Fatu Hiva Reference Source / Ultramarine Lorikeet

Source Population: What's This?
Wild
Capture Site Name: What's This?
Ua Huka
Capture Location:
Marquesa Islands, French Polynesia
Capture Site Latitude: What's This?
8°54' S
Capture Site Longitude: What's This?
139°33' W
Capture Site Population: What's This?
800 Reference Source
Capture Site Population Year: What's This?
1991 Reference Source
Capture Method: What's This?
Mist Net
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Number Captured: What's This?
29
Percentage Captured: What's This?
0.02%
Transport Method: What's This?
Boat
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Transport Timespan (in hours): What's This?
120.00 Reference Source
Number Dead in Transport: What's This?
0 Reference Source
Percentage Dead in Transport: What's This?
0.00% Reference Source
Notes: What's This?
*Birds were misted during captivity and transport to maintain health.(3) *Fatu Hiva was free of rats at time of translocation. (3) CAPTURE SITE POPULATION: minimum estimate of 800, may have been as large as 1300 in 1991. (3) POPULATION SIZE: Survey done in 1997 of Fatu Hiva, sighted 51 birds, population may have been larger.(4)
Data submitted by: What's This?
Amanda Spratt