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Make an Exhibit for that Island - Fauna of Fiji

A submission based on the fauna of the Fiji archipelago for MonkeyBat's thread "Make an Exhibit for that Island". Complete species list in the comment section below, description in the thread.

Make an Exhibit for that Island - Fauna of Fiji
KevinB, 13 Dec 2020
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      Fauna of Fiji

      Levu Lorikeets
      • Collared lorikeet (Phigys solitarius)
      • Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa)
      • Barking imperial pigeon or Peale's imperial pigeon (Ducula latrans)
      • Masked shining parrot (Prosopeia personata)
      Passerine Pavilion

      Taveuni silktail (Lamprolia victoriae)
      Rotuma Myzomela (Myzomela chermesina)
      Kadavu honeyeater (Meliphacator provocator)
      Fiji white-eye or Layard’s white-eye (Zosterops explorator)
      Fiji whistler (Pachycephala vitiensis)
      Streaked fantail (Rhipidura verreauxi)
      Polynesian starling (Aplonis tabuensis)
      Pacific robin (Petroica pusilla)
      Pink-billed parrotfinch (Erythrura kleinschmidti)
      Fiji parrotfinch (Erythrura pealii)
      Long-legged thicketbird (Trichocichla rufa)
      Azure-crested flycatcher (Myiagra azureocapilla)
      Sulphur-breasted Myzomela, Orange-breasted Myzomela or Orange-breasted honeyeater (Myzomela jugularis)
      Slaty monarch (Mayrornis lessoni)​

      Rainbow Reef Aquarium

      Living reef tank


      At least the following species, possibly more
      • Exquisite wrasse (Cirrhilabrus exquisitus)
      • Convict tang or Convict surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus)
      • Orangebar anthias (Pseudanthias engelhardi)
      • Square-spot anthias, Pink square anthias, Mirror basslet or square-spot fairy basslet (Pseudanthias pleurotaenia)
      • Schooling bannerfish or False moorish idol (Heniochus diphreutes)
      • Sailfin tang (Zebrasoma veliferum)
      • Tomini surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus tominiensis)
      • Naso tang, Bar-cheek unicornfish or Orange-spine unicornfish (Naso lituratus)
      • Orange-band surgeonfish, Orange-shoulder surgeonfish or Orange-bar tang (Acanthurus olivaceus)
      • Peach fairy basslet (Pseudanthias dispar)
      • Fiji Anemonefish (Amphiprion barberi)
      • Orange-fin anemonefish (Amphiprion chrysopterus)
      • Reticulate Dascyllus or Two-stripe damselfish (Dascyllus reticulatus)
      • Whitetail Dascyllus or Humbug damselfish (Dascyllus aruanus)
      • Neon damselfish (Pomacentrus coelestis)
      • Ocellate damselfish or Princess damselfish (Pomacentrus vaiuli)
      • Three-spot Dascyllus, Three-spot damselfish or Domino damsel (Dascyllus trimaculatus)
      • Whitespotted devil or Jewel damselfish (Plectroglyphidodon lacrymatus)
      • Black-bar chromis (Chromis retrofasciata)
      • Green chromis (Chromis viridis)
      • Lyretail hogfish (Bodianus anthioides)
      • Ring-tailed cardinalfish (Ostorhinchus aureus)
      • Pajama cardinalfish, Spotted cardinalfish, Coral cardinalfish or Polka-dot cardinalfish (Sphaeramia nematoptera)
      • Elegant firefish or Purple firefish (Nemateleotris decora)
      • Bluestreak cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus)
      • Splendid garden eel or Orange-barred garden eel (Gorgasia preclara)
      • Flame hawkfish (Neocirrhites armatus)
      • Ringtail tang or ringtail surgeonfish (Acanthurus blochii)
      • Brown tang, Two-tone tang, Scopas tang or Brush-tail tang (Zebrasoma scopas)
      • Whitebar Gregory or White-banded Gregory (Stegastes albifasciatus)
      Various Pacific and Indo-Pacific coral species and other invertebrates such as sea anemones

      Venomous marine species exhibits

      Yellow-bellied sea snake (Hydrophis platurus)
      Red lionfish (Pterois volitans)
      Bicolored foxface (Siganus uspi)​

