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Make an Exhibit for that Island - Gems of Guadalcanal

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A submission based on the island of Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands) for MonkeyBat's thread "Make an Exhibit for that Island". Complete species list and concept notes in the comment section below, description in the thread.
Gems of Guadalcanal

Large(r) bird aviaries

Repurposed former predator grottoes: Outdoor grottoes renovated and repurposed into aviaries, den building renovated and repurposed to house birds, indoor aviaries with viewing windows, interior structure of building partially drawn

1) Sanford's sea eagle, Sanford's fish eagle or Solomon eagle (Haliaeetus sanfordi)
2) Pied goshawk (Accipiter albogularis)
3) Pacific baza, Crested hawk, Crested baza or Pacific cuckoo-falcon (Aviceda subcristata)
4) Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus flavirostris)
5) Papuan hornbill or Blyth’s hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus mendanae)
6) White-billed crow or Guadalcanal crow (Corvus woodfordi)
7) Oriental hobby falcon (Falco severus)
8) Solomon nankeen night heron (Nycticorax caledonicus) and Black bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis)
9) Little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) and Beach stone-curlew or Beach thick-knee (Esacus magnirostris)

Gems of Guadalcanal House

Repurposed former primate house: Renovated and repurposed into mostly an exotic bird house also housing some amphibians, reptiles and fish, indoor and outdoor aviaries including walk-through aviaries, vivariums, aquarium, area with free-ranging birds, darkened section with cuscus and bats, off-show areas

Indoor - Outdoor aviaries

1) Solomon Islands Eclectus parrot (Eclectus roratus solomonensis or Eclectus polychloros solomonensis, depending on taxonomy followed)
2) Solomons cockatoo, Ducorps's cockatoo, Ducorps’s corella or Solomons corella (Cacatua ducorpsii)
3) Solomons boobook or Solomons hawk-owl (Ninox jacquinoti)
4) Singing parrot or Song parrot (Geoffroyus heteroclitus) and Superb fruit dove or Purple-crowned fruit dove (Ptilinopus superbus)
5) Ultramarine kingfisher (Todiramphus leucopygius) and Hardhead or Australian white-eyed duck (Aythya australis)
6) Moustached treeswift (Hemiprocne mystacea)
7) Buff-headed coucal (Centropus milo)
8) Guadalcanal moustached kingfisher (Actenoides excelsus)
9) Mackinlay's cuckoo-dove or Spot-breasted cuckoo-dove (Macropygia mackinlayi) and White-breasted ground dove, White-bibbed ground dove or Purple ground dove (Alopecoenas jobiensis)
10) Island imperial pigeon (Ducula pistrinaria), Stephan's emerald dove (Chalcophaps stephani) and Red-backed buttonquail (Turnix maculosus)
11) White-bellied cuckooshrike (Coracina papuensis) and Oriental dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis solomonensis)
12) Crested cuckoo-dove (Reinwardtoena crassirostris) and Guadalcanal thrush (Zoothera turipavae)
13) White tern or Fairy tern (Gygis alba) and Mangrove heron or Striated heron (Butorides striata)
14) Spectacled tern or Grey-backed tern (Onychoprion lunatus)

Bats and cuscus indoor walk-through outdoor and outdoor exhibit
  • Northern common cuscus or Grey cuscus (Phalanger orientalis) [Prehistorically introduced species in Solomon Islands and on Guadalcanal]
  • Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat (Pteralopex atrata)
  • Solomons flying fox (Pteropus rayneri)
  • Long-tongued nectar bat, Northern blossom bat, Honey nectar bat, Least blossom bat, Dagger-toothed long-nosed fruit bat or Lesser long-tongued fruit bat (Macroglossus minimus)
Lorikeet indoor and outdoor walk-through
  • Duchess lorikeet (Charmosyna margarethae)
  • Yellow-bibbed lory (Lorius chlorocercus)
  • Cardinal lory (Chalcopsitta cardinalis)
  • Coconut lorikeet or Green-naped lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)
  • Melanesian megapode or Melanesian scrubfowl (Megapodius eremita)
  • Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa)
Aquarium and vivarium room

Sea turtle and larger fish tank

Several meters tall rounded square acrylic tank with artificial reefs and platform for feeding and diving by keepers, filtration system for educational purposes and as part of marine ecosystems education placed in transparent acrylic compartment, with associated educational displays including screen showing different environmental parameters
  • Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)
  • Island trevally, Island jack, Thicklip Trevally or False bluefin trevally (Carangoides orthogrammus)
  • Fowler’s surgeonfish or Horseshoe surgeonfish (Acanthurus fowleri)
  • Pompano Dolphinfish (Coryphaena equiselis)
  • Sixbar angelfish (Pomacanthus sexstriatus)
  • Bluespotted stingray, Bluespotted maskray or Kuhl's stingray (Neotrygon kuhlii)
Vivariums

Treasury Island tree frog (Litoria thesaurensis)
Fauro Sticky-toed Frog (Cornufer vertebralis)
Solomon Islands leaf frog, Solomon Islands eyelash frog or Gunther's triangle frog (Cornufer guentheri)
Giant webbed frog or Shortland Island webbed frog (Cornufer guppyi)
Solomon Islands skink, Prehensile-tailed skink, Monkey-tailed skink, Giant skink, Zebra skink or Monkey skink (Corucia zebrata)
Mangrove monitor, Mangrove goanna or Western Pacific monitor lizard (Varanus indicus)
Guadalcanal bow-fingered gecko (Cyrtodactylus biordinis)
Crane’s skink (Sphenomorphus cranei)
Nactus multicarinatus [No common name found]
Solomons small-eyed snake (Loveridgelaps elapoides)

Forest and wetland bird indoor and outdoor walk-through
  • Melanesian megapode or Melanesian scrubfowl (Megapodius eremita)
  • Pacific black duck (Anas superciliosa)
  • Meek's lorikeet (Charmosyna meeki)
  • Red-breasted pygmy parrot (Micropsitta bruijnii)
  • Beach kingfisher (Todiramphus saurophagus)
  • Australasian purple swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus or Porphyrio porphyrio melanotus, depending on taxonomy followed)
  • Woodford's rail (Hypotaenidia woodfordi)
  • Guadalcanal Honeyeater (Guadalcanaria inexpectata)
  • Metallic starling or Shining starling (Aplonis metallica)
  • Singing starling (Aplonis cantoroides)
  • Guadalcanal dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx nigromaxilla)
  • Midget flowerpecker (Dicaeum aeneum)
  • Yellow-bibbed Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus solomonensis)
  • Pale mountain pigeon (Gymnophaps solomonensis)
  • Red-knobbed imperial pigeon (Ducula rubricera)
  • Island thrush (Turdus poliocephalus sladeni)
 

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