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Northern Marianas
This checklist includes all bird species found in Northern Marianas , 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: Northern Marianas [map]
Other names: Northern Mariana Islands, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Number of endemics: 6
Number of globally threatened species: 18
Number of extinct species: 3
Number of introduced species: 7
Date last reviewed: 2022-09-24
Last modified: 2024-12-25
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| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | Vulnerable |
| Baer's Pochard | Aythya baeri | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
| Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | Rare/Accidental |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Falcated Duck | Mareca falcata | Rare/Accidental |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | |
| Chinese Spot-billed Duck | Anas zonorhyncha | Rare/Accidental |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Common Teal | Anas crecca | |
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| Micronesian Megapode | Megapodius laperouse | Near-threatened |
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| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Introduced species |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Rock Dove | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Island Collared Dove | Streptopelia bitorquata | Introduced species |
| White-throated Ground Dove | Alopecoenas xanthonurus | Near-threatened |
| Mariana Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus roseicapilla | Near-threatened |
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| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
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| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Caroline Swiftlet | Aerodramus inquietus | |
| Mariana Swiftlet | Aerodramus bartschi | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
| Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | |
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| Long-tailed Koel | Urodynamis taitensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Guam Rail | Hypotaenidia owstoni | Endemic (country/region) Critically endangered |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Common Coot | Fulica atra | Rare/Accidental |
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| Wilson's Storm-petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Laysan Albatross | Phoebastria immutabilis | Near-threatened |
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| Madeiran Storm-petrel | Hydrobates castro | Rare/Accidental |
| Matsudaira's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | Vulnerable |
| Leach's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | |
| Tristram's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates tristrami | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bonin Petrel | Pterodroma hypoleuca | |
| Black-winged Petrel | Pterodroma nigripennis | |
| White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis | Vulnerable |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | Near-threatened |
| Christmas Shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis | |
| Townsend's Shearwater | Puffinus auricularis | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
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| Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
| Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Rufous Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 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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| Abbott's Booby | Papasula abbotti | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
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| Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Long-billed Plover | Charadrius placidus | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
| Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
| Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
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| Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numenius tahitiensis | Near-threatened |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Endangered |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | Endangered |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Vulnerable |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | Rare/Accidental |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Near-threatened |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Near-threatened |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Rare/Accidental |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Near-threatened |
| Pintail Snipe | Gallinago stenura | Rare/Accidental |
| Swinhoe's Snipe | Gallinago megala | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | Rare/Accidental |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
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| Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
| Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Rare/Accidental |
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| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
| Atoll Tern | Gygis alba | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Slaty-backed Gull | Larus schistisagus | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Grey-backed Tern | Onychoprion lunatus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Eastern Marsh Harrier | Circus spilonotus | Rare/Accidental |
| Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Eurasian Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| Japanese Buzzard | Buteo japonicus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
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| Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | Rare/Accidental |
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| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
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| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Micronesian Myzomela | Myzomela rubratra | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Ashy Minivet | Pericrocotus divaricatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | Introduced species |
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| Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura rufifrons | |
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| Mariana Crow | Corvus kubaryi | Endemic (country/region) Critically endangered |
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| Tinian Monarch | Metabolus takatsukasae | Endemic Near-threatened |
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| Orange-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda melpoda | Introduced species |
| Black-headed Munia | Lonchura malacca | Introduced species |
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| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | Introduced species |
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| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | Rare/Accidental |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
| Green-headed Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | Rare/Accidental |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Rare/Accidental |
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| Guam Warbler | Acrocephalus luscinius | Endemic (country/region) Extinct |
| Hiwai's Warbler | Acrocephalus hiwae | Endemic Endangered |
| Aguijan Warbler | Acrocephalus nijoi | Endemic Extinct |
| Pagan Warbler | Acrocephalus yamashinae | Endemic Extinct |
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| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
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| Golden White-eye | Cleptornis marchei | Endemic Endangered |
| Rota White-eye | Zosterops rotensis | Endemic Critically endangered |
| Bridled White-eye | Zosterops conspicillatus | |
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| White-cheeked Starling | Spodiopsar cineraceus | Rare/Accidental |
| Micronesian Starling | Aplonis opaca | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Grey-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | Rare/Accidental |
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| Dusky Thrush | Turdus eunomus | Rare/Accidental |
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