This checklist includes all bird species found in Fiji , 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 IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2. 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: Fiji [map]
Other names: Republic of Fiji
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Wandering Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | Extirpated |
Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
Eastern Spot-billed Duck | Anas zonorhyncha | |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
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Melanesian Megapode | Megapodius eremita | Rare/Accidental |
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Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | Introduced species |
Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Introduced species |
Brown Quail | Synoicus ypsilophorus | Introduced species |
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Tawny Frogmouth | Podargus strigoides | Introduced species |
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White-rumped Swiftlet | Aerodramus spodiopygius | |
White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | Rare/Accidental |
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Pacific Long-tailed Cuckoo | Urodynamis taitensis | |
Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | |
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Rock Dove | Columba livia | Introduced species |
Metallic Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | Introduced species |
Shy Ground Dove | Pampusana stairi | Vulnerable |
Many-colored Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus perousii | |
Crimson-crowned Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus porphyraceus | |
Orange Dove | Ptilinopus victor | Endemic |
Golden Dove | Ptilinopus luteovirens | Endemic |
Whistling Dove | Ptilinopus layardi | Endemic Near-threatened |
Pacific Imperial Pigeon | Ducula pacifica | |
Barking Imperial Pigeon | Ducula latrans | Endemic |
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Buff-banded Rail | Hypotaenidia philippensis | |
Bar-winged Rail | Hypotaenidia poeciloptera | Endemic Extinct |
Black-backed Swamphen | Porphyrio indicus | |
Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus | |
Spotless Crake | Zapornia tabuensis | |
White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinereus | |
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Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Rare/Accidental |
Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | Rare/Accidental |
Caspian Plover | Anarhynchus asiaticus | Rare/Accidental |
Siberian Sand Plover | Anarhynchus mongolus | Endangered |
Greater Sand Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | Rare/Accidental |
Double-banded Plover | Anarhynchus bicinctus | Near-threatened |
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Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numenius tahitiensis | Near-threatened |
Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Endangered |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | Rare/Accidental |
Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Rare/Accidental |
Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Rare/Accidental |
Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Rare/Accidental |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Rare/Accidental |
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Vulnerable |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
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White Tern | Gygis alba | |
Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
Blue Noddy | Anous ceruleus | |
Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
Spectacled Tern | Onychoprion lunatus | |
Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Rare/Accidental |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Rare/Accidental |
Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | |
Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Rare/Accidental |
Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | Rare/Accidental |
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Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Rare/Accidental |
Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | Rare/Accidental |
South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Rare/Accidental |
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Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | Rare/Accidental |
White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
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Wilson's Storm Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
White-faced Storm Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | Rare/Accidental |
White-bellied Storm Petrel | Fregetta grallaria | Rare/Accidental |
Black-bellied Storm Petrel | Fregetta tropica | Rare/Accidental |
New Zealand Storm Petrel | Fregetta maoriana | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered (possibly extinct) |
Polynesian Storm Petrel | Nesofregetta fuliginosa | Endangered |
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Snowy Albatross | Diomedea exulans | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | Rare/Accidental |
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Matsudaira's Storm Petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Leach's Storm Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
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Southern Giant Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | Rare/Accidental |
Pintado Petrel | Daption capense | |
Grey-faced Petrel | Pterodroma gouldi | |
Providence Petrel | Pterodroma solandri | Rare/Accidental |
Murphy's Petrel | Pterodroma ultima | Rare/Accidental |
Vanuatu Petrel | Pterodroma occulta | Rare/Accidental |
Kermadec Petrel | Pterodroma neglecta | Rare/Accidental |
Herald Petrel | Pterodroma heraldica | Rare/Accidental |
