Avibase - Bird Checklists of the World
American Samoa
This checklist includes all bird species found in American Samoa , 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: American Samoa [map]
Description: includes Tutuila and Manu'a
Number of globally threatened species: 6
Number of introduced species: 6
Date last reviewed: 2018-12-26
Last modified: 2024-12-25
See also: https://www.nps.gov/npsa/learn/nature/upload/2nded05h.pdf
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| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | Rare/Accidental |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| Chinese Spot-billed Duck | Anas zonorhyncha | |
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| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Introduced species |
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| Rock Dove | Columba livia | Rare/Accidental |
| Friendly Ground Dove | Alopecoenas stairi | |
| Pacific Imperial Pigeon | Ducula pacifica | |
| Many-coloured Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus perousii | |
| Purple-capped Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus porphyraceus | |
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| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
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| White-rumped Swiftlet | Aerodramus spodiopygius | |
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| Long-tailed Koel | Urodynamis taitensis | |
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| Buff-banded Rail | Hypotaenidia philippensis | |
| Spotless Crake | Zapornia tabuensis | |
| Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
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| White-faced Storm-petrel | Pelagodroma marina | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-bellied Storm-petrel | Fregetta tropica | Rare/Accidental |
| Polynesian Storm-petrel | Nesofregetta fuliginosa | Endangered |
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| Gould's Petrel | Pterodroma leucoptera | Vulnerable |
| Collared Petrel | Pterodroma brevipes | Vulnerable |
| Black-winged Petrel | Pterodroma nigripennis | Rare/Accidental |
| Herald Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana | |
| Phoenix Petrel | Pterodroma alba | Vulnerable |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis | Vulnerable |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Christmas Shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis | |
| Townsend's Shearwater | Puffinus auricularis | Rare/Accidental |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Near-threatened |
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| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | Rare/Accidental |
| Pacific Reef Egret | Egretta sacra | |
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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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| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numenius tahitiensis | Near-threatened |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Rare/Accidental |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Rare/Accidental |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
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| Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
| Blue Noddy | Procelsterna cerulea | |
| Atoll Tern | Gygis alba | |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | Rare/Accidental |
| Grey-backed Tern | Onychoprion lunatus | |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | Rare/Accidental |
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| Pearly Owl | Tyto delicatula | |
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| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
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| Blue-crowned Lorikeet | Vini australis | |
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| Cardinal Myzomela | Myzomela cardinalis | |
| Wattled Honeyeater | Foulehaio carunculatus | |
| Mao | Gymnomyza samoensis | Extirpated Endangered |
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| Fiji Shrikebill | Clytorhynchus vitiensis | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | Introduced species |
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| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | Introduced species |
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| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
| Jungle Myna | Acridotheres fuscus | Introduced species |
| Polynesian Starling | Aplonis tabuensis | |
| Samoan Starling | Aplonis atrifusca | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Island Thrush | Turdus poliocephalus | |
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