horned parakeet (Eunymphicus cornutus)

photo taken at the Noumea Zoo as the wild birds are too uncooperative. The name Eunymphicus roughly translates as "better than a cockatiel"

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Farino For The Birds

August 7th 2010
By the next day when I left for Farino the rain had all cleared away which was good as I had a lot of walking to do. No tourist travels by the local buses in New Caledonia, they all hire cars and it soon became obvious why -- the buses don't go anywhere near the places you want to get to! To get to Farino without a car you first take a bus to a little town called La Foa -- although you can get the ... read more

Oceania » New Caledonia

Settled by both Britain and France during the first half of the 19th century, the island was made a French possession in 1853. It served as a penal colony for four decades after 1864. Agitation for independence during the 1980s and early 1990s has di... ... read more

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