Lessons learned technical series
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- English Name Fijian Name Scientific Name Endemicity/ Status Iucn Listing
Rec. Masked
Shining Parrot Kaka
Prosopeia personata Viti Levu endemic
Vulnerable Uncommon 2 Fan-tailed Cuckoo Todi
Cacomantis flabelliformis Uncommon 5 White-rumped Swiftlet Kakabace Collocalia spodiopygius Common 16
Collared Kingfisher Lesi Todiramphus chloris Uncommon 2 Fiji
Woodswallow Vukase
Artamus mentalis Fiji endemic Not recorded 0 Polynesian Starling Vocea
Aplonis tabuensis Common 13
Island Thrush Tola
Turdus poliocephalus Not recorded 0 Fiji Bush-warbler Manu
Cettia ruficapilla Fiji endemic Common
23 Long-legged warbler Trichocichla rufa Fiji endemic Common 16
Scarlet Robin Diriqwala Petroica multicolor Fairly common 8 Streaked Fantail Sasaira
Rhipidura spilodera Not recorded 0 Slaty Monarch Sasaira Mayrornis lessoni Fiji endemic Uncommon 4 Lesser Shrikebill Digisau
Clytorhynchus vitiensis Fairly common 7 Black-faced Shrikebill Kiro
Clytorhynchus nigrogularis Fiji endemic Vulnerable Not recorded 0 Vanikoro Broadbill Matayalo Myiagra vanikorensis Fairly common 10 Blue-crested Broadbill Batidamu Myiagra azureocapilla Fiji endemic Uncommon 3 Golden
Whistler Ketedromo Pachycephala pectoralis Not recorded 0 Polynesian Triller Manusa
Lalage maculosa Common 17
COnSERvATIOn InTERnATIOnAL Biodiversity Conservation Lessons Learned Technical Series 56
Fiji White-eye Qiqi Zosterops explorator Fiji endemic Common 15
Silvereye Qiqi
Zosterops lateralis Not recorded 0 Fiji Parrotfinch Qiqikula Erythrura pealii Fiji endemic Common 25
Pink-billed Parrotfinch Sitibatitabua Erythrura kleinschmidti Viti Levu endemic Endangered. Rare 1 Orange-
breasted Myzomela Delakula Myzomela jugularis Fiji endemic Common 16
Wattled Honeyeater Kikau Foulehaio carunculata Very common 64 Giant Forest Honeyeater Sovau
Gymnomyza viridis
Vulnerable Common
29 Non-forest birds Pacific Black Duck
Ganiviti Anas
superciliosa Not recorded 0 Eastern Reef Heron Belo
Egretta scara Not recorded 0 Peregrine Falcon G‹nivatu Falco peregrinus Regional endemic
race Not recorded 0 Introduced birds Spotted Dove Seen at FEA office 0
Mynah Maina
Acridotheres tristis
Seen at FEA office
0 Jungle Myna Maina ni veikau
Acridotheres fuscus
Seen at FEA office
0 Red-vented Bulbul Bulbul
Pycnonotus cafer
Common 14
Red Adavat Siti
Amandava amandava Seen at FEA office
0 Building community support to search for the Red-throated Lorikeet in Fiji 57 APPEnDIx II LOnG LEGGED WARBLER SITES WITHIn THE DAM AREA APPENDIx III SUMMARY OF ACTIVITY AND VEHICLE MILEAGE Date
Activities Mileage
10/06/11 Depart Suva Arrive Monasavu 133 11/06/11 Birding along road to TFL repeater, main road. 49
12/06/11 Birding along road to Waiboa Dam, Waitubasavu outflow. 38 13/06/11 Birding along main road towards Dam Power 4. 130
350 COnSERvATIOn InTERnATIOnAL Biodiversity Conservation Lessons Learned Technical Series 58 nADARIvATU & MOnASAvU 16-18 July, 2011 SUMMARy
The two day survey was done at Nadarivatu and Monasavu. Observation was done only on two flowering Vuga trees – one at Nadarivatu and one at Monasavu. There was no sightings of the Red-throated Lorikeet. AIM
To search for the Red-throated Lorikeet. LOCATIOn, DATE AnD METHOD The search was done on 16-18 July, 2011. On the 17th search was confine to only one flowering Vuga tree along the road about 1 kilometer away from the Nadrau / Monasavu junction. The second day, 18th July was spent on a flowering Vuga tree at Monasavu right at the old rubbish dump near the junction leading down to the FEA office. (See plate) A total of 17 observer hours of quantitative bird surveys was achieved in the 2 days where observation was confined to only two vuga trees. RESULTS There were no sightings of the Red-throated Lorikeet. Vuga trees were just beginning to flower at this time as most are yet to flower. There were more Vuga trees flowering at Monasavu than Nadarivatu. Each one of them was attracting a lot of birds. Bird activities were observed and there are some important lessons learnt: Wattled Honeyeaters • Wattled honeyeaters were the first to arrive and the last to go in the evening. They seem to be very aggressive to other birds especially the smaller ones such as Orange-breasted myzomella. They can be aggressive to the bigger ones too like Giant-forest honeyeater and Collared lory if they seem to outnumber them. The most number recorded at one time was 11. Giant Forest Honeyeater • Can only be one or few feeding. The most number at one was four. Orange-breasted Myzomella
