Nabi Protected Area, Wiawi, Malekula
Nabi Protected Area (short for 'Nagha mo Pineia Protected Area') conserves the natural resources of more than 1000 hectares of lowland and hill forest and coastline on northwest Malekula. The diverse range of habitats in this conservation area include savannah, semi-deciduous forest and, at higher elevations, evergreen forest.

Tacconi (1995) essentially interviewed the locals and lists 39, but misses several, species of birds for the Nagha mo Pineia Protected Area. A revised list is presented below. Some obviously mis-identified species have been corrected, the list has been filtered to conform to Bregulla's (1992) reference tables and our observations, seabirds have been excluded. Our bird list for Wiawi is based on field observations and should be more complete and reliable.
View our bird list for Nabi Protected Area.

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Reference bird list for Nagha mo Pineia Protected Area (Tacconi, 1995)
Common name Scientific name
Vanuatu Scrubfowl (e) Megapodius layardi
Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
Chestnut-bellied Kingfisher (e) Todirhamphus farquhari
Collared Kingfisher Todirhamphus chloris
Rainbow Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
White-rumped Swiftlet Collocalia spodiopygius
Uniform Swiftlet Collocalia vanikorensis
Barn Owl Tyto alba
Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis
Mackinlay's Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia mackinlayi
Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
Tanna Fruit-Dove (e) Ptilinopus tannensis
Red-bellied Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus greyii
Pacific Imperial-Pigeon Ducula pacifica
Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
Pacific Reef-Egret Egretta sacra
Dark-brown Honeyeater Lichmera incana
New Hebrides Honeyeater (e) Phylidonyris notabilis
Fan-tailed Gerygone Gerygone flavolateralis
Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus
Melanesian Cuckooshrike Coracina caledonica
Long-tailed Triller Lalage leucopyga
Grey Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
Buff-bellied Monarch (e) Neolalage banksiana
Melanesian Flycatcher Myiagra caledonica
Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus
Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica
Yellow-fronted White-eye (e) Zosterops flavifrons
Black-headed Munia Lonchura malacca
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