      Crustacean exhibits

      Perplexing fiddler crab (Austruca perplexa)
      Mottled lightfoot crab (Grapsus albolineatus)
      Thick-legged fiddler crab (Paraleptuca crassipes)
      Coconut crab, Robber crab or Palm thief (Birgus latro)
      Land/Terrestrial hermit crab Coenobita spinosus
      Red-claw crab or Brown land crab (Cardisoma carnifex)
      Blue-spot hermit crab or Blue-knee hermit crab (Dardanus guttatus)
      Feather star squat lobster, Crinoid squat lobster or Elegant squat lobster (Allogalathea elegans)
      Peacock mantis shrimp, Harlequin mantis shrimp, Painted mantis shrimp, Clown mantis shrimp or Rainbow mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus)​

      Marine nursery and breeding room, including breeding and growing tanks for corals and educational displays on marine organism life cycles

      Educational displays
      on threats to coral reefs and on the plastic soup and ocean pollution issues

      Educational island

      Educational displays
      on threats facing islands including signage, screens showing short clips and models/installations visually illustrating and demonstrating environmental processes and threats

      Invasive species exhibits
      Small Asian mongoose (Herpestes javanicus)
      Black rat (Rattus rattus)
      Cane toad (Rhinella marina)
      Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella)
      Domestic pig, small breed (Sus scrofa domesticus)

      Herp House

      Reptile and amphibian vivariums

      Central Fiji banded iguana or Fiji short-crested iguana (Brachylophus bulabula)
      Eastern Fiji banded iguana or Lau Banded iguana (Brachylophus fasciatus)
      Gau iguana (Brachylophus gau)
      Fiji crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis)
      Lauan ground skink or Ono-i-Lau ground skink (Leiolopisma alazon)
      Rotuman forest gecko (Lepidodactylus gardineri)
      Fiji scaly-toed gecko or Viti forest gecko (Lepidodactylus manni)
      Mourning gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris)
      Fiji burrowing snake or Fiji Bolo snake (Ogmodon vitianus)
      Bibron's bevel-nosed boa, Bibron's keel-scaled boa, Pacific tree boa or Fiji boa (Candoia bibroni)
      Fiji tree frog or Levuka wrinkled ground frog (Platymantis vitiensis)
      Fiji ground frog or Viti wrinkled ground frog (Cornufer vitianus)​

      Off-show breeding vivariums
      Reptile nursery room


      Feathers of Fiji Flight House

      Forest free-flight walk-through, Indoor and outdoor

      • Orange fruit dove (Ptilinopus victor)
      • Golden fruit dove (Ptilinopus luteovirens)
      • Metallic pigeon or white-throated pigeon (Columba vitiensis)
      • Tongan ground dove, Shy ground dove or Friendly ground dove (Pampusana stairi)
      • Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa)
      • Australasian swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)
      • Island thrush (Turdus poliocephalus)
      • Pacific kingfisher (Todiramphus sacer)
      • Giant honeyeater or Duetting giant honeyeater (Gymnomyza brunneirostris)
      • Red-throated lorikeet (Charmosyna amabilis)
      • Buff-banded rail (Hypotaenidia philippensis)
      • Fiji Wattled Honeyeater (Foulehaio taviunensis)
      Off-show areas with breeding, acclimatization and separation aviaries, equipment and food storage areas, a food prep room, a veterinary care room and a break room for keepers

      Bird nursery

      Coastal/mangrove/marine free-flight walk-through, Indoor and outdoor
      • Red-footed booby (Sula sula)
      • Fiji petrel (Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi)
      • Bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis)
      • White tern (Gygis alba)
      • Sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)
      • Pacific reef heron (Egretta sacra)
      Indoor/Outdoor aviary block

      1) Fiji goshawk (Accipiter rufitorques)
      2) Swamp harrier, Pacific swamp harrier, Pacific marsh harrier or Australasian marsh harrier (Circus approximans)
      3) Masked shining parrot (Prosopeia personata)
      4) Maroon shining parrot or Red shining parrot (Prosopeia tabuensis)
      5) Crimson shining parrot or Kadavu musk parrot (Prosopeia splendens)
      6) Crimson-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus porphyraceus) and Blue-crowned lorikeet (Vini australis)
      7) Many-colored fruit dove (Ptilinopus perousii)
      8) Brown booby (Sula leucogaster), Black noddy (Anous minutus) and Striated heron or Mangrove heron (Butorides striata)​


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