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Journey Across the Pacific:
Easter Island & French Polynesia
Valparaíso, Chile to Pape’ete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
March 13 – March 31, 2024
Captain Torry Sakkariassen
Discovery Leader Boris Wise
Total Nautical Miles = 4508,9
BIRDS
Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
Pink-footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni
Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
Order Phaethontiformes
Tropicbirds Family Phaethontidae
Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
Order Suliformes Frigatebirds Family Fregatidae
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
Gannets and Boobies Family Sulidae Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
Booby Sula sula
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
Order Accipitriformes
Kites, Hawks and Eagles Family Accipitridae
Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
Variable Hawk Geranoaetus polyosoma
Chimango Caracara Daptrius chimango
BIRDS continued
Order Charadriiformes
Sandpipers and Snipes Family Scolopacidae
Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis
Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
Sanderling Calidris alba
Gulls, Terns and Skimmers Family Laridae
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
Black Noddy Anous minutus
White Tern Gygis alba
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
Blue-gray Noddy Anous ceruleus
Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
Order Tinaniformes
Tinamous Family Tinamidae
Chilean Tinamou Nothoprocta perdicaria
Order Columbiformes
Pigeons and Doves Family Columbidae
Lilac-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus rarotongensis
Pacific Imperial Pigeon Ducula pacifica
Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
Order Apodiformes
Swifts Family Apodidae
Atiu Swiftlet Aerodramus sawtelli
Order Psittaciformes
Parrots Family Psittacidae
Blue Lorikeet Vini peruviana
Order Galliformes
Gamebirds Family Phasianidae
Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
BIRDS continued
Order Passeriformes
Swallows Family Hirundinidae
Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica
Finches Family Fringillidae
Common Diuca Finch Diuca diuca
Old World Sparrows Family Passeridae
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Tanagers Family Thraupidae
Crimson-backed Tanager Ramphocelus dimidiatus
Thrushes Family Turdidae
Austral Thrush Turdus falcklandii
Bulbuls Family Pycnonotidae
Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
Order Caprimulgiformes
Hummingbirds Family trochilidae
Green-backed Firecrown Sephanoides sephanoides X
Juan Fernandez Firecrown Sephanoides fernandensis X
MARINE MAMMALS
Oceanic Dolphins Family Delphinidae
Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus
Common Dolphin Delphinus delphis
Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba
Pantropical Spotted Dolphin Stenella attenuata
Spinner Dolphin Stenella longirostris
Risso's Dolphin Grampus griseus
Fraser's Dolphin Lagenodelphis hosei
Rough Toothed Dolphin Steno bredanensis
Melon Headed Whale Peponocephala electra
Short Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala Macrorhynchus
Pigmy Killer Whale Feresa attenuata
False Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens
Beaked Whales Family Ziphiidae
Blainville's Beaked Whale Mesoplodon densirostris
Cuvier's Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris
Sperm Whales Family Physeteridae
Sperm Whale Physeter macrocephalus X
Family Kogiidae
Dwarf Sperm Whale Ziphius cavirostris
Fur Seals Family Otariidae
Juan Fernandez Fur Seal Arctocephalus philippii
REPTILES
Reptiles Family Gekkonidae
Smooth-scaled Gecko Lepidodactylus lugubris
Skink-like Lizard Cryptoblepharus boutonii
Additional Amazing Wildlife Sightings
Flying Fish spp. X X
Whale spp. X
Turtle spp. X
Marlin X
Green Turtle Chelonia mydas X
Galapagos Tortoise Chelonoidis niger