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The Solomon Islands is a country in Melanesia, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. Together they cover a land mass of 28,400 square kilometres (10,965 sq mi). The capital is Honiara, located on the island of Guadalcanal. |
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(GNU Free Documentation License)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Islands
Number of bird species: 278
Number of endemics: 69 (21 non-passerines & 48 passerines)
Ultramarine Kingfisher Todiramphus leucopygius Moustached Kingfisher Actenoides bougainvillei Buff-headed Coucal Centropus milo Ducorps's Cockatoo Cacatua ducorpsii Yellow-bibbed Lory Lorius chlorocercus Meek's Lorikeet Charmosyna meeki Duchess Lorikeet Charmosyna margarethae Solomon Islands Hawk-Owl Ninox jacquinoti Fearful Owl Nesasio solomonensis Crested Cuckoo-Dove Reinwardtoena crassirostris Thick-billed Ground-Dove Gallicolumba salamonis Silver-capped Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus richardsii White-headed Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus eugeniae Chestnut-bellied Imperial-Pigeon Ducula brenchleyi Pale Mountain-Pigeon Gymnophaps solomonensis Woodford's Rail Nesoclopeus woodfordi Roviana Rail Gallirallus rovianae San Cristobal Moorhen Gallinula silvestris Sanford's Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus sanfordi Imitator Sparrowhawk Accipiter imitator Beck's Petrel Pterodroma becki Black-faced Pitta Pitta anerythra Scarlet-naped Myzomela Myzomela lafargei Yellow-vented Myzomela Myzomela eichhorni Black-headed Myzomela Myzomela melanocephala Red-bellied Myzomela Myzomela malaitae Sooty Myzomela Myzomela tristrami Bougainville Honeyeater Stresemannia bougainvillei Guadalcanal Honeyeater Guadalcanaria inexpectata San Cristobal Melidectes Melidectes sclateri Hooded Whistler Pachycephala implicata Bougainville Crow Corvus meeki White-billed Crow Corvus woodfordi Solomon Islands Cuckooshrike Coracina holopolia White-winged Fantail Rhipidura cockerelli Brown Fantail Rhipidura drownei Dusky Fantail Rhipidura tenebrosa Rennell Fantail Rhipidura rennelliana Malaita Fantail Rhipidura malaitae Rennell Shrikebill Clytorhynchus hamlini Bougainville Monarch Monarcha erythrostictus Chestnut-bellied Monarch Monarcha castaneiventris White-capped Monarch Monarcha richardsii Black-and-white Monarch Monarcha barbatus Kulambangra Monarch Monarcha browni White-collared Monarch Monarcha viduus Steel-blue Flycatcher Myiagra ferrocyanea Ochre-headed Flycatcher Myiagra cervinicauda San Cristobal Thrush Zoothera margaretae Rennell Starling Aplonis insularis Brown-winged Starling Aplonis grandis San Cristobal Starling Aplonis dichroa White-eyed Starling Aplonis brunneicapilla Rennell White-eye Zosterops rennellianus Banded White-eye Zosterops vellalavella Ganongga White-eye Zosterops splendidus Splendid White-eye Zosterops luteirostris Solomon Islands White-eye Zosterops kulambangrae Hermit White-eye Zosterops murphyi Yellow-throated White-eye Zosterops metcalfii Grey-throated White-eye Zosterops rendovae Malaita White-eye Zosterops stresemanni Bare-eyed White-eye Woodfordia superciliosa Shade Warbler Cettia parens San Cristobal Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus makirensis Sombre Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus amoenus Bougainville Thicketbird Megalurulus llaneae Midget Flowerpecker Dicaeum aeneum Mottled Flowerpecker Dicaeum tristrami
