BIRDS
OF THE WINWARD ISLANDS
Click on the name of the island whose birds you want to see :
| SCIENTIFIC NAME | ENGLISH NAME | TAHITIAN NAME |
|---|---|---|
| Macronectes giganteus | Antartic Giant-Petrel | |
| Pseudobulweria rostrata | Tahiti Petrel | noha |
| Pterodroma ultima Murphy | Murphy's Petrel | |
| Pterodroma nigripennis | Black-winged Petrel | |
| Bulweria bulwerii | Bulwer's Petrel | |
| Puffinus pacificus | Wedge-tailed Shearwater | |
| Puffinus griseus | Sooty Shearwater | |
| Puffinus tenuirostris | Short-tailed Shearwater | |
| Puffinus lherminieri | Audubon's Shearwater | |
| Fregetta grallaria | White-bellied Storm Petrel | |
| Nesofregetta fuliginosa | Polynesian Storm Petrel | |
| Phaethon lepturus | White-tailed Tropicbird | petea |
| Phaethon rubricauda | Red-tailed Tropicbird | petea |
| Sula dactylatra | Masked Booby | ua'ao |
| Sula leucogaster | Brown Booby | a'o |
| Sula sula | Red-footed Booby | ua'ao |
| Fregata minor | Great Frigatebird | 'otaha |
| Fregata ariel | Lesser Frigatebird | 'otaha |
| Egretta sacra | Pacific Reef-Heron | otu'u |
| Butorides striatus patruelis | Little (Green-backed) Heron | a'o, a'u |
| Anas poecilorhyncha | Gray Duck | mo'ora |
| Anas acuta | Northern Pintail | |
| Anas clypeata | Northern Shoveler | |
| Circus approximans | Swamp Harrier | manu 'amu moa |
| Gallus gallus | Red Junglefowl | moa 'oviri |
| Porzana tabuensis | Spotless crake | meho |
| Pluvialis fulva | Lesser Golden-Plover | torea |
| Numenius tahitiensis | Bristle-thighed Curlew | teu'e |
| Tinga incana | Wandering Tattler | 'uriri |
| Arenaria interpres | Ruddy Turnstone | |
| Calidris alba | Sanderling | torea |
| Calidris melanotos | Pectoral Sandpiper | |
| Sterna bergii | Great Crested Tern | tarapapa |
| Sterna fuscata | Sooty Tern | kaveka |
| Anous stolidus | Brown Noddy | 'oio |
| Anous minutus | Black Noddy | oa |
| Gygis alba | White Tern | 'itata'e |
| Columba livia | Rock Dove | |
| Geopelia striata | Zebra Dove | |
| Ptilinopus purpuratus | Gray-green Fruit-dove | 'u'upa |
| Ducula aurorae | Polynesian Imperial Pigeon | rupe |
| Eudynamys taitensis | Long-tailed Koel | 'arevareva |
| Aerodramus leucophaeus | Tahiti Swiftlet | 'ope'a |
| Halcyon tuta | Chattering Kingfisher | ruro |
| Halcyon venerata | Tahiti Kingfisher | ruro |
| Hirundo tahitica | Pacific Swallow | 'ope'a |
| Pycnonotus cafer | Red-vented Bulbul | |
| Pomarea nigra | Tahiti Monarch | 'omama'o |
| Acrocephalus caffer | Tahiti Reed-warbler | 'otatare, manu ofe |
| Acridotheres tristis | Common Myna | |
| Zosterops lateralis | Silvereye | vini |
| Ramphocelus dimidiatus | Crimson-backed Tanager | vini |
| Estrilda astrild | Common Waxbill | vini |
| Lonchura castaneothorax | Chestnut-breasted Munia | vini |
| Neochmia temporalis | Red-browed Firetail | vini |
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Sea Birds (visitors) |
| Sea Birds (residents breeding or not) |
| Indigenous and endemic Land Birds |
| Migratory Land Birds |
| Introduced Land Birds |
