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Clipperton Island

This checklist includes all bird species found in Clipperton 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 .

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Country or region: Clipperton Island [map]

Other names: Clipperton Atoll

Number of species: 159
Number of globally threatened species: 15
Number of introduced species: 1
Date last reviewed: 2021-03-21
Last modified: 2025-10-12
See also: https://inpn.mnhn.fr/collTerr/outreMer/989/CLI/tab/especes

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ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
Greater White-fronted Goose	Anser albifrons	Rare/Accidental
Canada Goose	Branta canadensis	Rare/Accidental
Garganey	Spatula querquedula	Rare/Accidental
Blue-winged Teal	Spatula discors	Rare/Accidental
Cinnamon Teal	Spatula cyanoptera	Rare/Accidental
Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Wigeon	Mareca penelope	Rare/Accidental
American Wigeon	Mareca americana	Rare/Accidental
Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	Rare/Accidental
Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca	Rare/Accidental
Canvasback	Aythya valisineria	Rare/Accidental
Ring-necked Duck	Aythya collaris	Rare/Accidental
Lesser Scaup	Aythya affinis	Rare/Accidental
Harlequin Duck	Histrionicus histrionicus	Rare/Accidental
Long-tailed Duck	Clangula hyemalis	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
Mourning Dove	Zenaida macroura	Rare/Accidental
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
Dark-billed Cuckoo	Coccyzus melacoryphus	Rare/Accidental
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Coccyzus americanus	Rare/Accidental
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae
Common Nighthawk	Chordeiles minor	Rare/Accidental
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
Sora	Porzana carolina	Rare/Accidental
Common Gallinule	Gallinula galeata	Rare/Accidental
American Coot	Fulica americana
Purple Gallinule	Porphyrio martinica	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva	Rare/Accidental
Killdeer	Charadrius vociferus	Near-threatened
Semipalmated Plover	Charadrius semipalmatus
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
Hudsonian Whimbrel	Numenius hudsonicus
Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Marbled Godwit	Limosa fedoa	Vulnerable
Short-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus griseus	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Long-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus scolopaceus	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
American Woodcock	Scolopax minor	Rare/Accidental
Wilson's Phalarope	Phalaropus tricolor	Rare/Accidental
Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius
Spotted Sandpiper	Actitis macularius
Solitary Sandpiper	Tringa solitaria	Rare/Accidental
Wandering Tattler	Tringa incana	Rare/Accidental
Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Willet	Tringa semipalmata	Rare/Accidental
Greater Yellowlegs	Tringa melanoleuca	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Ruff	Calidris pugnax	Rare/Accidental
Sanderling	Calidris alba
Least Sandpiper	Calidris minutilla	Near-threatened
Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	Rare/Accidental
Western Sandpiper	Calidris mauri
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae
Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus
Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus
Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus
Great Skua	Stercorarius skua	Rare/Accidental
South Polar Skua	Stercorarius maccormicki
CHARADRIIFORMES: Alcidae
Crested Auklet	Aethia cristatella	Rare/Accidental
Pigeon Guillemot	Cepphus columba	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae
Little Gull	Hydrocoloeus minutus	Rare/Accidental
Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Rare/Accidental
Laughing Gull	Leucophaeus atricilla	Rare/Accidental
Franklin's Gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan	Rare/Accidental
Black-tailed Gull	Larus crassirostris	Rare/Accidental
Kelp Gull	Larus dominicanus	Rare/Accidental
Great Black-backed Gull	Larus marinus	Rare/Accidental
Glaucous Gull	Larus hyperboreus	Rare/Accidental
Atlantic White-Tern	Gygis alba
Blue-billed White-Tern	Gygis candida
Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus
Black Noddy	Anous minutus
Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus
Gray-backed Tern	Onychoprion lunatus	Rare/Accidental
Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	Rare/Accidental
Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea
PHAETHONTIFORMES: Phaethontidae
White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	Rare/Accidental
Red-billed Tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus
Red-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda
GAVIIFORMES: Gaviidae
Yellow-billed Loon	Gavia adamsii	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae
Leach's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates leucorhous	Vulnerable
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates castro
Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates tethys
