better in our heads with a catchy name, I am going to call this project "Project manumanu vuka", which means "Bird" in Fijian.As I wrote before, according to Wikipedia the avifauna of Fiji “includes a total of 178 species, of which 31 are endemic, and 13 have been introduced by humans”. This sounds like a lot, and indeed it is but we have to start somewhere regardless.
Project manumanu vuka - photographing all birds of Fiji
As I am living and working in Fiji and generally love birding, I came up with the (probably impossible) plan to photograph each and every one of the birds found here in Fiji - whether just as occasional visitors or as resident breeding birds. I figured the easiest way to display them in alphabetic order. The expectations for myself are that the shown images must be of good quality, visually pleasing, and facilitate the identification of the respective bird(s).This will be an ongoing project and I will update this as I am able to shoot new birds. Luckily, I do get to travel a fair bit throughout Fiji due to my work assignments and fingers crossed will be able to photograph birds that can only be found on a certain island or islands.
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Birds of Fiji
Australian Magpie (Gymnorhina tibicen)
Barking Imperial Pigeon (Ducula latrans)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Black-Naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana)
Black Noddy (Anous minututs)
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Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)
Black-Shouldered Lapwing (Vanellus miles ssp. novaehollandiae)
Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)
Buff-Banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis)
Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris)
Collared Lory (Phigys solitarius)
Crimson Shining-Parrot (Prosopeia splendens)
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Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis)
Common Mynah (Acridotheres trisis)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Fiji Bush-Warbler (Cettia ruficapilla)
Fiji Goshawk (Accipiter rufitorques)
Fiji Parrotfinch (Erythrura pealii)
Fiji Shrikebill (Clytorhynchus vitiensis)
Fiji Whistler (Pachycephala vitiensis)
Fiji White-Eye (Zosterops explorator)
Fiji Woodswallow (Artamus mentalis)
Greater Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor)
Golden Dove (Chrysoena luteovirens)
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Island Trush (Turdus poliocephalus)
Jungle Mynah (Acridotheres fuscus)
Kadavu Honeyeater (Meliphacator provocator)
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Blue-Crested Broadbill (Myiaggra azureocapilla)
Many-Colored Fruitdove (Ptilinopus peroussi)
Masked Shining Parrot (Prosopeia personata)
Orange-Breasted Myzomela (Myzomela jugularis)
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Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
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Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
Pacific Harrier / Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans)
Pacific Imperial Pigeon (Ducula pacifica)
Pacific / Eastern Reef Heron (Egretta sacra)
Pacific Robin (Petroica pusilla)
Pink-billed Parrotfinch (Erythrura kleinschmidti)
Pacific Swallow (Hirundo tahitica)
Polynesian Starling (Aplonis tabuensis)
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Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava)
Red Shining-Parrot (Prosopeia tabuensis)
Red-Footed Booby (Sula sula)
Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus)
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Red-Vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
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Silverye (Zosterops lateralis)
Slaty Monarch (Mayrornis lesson)
Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis)
Streaked Fantail (Rhipidura spilodera)
Vanikoro broadbill/flycatcher (Myiagra vanikorensis)
Wattled Honeyeater (Foulehaio procerior)
Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)
White-Faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae)
White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)
White-Throated Pigeon (Columba vitiensis)
