Admiralty Islands lowland rain forests (AA0101)

Realm: Australasian

Biome: Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Bio Region: New Guinea & Surrounding Islands

Countries: Papua New Guinea

Area: 512,000 acres (207,199 hectares)

Latitude:

Longitude:

Climate (Annual Average)

Min Temp (°C): 22.29

Mean Temp (°C): 21.8

Max Temp (°C): 27.58

Frost (days): 3.09

Wet (days): 26.39

Precipitation (mm): 275.6

Species

Animalia

Amphibia (amphibians)

Amphiuma tridactylum (Three-toed Amphiuma)

Cornufer gilliardi

Cornufer vogti

Nyctimystes infrafrenatus

Papurana papua

Rhinella marina (Cane Toad)

Aves (birds)

Aerodramus spodiopygius (White-rumped Swiftlet)

Aerodramus vanikorensis (Uniform Swiftlet)

Alcedo atthis (Common Kingfisher)

Anas superciliosa (Pacific Black Duck)

Aplonis cantoroides (Singing Starling)

Aplonis metallica (Metallic Starling)

Aviceda subcristata (Pacific Baza)

Cacomantis variolosus (Brush Cuckoo)

Calidris acuminata (Sharp-tailed Sandpiper) EN

Calidris ruficollis (Red-necked Stint)

Caloenas nicobarica (Nicobar Pigeon)

Ceyx lepidus (Chameleon Dwarf Kingfisher)

Chalcophaps stephani (Stephan's Emerald Dove)

Charmosyna placentis (Red-flanked Lorikeet)

Cinnyris jugularis (Olive-backed sunbird)

Collocalia esculenta (Glossy Swiftlet)

Coracina papuensis (White-bellied Cuckooshrike)

Coracina tenuirostris (Common Cicadabird)

Corvus corax (Northern Raven)

Cuculus saturatus (Oriental Cuckoo)

Ducula pistrinaria (Island Imperial-pigeon)

Ducula spilorrhoa (Torresian Imperial-pigeon)

Ducula subflavescens (Yellowish Imperial-Pigeon)

Eclectus roratus (Eclectus Parrot)

Egretta sacra (Pacific Reef Heron)

Esacus magnirostris (beach stone curlew)

Haliaeetus leucogaster (White-bellied Sea Eagle)

Haliastur indus (Brahminy Kite)

Hirundo tahitica (Pacific Swallow)

Macropygia amboinensis (Brown Cuckoo-Dove)

Macropygia mackinlayi (Spot-breasted Cuckoo-Dove)

Megapodius eremita (Melanesian Megapode)

Merops ornatus (Rainbow Bee-eater)

Micropsitta meeki (Yellow-breasted Pygmy-parrot)

Myiagra alecto (Shining Flycatcher)

Myzomela pammelaena (Ebony Myzomela)

Ninox meeki (Manus Boobook)

Nycticorax caledonicus (Rufous Night Heron)

Pachycephala pectoralis (Australian Golden Whistler)

Pampusana beccarii (Bronze Ground Dove)

Pandion haliaetus (Osprey)

Philemon albitorques (White-naped Friarbird)

Pitta superba (Superb Pitta) EN

Podiceps cristatus (Great Crested Grebe)

Ptilinopus solomonensis (Yellow-bibbed Fruit Dove)

Ptilinopus superbus (Superb Fruit Dove)

Reinwardtoena browni (Pied Cuckoo-Dove)

Rhipidura rufiventris (Northern Fantail)

Rhipidura semirubra (Manus Fantail) EN

Scythrops novaehollandiae (Channel-billed Cuckoo)

Sterna sumatrana (Black-naped Tern)

Sternula albifrons (Little Tern)

Symposiachrus infelix (Manus Monarch)

Tachybaptus novaehollandiae (Australasian Grebe)

Tachybaptus ruficollis (Little Grebe)

Thalasseus bergii (Swift Tern)

Todiramphus sanctus (Sacred Kingfisher)

Todiramphus saurophagus (Beach Kingfisher)

Trichoglossus haematodus (Coconut Lorikeet)

Tyto manusi (Manus Masked Owl)

Tyto novaehollandiae (Australian Masked Owl)

Zosterops hypoxanthus (Bismarck White-eye)

Mammalia (mammals)

Echymipera kalubu (Common Echymipera)

Hipposideros calcaratus (spurred roundleaf bat)

Hipposideros cervinus (fawn roundleaf bat)

Hipposideros diadema (diadem roundleaf bat)

Kerivoula myrella (Bismarck's trumpet-eared bat) EN

Macroglossus minimus (lesser long-tongued fruit bat)

Mosia nigrescens (dark sheath-tailed bat)

Nyctimene albiventer (common tube-nosed fruit bat)

Nyctimene vizcaccia (Umboi tube-nosed fruit bat)

Pteropus admiralitatum (admiralty flying fox)

Pteropus hypomelanus (variable flying fox)

Pteropus neohibernicus (great flying fox)

Rattus praetor (spiny rat)

Rousettus amplexicaudatus (Geoffroy's rousette)

Spilocuscus kraemeri (Admiralty Island Cuscus)

Syconycteris australis (southern blossom bat)

Acutotyphlops subocularis (Bismarck sharp-nosed blindsnake)

Boiga irregularis (Brown catsnake, Brown Tree Snake)

Candoia aspera (New Guinea ground boa, New Guinea Viper Boa)

Candoia carinata tepedeleni (New Guinea Tree Boa; paulsoni)

Carlia fusca (Indonesian Brown Skink Carlia)

Dendrelaphis calligaster (Green treesnake, Nothern Tree Snake)

Emoia caeruleocauda (Pacific Bluetail Skink)

Emoia cyanura (copper-tailed copper-striped emoia)

Emoia jakati (Kopstein's Emo Skink)

Emoia kordoana (Meyer's Emo Skink)

Emoia mivarti (Mivart's emoia)

Eugongylus rufescens (Bar-lipped Sheen-skink)

Gehyra oceanica (Oceanic dtella)

Gekko vittatus (Lined Gecko)

Geomyersia coggeri (Cogger's Island Skink)

Hemidactylus frenatus (Chichak, Common House Gecko)

Lamprolepis smaragdina (Emerald Skink)

Lepidodactylus lugubris (Mourning Gecko, Common Smooth-Scaled Gecko)

Lepidodactylus pulcher (Wild Scaly-toed Gecko)

Nactus pelagicus (Pelagic Gecko, Rock Gecko)

Ornithuroscincus noctua (Moth Skink)

Ramphotyphlops depressus (Melanesia Blindsnake)

Ramphotyphlops flaviventer (Yellowbellied blindsnake)

Sphenomorphus derooyae

Sphenomorphus jobiensis

Sphenomorphus solomonis

Stegonotus modestus (Northern New Guinea ground snake)

Tiliqua gigas (Giant Bluetongue Skink)

Tribolonotus brongersmai (Brongersma's Helmet Skink)

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References

Climate data provided by CRU TS 3.1 - University of East Anglia Climate Research Unit (CRU). [Phil Jones, Ian Harris]. CRU Time Series (TS) high resolution gridded datasets, [Internet]. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, 2008, Accessed: 28-July-2011