Avibase - Bird Checklists of the World
Santa Cruz
This checklist includes all bird species found in Santa Cruz , 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 2023. 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: Santa Cruz [map]
Description: Includes Utupua, Vanikoro
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| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
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| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | |
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| Mackinlay's Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia mackinlayi | |
| Pacific Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps longirostris | |
| Santa Cruz Ground Dove | Pampusana sanctaecrucis | Endemic |
| Red-bellied Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus greyi | |
| Pacific Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula pacifica | |
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| Long-tailed Koel | Urodynamis taitensis | |
| Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx lucidus | |
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
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| Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
| Satin Swiftlet | Collocalia uropygialis | |
| White-rumped Swiftlet | Aerodramus spodiopygius | |
| Australian Swiftlet | Aerodramus terraereginae | |
| Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis | |
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| Moustached Treeswift | Hemiprocne mystacea | |
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| Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis | |
| Black-backed Swamphen | Porphyrio indicus | |
| Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus | |
| White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinereus | |
| Spotless Crake | Zapornia tabuensis | |
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| Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| Pied Stilt | Himantopus leucocephalus | |
| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Siberian Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus mongolus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numenius tahitiensis | |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| 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 | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
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| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| 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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| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | Rare/Accidental |
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| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
| Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta tropica | Rare/Accidental |
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| Herald Petrel | Pterodroma heraldica | Rare/Accidental |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | |
| White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis | |
| Collared Petrel | Pterodroma brevipes | |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Rare/Accidental |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | Rare/Accidental |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Christmas Shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis | |
| 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 | Rare/Accidental |
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| Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos | |
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| Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra | |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | Rare/Accidental |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Pied Goshawk | Accipiter albogularis | |
| White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Icthyophaga leucogaster | |
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| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Pacific Kingfisher | Todiramphus sacer | |
| Colonist Kingfisher | Todiramphus colonus | |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
| Melanesian Kingfisher | Todiramphus tristrami | |
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| Oriental Hobby | Falco severus | |
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| Palm Lorikeet | Vini palmarum | |
| Coconut Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | |
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| Cardinal Myzomela | Myzomela cardinalis | |
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| South Melanesian Cuckooshrike | Coracina caledonica | |
| Polynesian Triller | Lalage maculosa | |
| Long-tailed Triller | Lalage leucopyga | |
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| Temotu Whistler | Pachycephala vanikorensis | |
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| Santa Cruz Fantail | Rhipidura melaenolaema | |
| Solomons Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura rufofronta | Endemic |
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| Vanikoro Monarch | Mayrornis schistaceus | Endemic |
| Santa Cruz Shrikebill | Clytorhynchus sanctaecrucis | Endemic |
| Vanikoro Flycatcher | Myiagra vanikorensis | |
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| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
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| Santa Cruz White-eye | Zosterops sanctaecrucis | Endemic |
| Sanford's White-eye | Zosterops lacertosus | Endemic |
| Vanikoro White-eye | Zosterops gibbsi | Endemic |
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| Brown-winged Starling | Aplonis grandis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Rusty-winged Starling | Aplonis zelandica | |
| Polynesian Starling | Aplonis tabuensis | |
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| Island Thrush | Turdus poliocephalus | |
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