Site Report: Tahiti
Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
Zebra Dove (Geopelia striata)
Chestnut-breasted Munia (Lonchura castaneothorax)
Red-browed Firetail (Neochmia temporalis)
Tahiti Swallow (Hirundo tahitica)
Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans)
Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
Tahiti Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus caffer)
Tahiti Monarch (Pomarea nigra)
Tahiti Kingfisher (Todirhamphus veneratus)
Tahiti Monarch (Pomarea nigra) - Female
White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)
Tahiti Swiftlet (Collocalia leucophaeus) - Colony
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Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
Zebra Dove (Geopelia striata)
Chestnut-breasted Munia (Lonchura castaneothorax)
Red-browed Firetail (Neochmia temporalis)
Tahiti Swallow (Hirundo tahitica)
Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans)
Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
Tahiti Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus caffer)
Tahiti Monarch (Pomarea nigra)
Tahiti Kingfisher (Todirhamphus veneratus)
Tahiti Monarch (Pomarea nigra) - Female
White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)
Tahiti Swiftlet (Collocalia leucophaeus) - Colony
Tahiti is the largest island in French Polynesia. The island has a fairly dense population along the coasts, but the center of the island is mostly nature (and many introduced plants)
Visits
- 2010-07-13: After our trip to see the solar eclipse on Anaa, we spent three nights on the main island of Tahiti. Activities included scuba diving to a shipwreck and a crashed airplane near the end of the airport runway, hiking into a valley on the west side of the island to find the Tahiti Monarch, hiking into the Papenoo Valley, and eating at the trucks in Papeete.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (24 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(24 records)
Class: Birds
(22 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (3 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Swamp Harrier (Circus approximans)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Swifts
- Polynesian Swiftlet (Aerodramus leucophaeus)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Tahiti Kingfisher (Todiramphus veneratus)
- Order: Pelicans
(3 records)
- Family: Herons
- Pacific Reef-Heron (Egretta sacra)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)
- Family: Tropicbirds
- White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(10 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Tahiti Monarch (Pomarea nigra)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
- Red-browed Firetail (Neochmia temporalis)
- Chestnut-breasted Munia (Lonchura castaneothorax)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Tahiti Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus caffer)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Family: Swallows
- Tahiti Swallow (Hirundo tahitica)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Crimson-backed Tanager (Ramphocelus dimidiatus)
- Family: White-eyes
- Silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
- Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)
Class: Mammals
(2 records)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(1 record)
- Family: Delphinidae
- Spinner Dolphin (Stenella longirostris)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: True Mice and Rats, Gerbils, and Allies
- Black Rat (Rattus rattus)