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Misc. Exhibit Challenge - Fiji/Levu Dome

Misc. Exhibit Challenge - Fiji/Levu Dome
KevinB, 21 Nov 2021
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      Fiji - Levu Dome

      Numbered lists correspond to numbers on the map. Dotted lists represent the different species housed in a mixed exhibit. Striped lists represent species housed in different exhibits within a complex, such as a row of tanks or terrariums.

      Aviaries, Indoor and outdoor - First block


      1) Orange dove (Chrysoena victor)
      2) Golden dove (Chrysoena luteovirens)
      3) Masked shining-parrot (Prosopeia personata)
      4) Crimson shining-parrot or Kadavu musk parrot (Prosopeia splendens)
      5) Velvet dove, Whistling fruit dove or Yellow-headed dove (Chrysoena layardi)
      6) Many-colored fruit dove (Ptilinopus perousii)
      7) Taveuni maroon shining-parrot or Taveuni red shining-parrot (Prosopeia tabuensis taviunensis)
      8) Vanua Levu maroon shining-parrot or Vanua Levu red shining-parrot (Prosopeia tabuensis atrogularis)
      9) Crimson-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus porphyraceus) and White-browed crake (Amaurornis cinerea)
      10) Barking imperial pigeon or Peale's imperial-pigeon (Ducula latrans) and Melanesian scrubfowl or Melanesian megapode (Megapodius eremita) [Species from the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands in Melanesia, used here as a stand-in for the extinct Fiji native species Consumed scrubfowl (Megapodius alimentum) and Viti Levu scrubfowl, Fiji scrubfowl or Lost megapode (Megapodius amissus)]​

      Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus nesiotes) aviary

      Lorikeet walk-through, Indoor and outdoor
      • Collared lorikeet (Phigys solitarius)
      • Blue-crowned lorikeet (Vini australis)
      • Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa)
      • Eastern wattled honeyeater or Polynesian wattled honeyeater (Foulehaio carunculatus)
      • Giant honeyeater or Duetting giant honeyeater (Gymnomyza brunneirostris)
      • Velvet dove, Whistling fruit dove or Yellow-headed dove (Ptilinopus layardi)
      Aviaries, Indoor and outdoor – Second block

      1) Yellow-billed honeyeater, Yodeling giant honeyeater or Chattering giant honeyeater (Gymnomyza viridis)
      2) Fiji wattled honeyeater or Northern wattled honeyeater (Foulehaio taviunensis)
      3) Kadavu honeyeater (Meliphacator provocator)
      4) Giant honeyeater or Duetting giant honeyeater (Gymnomyza brunneirostris)
      5) Buff-banded rail (Hypotaenidia philippensis sethsmithi) and Pacific kingfisher (Todiramphus sacer vitiensis)
      6) Australasian swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus) and Striated heron, Mangrove heron, Little heron or Green-backed heron (Butorides striata)​

      Large walk-through aviary, Indoor and outdoor
      • Wandering whistling-duck (Dendrocygna arcuata) [Regionally extinct in Fiji]
      • Yellow-billed honeyeater, Yodeling giant honeyeater or Chattering giant honeyeater (Gymnomyza viridis)
      • Kikau or Western wattled honeyeater (Foulehaio procerior)
      • Kadavu honeyeater (Meliphacator provocator)
      • Metallic pigeon or White-throated pigeon (Columba vitiensis)
      • Shy ground dove, Tongan ground dove or Friendly ground dove (Pampusana stairi)
      • Orange dove (Chrysoena victor)
      • Golden dove (Chrysoena luteovirens)
      • Masked shining-parrot (Prosopeia personata)
      • Buff-banded rail (Hypotaenidia philippensis sethsmithi)
      • Black-throated shrikebill or Black-faced shrikebill (Clytorhynchus nigrogularis)
      • Kadavu Island thrush (Turdus poliocephalus ruficeps)
      Invasives exhibits

      - Small Indian mongoose (Urva auropunctata)
      - Polynesian rat, Pacific rat, Little rat or Kiore (Rattus exulans)
      - Common myna or Indian myna (Acridotheres tristis)
      - Cane toad (Rhinella marina)​

      Coastal walk-through aviary
      • White tern (Gygis alba)
      • Spectacled tern or Grey-backed tern (Onychoprion lunatus)
      • Black noddy or White-capped noddy (Anous minutus)
      • Bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis)
      • Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva)
      • Wandering tattler (Tringa incana)
      Nurseries and Food and enrichment prep

      Indoor aviaries – First block

      1) Long-legged thicketbird (Cincloramphus rufus)
      2) Fiji woodswallow (Artamus mentalis)
      3) Kadavu fantail (Rhipidura personata)
      4) Polynesian starling (Aplonis tabuensis)
      5) Taveuni streaked fantail streaked fantail (Rhipidura rufilateralis or Rhipidura verreauxi rufilateralis)
      6) Fiji white-eye or Layard’s white-eye (Zosterops explorator)
      7) Taveuni silktail (Lamprolia victoriae)
      8) Natewa silktail (Lamprolia klinesmithi)​

