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Tonga
This checklist includes all bird species found in Tonga , 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, version 2022. 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: Tonga [map]
Other names: Kingdom of Tonga
Number of endemics: 2
Number of globally threatened species: 9
Number of extinct species: 1
Number of introduced species: 5
Date last reviewed: 2003-12-31
Last modified: 2022-07-22
See also: http://pacificbirds.com/tonga-checklist/
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| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | Rare/Accidental |
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| Tongan Megapode | Megapodius pritchardii | Endemic Vulnerable |
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| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Shy Ground Dove | Alopecoenas stairi | Vulnerable |
| Many-colored Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus perousii | |
| Crimson-crowned Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus porphyraceus | |
| Pacific Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula pacifica | |
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| Long-tailed Koel | Urodynamis taitensis | |
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| White-rumped Swiftlet | Aerodramus spodiopygius | |
| Australian Swiftlet | Aerodramus terraereginae | |
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| Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis | |
| Black-backed Swamphen | Porphyrio indicus | |
| Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus | |
| Spotless Crake | Zapornia tabuensis | |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Rare/Accidental |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
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| Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numenius tahitiensis | Near-threatened |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
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| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
| Gray Noddy | Anous albivitta | |
| Blue-gray Noddy | Anous ceruleus | |
| White Tern | Gygis alba | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Gray-backed Tern | Onychoprion lunatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
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| Light-mantled Albatross | Phoebetria palpebrata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Wandering Albatross | Diomedea exulans | |
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| Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta tropica | Rare/Accidental |
| Polynesian Storm-Petrel | Nesofregetta fuliginosa | Endangered |
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| Southern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | Rare/Accidental |
| Cape Petrel | Daption capense | |
| Gray-faced Petrel | Pterodroma gouldi | |
| Kermadec Petrel | Pterodroma neglecta | |
| Herald Petrel | Pterodroma heraldica | |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | Near-threatened |
| White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis | |
| Black-winged Petrel | Pterodroma nigripennis | |
| Cook's Petrel | Pterodroma cookii | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Gould's Petrel | Pterodroma leucoptera | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Collared Petrel | Pterodroma brevipes | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Stejneger's Petrel | Pterodroma longirostris | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Phoenix Petrel | Pterodroma alba | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Near-threatened |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Buller's Shearwater | Ardenna bulleri | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | |
| Christmas Shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis | Rare/Accidental |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
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| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
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| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | |
| Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | Rare/Accidental |
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| Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans | |
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| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Pacific Kingfisher | Todiramphus sacer | |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
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| Oceanic Parrot | Eclectus infectus | Extirpated Extinct |
| Red Shining-Parrot | Prosopeia tabuensis | Introduced species |
| Blue-crowned Lorikeet | Vini australis | |
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| Eastern Wattled-Honeyeater | Foulehaio carunculatus | |
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| Polynesian Triller | Lalage maculosa | |
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| Tongan Whistler | Pachycephala jacquinoti | Endemic Near-threatened |
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| Fiji Shrikebill | Clytorhynchus vitiensis | |
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| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
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| Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | Introduced species |
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| Polynesian Starling | Aplonis tabuensis | |
| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Rare/Accidental |
| Jungle Myna | Acridotheres fuscus | Introduced species |
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