DISTRIBUTION
OF LAND BIRD SPECIES ON TAHITI
Maps are
extracted from : Monnet C., Thibault J.-C. and Varney A. : Stability and changes
during the twentieth century in the breeding land birds of Tahiti (Polynesia).
Bird Conservation International (1993), 3 : 261-280.
Some have been updated with more recent data (after 1991).
 Butorides striatus Green-backed Heron 'Ao |
|
 Anas superciliosa Pacific Black Duck Mo'ora oviri |
 Circus approximans Swamp Harrier Manu 'amu moa |
 Porzana tabuensis Spotless Crake Meho |
 Geopelia striata Zebra Dove |
 Ptilinopus purpuratus Gray-green Fruit-Dove U'upa |
 Ducula aurorae Polynesian Imperial-Pigeon Rupe |
 Aerodramus leucophaeus Tahiti Swiftlet 'Ope'a |
|
 Hirundo tahitica Pacific Swallow 'Op'ea |
 Pycnonotus cafer Red-vented Bulbul |
 Acrocephalus caffer Tahiti Reed-Warbler O'tatare |
 Pomarea nigra Tahiti Monarch 'Omamao |
 Ramphocelus dimidiatus Crimson-backed Tanager Vini |
 Zosterops lateralis Silvereye Vini |
 Estrilda astrild Common Waxbill Vini |
 Emblema temporalis Red-browed Firetail Vini |
 Lonchura castaneothorax Chestnut-breasted Munia Vini |
 Acridotheres tristis Common Myna |