In small number up to 5 but always getting chased away by the bigger birds. Collared Lory • They are seen to always arrive in flocks of about 6-10 birds. Once they begin feeding they seem to dominate even sometime chasing wattle honeyeater. Other birds • Other birds that visit the flowering vuga tree includes Lesser Shrikebill, Polynesian Triller, Scarlet Robin, Golden Whistler, Fiji-bush Warbler, Red Vented Bulbul, Barking Pigeon, Blue-crested Broadbill and Slaty Monarch. Building community support to search for the Red-throated Lorikeet in Fiji 59
Most of these birds were not feeding on the flowers but tree may be within their territory. OTHER InTERESTInG FInDInGS: Java sparrow carrying nesting materials at Davilevu, Nausori – 10/08/11 Pink-billed Parrotfinch sighted at Naseuvou village -20/08/11 RECOMMEnDATIOn 1. Survey area Continue searching at Nadarivatu and Monasavu. 2. Survey method Continue using stop and scan searches from good vantage points over flowering trees that hold numbers of other nectivorous species. Vuga Tree (Metrociderous collina) along road near Nadrau Monasavu junction. Vuga Tree at Monasavu old rubbish dump
COnSERvATIOn InTERnATIOnAL Biodiversity Conservation Lessons Learned Technical Series 60 nAMOSI / SOvI BASIn & MOnASAvU / nADRAU 7–9, 20–23 September 2011 SUMMARy
A total of eight observation days was spent at Sovi Basin, Monasavu and Nadrau to search for the long lost bird Red-throated Lorikeet. In the Sovi Basin, observation was done mainly on the flowering Erythrina Sobrumbum) while at Nadrau both Drala wai and Vuga (Metrocederous collina) were in bloom. There were no sightings of the Red-throated Lorikeet. AIM Continue searching for Red-throated Lorikeet in both Drala wai and Vuga. LOCATIOn, DATE AnD METHOD Namosi / Sovi Basin The search began along Namosi road on Wednesday 7th September to establish whether Vuga was also flowering in this area as it is at this time up Nadarivatu / Monasavu areas. Birding begins at 6:00am from the cattle farm at Nabukavesi looking at some of the flowering African Tulip along the road. The search was disturbed by heavy rain at 2:00pm and while driving along down Waidina road, it was observed that there were a lot of birds feeding on flowering Drala wai at Navurevure village. The next two days (Thursday 8th & Friday 9th) was spent observing these Drala wai stands at Navurevure while the last day (Saturday 10th) was spent at Nauluvatu village. Observations on all these days were disturbed by afternoon rain; (See plate in Appendix). A total of 31.5 observer hours of quantitative bird surveys was achieved in the 4 days. Monasavu / Nadrau The team (Vilikesa Masibalavu and Nasoni Nalewabau (Assistant)) arrived at Nadarivatu in the afternoon of Tuesday 20th September and went straight to birding from 3:00pm to 6:00pm. There were no flowering Vuga trees close to the road but only few can be seen up the ridges at Naqaranibuluti forest. On Wednesday 21st observation was done at Monasavu but no flowering Vuga tree was sighted. In the afternoon, the search moved to Nadrau where it was discovered that both Drala wai and Vuga were still flowering. The whole of Thursday 22nd was spent observing bird activity on one full bloom Vuga tree at Nadrau. This Vuga tree is located on the second logging road along Nagaga road about 300 meters from the main road. On Friday 23rd observation was done along the road through Monasavu on the way to Suva. A total of three hours birding was done along Nasalia road following the logging road on the right just before descending towards Nasalia village. This logging road according to Nasalia villagers reaches down to near Nakorosule village. A total of 27 observer hours of quantitative bird survey was achieved during the four days. RESULTS AnD RECOMMEnDATIOnS Though there was no sighting of the target species Red-throated Lorikeet in the whole survey, there were some interesting findings.
