BIRDS OF HIVA OA

SCIENTIFIC NAME ENGLISH NAME MARQUESAN NAME
Pseudobulweria rostrata Tahiti Petrel Noha
Bulweria bulwerii Bulwer's Petrel  
Phaethon lepturus White-tailed Tropicbird toake, tevake
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
Anas acuta Northern Pintail utukaha
Anas clypeata Northern Shoveler  
Gallus gallus Red Junglefowl moa
Porzana tabuensis Spotless crake koao
Pluvialis fulva Lesser Golden-Plover  
Numenius tahitiensis Bristle-tighed Curlew kioi, keue
Tringa incana Wandering Tattler kivi, tuki, kikiriri
Calidris alba Sanderling turi, tuki
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 microrhyncha Little White Tern 'inake, ko
Columba livia Rock Dove piho
Geopelia striata Zebra Dove  
Ptilinopus d. dupetithouarsii White-capped Fruit-Dove kuku
Bubo virginianus Great-horned Owl  
Aerodramus ocistus Marquesan Swiftlet kope'a
Acrocephalus mendanae mendanae Marquesan Reed-warbler (Hiva Oa, Tahuata) komako
Acridotheres tristis Common Myna komako farani
Lonchura castaneothorax Chestnut-breasted Munia vini
Neochmia temporalis Red-browed Firetail vini

Sea Birds (residents breeding or not)

Indigenous and endemic Land Birds

Migratory Land Birds

Introduced Land Birds

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