Ultramarine Kingfisher Todiramphus leucopygius Moustached Kingfisher Actenoides bougainvillei Buff-headed Coucal Centropus milo Ducorps's Cockatoo Cacatua ducorpsii Yellow-bibbed Lory Lorius chlorocercus Meek's Lorikeet Charmosyna meeki Duchess Lorikeet Charmosyna margarethae Solomon Islands Hawk-Owl Ninox jacquinoti Fearful Owl Nesasio solomonensis Crested Cuckoo-Dove Reinwardtoena crassirostris Thick-billed Ground-Dove Gallicolumba salamonis Silver-capped Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus richardsii White-headed Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus eugeniae Chestnut-bellied Imperial-Pigeon Ducula brenchleyi Pale Mountain-Pigeon Gymnophaps solomonensis Woodford's Rail Nesoclopeus woodfordi Roviana Rail Gallirallus rovianae San Cristobal Moorhen Gallinula silvestris Sanford's Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus sanfordi Imitator Sparrowhawk Accipiter imitator Beck's Petrel Pterodroma becki Black-faced Pitta Pitta anerythra Scarlet-naped Myzomela Myzomela lafargei Yellow-vented Myzomela Myzomela eichhorni Black-headed Myzomela Myzomela melanocephala Red-bellied Myzomela Myzomela malaitae Sooty Myzomela Myzomela tristrami Bougainville Honeyeater Stresemannia bougainvillei Guadalcanal Honeyeater Guadalcanaria inexpectata San Cristobal Melidectes Melidectes sclateri Hooded Whistler Pachycephala implicata Bougainville Crow Corvus meeki White-billed Crow Corvus woodfordi Solomon Islands Cuckooshrike Coracina holopolia White-winged Fantail Rhipidura cockerelli Brown Fantail Rhipidura drownei Dusky Fantail Rhipidura tenebrosa Rennell Fantail Rhipidura rennelliana Malaita Fantail Rhipidura malaitae Rennell Shrikebill Clytorhynchus hamlini Bougainville Monarch Monarcha erythrostictus Chestnut-bellied Monarch Monarcha castaneiventris White-capped Monarch Monarcha richardsii Black-and-white Monarch Monarcha barbatus Kulambangra Monarch Monarcha browni White-collared Monarch Monarcha viduus Steel-blue Flycatcher Myiagra ferrocyanea Ochre-headed Flycatcher Myiagra cervinicauda San Cristobal Thrush Zoothera margaretae Rennell Starling Aplonis insularis Brown-winged Starling Aplonis grandis San Cristobal Starling Aplonis dichroa White-eyed Starling Aplonis brunneicapilla Rennell White-eye Zosterops rennellianus Banded White-eye Zosterops vellalavella Ganongga White-eye Zosterops splendidus Splendid White-eye Zosterops luteirostris Solomon Islands White-eye Zosterops kulambangrae Hermit White-eye Zosterops murphyi Yellow-throated White-eye Zosterops metcalfii Grey-throated White-eye Zosterops rendovae Malaita White-eye Zosterops stresemanni Bare-eyed White-eye Woodfordia superciliosa Shade Warbler Cettia parens San Cristobal Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus makirensis Sombre Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus amoenus Bougainville Thicketbird Megalurulus llaneae Midget Flowerpecker Dicaeum aeneum Mottled Flowerpecker Dicaeum tristrami
Birds and Bird Lore of Bougainville and the North Solomons
Don Hadden, Dove 2001ISBN: 0959025758
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Birds of Melanesia: Bismarcks, Solomons, Vanuatu and New Caledonia
By Guy Dutson | 447 pages | 75 colour plates | colour photos | colour maps | black & white illustrations | tables | Christopher Helm | Softcover | 2011ISBN: 9780713665406
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Birds of the Solomons, Vanuatu and New Caledonia
by Chris Doughty, Nicholas Day & Andrew Plant Softcover. A&C Black, 1999ISBN: 071364690X
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Solomon Islands Wildlife Conservation Project
WebsiteCharapoana Island Resort, apart from its commercial activities catering for divers, adventure and exotic destination seekers, is also committed to "in-situ" conservation program of Solomon Islands of endangered and rare species of wildlife in order to protect and preserve the marine & terrestrial biodiversity...
