Fiji Ramsar wetland
Navua River
41 bird species recorded; the most in November.
Powell.Ramsar · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
9 species in January.28 species in February.3 species in March.7 species in April.6 species in May.22 species in June.17 species in July.7 species in August.20 species in September.21 species in October.34 species in November.2 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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NT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
41 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 41Speciesrecorded more than once
- 10Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 411Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1Raptors
- 5Waders
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 1Ducks & geese
- 2Herons, ibises & grebes
- 22Songbirds
- 9Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 41 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
Waders5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Masked LapwingVanellus miles
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Wandering (Alaskan) TattlerTringa incana
Gulls & seabirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Crested-TernThalasseus bergii
Ducks & geese1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Reef HeronEgretta sacra
- White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
Songbirds22 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Jungle MynaAcridotheres fuscus
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Java SparrowLonchura oryzivora
- Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
- Sulphur-breasted MyzomelaMyzomela jugularis
- Fiji WoodswallowArtamus mentalis
- KikauFoulehaio procerior
- Vanikoro FlycatcherMyiagra vanikorensis
- Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
- SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
- Polynesian TrillerLalage maculosa
- Fiji ParrotfinchErythrura pealii
- Zosterops exploratorZosterops explorator
- Fiji ShrikebillClytorhynchus vitiensis
- Slaty MonarchMayrornis lessoni
- Fiji WhistlerPachycephala graeffii
- Fiji Bush WarblerHorornis ruficapilla
- Black-throated ShrikebillClytorhynchus nigrogularisNT
- Polynesian StarlingAplonis tabuensis
- Giant HoneyeaterGymnomyza brunneirostris
- Chestnut-throated FlycatcherMyiagra castaneigularis
Other birds9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- White-rumped SwiftletAerodramus spodiopygius
- Pacific KingfisherTodiramphus sacer
- Collared LoryPhigys solitarius
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Barking Imperial-pigeonDucula latrans
- Masked Shining-ParrotProsopeia personataNT
- Golden Fruit DovePtilinopus luteovirens
- Columba vitiensisColumba vitiensis
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in November.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan28°/26°255 mm
- Feb28°/27°266 mm
- Mar28°/27°343 mm
- Apr28°/26°267 mm
- May26°/25°162 mm
- Jun26°/24°129 mm
- Jul25°/23°99 mm
- Aug24°/23°97 mm
- Sep25°/23°132 mm
- Oct25°/24°196 mm
- Nov26°/25°189 mm
- Dec27°/26°257 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Navua River.
River in Fiji
Navua River is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Fiji.
41 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 411 open records.
The most recorded are the Common Myna, the Jungle Myna and the Red-vented Bulbul.
6 species come for the summer, 4 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in November.
Get there and watch
- Uprising Hotelplace to stay · 7.0 km · 11 within 10 km
- Navuanearest town · 3.7 km in a straight line
- Nausori International Airport (SUV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 49 km in a straight lineCar hire at NAN airport (Nadi)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1viewpoints within 5 kmTogoru Beach
- 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 11places to stay within 10 kmUprising Hotel, Uprising Beach Ressort, Lagoon Hotel and 8 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- car parks within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Navua River.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas4 mountains within 25 kmNggamu · 12 kmSakisa · 18 kmTometomendua · 19 kmNdilingo · 25 km
Coastya1 beaches within 10 kmPalm Beach · 7.0 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q2078399) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 411 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Coastya, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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