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Tanna
This checklist includes all bird species found in Tanna , 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: Tanna [map]
Description: Vanuatu
Number of globally threatened species: 7
Number of introduced species: 2
Date last reviewed: 2014-08-02
Last modified: 2025-10-12
See also: http://www.birdsofmelanesia.net/vanuatu7htm/tanna.pdf
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| Wandering Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | Rare/Accidental |
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | |
| Australasian Shoveler | Spatula rhynchotis | Rare/Accidental |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
| Grey Teal | Anas gibberifrons | |
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| Vanuatu Megapode | Megapodius layardi | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Introduced species |
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| White-throated Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
| Mackinlay's Cuckoo Dove | Macropygia mackinlayi | |
| Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
| Pacific Imperial Pigeon | Ducula pacifica | |
| Tanna Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus tannensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Red-bellied Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus greyi | |
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| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
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| Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
| Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis | |
| White-rumped Swiftlet | Aerodramus spodiopygius | |
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| Long-tailed Koel | Urodynamis taitensis | |
| Shining Bronze Cuckoo | Chalcites lucidus | |
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | |
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| Buff-banded Rail | Hypotaenidia philippensis | |
| Spotless Crake | Zapornia tabuensis | Rare/Accidental |
| White-browed Crake | Amaurornis cinerea | |
| Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
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| White-bellied Storm-petrel | Fregetta grallaria | Rare/Accidental |
| Polynesian Storm-petrel | Nesofregetta fuliginosa | Endangered |
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| Gould's Petrel | Pterodroma leucoptera | Vulnerable |
| Collared Petrel | Pterodroma brevipes | Vulnerable |
| Black-winged Petrel | Pterodroma nigripennis | Rare/Accidental |
| Providence Petrel | Pterodroma solandri | Rare/Accidental |
| Herald Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana | Rare/Accidental |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | Near-threatened |
| White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis | Vulnerable |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
| 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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| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Rare/Accidental |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | Rare/Accidental |
| Pacific Reef Egret | Egretta sacra | |
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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | Rare/Accidental |
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| Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos | |
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| Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris | Near-threatened |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | Rare/Accidental |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | Rare/Accidental |
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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 | Near-threatened |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Vulnerable |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Rare/Accidental |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue Noddy | Procelsterna cerulea | |
| Grey Noddy | Procelsterna albivitta | |
| Atoll Tern | Gygis alba | |
| Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | Rare/Accidental |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans | |
| Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus | |
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| Pearly Owl | Tyto delicatula | |
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| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
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| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Palm Lorikeet | Charmosyna palmarum | |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | |
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| Cardinal Myzomela | Myzomela cardinalis | |
| Grey-eared Honeyeater | Lichmera incana | |
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| Melanesian Cuckooshrike | Coracina caledonica | |
| Polynesian Triller | Lalage maculosa | |
| Long-tailed Triller | Lalage leucopyga | |
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| New Caledonian Whistler | Pachycephala caledonica | |
| Fiji Whistler | Pachycephala vitiensis | |
| Australian Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis | |
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| White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucoryn | |
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| Streaked Fantail | Rhipidura verreauxi | |
| Grey Fantail | Rhipidura albiscapa | |
| New Zealand Fantail | Rhipidura fuliginosa | |
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| Melanesian Myiagra | Myiagra caledonica | |
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| Pacific Robin | Petroica multicolor | |
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| Blue-faced Parrotfinch | Erythrura trichroa | |
| Red-headed Parrotfinch | Erythrura cyaneovirens | |
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| Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans | Rare/Accidental |
| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
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| Vanuatu White-eye | Zosterops flavifrons | Endemic (country/region) |
| Silver-eye | Zosterops lateralis | |
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| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
| Rusty-winged Starling | Aplonis zelandica | |
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| Island Thrush | Turdus poliocephalus | |
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