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Palau
This checklist includes all bird species found in Palau , 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 2022. 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: Palau [map]
Number of endemics: 12
Number of globally threatened species: 9
Number of introduced species: 5
Date last reviewed: 2022-09-24
Last modified: 2022-10-22
See also: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327658215
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| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
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| Micronesian Megapode | Megapodius laperouse | Near-threatened |
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| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Introduced species |
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| Palau Ground Dove | Alopecoenas canifrons | Endemic Endangered |
| Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | Near-threatened |
| Palau Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus pelewensis | Endemic |
| Micronesian Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula oceanica | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
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| Chestnut-winged Cuckoo | Clamator coromandus | Rare/Accidental |
| Long-tailed Koel | Urodynamis taitensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae | Rare/Accidental |
| Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx hyperythrus | Rare/Accidental |
| Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx nisicolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | Rare/Accidental |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
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| Gray Nightjar | Caprimulgus jotaka | |
| Palau Nightjar | Caprimulgus phalaena | Endemic Near-threatened |
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| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Palau Swiftlet | Aerodramus pelewensis | Endemic |
| Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis | |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-backed Swamphen | Porphyrio indicus | |
| Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus | |
| White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinereus | |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pale-vented Bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccana | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-legged Crake | Rallina fasciata | Rare/Accidental |
| Slaty-legged Crake | Rallina eurizonoides | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| Pied Stilt | Himantopus leucocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Lesser Sand-Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| Oriental Plover | Charadrius veredus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-kneed Dotterel | Erythrogonys cinctus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Endangered |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | Endangered |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Vulnerable |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Near-threatened |
| 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 | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Rare/Accidental |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| Asian Dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | Rare/Accidental |
| Swinhoe's Snipe | Gallinago megala | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Near-threatened |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
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| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
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| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
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| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
| White Tern | Gygis alba | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Gray-backed Tern | Onychoprion lunatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | Rare/Accidental |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
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| Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | Vulnerable |
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| Providence Petrel | Pterodroma solandri | |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | Near-threatened |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
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| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
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| Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | Rare/Accidental |
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| Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
| Schrenck's Bittern | Ixobrychus eurhythmus | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Chinese Pond-Heron | Ardeola bacchus | Rare/Accidental |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Nankeen Night-Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
| Japanese Night-Heron | Gorsachius goisagi | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Malayan Night-Heron | Gorsachius melanolophus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-faced Spoonbill | Platalea minor | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Gray-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Palau Scops-Owl | Otus podarginus | Endemic |
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| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda | Rare/Accidental |
| Palau Kingfisher | Todiramphus pelewensis | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | Rare/Accidental |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
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| Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Sulphur-crested Cockatoo | Cacatua galerita | Introduced species |
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| Eclectus Parrot | Eclectus roratus | Introduced species |
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| Micronesian Myzomela | Myzomela rubratra | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Common Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre | |
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| Morningbird | Pachycephala tenebrosa | Endemic |
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| White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucorynchus | |
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| Palau Fantail | Rhipidura lepida | Endemic |
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| Palau Flycatcher | Myiagra erythrops | Endemic |
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| Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Lanceolated Warbler | Locustella lanceolata | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | Rare/Accidental |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | Rare/Accidental |
| Asian House-Martin | Delichon dasypus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Palau Bush Warbler | Horornis annae | Endemic |
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| Giant White-eye | Megazosterops palauensis | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Dusky White-eye | Zosterops finschii | Endemic |
| Caroline Islands White-eye | Zosterops semperi | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Micronesian Starling | Aplonis opaca | Endemic (country/region) |
| Chestnut-cheeked Starling | Agropsar philippensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Scaly Thrush | Zoothera dauma | Rare/Accidental |
| Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Gray-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | |
| Blue-and-white Flycatcher | Cyanoptila cyanomelana | Rare/Accidental |
| Siberian Rubythroat | Calliope calliope | Rare/Accidental |
| Narcissus Flycatcher | Ficedula narcissina | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius | Rare/Accidental |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | Rare/Accidental |
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| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | Extirpated |
| Chestnut Munia | Lonchura atricapilla | Introduced species |
| Blue-faced Parrotfinch | Erythrura trichroa | |
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| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | Introduced species |
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| Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
| Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Blyth's Pipit | Anthus godlewskii | Rare/Accidental |
| Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-headed Bunting | Emberiza melanocephala | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Bunting | Emberiza pusilla | Rare/Accidental |
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