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Malaita
This checklist includes all bird species found in Malaita , 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 Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). 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: Malaita [map]
Other names: Malayta, Mala
Description: Solomons
Number of globally threatened species: 6
Number of extinct species: 2
Number of introduced species: 1
Date last reviewed: 2014-08-02
Last modified: 2025-10-12
See also: http://www.birdsofmelanesia.net/solomons8.html/malaita.pdf
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| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
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| Melanesian Megapode | Megapodius eremita | |
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| Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | |
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| White-throated Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
| Yellow-legged Pigeon | Columba pallidiceps | Vulnerable |
| Mackinlay's Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia mackinlayi | |
| Crested Cuckoo Dove | Reinwardtoena crassirostris | |
| Thick-billed Ground Dove | Alopecoenas salamonis | Endemic (country/region) Extinct |
| Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | Near-threatened |
| Stephan's Dove | Chalcophaps stephani | |
| Pacific Imperial Pigeon | Ducula pacifica | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-knobbed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula rubricera | |
| Island Imperial Pigeon | Ducula pistrinaria | Endemic (country/region) |
| Chestnut-bellied Imperial Pigeon | Ducula brenchleyi | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Superb Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus superbus | |
| Yellow-bibbed Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus solomonensis | |
| Claret-breasted Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus viridis | |
| Pale Mountain Pigeon | Gymnophaps solomonensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Choiseul Pigeon | Microgoura meeki | Endemic (country/region) Extinct |
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| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | Rare/Accidental |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Moustached Treeswift | Hemiprocne mystacea | |
| Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
| Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis | |
| White-rumped Swiftlet | Aerodramus spodiopygius | |
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| Pacific Koel | Eudynamys orientalis | |
| Long-tailed Koel | Urodynamis taitensis | |
| Shining Bronze Cuckoo | Chalcites lucidus | |
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | |
| Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
| Himalayan Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | |
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| Woodford's Rail | Hypotaenidia woodfordi | |
| Buff-banded Rail | Hypotaenidia philippensis | |
| Spotless Crake | Zapornia tabuensis | |
| Rufous-tailed Bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccana | |
| White-browed Crake | Amaurornis cinerea | |
| Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
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| Collared Petrel | Pterodroma brevipes | Vulnerable |
| Herald Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana | Rare/Accidental |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Near-threatened |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | |
| Rufous Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Pacific Reef Egret | Egretta sacra | |
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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
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| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | Rare/Accidental |
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| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Rare/Accidental |
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| Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris | Near-threatened |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
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| Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numenius tahitiensis | Near-threatened |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Vulnerable |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Vulnerable |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Near-threatened |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
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| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | Rare/Accidental |
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| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
| Atoll Tern | Gygis alba | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Grey-backed Tern | Onychoprion lunatus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata | |
| Variable Goshawk | Accipiter hiogaster | |
| Pied Goshawk | Accipiter albogularis | |
| Sanford's Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus sanfordi | Vulnerable |
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
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| Pearly Owl | Tyto delicatula | |
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| Solomon Islands Boobook | Ninox jacquinoti | |
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| Papuan Hornbill | Rhyticeros plicatus | |
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| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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| Variable Dwarf Kingfisher | Ceyx lepidus | |
| Little Kingfisher | Ceyx pusillus | |
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
| Beach Kingfisher | Todiramphus saurophagus | |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
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| Oriental Hobby | Falco severus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Solomon Islands Corella | Cacatua ducorpsii | |
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| Green Pygmy Parrot | Micropsitta finschii | Endemic (country/region) |
| Eclectus Parrot | Eclectus roratus | |
| Singing Parrot | Geoffroyus heteroclitus | |
| Meek's Lorikeet | Charmosyna meeki | |
| Duchess Lorikeet | Charmosyna margarethae | |
| Yellow-bibbed Lory | Lorius chlorocercus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Cardinal Lory | Chalcopsitta cardinalis | |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | |
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| Red-vested Myzomela | Myzomela malaitae | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
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| Barred Cuckooshrike | Coracina lineata | |
| Solomon Islands Cuckooshrike | Coracina welchmani | |
| White-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina papuensis | |
| Solomon Islands Cicadabird | Edolisoma holopolium | Endemic (country/region) |
| Melanesian Cicadabird | Edolisoma remotum | |
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| Oriole Whistler | Pachycephala orioloides | |
| Australian Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis | |
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| White-winged Fantail | Rhipidura cockerelli | Endemic (country/region) |
| Willie-wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys | |
| Malaita Fantail | Rhipidura malaitae | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura rufifrons | |
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| Steel-blue Myiagra | Myiagra ferrocyanea | Endemic (country/region) |
| White-cheeked Monarch | Symposiachrus malaitae | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Chestnut-bellied Monarch | Monarcha castaneiventris | |
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| Midget Flowerpecker | Dicaeum aeneum | |
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| Olive-backed Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | |
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| Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans | |
| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
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| Island Leaf Warbler | Seicercus maforensis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Malaita White-eye | Zosterops stresemanni | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
| Long-tailed Myna | Mino kreffti | |
| Metallic Starling | Aplonis metallica | |
| Singing Starling | Aplonis cantoroides | |
| Atoll Starling | Aplonis feadensis | Near-threatened |
| Brown-winged Starling | Aplonis grandis | Endemic (country/region) |
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