Building community support to search for the Red-throated Lorikeet in Fiji 61 a. Drala Wai did attract a lot of birds and should be seriously looked at as part of the tree species to be observed along with Vuga. Their habitat should be located and mapped so we can easily identify and prioritize best observation site. b. A total of five species were found to be feeding on the Drala wai flower. These are Wattled Honeyeater, Orange-breasted Myzomella, Giant Forest Honeyeater, Collared Lory and even interestingly Jungle Mynah. It was observed that Jungle Mynah though few in numbers was actually feeding on the flowers. Other birds found attracted to the tree but may or may not be feeding includes Polynesian Triller, Polynesian Starling, Vanikoro Broadbill, Red-vented Bulbul, Collared Kingfisher, Barking Pigeon, Lesser Shrikebill, Fiji Parrotfinch, Fiji Woodswallow, Many- colored Fruit Dove and Scarlet Robin. c. Included in the above list are two sightings of the endangered Pink-billed Parrotfinch. The two birds nearly came together at about 12:30pm and perched with other birds on the flowering tree. d. Peregrine falcon was observed hunting birds attracted to the Drala wai. This was observed at the Drala wai stand near Navurevure village. It was not successful after three attempts and the strike time was at an interval of about 25 – 40 minutes. It was not seen to have captured a bird but there were several occasion after this when birds scattered due to the presence of a bird of prey. e. A huge flock of Masked Shining Parrot totaled 16 birds were observed at Namosi occupying two trees and after which also seen flying together. This was just before the heavy rain poured down about 2:00pm. f. Nadrau has both the Drala and Vuga. At the time of observation both are flowering but may probably be approaching the end of their flowering stages as only a few flowers are remaining and are just not attracting a lot of birds. g. Vuga trees were not flowering at Namosi. It is important to continue monitor when do they flower. The key questions are why are they not flowering together with the Monasavu ones? When would they begin to bloom? It may provide some important information related to where the Red-throated Lorikeet could be migrating if it does. Location of Drala Wai near Navurevure village, Waidina, Naitasiri. COnSERvATIOn InTERnATIOnAL Biodiversity Conservation Lessons Learned Technical Series 62 Location of Drala Wai at Nauluvatu, Waidina, Naitasiri. Location of Drala Wai at Nauluvatu, Waidina, Naitasiri. Location of Drala Wai stands at Nadrau Building community support to search for the Red-throated Lorikeet in Fiji 63 APPENDIx II SUMMARY OF ACTIVITY AND VEHICLE MILEAGE NAMOSI / WAIDINA / SUVA Date
Activities Mileage
07/09/11 Birding along Namosi Road through Waidina road. 92
08/09/11 Birding at Navurevure 60 09/09/11 Birding at Navurevure 65
10/09/11 Birding at Nauluvatu 70 Total mileage 287 NADARIVATU / NADRAU / MONASAVU / SUVA Date Activities Mileage 20/09/11 Depart Suva via Rakiraki to Nadarivatu 280
21/09/11 Birding along road to Monasavu then Nadrau 78 22/09/11 Birding at Nadrau 10
23/09/11 Birding along road to Monasavu Dam / Nasalia road and back to Suva. 298
Total mileage 666
TOTAL TRIP MILEAGE = 287 + 666 = 953km Building community support to search for the Red-throated Lorikeet in Fiji 65 Promoting Awareness of the Kulawai, Red-throated Lorikeet Charmosyna amabilis An ExHIBITIOn OF MODELS AnD MASI PAInTInGS OF EnDAnGERED FIJIAn FAUnA AT THE FIJI MUSEUM AnD THEIR AUCTIOn FOR THE PROJECT JUNE 2012 KELERA MACEDRU
ACKnOWLEDGEMEnTS NatureFiji-MareqetiViti greatly acknowledges the funding of the Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund for the Kulawai project. Also to Anne O’Brien of Anniemals for the production of the 20 life sized models made from recycled materials and the 20 masi paintings of threatened species in Fiji. To the staff of NatureFiji-MareqetiViti (NFMV) on the production of information materials, flyers, sponsor profiles and tickets sales leading to the launch of the exhibition at the Fiji Museum. The Fiji Museum for providing the venue and allowing NFMV to showcase their exhibition for three months at no extra cost. To the following sponsors for their support in sponsoring each animal model: Siwatibau & Sloan barristers and solicitors; Raintree lodge; Suliana Siwatibau (Trustee of NFMV), Dr. Gilianne Brodie, Austrop Foundation Australia, Environment Consultants Fiji Ltd, National Trust of Fiji, Wildlife Conservation Society, Multiple Intelligence School, Marita Manley, Birdlife International Pacific Secretariat, Natural Solutions Pacific and BSP bank. InTRODUCTIOn The Kulawai or Red-throated lorikeet (Charmosyna amabilis) is a Critically Endangered bird (IUCN Red list 2012) which is endemic to Fiji and recorded from the islands of Viti Levu, Taveuni and Ovalau, with an unconfirmed observation from Vanua Levu. The last confirmed sighting of the Kulawai was in 1993 on the slopes of Mt Tomaniivi, Fiji’s highest mountain. Since then several dedicated surveys have been conducted in areas of unconfirmed sightings of the bird, as well as the promising sites of undisturbed forest and remote upland catchments (Herman 2011), but all have reported no sightings of the Kulawai. Due to the extreme rarity of this species, it is considered to have a total population of less than 50 birds (IUCN 2012), however the results of the current project when no birds were observed are such that consideration must now be given to the fact that this species may be extinct. PART 4
COnSERvATIOn InTERnATIOnAL Biodiversity Conservation Lessons Learned Technical Series 66 Animal Model Exhibition In providing awareness on the Fiji Kulawai, an animal model exhibition was launched at the Fiji Museum on the 1st of June 2012. Twenty models of threatened species which included the Kulawai were created from recycled materials as a means of providing awareness to the general public on Fiji’s true wildlife. With the models, paintings of the threatened species were also on display during the exhibition. The objective of the exhibition was to: 3. Provide a forum for discussion with members of the public on the plight of many of Fiji’s native species, by providing a life size model of the species with updated information on its habitat and ecology. 4.
