New birds and other interesting sightings from Melanesia

Abstract

Six years were spent collating as many published records for Melanesia as possible. Observations from the field trips described in this paper have been assessed in the light of these data. Observations were made on and offshore of New Ireland, New Hanover, Ungalik, Emira, Mussau, and Tench between 26 June and 7 July 2000. The third area of study was in the Solomon Islands. The fourth area of study was New Caledonia and Vanuatu in June 2007.