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1 Status of priority actions in Pacific Bird A. ISLAND SPECIFIC Country POLYNESIA American Samoa Cook IUCN status & Where Which species actions identified in High Shy ground dove High Manu a Medium Tutuila High Kakerori (Raretonga flycatcher) High Kopeka (Atiu Swiftlet) Medium I oi (Rarotonga starling) Medium Tanga eo (Mangaia High Suwarrow Atoll Medium Takutea Cay High Atiu Island Medium Mangaia Medium Inland kingfisher) Actions underway or in planning who, what, when

2 Country IUCN status Where Which species actions identified in Actions underway or in planning & French Polynesia Pitcairn Rarotonga Medium Rapa Island High Gambier High Mohatani Not ranked Nuku Hiva, areas Ua Huka Scilly Rimatara Hatuta Makatea Niau High Henderson Upe (Marquesas Pigeon) Omama o (Tahiti flycatcher) Kivi Kivi (Tuamotu sandpiper) Society grounddove High Ducie Samoa High Manumea 2

3 Country IUCN status Where Which species actions identified in Actions underway or in planning & (tooth billed pigeon) High Puna e (Samoan wood rail) High Samoan conservation areas Tokelau High Lupe (Pacific Pigeon) Tonga High Malau (Tongan megapode) High E ua (WHAT SPECIES)???? High Ata Hunga-Tonga Hunga- Ha apai Tuvalu High Lupe (Pacific Pigeon) High Funafuti Wallis and Fortuna High Mynas Eradication Alofi Island (includes 7 endemics, 3 nationally threatened) 3

4 Country IUCN status Where Which species actions identified in Actions underway or in planning & Fiji Nauru MELANESIA New Caledonia Extreme Extreme Forest bird surveys Fiji petrel red throated lorikeet, longlegged thicket bird, pink billed parrotfinch Forest bird monitoring Fijian parrots trade legislation Urgent Vanua Levu silktail Not Nauru reed but flagship warbler Extreme Rat eradication and control 1 l Pig control at petrel colonies y 2 Kagu 3 Pacific black duck Baseline survey

5 Country IUCN status Where Which species actions identified in Actions underway or in planning & Papua New Guinea Solomon Not Monitoring protocols Bird observer training Sudest and surveys Rossel island Community awareness of threatened birds Adelbert Community awareness Mountains Huon Community awareness Peninsula New Britain Community awareness Temotu Province Cassowary Parrot survey bird survey Thickbilledground dove White-eye survey 5

6 Country IUCN status Where Which species actions identified in Actions underway or in planning & Not ranked Endemic bird education Makira survey Moorhen and thickbilled ground dove High Environment centre priority Vanuatu Vanuatu survey megapode Baseline survey Gaua bird survey Poster Vanuatu threatened birds (with Fiji) Important Peregrine falcon MICRONESIA Comm. Northern Mariana Extreme Rota Brindled white eye Extreme Mariana Crow Extreme Rota cat and rat control Pressing Golden white eye Pressing Conserv NGO in Rota Fed. States Pressing Near survey 6

7 Country IUCN status Where Which species actions identified in Actions underway or in planning & Micron. Threatened Pressing Chuuk (Truk) - awareness forest Pressing Ant Atoll estab + restor Reserve Pressing Mt Winipot prot montane forest Extreme Near threatened survey + plan Guam Pressing Guam swiftlet recolonisation Pressing Guam rail reintroduction Extreme Captive breeding facility Extreme Snake barriers at points of exit Kiribati Extreme Seabird conservation Marshall Pressing Jaluit CA bird conservation plan Pressing Bristle thighed curlew Palau Extreme Inv sp erad tech assistance to govt. Extreme Babeldoab forest survey + capacity building MICRONESIA - MULTI- COUNTRY CNMI & Pressing Micronesian Palau megapode FSM, MI + Pressing Micronesian 7

8 Country IUCN status Where Which species actions identified in Actions underway or in planning & Palau Guam & CNMI Guam & surrounding islands Palau - Extreme; MI + FSM - pressing pigeon Forest bird monitoring Pressing Brown tree snake prevention Pressing Wildlife cons legislation Pressing Mariana monitoring Extreme Implement brown tree snake plan B. REGIONAL PRIORITIES (over several PICTs) Polynesia less Pigeons Harvesting impact assessment Medium, less Bristle-thighed curlew Survey/assessments. Assess harvesting impact. Education. Melanesia 1 for PNG + Solomon s Training in bird survey techniques Pigeon Working group re harvesting infoexchange Micronesia Pressing IBA identification 8

9 Country IUCN status Where Which species actions identified in Actions underway or in planning & 9

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