Columba vitiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832

Callaghan, Corey T., Kekeubata, Esau, Waneagea, Jackson, Alabai, Maasafi, Esau, Tommy, MacLaren, David & Major, Richard E., 2019, A collaborative bird survey of East Kwaio, Malaita, Solomon Islands, Check List 15 (6), pp. 1119-1136 : 1123-1126

Columba vitiensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 . Metallic Pigeon

Seen in flight at field station at Kwainaa’isi Cultural Centre. Potentially scarce, but potentially difficult to

Survey area Vouchers

Common Name Scientific Name Kwaio Name East Kwaio Kwainaa’isi Gala Spec. Voice Photo Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa Dakidaki Y Y ML 121840261 Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis Keke’o Y Y

Mackinlay’s Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia mackinlayi Gouku Y Y Y

Crested Cuckoo-Dove Reinwardtoena crassirostris Goususu’a Y Y ML122533371

Stephan’s Dove Chalcophaps stephani Lamu’o Y Y Y

Superb Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus superbus Faao alaga Y Y Y Y ML121863801 Yellow-bibbed Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus solomonensis Faao buke (female); Faao lolodami Y Y Y

(male)

Claret-breasted Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus viridis Faao ‘ebu Y Y Y ML121867351 Red-knobbed Imperial-Pigeon Ducula rubricera Toriodu * Y Y Y ML121883631 Island Imperial-Pigeon Ducula pistrinaria Bolaniasi Y Y ML 121842261 Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis To’oa Y Y

Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus Y

Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta Faifailalo * Y Y Y Y

White-rumped Swiftlet Aerodramus spodiopygius Faifailalo * Y Y

Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis Faifailalo * Y Y Y Y

Moustached Treeswift Hemiprocne mystacea Kakabai’i Y

Lesser Sand-Plover Charadrius mongolus Y

Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Y Y

Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Y ML 121845591 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Y ML 121838361 Gray-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Y ML 121846001 Brown Noddy Anous stolidus Y Y

Little Tern Sternula albifrons Y

Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana Y ML 124677271 Common Tern Sterna hirundo Y

Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii Y ML 121839311 Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel Y

Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra Tou Y ML 121844251 Striated Heron Butorides striata Didiukokosu Y Y

Osprey Pandion haliaetus ‘Arui’a Y Y

Variable Goshawk Accipiter hiogaster Alagauu Y

Pied Goshawk Accipiter albogularis Y Y ML 121862931 Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus Folowa’a Y Y Y ML121845731 Sanford’s Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus sanfordi Faada Y Y

Solomons Boobook Ninox jacquinoti Ko’oko’o* Y

Blyth’s Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus Burui Y Y ML 121860641 Survey area Vouchers

Common Name Scientific Name Kwaio Name East Kwaio Kwainaa’isi Gala Spec. Voice Photo Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis ‘i ‘i Y Y ML121848361 Little Kingfisher Ceyx pusillus Du’u Y Y ML121867571 Malaita Dwarf-Kingfisher Ceyx malaitae ‘i ‘i nikafu Y Y Y ML121865431 Pacific Kingfisher Todiramphus sacer ‘Ii ‘ii Y Y Y ML122524121 ML121842221 Beach Kingfisher Todiramphus saurophagus Kiokio Y Y ML 121843461 Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis Kii kiritoa Y Y

Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Y

Ducorps’s Cockatoo Cacatua ducorpsii ‘Ege Y Y Y

Finsch’s Pygmy-Parrot Micropsitta finschii Manukwakwala Y

Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus A’ala Y Y Y ML122522051

Singing Parrot Geoffroyus heteroclitus Kilakila Y Y ML 122526451 ML121859881 Cardinal Lory Chalcopsitta cardinalis Kole’eniu Y Y Y

Yellow-bibbed Lory Lorius chlorocercus Kilori Y Y Y ML 122521611

Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus Gwa’alabusi Y Y

Red-bellied Myzomela Myzomela malaitae Subaa meku Y Y Y ML122526431 ML121859011 Barred Cuckooshrike Coracina lineata Kiokio fataia Y Y ML122533381

White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis Kwalafirifiri’a Y Y Y ML121864791 Solomons Cuckooshrike Edolisoma holopolium Mamakola (male); Gogosufue (female) Y Y ML122531251 ML121865241 Common Cicadabird Edolisoma tenuirostre Kwikwi Y Y ML 121857661 Oriole Whistler Pachycephala orioloides Koteo Y Y Y ML 121864831 Cockerell’s Fantail Rhipidura cockerelli La’e totoki Y Y ML122531321 ML121861971 Willie-wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys La’e Y Y Y ML122523371 ML121840191 Malaita Fantail Rhipidura malaitae La’e ni ile Y Y Y

Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons La’e biruae Y Y Y ML121863021 Chestnut-bellied Monarch Monarcha castaneiventris Kaakalasibiriu Y Y Y Y ML 122531201 ML121861641 Black-and-white Monarch Symposiachrus barbatus Kaakalasimanuburufo’a Y Y Y

Steel-blue Flycatcher Myiagra ferrocyanea Kotofikabi Y Y ML 121858751 Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica Si’siri Y ML121868671 Island Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus maforensis Kakalasi Y Y

Malaita White-eye Zosterops stresemanni Didioko Y Y Y ML 121858681 Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica Dodole * Y Y Y

Brown-winged Starling Aplonis grandis Kwadu Y Y Y Y ML 121864821 Singing Starling Aplonis cantoroides Dodole * Y Y Y ML121869801 Long-tailed Myna Mino kreffti Singeo Y Y Y ML 121860021 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis Bitiri Y ML 121868601 Midget Flowerpecker Dicaeum aeneum ‘Isufii Y Y Y ML 121858241 Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis Susufunale Y Y Y

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Spec

Gala

area

Survey

Kwainaa’isi

Kwaio

East. recorded

Name Kwaio Keeke’o Koogeo Gwii Toriodu

* Bolaruru Wigii So’so’omonu Fiiu * Ko’oko’o /

Rikorikowasa Suri names were Kwaio

which for but

Scientific

Name eremita

Megapodius Gallirallus

philippensis melanotus

Porphyrio Ducula pacifica brenchleyi Ducula Urodynamis taitensis optatus Cuculus severus Falco Tyto alba Charmosyna margarethae. Kwaio name

, during survey the same observed † the

† † † Imperial-Pigeon † which

share not

that

were

Name

Scrubfowl Rail† Swamphen Imperial-Pigeon Chestnut-bellied Koel † Cuckoo † † Hobby Owl † Lorikeet species species

Common Melanesian Buff-banded Purple Pacific Long-tailed Oriental Oriental Barn Duchess Denotes Denotes * †

detect. Identification: Large pigeon with dark wings and a metallic sheen.

Ducula pistrinaria Bonaparte, 1855 . Island Imperial- Pigeon

Common along coast only. Frequently observed sitting in the open on snags (i.e., dead standing trees) in mangrove habitats. Identification: Large, pale pigeon with distinctive booming call that increases in speed. Table 1.

Ducula rubricera (Bonaparte, 1854) . Red-knobbed Imperial-Pigeon

One of the most abundant columbids seen on our surveys. Frequently seen in flight, also observed foraging in groups ranging from five to ten individuals. Common to abundant at all elevations. Identification: Distinctive, with a red ‘knob’ on its bill. Table 1.