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Avibase - Bird Checklists of the World
Guam

This checklist includes all bird species found in Guam , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .

The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements 6th edition (updated 2008). If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Threatened Birds of the World (Birds to Watch 3).

Bird Checklists of the World is part of Avibase and Bird links to the World, which are designed and maintained by Denis Lepage, and hosted by Bird Studies Canada, which is a co-partner of Birdlife International.

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Sibley & Monroe 1996 Howard & Moore 3rd edition (corrigenda 8) Clements 5th edition (updated 2005) Clements 6th edition (updated 2008) Commission internationale pour les noms français d'oiseaux (CINFO 1993) IOC World Bird Names (2009)

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Country or region: Guam
Number of species: 93
Number of endemics: 1
Number of globally threatened species: 5
Number of extinct species: 1
Number of introduced species: 5
Date last reviewed: 2009-08-01
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
Eurasian Wigeon	Anas penelope	Rare/Accidental
American Wigeon	Anas americana	Rare/Accidental
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	Extirpated
Eastern Spot-billed Duck	Anas zonorhyncha	Rare/Accidental
Northern Shoveler	Anas clypeata	Rare/Accidental
Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	Rare/Accidental
Garganey	Anas querquedula	Rare/Accidental
Common Pochard	Aythya ferina	Rare/Accidental
Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	Rare/Accidental
GALLIFORMES: Megapodiidae
Micronesian Scrubfowl	Megapodius laperouse	Extirpated Endangered
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae
Black Francolin	Francolinus francolinus	Introduced species
Blue-breasted Quail	Coturnix chinensis
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae
Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Puffinus pacificus	Extirpated
Short-tailed Shearwater	Puffinus tenuirostris
Townsend's Shearwater	Puffinus auricularis
Audubon's Shearwater	Puffinus lherminieri	Rare/Accidental
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae
Leach's Storm-Petrel	Oceanodroma leucorhoa	Rare/Accidental
Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel	Oceanodroma matsudairae	Rare/Accidental Data deficient
PELECANIFORMES: Phaethontidae
White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus
PELECANIFORMES: Sulidae
Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	Rare/Accidental
Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	Rare/Accidental
PELECANIFORMES: Fregatidae
Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor	Rare/Accidental
CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae
Yellow Bittern	Ixobrychus sinensis
Black Bittern	Ixobrychus flavicollis	Rare/Accidental
Intermediate Egret	Egretta intermedia	Rare/Accidental
Pacific Reef-Heron	Egretta sacra
Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis	Rare/Accidental
FALCONIFORMES: Pandionidae
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	Rare/Accidental
FALCONIFORMES: Accipitridae
Chinese Goshawk	Accipiter soloensis	Rare/Accidental
Japanese Sparrowhawk	Accipiter gularis	Rare/Accidental
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	Rare/Accidental
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
Guam Rail	Gallirallus owstoni	Endemic Extinct in the wild
White-browed Crake	Porzana cinerea	Extirpated
Common Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	Extirpated
Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	Rare/Accidental
Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva
Lesser Sandplover	Charadrius mongolus
Greater Sandplover	Charadrius leschenaultii	Rare/Accidental
Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae
Eurasian Oystercatcher	Haematopus ostralegus	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	Rare/Accidental
Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos
Gray-tailed Tattler	Tringa brevipes
Wandering Tattler	Tringa incana
Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	Rare/Accidental
Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia
Nordmann's Greenshank	Tringa guttifer	Rare/Accidental Endangered
Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	Rare/Accidental
Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola
Little Curlew	Numenius minutus	Rare/Accidental
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus
Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	Rare/Accidental
Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres
Sanderling	Calidris alba
Red-necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis
Long-toed Stint	Calidris subminuta	Rare/Accidental
Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	Rare/Accidental
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Calidris acuminata
Dunlin	Calidris alpina	Rare/Accidental
Ruff	Philomachus pugnax	Rare/Accidental
Swinhoe's Snipe	Gallinago megala	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae
Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Rare/Accidental
Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus
White Tern	Gygis alba
Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	Rare/Accidental
Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	Rare/Accidental
White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	Rare/Accidental
Black-naped Tern	Sterna sumatrana	Rare/Accidental
Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	Rare/Accidental
Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	Rare/Accidental
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	Introduced species
Island Collared-Dove	Streptopelia bitorquata
White-throated Ground-Dove	Gallicolumba xanthonura	Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened
Mariana Fruit-Dove	Ptilinopus roseicapilla	Endemic (country/region) Endangered
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae
Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus	Rare/Accidental
APODIFORMES: Apodidae
Mariana Swiftlet	Aerodramus bartschi	Endemic (country/region) Endangered
Caroline Islands Swiftlet	Aerodramus inquietus
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae
Micronesian Kingfisher	Todiramphus cinnamominus
Collared Kingfisher	Todiramphus chloris
PASSERIFORMES: Meliphagidae
Micronesian Myzomela	Myzomela rubratra	Endemic (country/region)
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae
Mariana Crow	Corvus kubaryi	Endemic (country/region) Critically endangered
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae
Nightingale Reed-Warbler	Acrocephalus luscinius	Extirpated Endangered
PASSERIFORMES: Rhipiduridae
Rufous Fantail	Rhipidura rufifrons
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae
Bridled White-eye	Zosterops conspicillatus
PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae
Black Drongo	Dicrurus macrocercus
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae
Micronesian Starling	Aplonis opaca	Endemic (country/region)
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae
Gray Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	Introduced species
Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	Introduced species
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae
Chestnut Munia	Lonchura atricapilla	Introduced species

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