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Solomon Islands
This checklist includes all bird species found in Solomon Islands , 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 2023. 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: Solomon Islands [map]
Number of species: 326
Number of endemics: 65
Number of introduced species: 4
Last modified: 2024-08-03
Number of endemics: 65
Number of introduced species: 4
Last modified: 2024-08-03
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| Plumed Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna eytoni | Rare/Accidental |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| Gray Teal | Anas gracilis | |
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| Melanesian Megapode | Megapodius eremita | |
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| Black Grouse | Lyrurus tetrix | Rare/Accidental |
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| Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | |
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| Metallic Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
| Yellow-legged Pigeon | Columba pallidiceps | Vulnerable |
| Mackinlay's Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia mackinlayi | |
| Crested Cuckoo-Dove | Reinwardtoena crassirostris | Endemic |
| Pacific Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps longirostris | |
| Stephan's Dove | Chalcophaps stephani | |
| Santa Cruz Ground Dove | Pampusana sanctaecrucis | Endemic Endangered |
| Thick-billed Ground Dove | Pampusana salamonis | Extinct |
| Bronze Ground Dove | Pampusana beccarii | |
| White-bibbed Ground Dove | Pampusana jobiensis | |
| Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | Near-threatened |
| Choiseul Pigeon | Microgoura meeki | Endemic Extinct |
| Superb Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus superbus | |
| Silver-capped Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus richardsii | Endemic |
| Red-bellied Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus greyi | |
| Yellow-bibbed Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus solomonensis | |
| Claret-breasted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus viridis | |
| White-headed Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus eugeniae | Endemic |
| Pacific Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula pacifica | |
| Red-knobbed Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula rubricera | |
| Island Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula pistrinaria | |
| Chestnut-bellied Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula brenchleyi | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Pale Mountain-Pigeon | Gymnophaps solomonensis | Endemic |
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| Buff-headed Coucal | Centropus milo | Endemic |
| Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
| Pacific Koel | Eudynamys orientalis | |
| Long-tailed Koel | Urodynamis taitensis | |
| Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae | |
| Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx lucidus | |
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | |
| Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | |
| Himalayan Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
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| Solomons Frogmouth | Rigidipenna inexpectata | Near-threatened |
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| Solomons Nightjar | Eurostopodus nigripennis | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
| White-throated Nightjar | Eurostopodus mystacalis | |
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| Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
| Satin Swiftlet | Collocalia uropygialis | |
| White-rumped Swiftlet | Aerodramus spodiopygius | |
| Mayr's Swiftlet | Aerodramus orientalis | Data deficient |
| Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis | |
| Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus | |
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| Moustached Treeswift | Hemiprocne mystacea | |
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| Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis | |
| Woodford's Rail | Gallirallus woodfordi | Endemic |
| Roviana Rail | Gallirallus rovianae | Endemic |
| Makira Moorhen | Gallinula silvestris | Endemic Critically endangered |
| Dusky Moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa | |
| Black-backed Swamphen | Porphyrio indicus | |
| Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus | |
| White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinereus | |
| Pale-vented Bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccana | |
| Spotless Crake | Zapornia tabuensis | |
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| Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris | Near-threatened |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| Pied Stilt | Himantopus leucocephalus | |
| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | |
| Oriental Plover | Anarhynchus veredus | |
| Siberian Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus mongolus | Endangered |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | |
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| Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numenius tahitiensis | Near-threatened |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Endangered |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
| Asian Dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus | Near-threatened |
| Swinhoe's Snipe | Gallinago megala | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Gray-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Near-threatened |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Vulnerable |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Near-threatened |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Near-threatened |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red-backed Buttonquail | Turnix maculosus | |
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| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | Rare/Accidental |
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| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Rare/Accidental |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | |
| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | |
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| White Tern | Gygis alba | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Gray-backed Tern | Onychoprion lunatus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Australian Tern | Gelochelidon macrotarsa | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| White-fronted Tern | Sterna striata | Near-threatened |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | Rare/Accidental |