      Lepidoptera and honeyeater exhibit
      • Rotuma myzomela (Myzomela chermesina)
      • Sulphur-breasted Myzomela, Orange-breasted Myzomela or Orange-breasted honeyeater (Myzomela jugularis)
      • Fijian Emperor (Polyura caphontis)
      • Common Fijian Ringlet (Ypthima sesara)
      • Bordered Fijian Ringlet (Ypthima fulvida)
      • Fiji Swallowtail (Papilio schmeltzi)
      • Natewa swallowtai (Papilio natewa)
      • Fijian hawkmoth (Cephonodes armatus)
      • Blue wanderer or Dark tiger (Tirumala hamata neptunia)
      • Broad-bordered grass yellow (Eurema brigitta)
      • Caper white (Belenois java)
      • Meadow argus (Junonia villida)
      Living reef tank
      • 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)
      • Twilight fangblenny (Petroscirtes pylei)
      • Canary fangblenny (Meiacanthus oualanensis)
      • Fiji clown blenny (Ecsenius fijiensis)
      • Purple-eye goby (Bryaninops natans)
      • Marjorie's wrasse or Marjorie’s fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus marjorie)
      • Old glory or Court Jester goby (Koumansetta rainfordi)
      • Curious wormfish (Gunnellichthys curiosus)
      • Zebra dartgoby, Zebra barred dartfish or Chinese zebra goby (Ptereleotris zebra)
      • Fire goby, Magnificent fire fish, Fire dartfish or Red fire goby (Nemateleotris magnifica)
      • South Seas devil, South Seas demoiselle or Fiji damsel (Chrysiptera taupou)
      • This exhibit will also include various Pacific and Indo-Pacific coral species and other invertebrates such as sea anemones, including these coral species listed by the EDGE of Existence project for Fiji: Montastrea salebrosa, Turbinaria mesenterina, Turbinaria peltata, Turbinaria heronensis, Catalaphyllia jardinei, Turbinaria reniformis, Turbinaria patula, Turbinaria stellulata, Physogyra lichtensteini, Pachyseris rugosa, Montastrea multipunctata, Seriatopora aculeata, Alveopora verrilliana, Alveopora fenestrata
      Aquarium exhibits – Marine tanks

      - Common mudskipper, Kalolo mudskipper, Sailfin mudskipper or Silverline mudskipper (Periophthalmus kalolo)
      - Sling-jaw wrasse (Epibulus insidiator)
      - Blue velvet angelfish or Fiji blue midnight angelfish (Centropyge deborae)
      - Bicolored foxface or Uspi rabbitfish (Siganus uspi)
      - Peacock mantis shrimp, Harlequin mantis shrimp, Painted mantis shrimp, Clown mantis shrimp or Rainbow mantis shrimp (Odontodactylus scyllarus)
      - Ornate ghost pipefish or Harlequin ghost pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus)
      - Blue-striped pipefish or Blue-and-orange cleaner pipefish (Doryrhamphus excisus)
      - White-spotted hermit crab or Spotted hermit crab (Dardanus megistos)
      - Banded snake eel, Ringed snake eel or Harlequin snake eel (Myrichthys colubrinus)
      - Yellow-lipped sea krait, Banded sea krait or Colubrine sea krait (Laticauda colubrina)​

      Indoor aviaries – Second block

      1) Fiji parrotfinch (Erythrura pealii)
      2) Pink-billed parrotfinch (Erythrura kleinschmidti)
      3) Vanikoro flycatcher (Myiagra vanikorensis rufiventris)
      4) Spotless crake (Zapornia tabuensis) and Fiji whistler (Pachycephala vitiensis vitiensis)
      5) Azure-crested flycatcher or Blue-crested flycatcher (Myiagra azureocapilla)
      6) Slaty monarch (Mayrornis lessoni)​

      Reptile exhibits

      - 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)
      - Fiji green emo skink or Viti slender tree-skink (Emoia concolor)
      - Pygmy snake-eyed skink (Cryptoblepharus eximius)
      - Giant Fijian long-horned beetle (Xixuthrus heros)
      - Millipede Salpidobolus fijianus

      Fruit bat exhibits

      1) Insular flying fox or Pacific flying fox (Pteropus tonganus) and Fijian monkey-faced bat, Fijian flying fox or Fijian flying monkey (Mirimiri acrodonta)
      2) Long-tailed fruit bat, Long-tailed blossom bat or Fijian blossom bat (Notopteris macdonaldi)​

      Fiji goshawk (Accipiter rufitorques) aviary

      Blue-gray noddy (Anous cerulea) and Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) aviary

      Brown booby (Sula leucogaster) and Pacific reef heron (Egretta sacra) aviary

      Australian barn owl (Tyto alba delicatula or Tyto javanica delicatula) aviary
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