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On 6 January 2004, cyclone Heta devastated much of the South Pacific island nation of Niue. Extensive damage was done to forest, particularly of the northwestern sector, with many trees up-rooted and others stripped of branches and foliage. This report details our findings from a survey of Niue's birds and rodents during 3-19 September 2004, and compares these with results from a similar survey in September 1994. Five-minute bird count data, an index of conspicuousness, from three transects showed that heahea (Polynesian triller, Lalage maculosa) were more abundant in 2004 than in 1994, but miti (Polynesian starling, Aplonis tabuensis), kulukulu (purple-crowned fruit dove, Ptilinopus porphyraceus), and lupe (Pacific pigeon, Ducula pacifica) had declined. The 28-64% decline in the lupe population per transect was probably primarily as a result of hunting, rather than mortality caused by cyclone Heta. Counts of birds seen per kilometre along three sections of road (lower, upper, inland) were also compared with September 1994 data. However, for various reasons we doubt that the results accurately reflect population numbers. The 212 kiu (Pacific golden plover, Pluvialis fulva) counted at sites accessible from main roads in September 2004 was similar to the 226 seen in September 1994. Rat trapping results (captures per 100 trap-nights) along the same three transects for December 1994 and September 2004 were not significantly different. Both kuma (Pacific rat, Rattus exulans) and ship rats (R. rattus) were trapped, but kuma were found only in regenerating scrub, whereas ship rats were present in both scrub and forest. Recommendations for future work are made mainly in relation to the long-term conservation of lupe, a toaga (treasured) species of Niueans.

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Status of Birds and Rodents on Niue Following Cyclone Heta in January 2004 by Ralph Powlesland is 27 pages long, and a total of 6,939 words.

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