AUSTRALASIA COUNTRY COMPARISONS
Difference in species composition between countries | |||||||
Country | Total Species Recorded in Country** | Species not in Australia§ | Species not in French Polynesia | Species not in Melanesia§§ | Species not in Micronesia | Species not in New Guinea§§§ | Species not in New Zealand§§§§ |
Australia§ | 741 | 0 | 703 | 570 | 651 | 462 | 592 |
French Polynesia | 88 | 50 | 0 | 48 | 52 | 60 | 62 |
Melanesia§§ | 484 | 313 | 444 | 0 | 398 | 303 | 410 |
Micronesia | 198 | 108 | 162 | 112 | 0 | 117 | 149 |
New Guinea§§§ | 758 | 479 | 730 | 577 | 677 | 0 | 698 |
New Zealand§§§§ | 244 | 95 | 218 | 170 | 195 | 184 | 0 |
* Species counts follow Clements' nomenclature.
** Species counts exclude accidentals and vagrants.
COUNTRIES
§ Excludes Norfolk Island
§§ Includes Fiji, New Britain, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, and Vauatu only.
§§§ Includes Papua New Guinea and West Papua Indonesia
§§§§ Includes Auckland and Chatham Islands