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Vatoa was the only island of present-day Fiji visited by James Cook. The island was sighted on 2 July 1774. The island was sighted on 2 July 1774. The next day, a Sunday, the Master and some of Cook's crew went ashore:
Nanuya Levu (pronounced [naˈnuja ˈleβu]) is a privately owned island of the Yasawa Group in Fiji and the site of the Turtle Island Resort, a sustainable luxury resort and also the locale for the romance adventure film The Blue Lagoon (1980). [1] [2] The island is owned by American entrepreneur Richard Evanson. [3]
Fiji island-thrush (Turdus ruficeps) is a species of passerine in the thrush family Turdidae that is endemic to Fiji. It was formerly considered a subspecies of island thrush , but in 2024 the island thrush was split into 17 separate species by the IOC and Clements Checklist based on morphological and phylogenetics differences.
With a land area of 105.3 square kilometres (40.7 sq mi), the 5-by-10-mile (8 by 16 km) island is the seventh largest in Fiji. Its latitude is 17.18° North; its longitude is 179.24° East. Its population as of the 2017 census was 2,830 spread across 14 villages on the island. [2]
"The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Mammals of Fiji". IUCN. 2001 dead link ] "Mammal Species of the World". Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. 2005. Archived from the original on 27 April 2007 "Animal Diversity Web". University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 1995–2006
In the 2010s, the US turtle farming industry reports dropping exports, perhaps due to the reduced demand for turtle hatchlings from Asian countries, whose own turtle farms are becoming more self-sufficient. According to one report, the US turtle production dropped from 13.4 million animals in 2004 to 4 million in 2013. [35]
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The Lepidoptera of Fiji consist of both butterflies and moths. According to a recent estimate, about 1,000 Lepidoptera species are present on Fiji. Butterflies