List of birds of the Tuamotus
This is a list of the birds species of the Tuamotus. The avifauna of the Tuamotus include 57 species. Of these, ten are endemic, thirteen are globally threatened and one is extinct.
Species list
- Royal albatross, Diomedea epomophora - rare/accidental
- Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophris - rare/accidental
- Antarctic giant petrel, Macronectes giganteus - rare/accidental, vulnerable
- Phoenix petrel, Pterodroma alba - vulnerable
- Murphy's petrel, Pterodroma ultima - near-threatened
- Kermadec petrel, Pterodroma neglecta
- Herald petrel, Pterodroma arminjoniana
- Blue petrel, Halobaena caerulea
- Grey petrel, Procellaria cinerea - near-threatened
- Wedge-tailed shearwater, Puffinus pacificus
- Short-tailed shearwater, Puffinus tenuirostris - rare/accidental
- Christmas shearwater, Puffinus nativitatis
- Audubon's shearwater, Puffinus lherminieri
- White-faced storm-petrel, Pelagodroma marina
- Polynesian storm-petrel, Nesofregetta fuliginosa - vulnerable
- Red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda
- White-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus
- Masked booby, Sula dactylatra
- Red-footed booby, Sula sula
- Brown booby, Sula leucogaster
- Great frigatebird, Fregata minor
- Lesser frigatebird, Fregata ariel
- Pacific reef-heron, Egretta sacra
- Northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata - rare/accidental
- Red junglefowl, Gallus gallus
- Spotless crake, Porzana tabuensis
- Pacific golden-plover, Pluvialis fulva
- Bristle-thighed curlew, Numenius tahitiensis - vulnerable
- Wandering tattler, Tringa incana
- Tuamotu sandpiper, Prosobonia parvirostris - endemic, endangered
- Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres - rare/accidental
- Sanderling, Calidris alba - rare/accidental
- Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos - rare/accidental
- Great crested tern, Sterna bergii
- Grey-backed tern, Onychoprion lunata
- Sooty tern, Onychoprion fuscata
- Black noddy, Anous minutus
- Brown noddy, Anous stolidus
- Blue noddy, Anous cerulea
- White tern, Gygis alba
- Rock pigeon, Columba livia
- Polynesian ground-dove, Gallicolumba erythroptera - endemic, critically endangered
- Makatea fruit-dove, Ptilinopus chalcurus - endemic, vulnerable
- Atoll fruit-dove, Ptilinopus coralensis - endemic, near-threatened
- Red-moustached fruit-dove, Ptilinopus mercierii - extinct
- Pacific imperial-pigeon, Ducula pacifica
- Polynesian imperial-pigeon, Ducula aurorae - endangered
- Blue lorikeet, Vini peruviana - endemic, vulnerable
- Long-tailed koel, Eudynamys taitensis
- Tuamotu kingfisher, Todirhamphus gambieri - endemic, vulnerable
- Tuamotu reed-warbler, Acrocephalus atyphus - endemic
- Iphis monarch, Pomarea iphis - endemic, vulnerable
- Marquesas monarch, Pomarea mendozae - endemic, endangered
- Fatuhiva monarch, Pomarea whitneyi - endemic, critically endangered
- Silver-eye, Zosterops lateralis - introduced species
- Common myna, Acridotheres tristis - introduced species
- Red-browed firetail, Neochmia temporalis - introduced species
References
- Splitting headaches? Recent taxonomic changes affecting the British and Western Palaearctic lists - Martin Collinson, British Birds vol 99 (June 2006), 306-323
- Lepage, Denis. "Checklist of birds of Tuamotu Islands". Bird Checklists of the World. Avibase.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters:|accessyear=and|coauthors=(help) - Blanvillain, C; Florent, C & V. Thenot (2002) "Land birds of Tuamotu Archipelago, Polynesia: relative abundance and changes during the 20th century with particular reference to the critically endangered Polynesian ground-dove (Gallicolumba erythroptera)". Biological Conservation 103 (2): 139-149 doi:10.1016/S0006-3207(01)00112-4