Avibase - Bird Checklists of the World
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 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: Fiji [map]
Other names: Republic of Fiji
Number of endemics: 27
Number of globally threatened species: 21
Number of extinct species: 1
Number of introduced species: 13
Date last reviewed: 2003-12-31
Last modified: 2024-12-25
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| Wandering Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | Extirpated |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| Chinese Spot-billed Duck | Anas zonorhyncha | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
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| Melanesian Megapode | Megapodius eremita | Rare/Accidental |
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| Brown Quail | Synoicus ypsilophorus | Introduced species |
| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Introduced species |
| Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | Introduced species |
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| Rock Dove | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| White-throated Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
| Spotted-necked Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | Introduced species |
| Friendly Ground Dove | Alopecoenas stairi | |
| Pacific Imperial Pigeon | Ducula pacifica | |
| Barking Imperial Pigeon | Ducula latrans | Endemic |
| Many-coloured Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus perousii | |
| Purple-capped Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus porphyraceus | |
| Orange Dove | Ptilinopus victor | Endemic |
| Golden Dove | Ptilinopus luteovirens | Endemic |
| Whistling Dove | Ptilinopus layardi | Endemic Near-threatened |
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| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | Rare/Accidental |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
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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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| Long-tailed Koel | Urodynamis taitensis | |
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | |
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| Bar-winged Rail | Hypotaenidia poeciloptera | Endemic Extinct |
| Buff-banded Rail | Hypotaenidia philippensis | |
| Spotless Crake | Zapornia tabuensis | |
| White-browed Crake | Amaurornis cinerea | |
| Purple Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | |
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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 |
| Black-bellied Storm-petrel | Fregetta tropica | Rare/Accidental |
| New Zealand Storm-petrel | Fregetta maoriana | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered (possibly extinct) |
| Polynesian Storm-petrel | Nesofregetta fuliginosa | Endangered |
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| Wandering Albatross | Diomedea exulans | |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | Rare/Accidental |
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| Matsudaira's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Leach's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Rare/Accidental |
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| Southern Giant Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | Rare/Accidental |
| Cape Petrel | Daption capense | |
| Gould's Petrel | Pterodroma leucoptera | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Collared Petrel | Pterodroma brevipes | Vulnerable |
| Black-winged Petrel | Pterodroma nigripennis | |
| Murphy's Petrel | Pterodroma ultima | Rare/Accidental |
| Providence Petrel | Pterodroma solandri | Rare/Accidental |
| Kermadec Petrel | Pterodroma neglecta | Rare/Accidental |
| Herald Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana | Rare/Accidental |
| Phoenix Petrel | Pterodroma alba | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | Near-threatened |
| White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis | Vulnerable |
| Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera | Rare/Accidental |
| Parkinson's Petrel | Procellaria parkinsoni | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Buller's Shearwater | Ardenna bulleri | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Christmas Shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis | Rare/Accidental |
| Townsend's Shearwater | Puffinus auricularis | Rare/Accidental |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
| Fiji Petrel | Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi | Endemic Critically endangered (possibly extinct) |
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Near-threatened |
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| Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Rare/Accidental |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | |
| Pacific Reef Egret | Egretta sacra | |
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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
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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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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Double-banded Plover | Charadrius bicinctus | Near-threatened |
| Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
| Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | Rare/Accidental |
| Caspian Plover | Charadrius asiaticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numenius tahitiensis | Near-threatened |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Endangered |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | 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 |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Rare/Accidental |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Rare/Accidental |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Rare/Accidental |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
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| Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | Rare/Accidental |
| Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
| Blue Noddy | Procelsterna cerulea | |
| Atoll Tern | Gygis alba | |
| Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Grey-backed Tern | Onychoprion lunatus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Rare/Accidental |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans | |
| Fiji Goshawk | Accipiter rufitorques | Endemic |
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| Eastern Grass Owl | Tyto longimembris | Extirpated |
| Pearly Owl | Tyto delicatula | |
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| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
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| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Kadavu Shining Parrot | Prosopeia splendens | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Masked Shining Parrot | Prosopeia personata | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Red Shining Parrot | Prosopeia tabuensis | Endemic |
| Red-throated Lorikeet | Charmosyna amabilis | Endemic Critically endangered |
| Blue-crowned Lorikeet | Vini australis | |
| Collared Lory | Phigys solitarius | Endemic |
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| Rotuma Myzomela | Myzomela chermesina | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Cardinal Myzomela | Myzomela cardinalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Orange-breasted Myzomela | Myzomela jugularis | Endemic |
| Wattled Honeyeater | Foulehaio carunculatus | |
| Giant Forest Honeyeater | Gymnomyza viridis | Endemic |
| Kadavu Honeyeater | Xanthotis provocator | Endemic |
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| Polynesian Triller | Lalage maculosa | |
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| Fiji Whistler | Pachycephala vitiensis | |
| Australian Golden Whistler | Pachycephala pectoralis | |
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| Australian Magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen | Introduced species |
| Fiji Woodswallow | Artamus mentalis | Endemic |
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| Silktail | Lamprolia victoriae | Endemic |
| Streaked Fantail | Rhipidura verreauxi | |
| Kadavu Fantail | Rhipidura personata | Endemic Near-threatened |
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| Vanikoro Myiagra | Myiagra vanikorensis | |
| Blue-crested Myiagra | Myiagra azureocapilla | Endemic |
| Ogea Monarch | Mayrornis versicolor | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Slaty Monarch | Mayrornis lessoni | Endemic |
| Fiji Shrikebill | Clytorhynchus vitiensis | |
| Black-throated Shrikebill | Clytorhynchus nigrogularis | Endemic Near-threatened |
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| Pacific Robin | Petroica multicolor | |
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| Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | Introduced species |
| Java Sparrow | Lonchura oryzivora | Introduced species Endangered |
| Red-headed Parrotfinch | Erythrura cyaneovirens | |
| Pink-billed Parrotfinch | Erythrura kleinschmidti | Endemic Vulnerable |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Long-legged Thicketbird | Megalurulus rufus | Endemic Endangered |
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| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
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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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| Fiji White-eye | Zosterops explorator | Endemic |
| Vanuatu White-eye | Zosterops flavifrons | |
| Silver-eye | Zosterops lateralis | |
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| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
| Jungle Myna | Acridotheres fuscus | Introduced species |
| Polynesian Starling | Aplonis tabuensis | |
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| Island Thrush | Turdus poliocephalus | |
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