BIRDS OF EIAO

List of the birds of Hatutu from : Thibault, J.-C. 1989. L'avifaune des îles Eiao et Hatuta'a (Polynésie, Pacifique Sud): modifications intervenues au XXe siècle. L' oiseau et la Revue française d'ornithologie 59(4): 304-324.

SCIENTIFIC NAME ENGLISH NAME MARQUESAN NAME
Puffinus nativitatis Christmas Shearwater  
Phaethon lepturus White-tailed Tropicbird toake, tevake
Phaethon rubricauda Red-tailed Tropicbird toake
Sula leucogaster Brown Booby kena
Sula sula Red-footed Booby kakioa
Fregata minor Great Frigatebird mokohe
Fregata ariel Lesser Frigatebird mokohe
Egretta sacra Pacific Reef-Heron matuku
Gallus gallus Red Junglefowl moa
Pluvialis fulva Lesser Golden-Plover  
Numenius tahitiensis Bristle-tighed Curlew kioi, keue
Tringa incana Wandering Tattler kivi, tuki, kikiriri
Sterna fuscata Sooty Tern tara, ta'a , taraka
Procelsterna cerulea Blue-gray Noddy parara, kaka
Anous stolidus Brown Noddy noio
Anous minutus Black Noddy noio
Gygis alba White Tern 'inake, ko
Gygis microrhyncha Little White Tern 'inake, ko
Geopelia striata Zebra Dove  
Aerodramus ocistus Marquesan Swiftlet kope'a
Acrocephalus mendanae aquilonis Marquesan Reed-warbler komako
Lonchura castaneothorax Chestnut-breasted Munia vini

Sea Birds (residents breeding or not)

Indigenous and endemic Land Birds

Migratory Land Birds

Introduced Land Birds

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