BIRDS OF FATU HUKU

SCIENTIFIC NAME ENGLISH NAME MARQUESAN NAME
Nesofregetta fuliginosa Océanite à gorge blanche pitai
Phaethon lepturus White-tailed Tropicbird toake, tevake
Phaethon rubricauda Red-tailed Tropicbird toake
Sula dactylatra Masked Booby  
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-thighed Curlew kioi, keue
Tringa incana Wandering Tattler kivi, tuki, kikiriri
Sterna lunata Gray-backed Tern tara, ta'a
Sterna fuscata Sooty Tern tara, ta'a , taraka
Anous stolidus Blue-gray Noddy noio
Anous minutus Brown Noddy noio
Procelsterna cerulea Black Noddy parara, kaka
Gygis alba White Tern 'inake, ko
Gygis microrhyncha Little White Tern 'inake, ko
Gallicolumba rubescens Marquesan Ground-dove kotue
Eudynamys taitensis Long-tailed Koel karevareva

Sea Birds (residents breeding or not)

Indigenous and endemic Land Birds

Migratory Land Birds

Introduced Land Birds

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