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POLYNESIA
Wednesday 8th September - Thursday 30th September 2004
Mark Van Beirs
On our second tour to remote Polynesia we visited 12 islands, took 12 flights and enjoyed a splendid 9 days of sailing on sleek catamarans amongst atolls and islands that have been immortalized by people like Captain Bligh, Robert Louis Stevenson, Herman Melville, Marlon Brando and Jacques Brel. We visited four areas which are defined by BirdLife International as Endemic Bird Areas: the Southern Cook islands (EBA 210), the Marquesas (EBA 212), the Society Islands (EBA 213) and the Tuamotu archipelago (EBA 214) and saw no less than 22 species that are listed in “Threatened Birds of the World” as Critical, Endangered, Vulnerable or Near-Threatened, an amazing 33 % of the species recorded on the tour (67). The Bird of the Trip was without any doubt the amazingly confiding and delightful Tuamotu Sandpiper, which gave us such a marvellous time on its remote motu. Other memorable birds included Tahiti and Phoenix Petrels, Bristle-thighed Curlew, Blue-grey Noddy, Polynesian Ground-Dove, Polynesian and Nuku Hiva Pigeons, Blue and Ultramarine Lorikeets, Mangaia and Tuamotu Kingfishers, Rarotonga, Tahiti and Iphis Monarchs and Rarotonga Starling.
(NOTE: This itinerary, which includes the Cook Islands and the wesatern Tuamotus, only overlaps with our French Polynesia, Pitcairn & Henderson tour in Tahiti and the Marquesas, although some of the birds and experiences in the Tuamotus are common to both tours.)
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