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A note on the 1997 survey of the translocated Ultramarine Lory Vini ultramarina population on Fatu Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2010

A. Lieberman ,
C. Kuehler ,
A. Varney ,
P. Unitt ,
R. M. Sulpice ,
J. Azua  and
B. Tehevini
A. Lieberman
Affiliation:
The Peregrine Fund, Inc. P.O. Box 39, Volcano, Hawaii 96785, U.S.A.
C. Kuehler
Affiliation:
The Peregrine Fund, Inc. P.O. Box 39, Volcano, Hawaii 96785, U.S.A.
A. Varney
Affiliation:
Delegation de l'Environnement, B.P. 590, Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
P. Unitt
Affiliation:
San Diego Natural History Museum, P.O. Box 1390, San Diego, California 92112, U.S.A.
R. M. Sulpice
Affiliation:
Service de l'Economie Rurale, Hokatu, Ua Huka, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
J. Azua
Affiliation:
Zoological Society of San Diego, P.O. Box 551, San Diego, California 92112, U.S.A.
B. Tehevini
Affiliation:
Service de l'Economie Rurale, Omoa, Fatu Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia
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In 1991 a survey was conducted in the Marquesas Islands to determine the current range and population size of the Ultramarine Lory Vini ultramarina. A total of 313 birds were counted, restricted to one island, Ua Huka. A translocation program was initiated to capture and relocate birds to a less disturbed island. Fatu Hiva, an island within the historical range of the species, was chosen to establish a second population. This island still supports suitable habitat and does not have a resident population of Rattus rattus, which may have contributed to the decline of the species on Nuka Hiva and Ua Pou. Increased agriculture, grazing herbivores, bees, and banana plant disease may have also contributed to the decline.

Type
Research Article
Information
Bird Conservation International , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , September 1997 , pp. 291 - 292
Copyright
Copyright © Birdlife International 1997

References

Kuehler, C., Lieberman, A., Varney, A., Unitt, P., Sulpice, R.M., Azua, J. and Tehevini, B. (1997) Translocation of Ultramarine Lories Vini ultramarina in the Marquesas Islands: Ua Huka to Fatu Hiva. Bird Conserv. Internat. 7: 69–79.CrossRefGoogle Scholar