BIRDS OF RAIVAVAE

List of the birds of Raivavae compiled by Jean-Claude Thibault from the observations made in 2002 and informations from the Whitney South Sea Expedition in 1921-22 (E. Quayle's journal), F. Lacan (1968), P. Bruner (1985), J. and R. Seitre (1989), G. McCormack (1992), A. Guillemmont (1993) and P. Raust et B. Gangloff (2007).

SCIENTIFIC NAME ENGLISH NAME LOCAL NAME
Pseudobulweria rostrata Tahiti Petrel  
Pterodroma neglecta Kermadec Petrel  
Pterodroma heraldica Herald Petrel  
Pterodroma ultima Murphy's Petrel  
Pterodroma leucoptera Collared Petrel  
Puffinus pacificus Wedge-tailed Shearwater hauhea
Puffinus nativitatis Christmas shearwater  
Puffinus lherminieri Audubon's Shearwater  
Sula sula

Red footed Booby

 
Sula leucogaster Brown Booby  
Phaethon lepturus White-tailed Tropicbird  
Phaethon rubricauda Red-tailed Tropicbird tavae
Fregata minor Great Frigatebird otaa
Egretta sacra Pacific Reef-Heron otuu
Anas superciliosa Pacific Black Duck moora
Gallus gallus Red Junglefowl moa
Porzana tabuensis Spotless Crake moo
Pluvialis fulva Pacific Golden-Plover torea
Numenius tahitiensis Bristle-tighed Curlew  
Tringa incana Wandering Tattler 'i'ivi
Arenaria interpres Ruddy turnstone  
Calidris alba Sanderling  
Sterna bergii Great Crested Tern  
Sterna fuscata Sooty Tern  
Procelsterna cerulea Blue-gray Noddy  
Anous stolidus Brown Noddy o'io
Anous minutus Black Noddy o'io
Gygis alba White Tern  
Eudynamys taitensis Long-tailed Koel oroveo
Zosterops lateralis Silvereye vini
Lonchura castaneothorax Chestnut-breasted Munia vini

Sea Birds (visitors)

Sea Birds (residents breeding or not)

Indigenous and endemic Land Birds

Migratory Land Birds

Introduced Land Birds

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