Wasur National Park The dominant plants include mangroves, Terminalia, and Melaleuca species. The park provides habitat for a large variety of up to 358 bird species of which some 80 species are endemic to the island of New Guinea. Fish diversity is also high in the region with some 111 species found in the eco-region and a large number of these are recorded from Wasur. The Park's wetland provides habitat for various species of lobster and crab as well. Common fauna species include the agile wallaby, Pesquet's parrot, southern cassowary, blue crowned pigeon, greater bird of paradise, king bird of paradise, red bird
Coconut crab light material will cause the crab to loosen its hold." In the Cook Islands, the coconut crab is known as ' or ', and in the Mariana Islands it is called "ayuyu", and is sometimes associated with "" because of the traditional belief that ancestral spirits can return in the form of animals such as the coconut crab. Coconut crab populations in several areas have declined or become locally extinct due to both habitat loss and human predation. In 1981, it was listed on the IUCN Red List as a vulnerable species, but a lack of biological data caused its