The Nature Conservancy - Solomon Islands Program
WebsiteThe Solomon Islands are ranked among the top 10 most biologically diverse and imperiled nations in the world. Their coral reefs contain extraordinarily diverse and valuable marine resources and, with the exception of Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands have the greatest diversity of vertebrate species of all Pacific Island nations...
Arnarvon Islands - Community-Managed Conservation Area
Satellite ViewThe Arnarvon Islands are located in the Manning Straits, midway between Choiseul and Isabel Islands, two large mountainous islands in the Solomon Archipelago...
Biodiversity and Protected Areas
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2004 [September] - Guy Dutson
ReportWe did it again – beating the mountains, the rain, and the airline to see virtually all of the Solomons endemics. We birded the islands of Guadalcanal, Rennell, Gizo and Malaita by road, cruised into Ranongga and Vella Lavella by boat, and trekked up into the mountains of Kolombangara, Makira and Santa Isabel. The fantastic series of endemics ranged from Solomons Sea Eagles, through the many pigeons, notably scope views of the very rare Yellow-legged Pigeon and the bizarre Crested Cuckoo-Dove, and parrots, from cockatoos to pygmy-parrots, to a biogeographer’s dream array of myzomelas, monarchs and white-eyes. A total of 148 species seen...
2007 [March] - Chris Collins - Wildwings
Report...the rescheduled recce took place between 20 February – 4 March 2007 with 4 days spent on Gizo and Kolombangara, 3 days on Rennell and 4 days at Mount Austin/in Honiara...
2007 [October] - Mark Van Beirs
ReportRain, mud, sweat, steep mountains, shy, skulky birds, shaky logistics and an airline with a dubious reputation, that is what the Solomon Islands tour is all about, but these forgotten islands in the southwest Pacific also hold some very rarely observed birds that very few birders will ever have the privilege to add to their lifelist...
2009 [September] - Mark Van Beirs
ReportOur 2009 Solomon Islands tour will be remembered by its participants by the copious and unseasonal amounts of rain and mud, the sometimes brutally steep, slippery trails, the painful ‘trenchfoot’, the dark, gloomy straw house on Makira, the tough hike and wet overnight high on Kolombangara volcano, the splendidly performing ‘out of this world’ Solomon Islands Frogmouth, the stealthy, beautiful and very rarely seen Black-faced Pitta and the great looks at extraordinary Solomon Sea Eagles...
Solomon Kitano Mendana Hotel - Guadalcanal
AccommodationFrom the hotel, it is possible to arrange flights to more than 20 of the outer islands or to join the off-the-beaten-track travellers and venture into the wilds of the country, dive further afield to coral reefs and war wrecks, observe the diversity of Melanesian culture, fish and sightsee among the great battlegrounds of the Pacific...
Rainforest
WebsiteThe Solomon Islands contain a wide variety of rainforest types. Each island has something unique about its environment and its plant and animal life. The islands' lush forests contain 4,500 species of plants, 230 of which are different varieties of orchid, some not found anywhere else on Earth. Among the thick swaths of vegetation, over 170 species of birds can be found, some unique to the Solomon Islands as well...
Solomon Island Eclectus Eclectus roratus solomensis
WebsiteThe lovely Solomon Island Eclectus is a bit smaller than the Vosmaeri Eclectus. As with other Eclectus species, the male is green and the female is red and blue...
Solomon Islands Crowned Pigeon Microgoura meeki
WebsiteOne of the Fifty Rarest Birds of the World...
Wetlands and Forest Ecosystems of the Solomon Islands
WebsiteSolomon Islands attracts immense interest from the international community due to the uniqueness, diversity and biological significance of its natural environment. Solomon Islands' forests form part of the belt of tropical rainforest that covers only 7 percent of the Earth's surface but that accommodates 70 percent to nearly 90 percent of all species of plants and animals...
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