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The status of wildlife in Tonga

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Dieter Rinke
Dieter Rinke
Affiliation:
Department of Ethology, University of Bielefeld, PO Box 8640, D-4800 Bielefeld 1, Federal Republic of Germany.
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Abstract

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When the author visited ’Eua in the Tonga islands to study the red shining parrot, he took the opportunity to collect information on some other aspects of Tonga's wildlife. During his 18-month survey he also visited several other islands in the group. Here he discusses six rare and threatened animals—four birds and two reptiles.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , July 1986 , pp. 146 - 151
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1986

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