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Rediscovery of a petrel and new faunal records on Gau Island

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Dick Watling
Dick Watling
Affiliation:
Box 2041, Government Buildings, Suva, Fiji.
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Abstract

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MacGillivray's or the Fiji petrel was known only from a single specimen collected in 1855 on Gau Island. In 1984, after months of searching, a single adult flew into Dick Watling's spotlight and collided with his head. It was examined, photographed and released. Nothing more is yet known about its status or its breeding site, although the latter is suspected to be in the cloud forests of highland Gau. In the course of his visits, the author also made other discoveries about the Island's poorly studied fauna.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 1986 , pp. 31 - 34
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1986

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