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| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta tropica | Rare/Accidental |
| Polynesian Storm-Petrel | Nesofregetta fuliginosa | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
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| Band-rumped Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates castro | Rare/Accidental |
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| Herald Petrel | Pterodroma heraldica | Rare/Accidental |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | Near-threatened |
| Juan Fernandez Petrel | Pterodroma externa | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis | |
| Gould's Petrel | Pterodroma leucoptera | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Collared Petrel | Pterodroma brevipes | Vulnerable |
| Vanuatu Petrel | Pterodroma occulta | Rare/Accidental |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | Rare/Accidental |
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Beck's Petrel | Pseudobulweria becki | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Christmas Shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis | |
| Fluttering Shearwater | Puffinus gavia | Rare/Accidental |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
| Heinroth's Shearwater | Puffinus heinrothi | Vulnerable |
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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
| Christmas Island Frigatebird | Fregata andrewsi | Vulnerable |
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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 | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | Rare/Accidental |
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| Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | |
| Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
| Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Rare/Accidental |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | Rare/Accidental |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Eastern Cattle Egret | Bubulcus coromandus | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Medium Egret | Ardea intermedia | Rare/Accidental |
| Plumed Egret | Ardea plumifera | Rare/Accidental |
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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
| Australian Ibis | Threskiornis molucca | |
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata | |
| Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans | |
| Variable Goshawk | Accipiter hiogaster | |
| Gray Goshawk | Accipiter novaehollandiae | |
| Brown Goshawk | Accipiter fasciatus | |
| Pied Goshawk | Accipiter albogularis | |
| Imitator Sparrowhawk | Accipiter imitator | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Meyer's Goshawk | Accipiter meyerianus | |
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Icthyophaga leucogaster | |
| Sanford's Sea-Eagle | Icthyophaga sanfordi | Vulnerable |
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| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| West Solomons Owl | Athene jacquinoti | |
| Guadalcanal Owl | Athene granti | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Malaita Owl | Athene malaitae | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Makira Owl | Athene roseoaxillaris | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Fearful Owl | Asio solomonensis | Near-threatened |
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| Blyth's Hornbill | Rhyticeros plicatus | |
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| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| Little Kingfisher | Ceyx pusillus | |
| New Georgia Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx collectoris | Endemic |
| North Solomons Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx meeki | |
| Guadalcanal Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx nigromaxilla | |
| Makira Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx gentianus | Endemic |
| Forest Kingfisher | Todiramphus macleayii | |
| Ultramarine Kingfisher | Todiramphus leucopygius | |
| Pacific Kingfisher | Todiramphus sacer | |
| Colonist Kingfisher | Todiramphus colonus | |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
| Beach Kingfisher | Todiramphus saurophagus | |
| Melanesian Kingfisher | Todiramphus tristrami | |
| Moustached Kingfisher | Actenoides bougainvillei | Endemic |
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| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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| Oriental Hobby | Falco severus | |
| Australian Hobby | Falco longipennis | Rare/Accidental |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Ducorps's Cockatoo | Cacatua ducorpsii | |
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| Red-breasted Pygmy-Parrot | Micropsitta bruijnii | |
| Finsch's Pygmy-Parrot | Micropsitta finschii | |
| Papuan Eclectus | Eclectus polychloros | |
| Singing Parrot | Geoffroyus heteroclitus | |
| Red-flanked Lorikeet | Hypocharmosyna placentis | |
| Duchess Lorikeet | Charmosynoides margarethae | |
| Meek's Lorikeet | Vini meeki | |
| Palm Lorikeet | Vini palmarum | Vulnerable |
| Yellow-bibbed Lory | Lorius chlorocercus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Cardinal Lory | Pseudeos cardinalis | |
| Coconut Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus moluccanus | |
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| Black-faced Pitta | Pitta anerythra | Near-threatened |
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| Noisy Miner | Manorina melanocephala | Introduced species |
| Cardinal Myzomela | Myzomela cardinalis | |
| Scarlet-naped Myzomela | Myzomela lafargei | Endemic |
| Yellow-vented Myzomela | Myzomela eichhorni | Endemic |
| Red-bellied Myzomela | Myzomela malaitae | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Black-headed Myzomela | Myzomela melanocephala | Endemic |
| Sooty Myzomela | Myzomela tristrami | |
| Makira Honeyeater | Meliarchus sclateri | Endemic |
| Guadalcanal Honeyeater | Guadalcanaria inexpectata | Endemic |
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| Gray Thornbill | Acanthiza cinerea | |
| Rennell Gerygone | Gerygone citrina | |
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| Barred Cuckooshrike | Coracina lineata | |
| Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | |
| North Melanesian Cuckooshrike | Coracina welchmani | |
| White-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina papuensis | |
| South Melanesian Cuckooshrike | Coracina caledonica | |
| Polynesian Triller | Lalage maculosa | |
