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Malaita Province
This checklist includes all bird species found in Malaita Province , 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: Malaita Province [map]
Other names: Malaita
Number of endemics: 2
Number of globally threatened species: 10
Number of extinct species: 2
Number of introduced species: 1
Last modified: 2026-01-06
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| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
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| Melanesian Megapode | Megapodius eremita | |
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| Metallic Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
| Yellow-legged Pigeon | Columba pallidiceps | Vulnerable |
| Spot-breasted Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia mackinlayi | |
| Crested Cuckoo-Dove | Reinwardtoena crassirostris | Endemic (country/region) |
| Stephan's Dove | Chalcophaps stephani | |
| Thick-billed Ground Dove | Pampusana salamonis | Endemic (country/region) Extinct |
| Bronze Ground Dove | Pampusana beccarii | |
| Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | Near-threatened |
| Choiseul Pigeon | Microgoura meeki | Endemic (country/region) Extinct |
| Superb Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus superbus | |
| Yellow-bibbed Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus solomonensis | |
| Claret-breasted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus viridis | |
| Red-bellied Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus greyi | |
| Pacific Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula pacifica | |
| Red-knobbed Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula rubricera | |
| Island Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula pistrinaria | |
| Chestnut-bellied Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula brenchleyi | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Pale Mountain-Pigeon | Gymnophaps solomonensis | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Pacific Koel | Eudynamys orientalis | |
| Long-tailed Koel | Urodynamis taitensis | |
| Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chalcites lucidus | |
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | |
| Solomons Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis addendus | |
| Himalayan Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
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| Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
| White-rumped Swiftlet | Aerodramus spodiopygius | |
| Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis | |
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| Moustached Treeswift | Hemiprocne mystacea | |
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| Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis | |
| Woodford's Rail | Gallirallus woodfordi | Endemic (country/region) |
| Black-backed Swamphen | Porphyrio indicus | |
| Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus | |
| White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinereus | |
| Pale-vented Bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccana | |
| Spotless Crake | Zapornia tabuensis | |
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| Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris | Near-threatened |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Siberian Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus mongolus | Endangered |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | |
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| Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numenius tahitiensis | Near-threatened |
| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Endangered |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
| Swinhoe's Snipe | Gallinago megala | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Gray-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Vulnerable |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Vulnerable |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Near-threatened |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
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| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | Rare/Accidental |
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| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| Atlantic White-Tern | Gygis alba | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Gray-backed Tern | Onychoprion lunatus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | |
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| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | Rare/Accidental |
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| Herald Petrel | Pterodroma heraldica | Rare/Accidental |
| White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis | |
| Collared Petrel | Pterodroma brevipes | Vulnerable |
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Near-threatened |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Christmas Shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
| Heinroth's Shearwater | Puffinus heinrothi | Vulnerable |
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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 | Rare/Accidental |
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| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black Bittern | Botaurus flavicollis | |
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | |
| Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra | |
| Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
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| Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata | |
| Gray Goshawk | Tachyspiza novaehollandiae | |
| Variable Goshawk | Tachyspiza hiogaster | |
| Pied Goshawk | Tachyspiza albogularis | |
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
| Sanford's Sea-Eagle | Icthyophaga sanfordi | Vulnerable |
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| Eastern Barn Owl | Tyto javanica | |
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| Malaita Owl | Athene malaitae | Endemic Vulnerable |
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| Blyth's Hornbill | Rhyticeros plicatus | |
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| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| Little Kingfisher | Ceyx pusillus | |
| Guadalcanal Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx nigromaxilla | |
| Pacific Kingfisher | Todiramphus sacer | |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
| Beach Kingfisher | Todiramphus saurophagus | |
| Melanesian Kingfisher | Todiramphus tristrami | |
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| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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| Oriental Hobby | Falco severus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Solomons Corella | Cacatua ducorpsii | |
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| Finsch's Pygmy-Parrot | Micropsitta finschii | |
| Papuan Eclectus | Eclectus polychloros | |
| Singing Parrot | Geoffroyus heteroclitus | |
| Duchess Lorikeet | Vini margarethae | |
| Meek's Lorikeet | Vini meeki | |
| Yellow-bibbed Lory | Lorius chlorocercus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Cardinal Lory | Chalcopsitta cardinalis | |
| Coconut Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus moluccanus | |
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| Red-bellied Myzomela | Myzomela malaitae | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Black-headed Myzomela | Myzomela melanocephala | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Barred Cuckooshrike | Coracina lineata | |
| North Melanesian Cuckooshrike | Coracina welchmani | |
| White-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina papuensis | |
| Malaita Cicadabird | Edolisoma tricolor | Endemic |
| Central Melanesian Cicadabird | Edolisoma erythropygium | |
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| Oriole Whistler | Pachycephala orioloides | |
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| White-gorgeted Fantail | Rhipidura coultasi | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Willie-wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys | |
| Malaita Fantail | Rhipidura malaitae | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Solomons Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura rufofronta | |
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| Island Monarch | Monarcha cinerascens | |
| Chestnut-bellied Monarch | Monarcha castaneiventris | |
| Malaita Monarch | Symposiachrus malaitae | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Steel-blue Flycatcher | Myiagra ferrocyanea | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo javanica | |
| Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans | |
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| Mountain Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus trivirgatus | |
| Island Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus poliocephalus | |
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| Malaita White-eye | Zosterops stresemanni | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Metallic Starling | Aplonis metallica | |
| Atoll Starling | Aplonis feadensis | Near-threatened |
| Brown-winged Starling | Aplonis grandis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Singing Starling | Aplonis cantoroides | |
| Long-tailed Myna | Mino kreffti | |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
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| Midget Flowerpecker | Dicaeum aeneum | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Sahul Sunbird | Cinnyris frenatus | |
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