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Fiji
This checklist includes all bird species found in Fiji , 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 2025. 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: Fiji [map]
Other names: Republic of Fiji
Number of endemics: 31
Number of globally threatened species: 25
Number of extinct species: 1
Number of introduced species: 14
Date last reviewed: 2003-12-31
Last modified: 2026-01-03
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| Wandering Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | Extirpated |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| Eastern Spot-billed Duck | Anas zonorhyncha | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
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| Melanesian Megapode | Megapodius eremita | Rare/Accidental |
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| Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | Introduced species |
| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Introduced species |
| Brown Quail | Synoicus ypsilophorus | Introduced species |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Metallic Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
| Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | Introduced species |
| Shy Ground Dove | Pampusana stairi | |
| Golden Dove | Ptilinopus luteovirens | Endemic |
| Whistling Dove | Ptilinopus layardi | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Orange Dove | Ptilinopus victor | Endemic |
| Crimson-crowned Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus porphyraceus | |
| Many-colored Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus perousii | |
| Pacific Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula pacifica | |
| Barking Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula latrans | Endemic |
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| Long-tailed Koel | Urodynamis taitensis | |
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | |
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| Tawny Frogmouth | Podargus strigoides | Introduced species |
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| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | Rare/Accidental |
| White-rumped Swiftlet | Aerodramus spodiopygius | |
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| Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis | |
| Bar-winged Rail | Gallirallus poecilopterus | Endemic Extinct |
| Black-backed Swamphen | Porphyrio indicus | |
| Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus | |
| White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinereus | |
| Spotless Crake | Zapornia tabuensis | |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | Rare/Accidental |
| Caspian Plover | Anarhynchus asiaticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Siberian Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus mongolus | Endangered |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | Rare/Accidental |
| Double-banded Plover | Anarhynchus bicinctus | Near-threatened |
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| Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numenius tahitiensis | Near-threatened |
| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Endangered |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Rare/Accidental |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Rare/Accidental |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Rare/Accidental |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Vulnerable |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
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| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Rare/Accidental |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | Rare/Accidental |
| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Rare/Accidental |
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| Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue-billed White-Tern | Gygis candida | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
| Blue-gray Noddy | Anous ceruleus | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Gray-backed Tern | Onychoprion lunatus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Rare/Accidental |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | Rare/Accidental |
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| Snowy Albatross | Diomedea exulans | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | Rare/Accidental |
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| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
| White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | Rare/Accidental |
| White-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta grallaria | Rare/Accidental |
| New Zealand Storm-Petrel | Fregetta maoriana | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered (possibly extinct) |
| Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta tropica | Rare/Accidental |
| Polynesian Storm-Petrel | Nesofregetta fuliginosa | Endangered |
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| Leach's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
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| Southern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pintado Petrel | Daption capense | |
| Gray-faced Petrel | Pterodroma gouldi | |
| Kermadec Petrel | Pterodroma neglecta | Rare/Accidental |
| Herald Petrel | Pterodroma heraldica | Rare/Accidental |
| Murphy's Petrel | Pterodroma ultima | Rare/Accidental |
| Providence Petrel | Pterodroma solandri | Rare/Accidental |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | Near-threatened |
| White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis | |
| Black-winged Petrel | Pterodroma nigripennis | |
| Gould's Petrel | Pterodroma leucoptera | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Collared Petrel | Pterodroma brevipes | Vulnerable |
| Phoenix Petrel | Pterodroma alba | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Vanuatu Petrel | Pterodroma occulta | Rare/Accidental |
| Fiji Petrel | Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi | Endemic Critically endangered (possibly extinct) |
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Near-threatened |
| Parkinson's Petrel | Procellaria parkinsoni | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Buller's Shearwater | Ardenna bulleri | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | |
| Christmas Shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis | Rare/Accidental |
| Newell's Shearwater | Puffinus newelli | Critically endangered |
| 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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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Rare/Accidental |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | |
| Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla | |
| Eastern Cattle-Egret | Ardea coromanda | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Rare/Accidental |
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| Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Fiji Goshawk | Tachyspiza rufitorques | Endemic |
| Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans | |
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| Australasian Grass-Owl | Tyto longimembris | Extirpated |
| Eastern Barn Owl | Tyto javanica | |
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| Pacific Kingfisher | Todiramphus sacer | |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
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| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Crimson Shining-Parrot | Prosopeia splendens | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Red Shining-Parrot | Prosopeia tabuensis | Endemic |
| Masked Shining-Parrot | Prosopeia personata | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Red-throated Lorikeet | Vini amabilis | Endemic Critically endangered |
| Collared Lory | Vini solitaria | Endemic |
| Blue-crowned Lorikeet | Vini australis | |
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| Rotuma Myzomela | Myzomela chermesina | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Sulphur-breasted Myzomela | Myzomela jugularis | Endemic |
| Kadavu Honeyeater | Meliphacator provocator | Endemic |
| Yellow-billed Giant-Honeyeater | Gymnomyza viridis | Endemic |
| Duetting Giant-Honeyeater | Gymnomyza brunneirostris | Endemic |
| Western Wattled-Honeyeater | Foulehaio procerior | Endemic |
| Eastern Wattled-Honeyeater | Foulehaio carunculatus | |
| Northern Wattled-Honeyeater | Foulehaio taviunensis | |
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| Polynesian Triller | Lalage maculosa | |
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| White-throated Fiji Whistler | Pachycephala vitiensis | |
| Yellow-throated Fiji Whistler | Pachycephala graeffii | |
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| Fiji Woodswallow | Artamus mentalis | Endemic |
| Australian Magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen | Introduced species |
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| Taveuni Silktail | Lamprolia victoriae | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Natewa Silktail | Lamprolia klinesmithi | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Fiji Streaked Fantail | Rhipidura layardi | |
| Kadavu Fantail | Rhipidura personata | Endemic Near-threatened |
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| Ogea Monarch | Mayrornis versicolor | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Slaty Monarch | Mayrornis lessoni | Endemic |
| Fiji Shrikebill | Clytorhynchus vitiensis | |
| Black-throated Shrikebill | Clytorhynchus nigrogularis | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Vanikoro Flycatcher | Myiagra vanikorensis | |
| Azure-crested Flycatcher | Myiagra azureocapilla | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Chestnut-throated Flycatcher | Myiagra castaneigularis | |
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| Pacific Robin | Petroica pusilla | |
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| Long-legged Thicketbird | Cincloramphus rufus | Endemic Endangered |
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| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo javanica | |
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| Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | Introduced species |
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| Fiji Bush Warbler | Horornis ruficapilla | Endemic |
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| Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis | |
| Yellow-fronted White-eye | Zosterops flavifrons | |
| Fiji White-eye | Zosterops explorator | Endemic |
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| Polynesian Starling | Aplonis tabuensis | |
| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
| Jungle Myna | Acridotheres fuscus | Introduced species |
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| Fiji Island-Thrush | Turdus ruficeps | |
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| Java Sparrow | Padda oryzivora | Introduced species Endangered |
| Chestnut-breasted Munia | Lonchura castaneothorax | Introduced species |
| Fiji Parrotfinch | Erythrura pealii | Endemic |
| Pink-billed Parrotfinch | Erythrura kleinschmidti | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | Introduced species |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Rare/Accidental |
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