BIRDS OF MOTANE

List of the birds of Motane from : Sachet, M.-H., Schafer, P. A., Thibault, J.-C. 1975. Mohotani: une île protégée aux Marquises. Bulletin de la Société des Etudes Océaniennes. N°143 p 557-568

SCIENTIFIC NAME ENGLISH NAME MARQUESAN NAME
Phaethon lepturus Red-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
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 fuscata Sooty Tern tara, ta'a , taraka
Anous stolidus Brown Noddy noio
Anous minutus Black Noddy noio
Procelsterna cerulea Blue-gray Noddy parara, kaka
Gygis alba White Tern 'inake, ko
Gygis microrhyncha Little White-Tern 'inake, ko
Ptilinopus d. dupetithouarsii White-capped Fruit-Dove kuku
Eudynamys taitensis Long-tailed Koel karevareva
Aerodramus ocistus Marquesan Swiftlet kope'a
Pomarea motanensis Marquesas (Motane) Monarch komako atua
Acrocephalus mendanae consobrinus Marquesan Reed-warbler (Motane) komako
Lonchura castaneothorax Chestnut-breasted Munia vini

Sea Birds (Resident or not)

Indigenous and endemic Land Birds

Migratory Land Birds

Introduced Birds

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