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Welcome to Fiji Bird Watching |
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Welcome to Fiji Bird Watching, our website dedicated to the birds and avifauna of the Fiji Islands.
Fiji’s birds are wonderful!
27 species are found nowhere else in the world (endemic), such as the fabulous Golden and Orange Doves (Bune or Bunako), three species of Shining-Parrots (Kaka), and the widespread Collared Lory (Kula) which is even found in town centres. There are 27 Fiji endemics although some of these are extinct and others only occur on very distant offshore islands which are difficult or time consuming to visit.
The pigeons are particularly well represented in the Fiji Islands with some absolutely stunning fruit-doves.
There are several species only shared with a few neighbouring island groups such as Tonga and the Cook Islands.
These birds are good indicators of general biodiversity conservation, meaning that the actions to conserve these birds will also conserve most of Fiji’s other animals and plants.
Seabird nesting islands are also very important for turtles and can be found scattered around the Fiji Islands.
For the average birder there are three main islands to visit, Viti Levu, Taveuni and Kadavu. |
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Matava is Fiji's first Resort member of The International Ecotourism Society |
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Matava recognised as TIES first ever resort member in the Fiji Islands
As the world's oldest and largest international ecotourism association, TIES seeks to be the global source of knowledge and advocacy uniting communities, conservation, and sustainable travel.
A common question asked is what EXACTLY is ecotourism? Ecotourism is: "Responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people." (TIES, 1990)
TIES promotes ecotourism, which is defined as "responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people," by:
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Creating an international network of individuals, institutions and the tourism industry;
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Educating tourists and tourism professionals; and
- Influencing the tourism industry, public institutions and donors to integrate the principles of ecotourism into their operations and policies.
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The Kadavu Fantail (Rhipidura personata) is a species of bird in the fantail family Rhipiduridae. It is endemic to Kadavu and Ono in the Kadavu Islands, Fiji.
It is closely related to the Streaked Fantail of the rest of Fiji, and forms a superspecies with the numerous island species of fantail ranging from the Solomon Islands (the Brown Fantail) to Samoa (the Samoan Fantail).
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