The following is just a list of all the birds and other critters I saw in Fiji. If that doesn't interest you, don't read it... There are 68 species of land birds in Fiji (that is, excluding seabirds and shorebirds, but including ducks, herons and kingfishers). I managed to see 46 of them which was a pretty good total I feel. On the other hand, despite being at the coast quite a bit I only saw two seabirds (great crested tern and lesser frigatebird) and one shorebird (wandering tattler). This Fiji trip was almost like a sorty to take care of all the commoner things so when I get back there I can concentrate on trying to find the rarer ones. Of the endemic birds, I saw all that I thought was likely (21 species). Of
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