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Christmas Island
This checklist includes all bird species found in Christmas 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: Christmas Island [map]
Other names: Territory of Christmas Island
Number of endemics: 5
Number of breeding endemics: 2
Number of globally threatened species: 13
Number of introduced species: 5
Date last reviewed: 2012-12-31
Last modified: 2024-12-25
See also: http://www.birdlife.org.au/images/uploads/branches/documents/WA-ChristmasIsl_Checklist.pdf
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| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | Rare/Accidental |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| Gray Teal | Anas gracilis | |
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Introduced species |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Rare/Accidental |
| Red Collared-Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | Rare/Accidental |
| Asian Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
| Pacific Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps longirostris | |
| Christmas Island Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula whartoni | Endemic |
| Torresian Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula spilorrhoa | |
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| Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pacific Koel | Eudynamys orientalis | |
| Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo | Chalcites basalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-eared Cuckoo | Chalcites osculans | Rare/Accidental |
| Pallid Cuckoo | Heteroscenes pallidus | Rare/Accidental |
| Large Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx sparverioides | Rare/Accidental |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Gray Nightjar | Caprimulgus jotaka | Rare/Accidental |
| Savanna Nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis | Rare/Accidental |
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| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Christmas Island Swiftlet | Collocalia natalis | Endemic |
| Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Mossy-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus salangana | Rare/Accidental |
| Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus | |
| House Swift | Apus nipalensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Slaty-breasted Rail | Lewinia striata | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-tailed Nativehen | Tribonyx ventralis | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | Rare/Accidental |
| Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
| Pale-vented Bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccana | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | Rare/Accidental |
| Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | Rare/Accidental |
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| Pied Stilt | Himantopus leucocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Sooty Oystercatcher | Haematopus fuliginosus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius | Rare/Accidental |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | Rare/Accidental |
| Oriental Plover | Anarhynchus veredus | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | Rare/Accidental |
| Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Swinhoe's Snipe | Gallinago megala | Rare/Accidental |
| Pin-tailed Snipe | Gallinago stenura | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Gray-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Rare/Accidental |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Rare/Accidental |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
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| Australian Pratincole | Glareola isabella | Rare/Accidental |
| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | Rare/Accidental |
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| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | |
| Common Gull | Larus canus | Rare/Accidental |
| White Tern | Gygis alba | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Lesser Noddy | Anous tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Rare/Accidental |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | Rare/Accidental |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | Rare/Accidental |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | Rare/Accidental |
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| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | Rare/Accidental |
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| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
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| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
| White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta tropica | |
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| Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | Vulnerable |
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| Pintado Petrel | Daption capense | Rare/Accidental |
| Herald Petrel | Pterodroma heraldica | Rare/Accidental |
| Barau's Petrel | Pterodroma baraui | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata | Rare/Accidental |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | Rare/Accidental |
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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
| Christmas Island Frigatebird | Fregata andrewsi | Breeding endemic Vulnerable |
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| Abbott's Booby | Papasula abbotti | Breeding endemic Endangered |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
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| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | Rare/Accidental |
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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
| Australian Ibis | Threskiornis molucca | |
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| Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black Bittern | Botaurus flavicollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Cinnamon Bittern | Botaurus cinnamomeus | Rare/Accidental |
| Schrenck's Bittern | Botaurus eurhythmus | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow Bittern | Botaurus sinensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Rare/Accidental |
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Malayan Night Heron | Gorsachius melanolophus | Rare/Accidental |
| Japanese Night Heron | Gorsachius goisagi | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Rare/Accidental |
| Pied Heron | Egretta picata | Rare/Accidental |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | Rare/Accidental |
| Chinese Pond-Heron | Ardeola bacchus | Rare/Accidental |
| Javan Pond-Heron | Ardeola speciosa | Rare/Accidental |
| Eastern Cattle-Egret | Ardea coromanda | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Medium Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| Plumed Egret | Ardea plumifera | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | Rare/Accidental |
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| Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | Rare/Accidental |
| Japanese Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza gularis | Rare/Accidental |
| Chinese Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza soloensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray Goshawk | Tachyspiza novaehollandiae | |
| Brown Goshawk | Tachyspiza fasciata | Rare/Accidental |
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Icthyophaga leucogaster | Rare/Accidental |
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| Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica | Rare/Accidental |
| Christmas Island Boobook | Ninox natalis | Endemic Vulnerable |
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| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | Rare/Accidental |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | Rare/Accidental |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
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| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Nankeen Kestrel | Falco cenchroides | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | Rare/Accidental |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Blue-winged Pitta | Pitta moluccensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Fairy Pitta | Pitta nympha | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
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| Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | |
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| Tiger Shrike | Lanius tigrinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler | Helopsaltes certhiola | Rare/Accidental |
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| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Asian House-Martin | Delichon dasypus | Rare/Accidental |
| Eastern Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | Rare/Accidental |
| Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans | Rare/Accidental |
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| Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Christmas Island White-eye | Zosterops natalis | Endemic |
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| Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | Rare/Accidental |
| Daurian Starling | Agropsar sturninus | Rare/Accidental |
| Javan Myna | Acridotheres javanicus | Introduced species Vulnerable |
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| Christmas Island-Thrush | Turdus erythropleurus | Endemic |
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| Dark-sided Flycatcher | Muscicapa sibirica | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue-and-white Flycatcher | Cyanoptila cyanomelana | Rare/Accidental |
| Siberian Rubythroat | Calliope calliope | Rare/Accidental |
| Amur Stonechat | Saxicola stejnegeri | Rare/Accidental |
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| Java Sparrow | Padda oryzivora | Introduced species Endangered |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | Introduced species |
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| Forest Wagtail | Dendronanthus indicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
| Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
| Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | Rare/Accidental |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | Rare/Accidental |
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