Markham's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates markhami	Near-threatened
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae
Kermadec Petrel	Pterodroma neglecta
Murphy's Petrel	Pterodroma ultima
Juan Fernandez Petrel	Pterodroma externa	Vulnerable
Galapagos Petrel	Pterodroma phaeopygia	Critically endangered
White-necked Petrel	Pterodroma cervicalis
Black-winged Petrel	Pterodroma nigripennis
Cook's Petrel	Pterodroma cookii	Vulnerable
Gould's Petrel	Pterodroma leucoptera	Vulnerable
Stejneger's Petrel	Pterodroma longirostris	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Tahiti Petrel	Pseudobulweria rostrata	Near-threatened
Pink-footed Shearwater	Ardenna creatopus	Vulnerable
Great Shearwater	Ardenna gravis	Rare/Accidental
Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna pacifica
Buller's Shearwater	Ardenna bulleri	Vulnerable
Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea	Near-threatened
Christmas Shearwater	Puffinus nativitatis
Manx Shearwater	Puffinus puffinus	Rare/Accidental
Newell's Shearwater	Puffinus newelli	Critically endangered
Tropical Shearwater	Puffinus bailloni
SULIFORMES: Fregatidae
Magnificent Frigatebird	Fregata magnificens	Rare/Accidental
Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor
SULIFORMES: Sulidae
Red-footed Booby	Sula sula
Cocos Booby	Sula brewsteri
Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra
Nazca Booby	Sula granti
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae
White Ibis	Eudocimus albus	Rare/Accidental
White-faced Ibis	Plegadis chihi	Rare/Accidental
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae
American Bittern	Botaurus lentiginosus	Rare/Accidental
Least Bittern	Botaurus exilis	Rare/Accidental
Yellow-crowned Night Heron	Nyctanassa violacea	Rare/Accidental
Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	Rare/Accidental
Snowy Egret	Egretta thula	Rare/Accidental
Little Heron	Butorides atricapilla	Rare/Accidental
Western Cattle-Egret	Ardea ibis	Rare/Accidental
Eastern Cattle-Egret	Ardea coromanda	Rare/Accidental
Great Egret	Ardea alba	Rare/Accidental
Great Blue Heron	Ardea herodias	Rare/Accidental
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	Rare/Accidental
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae
Belted Kingfisher	Megaceryle alcyon
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus
Prairie Falcon	Falco mexicanus	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Tyrannidae
Eastern Wood-Pewee	Contopus virens	Rare/Accidental
Eastern Kingbird	Tyrannus tyrannus
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae
Bank Swallow	Riparia riparia	Rare/Accidental
Tree Swallow	Tachycineta bicolor	Rare/Accidental
Purple Martin	Progne subis	Rare/Accidental
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	Rare/Accidental
Cliff Swallow	Petrochelidon pyrrhonota	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae
Arctic Warbler	Phylloscopus borealis	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae
European Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	Introduced species
PASSERIFORMES: Mimidae
Brown Thrasher	Toxostoma rufum	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae
Gray-cheeked Thrush	Catharus minimus	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae
Northern Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae
White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	Rare/Accidental
Red-throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Calcariidae
Lapland Longspur	Calcarius lapponicus	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Passerellidae
LeConte's Sparrow	Ammospiza leconteii	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae
Bobolink	Dolichonyx oryzivorus	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Rusty Blackbird	Euphagus carolinus	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae
Ovenbird	Seiurus aurocapilla	Rare/Accidental
Worm-eating Warbler	Helmitheros vermivorum	Rare/Accidental
Northern Waterthrush	Parkesia noveboracensis	Rare/Accidental
Golden-winged Warbler	Vermivora chrysoptera	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Prothonotary Warbler	Protonotaria citrea	Rare/Accidental
Tennessee Warbler	Leiothlypis peregrina	Rare/Accidental
Connecticut Warbler	Oporornis agilis	Rare/Accidental
Common Yellowthroat	Geothlypis trichas	Rare/Accidental
American Redstart	Setophaga ruticilla	Rare/Accidental
Magnolia Warbler	Setophaga magnolia	Rare/Accidental
Bay-breasted Warbler	Setophaga castanea	Rare/Accidental
Northern Yellow Warbler	Setophaga aestiva	Rare/Accidental
Blackpoll Warbler	Setophaga striata	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
Palm Warbler	Setophaga palmarum	Rare/Accidental
Yellow-throated Warbler	Setophaga dominica	Rare/Accidental
Prairie Warbler	Setophaga discolor	Rare/Accidental
Black-throated Green Warbler	Setophaga virens	Rare/Accidental
Canada Warbler	Cardellina canadensis	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Cardinalidae
Summer Tanager	Piranga rubra	Rare/Accidental
Scarlet Tanager	Piranga olivacea	Rare/Accidental
Dickcissel	Spiza americana	Rare/Accidental

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