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Watling, Dick
Fiji : state of birds, 2013 / Dick Watling. – Suva, Fiji : Nature Fiji-MareqetiViti, 2013.
44 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN 978-982-9131-02-7
1. Birds—Fiji. I. NatureFiji-MareqetiViti. II. Title. QL694.F5W34 2013 598.099611
Copyright © 2013 NatureFiji-MareqetiViti NatureFiji-MareqetiViti, 14 Hamilton-Beattie Street (off Service Street), Suva, Fiji Islands. p: 679 310 0598 e: support@naturefiji.org www.naturefiji.org
Copyright © in all photographs published in this book is invested in those photographers whose names appear adjacent to their images. Text by Dick Watling. Designed by James de Clifford. Artwork by Streamline Creative Ltd, New Zealand. Printed in Fiji.
No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopy, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher. However, some limited usage is permitted for educational and non-commercial purposes only, including private study, research, criticism, review and news reporting.
Front/back cover: Orange-breasted Myzomela Myzomela jugularis. This endemic Fijian bird is equally common in suburban gardens and mountain forest © Mark Fraser.
Inside front/inside back cover: Crested Tern Sterna bergii has strong coastal affinities, though it is rarely seen far from land. Its habitat range extends from the West, South and Central Pacific to the Indian Ocean © Mark Fraser.
This page, top left and top right: Black Noddy Anous minutus ventures offshore following schools of tuna © Steve Cranwell; Fiji Parrotfinch Erythrura pealii is a forest dweller © Paddy Ryan. Opposite page: Plumage of the Kadavu Shining Parrot Prosopeia splendens © Jörg Kretzschmar.
State; Pressure; Response
Many issues affecting Fiji’s birds also impact Fiji’s biodiversity in general. This report examines why our birds and biodoversity are important (Introduction), what we know about the changing state of our birds (State), why our birds are declining (Pressure), and what can be done to improve their status (Response).
