List of species on Caroline Island

List of species on Caroline Island

Species recorded on Caroline Island:

Flora

Trees

* "Pisonia grandis"
* "Morinda citrifolia"
* "Cocos nucifera"
* "Cordia subcordata"
* "Pandanus tectorus"
* "Hibiscus tiliaceus"
* "Thesoesia oopulnea"

* "Calophyllum"

hrubs

* "Tournefortia argentea"
* "Suriana maritima"
* "Ximenia americana"
* "Scaevola taccada"

* "Messerschmidia argentea"

Herbs

* "Heliotropium anomalum"
* "Boerhavia repens"
* "Portulaca lutea"
* "Laportea ruderalis"
* "Achyranthes canscens"
* "Lepturus repens"
* "Phymatosorus scolopendria"
* "Ipomoea macrantha"
* "Tacca leontopetaloides"
* "Psilotum nudum"
* "Phyllanthus amarus"
* "Tribulus cistoides"
* "Sida fallax"
* "Lepidium bidentatum"

* "Ipomea tuba"

Fauna

Nesting Seabirds

* Sooty Tern ("Onychoprion fuscata")
* Great Frigatebird ("Fregata minor")
* Masked Booby ("Sula dactylatra")
* Brown Booby ("Sula leucogaster")
* Red-footed Booby ("Sula sula")
* Lesser Frigatebird ("Fregata ariel")
* Brown Noddy ("Anous stolidus")
* Black Noddy ("Anous minutus")
* White Tern ("Gygis alba")

* Red-tailed Tropicbird ("Phaethon rubricauda") (Kepler)
* Blue-grey Noddy ("Procelsterna cerulea") (Kepler)

Other birds

* Pacific Golden Plover ("Pluvialis fulva")
* Bristle-thighed Curlew ("Numenius tahitiensis")
* Wandering Tattler ("Heteroscelus incanum")
* Long-tailed Cuckoo ("Eudynamis taitensis")

* Reef Heron ("Egretta sacra") (Kepler)
* Lesser Golden-Plover ("Pluvialis dominica") (Kepler)
* Ruddy Turnstone ("Arenaria interpres") (Kepler)
* Sanderling ("Crocethia alba") (Kepler)

Lizards

* Mourning gecko ("Lepidodactylus lugubris") (Kepler)
* Polynesian gecko ("Gehyra oceanica") (Kepler)
* Snake-eyed skink ("Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus") (Kepler)
* Moth skink ("Lipinia noctua") (Kepler)
* Azure-tailed skink ("Emoia cyanura") (Kepler)
* "Emoia impar" (Kepler)

Mammals

* Polynesian rat ("Rattus exulans") (Kepler)
* Pacific bottlenose dolphin ("Tursiops gilli") (Kepler)

Turtles

* Green sea turtle ("Chelonia mydas")

Crabs

* Cococut crab ("Birgus largo")
* Red spoted crab ("Carpilius maculatus") (Kepler)
* Scarlet crab ("Cornobita perlatus") (Kepler)

References

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