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

Diomedeidae

• Royal albatross, Diomedea epomophora - rare/accidental
• Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophris - rare/accidental

Procellariidae

• 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

Hydrobatidae

• White-faced storm-petrel, Pelagodroma marina
• Polynesian storm-petrel, Nesofregetta fuliginosa - vulnerable

Phaethontidae

• Red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda
• White-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus

Sulidae

• Masked booby, Sula dactylatra
• Red-footed booby, Sula sula
• Brown booby, Sula leucogaster

Fregatidae

• Great frigatebird, Fregata minor
• Lesser frigatebird, Fregata ariel

Ardeidae

• Pacific reef-heron, Egretta sacra

Anatidae

• Northern shoveler, Anas clypeata - rare/accidental

Phasianidae

• Red junglefowl, Gallus gallus

Rallidae

• Spotless crake, Porzana tabuensis

Charadriidae

• Pacific golden-plover, Pluvialis fulva

Scolopacidae

• Bristle-thighed curlew, Numenius tahitiensis - vulnerable
• Wandering tattler, Heterosceles incanus
• Tuamotu sandpiper, Prosobonia cancellata - endemic, endangered
• Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres - rare/accidental
• Sanderling, Calidris alba - rare/accidental
• Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos - rare/accidental

Sternidae

• Great crested tern, Sterna bergii
• Grey-backed tern, Onychoprion lunata
• Sooty tern, Onychoprion fuscata
• Black noddy, Anous minutus
• Brown noddy, Anous stolidus
• Blue noddy, Procelsterna cerulea
• White tern, Gygis alba

Columbidae

• 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

Psittacidae

• Blue lorikeet, Vini peruviana - endemic, vulnerable

Cuculidae

• Long-tailed koel, Eudynamys taitensis

Alcedinidae

• Tuamotu kingfisher, Todirhamphus gambieri - endemic, vulnerable

Sylviidae

• Tuamotu reed-warbler, Acrocephalus atyphus - endemic

Monarchidae

• Iphis monarch, Pomarea iphis - endemic, vulnerable
• Marquesas monarch, Pomarea mendozae - endemic, endangered
• Fatuhiva monarch, Pomarea whitneyi - endemic, critically endangered

Zosteropidae

• Silver-eye, Zosterops lateralis - introduced species

Sturnidae

• Common myna, Acridotheres tristis - introduced species

Estrildidae

• 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
• 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