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Yap
This checklist includes all bird species found in Yap , 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 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: Yap [map]
Other names: State of Yap
Number of endemics: 4
Number of globally threatened species: 9
Number of extinct species: 1
Number of introduced species: 6
Date last reviewed: 2022-09-24
Last modified: 2024-12-25
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| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
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| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Introduced species |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Philippine Collared-Dove | Streptopelia dusumieri | Introduced species Vulnerable |
| White-throated Ground Dove | Pampusana xanthonura | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Micronesian Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula oceanica | Introduced species Vulnerable |
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| Long-tailed Koel | Urodynamis taitensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
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| Caroline Islands Swiftlet | Aerodramus inquietus | |
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| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Rare/Accidental |
| White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinereus | |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| Pied Stilt | Himantopus leucocephalus | |
| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius | |
| Siberian Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus mongolus | Endangered |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | |
| Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numenius tahitiensis | Near-threatened |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Endangered |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
| Swinhoe's Snipe | Gallinago megala | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Gray-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Vulnerable |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Vulnerable |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Near-threatened |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
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| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
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| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| White Tern | Gygis alba | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Gray-backed Tern | Onychoprion lunatus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
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| Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | Vulnerable |
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| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | |
| 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 | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
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| Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Rare/Accidental |
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| Cinnamon Bittern | Botaurus cinnamomeus | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow Bittern | Botaurus sinensis | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Eastern Cattle-Egret | Ardea coromanda | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Medium Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Chinese Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza soloensis | |
| Gray-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Micronesian Myzomela | Myzomela rubratra | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Palau Cicadabird | Edolisoma monacha | |
| Yap Cicadabird | Edolisoma nesiotis | Endemic Endangered |
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| Micronesian Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura versicolor | |
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| Yap Monarch | Monarcha godeffroyi | Endemic Near-threatened |
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| Caroline Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus syrinx | Endemic (country/region) |
| Mangareva Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus astrolabii | Endemic (country/region) Extinct |
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| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
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| Yap White-eye | Zosterops oleagineus | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Plain White-eye | Zosterops hypolais | Endemic Near-threatened |
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| Micronesian Starling | Aplonis opaca | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Gray-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | Rare/Accidental |
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| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | Introduced species |
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| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | Introduced species |
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| Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | Rare/Accidental |
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