Phoenix Petrel | Pterodroma alba | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | Near-threatened |
White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis | |
Black-winged Petrel | Pterodroma nigripennis | |
Gould's Petrel | Pterodroma leucoptera | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Collared Petrel | Pterodroma brevipes | Vulnerable |
Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Near-threatened |
Fiji Petrel | Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi | Endemic Critically endangered (possibly extinct) |
Black Petrel | Procellaria parkinsoni | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
Buller's Shearwater | Ardenna bulleri | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | |
Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Christmas Shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis | Rare/Accidental |
Newell's Shearwater | Puffinus newelli | Critically endangered |
Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
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Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
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Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
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Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
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Pacific Reef Heron | Egretta sacra | |
White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | |
Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | Rare/Accidental |
Eastern Cattle Egret | Ardea coromanda | Rare/Accidental |
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Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | Rare/Accidental |
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Fiji Goshawk | Tachyspiza rufitorques | Endemic |
Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans | |
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Eastern Barn Owl | Tyto javanica | |
Eastern Grass Owl | Tyto longimembris | Extirpated |
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Pacific Kingfisher | Todiramphus sacer | |
Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
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Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Crimson Shining Parrot | Prosopeia splendens | Endemic Near-threatened |
Masked Shining Parrot | Prosopeia personata | Endemic Near-threatened |
Maroon Shining Parrot | Prosopeia tabuensis | Endemic |
Red-throated Lorikeet | Vini amabilis | Endemic Critically endangered |
Collared Lory | Vini solitaria | Endemic |
Blue-crowned Lorikeet | Vini australis | |
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Cardinal Myzomela | Myzomela cardinalis | Rare/Accidental |
Rotuma Myzomela | Myzomela chermesina | Endemic Vulnerable |
Sulphur-breasted Myzomela | Myzomela jugularis | Endemic |
Yellow-billed Giant Honeyeater | Gymnomyza viridis | Endemic |
Duetting Giant Honeyeater | Gymnomyza brunneirostris | Endemic |
Polynesian Wattled Honeyeater | Foulehaio carunculatus | |
Fiji Wattled Honeyeater | Foulehaio taviunensis | |
Kikau | Foulehaio procerior | Endemic |
Kadavu Honeyeater | Meliphacator provocator | Endemic |
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Fiji Woodswallow | Artamus mentalis | Endemic |
Australian Magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen | Introduced species |
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Polynesian Triller | Lalage maculosa | |
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White-throated Fiji Whistler | Pachycephala vitiensis | |
Yellow-throated Fiji Whistler | Pachycephala graeffii | |
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Fiji Streaked Fantail | Rhipidura layardi | |
Kadavu Fantail | Rhipidura personata | Endemic Near-threatened |
Natewa Silktail | Lamprolia klinesmithi | Endemic Vulnerable |
Taveuni Silktail | Lamprolia victoriae | Endemic Near-threatened |
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Ogea Monarch | Mayrornis versicolor | Endemic Near-threatened |
Slaty Monarch | Mayrornis lessoni | Endemic |
Fiji Shrikebill | Clytorhynchus vitiensis | |
Black-throated Shrikebill | Clytorhynchus nigrogularis | Endemic Near-threatened |
Vanikoro Flycatcher | Myiagra vanikorensis | |
Azure-crested Flycatcher | Myiagra azureocapilla | Endemic Near-threatened |
Chestnut-throated Flycatcher | Myiagra castaneigularis | |
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Pacific Robin | Petroica pusilla | |
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Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | Introduced species |
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Pacific Swallow | Hirundo javanica | |
Tahiti Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
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Fiji Bush Warbler | Horornis ruficapilla | Endemic |
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Long-legged Thicketbird | Cincloramphus rufus | Endemic Endangered |
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Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis | |
Vanuatu White-eye | Zosterops flavifrons | |
Fiji White-eye | Zosterops explorator | Endemic |
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Polynesian Starling | Aplonis tabuensis | |
Jungle Myna | Acridotheres fuscus | Introduced species |
Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
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Fiji Island Thrush | Turdus ruficeps | |
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House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Rare/Accidental |
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Java Sparrow | Padda oryzivora | Introduced species Endangered |
Fiji Parrotfinch | Erythrura pealii | Endemic |
Pink-billed Parrotfinch | Erythrura kleinschmidti | Endemic Vulnerable |
Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | Introduced species |
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