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Avibase - Bird Checklists of the World
US Minor Outlying Islands
This checklist includes all bird species found in US Minor Outlying 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 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: US Minor Outlying Islands [map]
Description: Includes Wake, Midway, Jarvis, Johnston, Howland, Baker, Palmyra Islands, and Navassa Island in the Caribbean
Number of endemics: 2
Number of globally threatened species: 21
Number of extinct species: 2
Number of introduced species: 4
Date last reviewed: 2013-12-09
Last modified: 2020-09-20
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| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | Rare/Accidental |
| Brent Goose | Branta bernicla | Rare/Accidental |
| Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii | |
| Emperor Goose | Anser canagicus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | Rare/Accidental |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Black Scoter | Melanitta americana | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | Rare/Accidental |
| Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria | Rare/Accidental |
| Redhead | Aythya americana | Rare/Accidental |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | Rare/Accidental |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | Rare/Accidental |
| Falcated Duck | Mareca falcata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | Rare/Accidental |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | Rare/Accidental |
| Laysan Duck | Anas laysanensis | Endemic (country/region) Critically endangered |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Common Teal | Anas crecca | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Introduced species |
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| Rock Dove | Columba livia | Rare/Accidental |
| White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala | Near-threatened |
| Scaly-naped Pigeon | Patagioenas squamosa | |
| Plain Pigeon | Patagioenas inornata | Near-threatened |
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina | |
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| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
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| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | Rare/Accidental |
| Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii | |
| Chuck-will's-widow | Antrostomus carolinensis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | |
| Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor | |
| Long-tailed Koel | Urodynamis taitensis | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | Rare/Accidental |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Wake Island Rail | Hypotaenidia wakensis | Endemic Extinct |
| Laysan Rail | Zapornia palmeri | Introduced species Extinct |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | |
| Hawaiian Coot | Fulica alai | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
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| Polynesian Storm-petrel | Nesofregetta fuliginosa | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
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| Laysan Albatross | Phoebastria immutabilis | Near-threatened |
| Black-footed Albatross | Phoebastria nigripes | Near-threatened |
| Short-tailed Albatross | Phoebastria albatrus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| White-capped Albatross | Thalassarche cauta | Rare/Accidental |
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| Madeiran Storm-petrel | Hydrobates castro | Rare/Accidental |
| Leach's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | |
| Tristram's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates tristrami | |
| Fork-tailed Storm-petrel | Hydrobates furcatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | Rare/Accidental |
| Bonin Petrel | Pterodroma hypoleuca | |
| Black-winged Petrel | Pterodroma nigripennis | Rare/Accidental |
| Murphy's Petrel | Pterodroma ultima | Rare/Accidental |
| Kermadec Petrel | Pterodroma neglecta | |
| Herald Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana | Rare/Accidental |
| Phoenix Petrel | Pterodroma alba | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | Near-threatened |
| Hawaiian Petrel | Pterodroma sandwichensis | Endangered |
| White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Black-capped Petrel | Pterodroma hasitata | Rare/Accidental |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Buller's Shearwater | Ardenna bulleri | Vulnerable |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Near-threatened |
| Scopoli's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | |
| Christmas Shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis | |
| Bryan's Shearwater | Puffinus bryani | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
| Townsend's Shearwater | Puffinus auricularis | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
| Little Shearwater | Puffinus assimilis | |
| Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | Rare/Accidental |
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
| Jouanin's Petrel | Bulweria fallax | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | |
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| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Rare/Accidental |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | |
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| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Blue-footed Booby | Sula nebouxii | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
| Nazca Booby | Sula granti | Rare/Accidental |
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| Pelagic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax pelagicus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Rare/Accidental |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Rare/Accidental |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numenius tahitiensis | Vulnerable |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Rare/Accidental |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Rare/Accidental |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | Rare/Accidental |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Rare/Accidental |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | Rare/Accidental |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | Rare/Accidental |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | Rare/Accidental |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | Rare/Accidental |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Rare/Accidental |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Rare/Accidental |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Grey Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
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| Tufted Puffin | Fratercula cirrhata | Rare/Accidental |
| Horned Puffin | Fratercula corniculata | Rare/Accidental |
| Parakeet Auklet | Aethia psittacula | Rare/Accidental |
| Japanese Murrelet | Synthliboramphus wumizusume | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
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| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
| Blue Noddy | Procelsterna cerulea | |
| Atoll Tern | Gygis alba | |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Bonaparte's Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | |
| Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Rare/Accidental |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare/Accidental |
| Mew Gull | Larus canus | Rare/Accidental |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Gull | Larus occidentalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Rare/Accidental |
| American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | Rare/Accidental |
| Slaty-backed Gull | Larus schistisagus | Rare/Accidental |
| Glaucous-winged Gull | Larus glaucescens | Rare/Accidental |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Grey-backed Tern | Onychoprion lunatus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | Rare/Accidental |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Rare/Accidental |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | Rare/Accidental |
| Steller's Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus pelagicus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Rough-legged Buzzard | Buteo lagopus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Pearly Owl | Tyto delicatula | Introduced species |
| Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
| Ashy-faced Owl | Tyto glaucops | |
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| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Belted Kingfisher | Megaceryle alcyon | |
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| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | Rare/Accidental |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Gray Kingbird | Tyrannus dominicensis | |
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| White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | |
| Black-whiskered Vireo | Vireo altiloquus | |
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| White-necked Crow | Corvus leucognaphalus | Vulnerable |
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| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | Introduced species |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Extirpated |
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| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | Rare/Accidental |
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| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Laysan Finch | Telespiza cantans | Extirpated Vulnerable |
| Nihoa Finch | Telespiza ultima | Endemic Critically endangered |
| House Finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | Rare/Accidental |
| Atlantic Canary | Serinus canaria | |
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| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Ovenbird | Seiurus aurocapilla | |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | Parkesia motacilla | |
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | |
| Nashville Warbler | Leiothlypis ruficapilla | |
| Mourning Warbler | Geothlypis philadelphia | |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | |
| Cape May Warbler | Setophaga tigrina | |
| Northern Parula | Setophaga americana | |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | Setophaga caerulescens | |
| Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum | |
| Pine Warbler | Setophaga pinus | |
| Prairie Warbler | Setophaga discolor | |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Setophaga virens | |
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| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | |
| Yellow-faced Grassquit | Tiaris olivaceus | |
| Black-faced Grassquit | Melanospiza bicolor | |
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| Eurasian Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Millerbird | Acrocephalus familiaris | Critically endangered |
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| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | |
| Cave Swallow | Petrochelidon fulva | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Rare/Accidental |
| Caribbean Martin | Progne dominicensis | |
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| Japanese White-eye | Zosterops japonicus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
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| Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | Rare/Accidental |
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