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Lord Howe Island
This checklist includes all bird species found in Lord Howe Island , 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 report them.
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2024. 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 Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Lord Howe Island [map]
Number of endemics: 4
Number of globally threatened species: 22
Number of extinct species: 4
Number of introduced species: 7
Last modified: 2024-12-25
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| Plumed Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna eytoni | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black Swan | Cygnus atratus | Rare/Accidental |
| Australian Shelduck | Tadorna tadornoides | Rare/Accidental |
| Paradise Shelduck | Tadorna variegata | Rare/Accidental |
| Maned Duck | Chenonetta jubata | Rare/Accidental |
| Australasian Shoveler | Spatula rhynchotis | |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Introduced species |
| Gray Teal | Anas gracilis | Rare/Accidental |
| Chestnut Teal | Anas castanea | Rare/Accidental |
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | |
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| California Quail | Callipepla californica | Extirpated |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Metallic Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | Extirpated |
| Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Pacific Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps longirostris | |
| Brush Bronzewing | Phaps elegans | Rare/Accidental |
| Peaceful Dove | Geopelia placida | Rare/Accidental |
| Torresian Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula spilorrhoa | |
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| Long-tailed Koel | Urodynamis taitensis | |
| Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo | Chalcites basalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chalcites lucidus | |
| Pallid Cuckoo | Heteroscenes pallidus | Rare/Accidental |
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | Rare/Accidental |
| Sahul Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus | |
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| Lord Howe Rail | Gallirallus sylvestris | Endemic Endangered |
| Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis | |
| Australian Crake | Porzana fluminea | Endemic (country/region) |
| Dusky Moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | Rare/Accidental |
| Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus | |
| Lord Howe Swamphen | Porphyrio albus | Endemic Extinct |
| Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Spotless Crake | Zapornia tabuensis | |
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| Pied Stilt | Himantopus leucocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Pied Oystercatcher | Haematopus longirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| South Island Oystercatcher | Haematopus finschi | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Hooded Plover | Thinornis cucullatus | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
| Banded Lapwing | Vanellus tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | |
| Oriental Plover | Anarhynchus veredus | Rare/Accidental |
| Siberian Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus mongolus | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | Rare/Accidental |
| Double-banded Plover | Anarhynchus bicinctus | Near-threatened |
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| Australian Painted-Snipe | Rostratula australis | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Endangered |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | Near-threatened |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Rare/Accidental |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | Endangered |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Near-threatened |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
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| Australian Pratincole | Glareola isabella | Rare/Accidental |
| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | Rare/Accidental |
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| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Rare/Accidental |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | |
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| Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | Rare/Accidental |
| White Tern | Gygis alba | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
| Gray Noddy | Anous albivitta | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Rare/Accidental |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Rare/Accidental |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Rare/Accidental |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | Rare/Accidental |
| White-fronted Tern | Sterna striata | Near-threatened |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | Rare/Accidental |
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| Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | Rare/Accidental |
| Hoary-headed Grebe | Poliocephalus poliocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
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| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
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| Little Penguin | Eudyptula minor | |
| Southern Rockhopper Penguin | Eudyptes chrysocome | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
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| Snowy Albatross | Diomedea exulans | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Antipodean Albatross | Diomedea antipodensis | Endangered |
| Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche carteri | Endangered |
| Buller's Albatross | Thalassarche bulleri | Near-threatened |
| White-capped Albatross | Thalassarche cauta | |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | |
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| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
| White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | |
| White-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta grallaria | |
| New Zealand Storm-Petrel | Fregetta maoriana | Critically endangered (possibly extinct) |
| Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta tropica | |
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| Band-rumped Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates castro | Rare/Accidental |
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| Southern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | |
| Northern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes halli | |
| Pintado Petrel | Daption capense | Rare/Accidental |
| Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera | |
