Thursday, 22 December 2016

Samoan Birding

For the final part of my 3-island Pacific Tour for Birding Ecotours I spent a couple of days on the beautiful island of Upolu, Samoa. There was some very nice birds there, one of my favourites was the Cardinal Myzomela - a real stunner and very different to the sub-species I'd seen while on Lifou in New Caledonia.

The Fruit Doves were again spectacular and the endemic Kingfisher - Flat-billed Kingfisher was very smart. It was also great to see White-tailed Tropicbirds and White Terns cruising around everywhere!

Trip Report here: http://birdingecotours.com/trip-reports/samoa

Cardinal Myzomela - stunner!

Crimson-crowned Fruit Dove - keeping up with the quality Doves from New Caledonia & Fiji

Crimson-crowned Fruit Dove with baby!

Flat-billed Kingfisher - a rather smart endemic

Blue-crowned Lorikeet

Pacific Golden Plover - common in gardens!

Buff-banded Rail - so common and out in the open! Running all over the place

Polynesian Wattled Honeyeater - a bit boring!

Samoan Fantail - keeping up with the many Fantails seen in the region

Samoan Starling - enjoying some palm fruits

Samoan Whistler - quite nice - quite different from the other Whistlers in the region

Samoan Whistler - quite nice - quite different from the other Whistlers in the region

Brown Noddy giving a flyby across the moon!

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