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DISCUSSION OF THE BIRDS OF MICRONESIA

Oceanic Birds

Inshore Oceanic Birds

Offshore and Pelagic Oceanic Birds

Faunal Components

Migratory Shore Birds

Original Homes of the Shore Birds that Visit Micronesia

Routes of Migration

Land and Fresh-water Birds

Polynesian Component

Melanesian Component

Moluccan and Celebesian Components

Philippine Component

Palearctic Component

Speciation

Time of Colonization

Factors Causing Dispersal

Analysis of Speciation

Diomedea nigripes Audubon

Puffinus pacificus chlororhynchus Lesson

Puffinus pacificus cuneatus Salvin

Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck)

Puffinus nativitatis Streets

Puffinus lherminieri dichrous Finsch and Hartlaub

Pterodroma rostrata rostrata (Peale)

Pterodroma hypoleuca hypoleuca Salvin

Phaëthon aethereus mesonauta Peters

Phaëthon rubricauda rothschildi (Mathews)

Phaëthon lepturus dorotheae Mathews

Sula dactylatra personata Gould

Sula sula rubripes Gould

Sula leucogaster plotus (Forster)

Phalacrocorax melanoleucus melanoleucus (Vieillot)

Fregata minor minor (Gmelin)

Fregata ariel ariel (Gray)

Butorides striatus amurensis Schrenck

Bubulcus ibis coromandus (Boddaert)

Egretta intermedia intermedia (Wagler)

Demigretta sacra sacra (Gmelin)

Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus)

Nycticorax caledonicus pelewensis Mathews

Gorsachius goisagi (Temminck)

Gorsachius melanolophus melanolophus (Raffles)

Ixobrychus sinensis (Gmelin)

Ixobrychus eurhythmus (Swinhoe)

Dupetor flavicollis flavicollis (Latham)

Anas oustaleti Salvadori

Anas poecilorhyncha pelewensis Hartlaub and Finsch

Anas querquedula Linnaeus

Anas crecca crecca Linnaeus

Anas crecca carolinensis Gmelin

Anas acuta acuta Linnaeus

Anas acuta tzitzihoa Vieillot

Anas penelope Linnaeus

Anas clypeata Linnaeus

Aythya fuligula (Linnaeus)

Aythya valisineria (Wilson)

Accipiter soloënsis (Horsfield)

Accipiter virgatus gularis (Temminck and Schlegel)

Pandion haliaetus melvillensis Mathews

Falco peregrinus japonensis Gmelin

Megapodius lapérouse senex Hartlaub

Megapodius lapérouse lapérouse Gaimard

Coturnix chinensis lineata (Scopoli)

Gallus gallus (Linnaeus)

Phasianus colchicus Linnaeus

Rallus philippensis pelewensis (Mayr)

Rallus owstoni (Rothschild)

Rallina fasciata (Raffles)

Rallina eurizonoides eurizonoides (Lafresnaye)

Aphanolimnas monasa (Kittlitz)

Poliolimnas cinereus micronesiae Hachisuka

Gallinula chloropus subsp. near orientalis Horsfield

Gallinula chloropus guami Hartert

Porphyrio porphyrio pelewensis Hartlaub and Finsch

Fulica atra atra Linnaeus

Squatarola squatarola (Linnaeus)

Pluvialis dominica fulva (Gmelin)

Charadrius hiaticula semipalmatus Bonaparte

Charadrius dubius curonicus Gmelin

Charadrius alexandrinus nihonensis Deignan

Charadrius mongolus stegmanni Stresemann

Charadrius leschenaultii Lesson

Numenius phaeopus variegatus (Scopoli)

Numenius tahitiensis (Gmelin)

Numenius madagascariensis (Linnaeus)

Limosa lapponica baueri Naumann

Tringa nebularia (Gunnerus)

Tringa melanoleuca (Gmelin)

Tringa glareola Linnaeus

Actitis hypoleucos Linnaeus

Heteroscelus brevipes (Vieillot)

Heteroscelus incanus (Gmelin)

Arenaria interpres interpres (Linnaeus)

Gallinago megala Swinhoe

Gallinago gallinago gallinago (Linnaeus)

Crocethia alba (Pallas)

Calidris tenuirostris (Horsfield)

Erolia minuta ruficollis (Pallas)

Erolia subminuta (Middendorff)

Erolia melanotos (Vieillot)

Erolia acuminata (Horsfield)

Erolia ferruginea (Pontoppidan)

Limicola falcinellus sibirica Dresser

Phalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus)

Larus argentatus vegae Palmén

Chlidonias leucopterus (Temminck)

Sterna hirundo longipennis Nordmann

Sterna sumatrana sumatrana Raffles

Acrocephalus luscinia luscinia (Quoy and Gaimard)

Acrocophalus luscinia syrinx (Kittlitz)

Acrocephalus luscinia yamashinae (Takatsukasa)

Acrocephalus luscinia nijoi (Yamashina)

Rhipidura rufifrons uraniae Oustalet

Rhipidura rufifrons saipanensis Hartert

Rhipidura rufifrons mariae R. H. Baker

Rhipidura rufifrons versicolor Hartlaub and Finsch

Rhipidura rufifrons kubaryi Finsch

Rhipidura lepida Hartlaub and Finsch

Metabolus rugensis (Hombron and Jacquinot)

Monarcha godeffroyi Hartlaub

Monarcha takatsukasae (Yamashina)

Myiagra oceanica erythrops Hartlaub and Finsch

Myiagra oceanica freycineti Oustalet

Myiagra oceanica oceanica Pucheran

Myiagra oceanica pluto Finsch

Muscicapa narcissina narcissina Temminck

Muscicapa griseisticta (Swinhoe)

Colluricincla tenebrosa (Hartlaub and Finsch)

Artamus leucorhynchus pelewensis Finsch

Aplonis opacus opacus (Kittlitz)

Aplonis opacus ponapensis Takatsukasa and Yamashina

Aplonis opacus angus Momiyama

Aplonis opacus kurodai Momiyama

Aplonis opacus orii (Takatsukasa and Yamashina)

Aplonis opacus guami Momiyama

Aplonis opacus aeneus (Takatsukasa and Yamashina)

Aplonis pelzelni Finsch

Aplonis corvinus (Kittlitz)

Sturnus philippensis (Forster)

Sturnus cineraceus Temminck

Cleptornis marchei (Oustalet)

Myzomela cardinalis rubratra (Lesson)

Myzomela cardinalis dichromata Wetmore

Myzomela cardinalis major Bonaparte

Myzomela cardinalis saffordi Wetmore

Myzomela cardinalis kurodai Momiyama

Myzomela cardinalis kobayashii Momiyama

Zosterops conspicillata conspicillata (Kittlitz)

Zosterops conspicillata saypani Dubois

Zosterops conspicillata rotensis Takatsukasa and Yamashina

Zosterops conspicillata semperi Hartlaub

Zosterops conspicillata owstoni Hartert

Zosterops conspicillata takatsukasai Momiyama

Zosterops conspicillata hypolais Hartlaub and Finsch

Zosterops cinerea cinerea (Kittlitz)

Zosterops cinerea ponapensis Finsch

Zosterops cinerea finschii (Hartlaub)

Rukia palauensis (Reichenow)

Rukia oleaginea (Hartlaub and Finsch)

Rukia ruki (Hartert)

Rukia sanfordi (Mayr)

Erythrura trichroa trichroa (Kittlitz)

Erythrura trichroa clara Takatsukasa and Yamashina

Erythrura trichroa pelewensis Kuroda

Lonchura nigerrima minor (Yamashina)

Lonchura punctulata cabanisi (Sharpe)