| Gray-faced Petrel | Pterodroma gouldi | Rare/Accidental |
| Kermadec Petrel | Pterodroma neglecta | |
| Providence Petrel | Pterodroma solandri | |
| White-headed Petrel | Pterodroma lessonii | Rare/Accidental |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-winged Petrel | Pterodroma nigripennis | |
| Cook's Petrel | Pterodroma cookii | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Gould's Petrel | Pterodroma leucoptera | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Pycroft's Petrel | Pterodroma pycrofti | Extirpated Vulnerable |
| Fairy Prion | Pachyptila turtur | Rare/Accidental |
| Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata | Rare/Accidental |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | Rare/Accidental |
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Parkinson's Petrel | Procellaria parkinsoni | Vulnerable |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | Near-threatened |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Near-threatened |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | Rare/Accidental |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Buller's Shearwater | Ardenna bulleri | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Hutton's Shearwater | Puffinus huttoni | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Fluttering Shearwater | Puffinus gavia | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Shearwater | Puffinus assimilis | |
| Common Diving-Petrel | Pelecanoides urinatrix | |
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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
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| Australasian Gannet | Morus serrator | |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Rare/Accidental |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
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| Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Pied Cormorant | Phalacrocorax varius | Rare/Accidental |
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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
| Australian Ibis | Threskiornis molucca | Rare/Accidental |
| Straw-necked Ibis | Threskiornis spinicollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-billed Spoonbill | Platalea flavipes | Rare/Accidental |
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| Australasian Bittern | Botaurus poiciloptilus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Black-backed Bittern | Botaurus dubius | Rare/Accidental |
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | |
| Eastern Cattle-Egret | Ardea coromanda | |
| Pacific Heron | Ardea pacifica | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Plumed Egret | Ardea plumifera | |
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| Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus axillaris | Rare/Accidental |
| Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans | Rare/Accidental |
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Icthyophaga leucogaster | Rare/Accidental |
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| Australian Masked-Owl | Tyto novaehollandiae | |
| Eastern Barn Owl | Tyto javanica | Extirpated |
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| Morepork | Ninox novaeseelandiae | |
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| Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
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| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Nankeen Kestrel | Falco cenchroides | |
| Australian Hobby | Falco longipennis | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Falcon | Falco berigora | Rare/Accidental |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Norfolk Island Parakeet | Cyanoramphus cookii | Extirpated |
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| Noisy Friarbird | Philemon corniculatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Brown Gerygone | Gerygone mouki | Endemic (country/region) |
| Lord Howe Gerygone | Gerygone insularis | Endemic Extinct |
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| Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | Rare/Accidental |
| White-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina papuensis | |
| White-winged Triller | Lalage tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
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| Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis | |
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| Olive-backed Oriole | Oriolus sagittatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Masked Woodswallow | Artamus personatus | Rare/Accidental |
| White-browed Woodswallow | Artamus superciliosus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pied Currawong | Strepera graculina | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Willie-wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys | Rare/Accidental |
| New Zealand Fantail | Rhipidura fuliginosa | Extirpated |
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| Magpie-lark | Grallina cyanoleuca | Introduced species |
| Leaden Flycatcher | Myiagra rubecula | Rare/Accidental |
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| Australian Raven | Corvus coronoides | Rare/Accidental |
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| Rose Robin | Petroica rosea | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Eurasian Skylark | Alauda arvensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Little Grassbird | Poodytes gramineus | |
| Brown Songlark | Cincloramphus cruralis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Welcome Swallow | Hirundo neoxena | |
| Fairy Martin | Petrochelidon ariel | Rare/Accidental |
| Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans | |
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| Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis | Introduced species |
| Robust White-eye | Zosterops strenuus | Endemic Extinct |
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| Tasman Starling | Aplonis fusca | Endemic (country/region) Extinct |
| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
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| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | Introduced species |
| Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | Introduced species |
| Tasman Sea Island-Thrush | Turdus poliocephalus | |
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| Australian Pipit | Anthus australis | Rare/Accidental |
| New Zealand Pipit | Anthus novaeseelandiae | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | Rare/Accidental |
| European Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | Rare/Accidental |
| Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | Rare/Accidental |
| European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | Rare/Accidental |
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