List of birds of the Tuamotus

Species list

• Royal albatross, Diomedea epomophora - rare/accidental
• Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophris - rare/accidental

• Antarctic giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus - rare/accidental, vulnerable
• Phoenix petrel, Pterodroma alba - vulnerable
• Murphy's petrel, Pterodroma ultima - near-threatened
• Kermadec petrel, Pterodroma neglecta
• Herald petrel, Pterodroma arminjoniana
• Blue petrel, Halobaena caerulea
• Grey petrel, Procellaria cinerea - near-threatened
• Wedge-tailed shearwater, Puffinus pacificus
• Short-tailed shearwater, Puffinus tenuirostris - rare/accidental
• Christmas shearwater, Puffinus nativitatis
• Audubon's shearwater, Puffinus lherminieri

• White-faced storm-petrel, Pelagodroma marina
• Polynesian storm-petrel, Nesofregetta fuliginosa - vulnerable

• Red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda
• White-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus

• Masked booby, Sula dactylatra
• Red-footed booby, Sula sula
• Brown booby, Sula leucogaster

• Great frigatebird, Fregata minor
• Lesser frigatebird, Fregata ariel

• Pacific reef-heron, Egretta sacra

• Northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata - rare/accidental

• Red junglefowl, Gallus gallus

• Spotless crake, Porzana tabuensis

• Pacific golden-plover, Pluvialis fulva

• Bristle-thighed curlew, Numenius tahitiensis - vulnerable
• Wandering tattler, Tringa incana
• Tuamotu sandpiper, Prosobonia parvirostris - endemic, endangered
• Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres - rare/accidental
• Sanderling, Calidris alba - rare/accidental
• Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos - rare/accidental

• Great crested tern, Sterna bergii
• Grey-backed tern, Onychoprion lunata
• Sooty tern, Onychoprion fuscata
• Black noddy, Anous minutus
• Brown noddy, Anous stolidus
• Blue noddy, Anous cerulea
• White tern, Gygis alba

• Rock pigeon, Columba livia
• Polynesian ground-dove, Gallicolumba erythroptera - endemic, critically endangered
• Makatea fruit-dove, Ptilinopus chalcurus - endemic, vulnerable
• Atoll fruit-dove, Ptilinopus coralensis - endemic, near-threatened
• Red-moustached fruit-dove, Ptilinopus mercierii - extinct
• Pacific imperial-pigeon, Ducula pacifica
• Polynesian imperial-pigeon, Ducula aurorae - endangered

• Blue lorikeet, Vini peruviana - endemic, vulnerable

• Long-tailed koel, Eudynamys taitensis

• Tuamotu kingfisher, Todirhamphus gambieri - endemic, vulnerable

• Tuamotu reed-warbler, Acrocephalus atyphus - endemic

• Iphis monarch, Pomarea iphis - endemic, vulnerable
• Marquesas monarch, Pomarea mendozae - endemic, endangered
• Fatuhiva monarch, Pomarea whitneyi - endemic, critically endangered

• Silver-eye, Zosterops lateralis - introduced species

• Common myna, Acridotheres tristis - introduced species

• Red-browed firetail, Neochmia temporalis - introduced species