| Long-tailed Triller | Lalage leucopyga | |
| Makira Cicadabird | Edolisoma salomonis | Endemic |
| Solomons Cuckooshrike | Edolisoma holopolium | Endemic |
| Common Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre | |
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| Guadalcanal Hooded Whistler | Pachycephala implicata | Endemic |
| Temotu Whistler | Pachycephala vanikorensis | |
| Oriole Whistler | Pachycephala orioloides | |
| Rennell Whistler | Pachycephala feminina | Near-threatened |
| Black-tailed Whistler | Pachycephala melanura | |
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| Australian Magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen | Introduced species |
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| White-winged Fantail | Rhipidura cockerelli | |
| White-gorgeted Fantail | Rhipidura coultasi | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Willie-wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys | |
| Malaita Fantail | Rhipidura malaitae | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Santa Cruz Fantail | Rhipidura melaenolaema | |
| Solomons Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura rufofronta | |
| Guadalcanal Fantail | Rhipidura ocularis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Dusky Fantail | Rhipidura tenebrosa | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Rennell Fantail | Rhipidura rennelliana | Endemic |
| Gray Fantail | Rhipidura albiscapa | |
| New Zealand Fantail | Rhipidura fuliginosa | |
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| Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | |
| Short-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus striatus | |
| Spangled Drongo | Dicrurus bracteatus | |
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| Vanikoro Monarch | Mayrornis schistaceus | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Rennell Shrikebill | Clytorhynchus hamlini | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Black-throated Shrikebill | Clytorhynchus nigrogularis | Near-threatened |
| Santa Cruz Shrikebill | Clytorhynchus sanctaecrucis | Endemic Endangered |
| Island Monarch | Monarcha cinerascens | |
| White-capped Monarch | Monarcha richardsii | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Chestnut-bellied Monarch | Monarcha castaneiventris | |
| Bougainville Monarch | Monarcha erythrostictus | Endemic |
| Black-and-white Monarch | Symposiachrus barbatus | Endemic |
| Kolombangara Monarch | Symposiachrus browni | Endemic Near-threatened |
| White-collared Monarch | Symposiachrus vidua | Near-threatened |
| Steel-blue Flycatcher | Myiagra ferrocyanea | Endemic |
| Ochre-headed Flycatcher | Myiagra cervinicauda | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Melanesian Flycatcher | Myiagra caledonica | |
| Vanikoro Flycatcher | Myiagra vanikorensis | |
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| Guadalcanal Crow | Corvus woodfordi | Endemic |
| Bougainville Crow | Corvus meeki | |
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| Pacific Robin | Petroica pusilla | |
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| Clamorous Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus | |
| Australian Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus australis | |
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| Guadalcanal Thicketbird | Cincloramphus turipavae | Endemic Near-threatened |
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| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
| Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans | |
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| Mountain Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus trivirgatus | |
| Makira Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus makirensis | Endemic |
| Island Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus poliocephalus | |
| Kolombangara Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus amoenus | Endemic Near-threatened |
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| Shade Warbler | Horornis parens | Endemic |
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| Banded White-eye | Zosterops vellalavella | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Santa Cruz White-eye | Zosterops sanctaecrucis | Endemic |
| Bare-eyed White-eye | Zosterops superciliosus | Endemic |
| Sanford's White-eye | Zosterops lacertosus | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Vanikoro White-eye | Zosterops gibbsi | Endemic |
| Bougainville White-eye | Zosterops hamlini | Endemic (country/region) |
| Guadalcanal White-eye | Zosterops oblitus | Endemic |
| Gray-throated White-eye | Zosterops rendovae | Endemic |
| Yellow-throated White-eye | Zosterops metcalfii | Endemic |
| Malaita White-eye | Zosterops stresemanni | Endemic |
| Splendid White-eye | Zosterops luteirostris | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Ganongga White-eye | Zosterops splendidus | Endemic |
| Solomons White-eye | Zosterops kulambangrae | Endemic |
| Dark-eyed White-eye | Zosterops tetiparius | Endemic |
| Kolombangara White-eye | Zosterops murphyi | Endemic |
| Rennell White-eye | Zosterops rennellianus | Endemic |
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| Metallic Starling | Aplonis metallica | |
| Atoll Starling | Aplonis feadensis | Near-threatened |
| Rennell Starling | Aplonis insularis | Endemic |
| White-eyed Starling | Aplonis brunneicapillus | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Brown-winged Starling | Aplonis grandis | Endemic |
| Makira Starling | Aplonis dichroa | Endemic |
| Rusty-winged Starling | Aplonis zelandica | |
| Singing Starling | Aplonis cantoroides | |
| Polynesian Starling | Aplonis tabuensis | |
| Yellow-faced Myna | Mino dumontii | |
| Long-tailed Myna | Mino kreffti | |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
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| Makira Thrush | Zoothera margaretae | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Guadalcanal Thrush | Zoothera turipavae | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Bassian Thrush | Zoothera lunulata | |
| Russet-tailed Thrush | Zoothera heinei | |
| Island Thrush | Turdus poliocephalus | |
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| Midget Flowerpecker | Dicaeum aeneum | Endemic |
| Mottled Flowerpecker | Dicaeum tristrami | Endemic |
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| Ornate Sunbird | Cinnyris ornatus | |
| Sahul Sunbird | Cinnyris frenatus | |
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| Blue-faced Parrotfinch | Erythrura trichroa | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | Introduced species |
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