Promote the Kulawai, Red-throated Lorikeet Project funded by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund. 5. Promote the conservation activities of NatureFiji- MareqetiViti in order to rally more support on conservation efforts in Fiji. 6. The animal models would aid in education and awareness programs undertaken by NatureFiji- MareqetiViti in both rural and urban areas. 7. Proceeds from the exhibition would aid in the conservation projects undertaken by NatureFiji-MareqetiViti. Tickets Tickets to the launch of the animal model exhibition cost $20 FJD per ticket, with catering for a total of 110 people. Sponsorship of Animal Models The sponsor of each life sized animal model was open to businesses, organizations as well as individuals for a minimum of $200 FJD per model. As the exhibit will be on display for the two or three months after its launch on the 1st of June 2012, each sponsor would receive free eco-friendly advertising, compliments of the Fiji Museum. Silent Auction on the Threatened Species Paintings The masi paintings were also put on a ‘silent auction’ for the month of June 2012, for a minimum of $100 FJD per painting. Model of a Kulawai Red-throated Lorikeet made from recycled mate- rials made by Anne O’Brien and donated to NatureFiji-MareqetiViti for auction for the Red-throted Lorikeet Project. Building community support to search for the Red-throated Lorikeet in Fiji 67 METHODS nFMv Advertising on the animal model exhibition INFORMATION FLYER Information flyers on the exhibition were printed and displayed in coffee houses, lodges as well as distributed via emails and postings on the NFMV facebook page, see Appendix 1 for flyer. NETWORKING VIA EMAIL Potential sponsors were contacted at a personal level, with direct emails from the NFMV office, on the possibility of their sponsorship of an animal model of a particular species that maybe of interest to them. Each sponsor would receive a sponsorship agreement document in which they would identify which project they would support with their financial sponsorship, see Appendix 2 Sponsors of each animal received two free tickets to the launch of the exhibition as a way of getting in more people to bid for the masi paintings that were available through the silent auction. Emails were also directed towards the NFMV membership network on the sponsorship of models as well as the availability of tickets at the NFMV office. NATUREFIJI-MAREqETIVITI NEWSLETTER NFMV produces quarterly newsletters per year, with our May newsletter issue no. 13 advertising the scheduled animal model exhibition to be launched at the Fiji Museum on the 1st of June 2012. ADVERTISING ON THE ‘MASI PAINTINGS OF THREATENED SPECIES’ Masi paintings will be on silent auction for the month of June 2012. A photograph of each painting has an associated Identification number to which it was displayed at the museum and advertised on the NFMV Facebook page. Visitors to the Fiji Museum as well as facebook visitors are able to send in their bids to the NFMV contact details provided, that is, Email: support@naturefiji.org with the details below: • Identification number of the masi painting of their choice • Bidding amount (FJD) • Name and contact details The winning bidders will be contacted by the NFMV office on the 1st week of July 2012. See Appendix 4 for auction details. TICKET SALES Tickets were sold from the NFMV office, with all the staff standing by for sales, while recording of the ticket sales was done by Kelera Macedru. Anne O’Brien creator of the animal models as well as the artist of the threatened species paintings also sold tickets with records that were also provided to Kelera Macedru before the launch of the exhibition. COnSERvATIOn InTERnATIOnAL Biodiversity Conservation Lessons Learned Technical Series 68 RESULTS
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