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Tristan da Cunha Islands
This checklist includes all bird species found in Tristan da Cunha Islands , 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: Tristan da Cunha Islands [map]
Other names: Tristan da Cunha
Description: includes Tristan da Cunha, Inaccessible, Nightingale and Gough
Number of endemics: 8
Number of breeding endemics: 2
Number of globally threatened species: 27
Number of extinct species: 1
Date last reviewed: 2016-07-01
Last modified: 2025-10-12
See also: https://www.africanbirdclub.org/countries/checklists/
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| Yellow-billed Teal | Anas flavirostris | Rare/Accidental |
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| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | Rare/Accidental |
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| Paint-billed Crake | Mustelirallus erythrops | Rare/Accidental |
| Tristan Moorhen | Gallinula nesiotis | Endemic Extinct |
| Gough Moorhen | Gallinula comeri | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Red-gartered Coot | Fulica armillata | Rare/Accidental |
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | Rare/Accidental |
| Inaccessible Island Rail | Laterallus rogersi | Endemic Vulnerable |
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| Snowy Sheathbill | Chionis albus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Rufous-chested Dotterel | Zonibyx modestus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Rare/Accidental |
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| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Rare/Accidental |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | Rare/Accidental |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Rare/Accidental |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
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| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Rare/Accidental |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Chilean Skua | Stercorarius chilensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | |
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| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare/Accidental |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Rare/Accidental |
| Antarctic Tern | Sterna vittata | |
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| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | Rare/Accidental |
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| King Penguin | Aptenodytes patagonicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Gentoo Penguin | Pygoscelis papua | Rare/Accidental |
| Chinstrap Penguin | Pygoscelis antarcticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Macaroni Penguin | Eudyptes chrysolophus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Western Rockhopper Penguin | Eudyptes chrysocome | |
| Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin | Eudyptes moseleyi | Endangered |
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| Northern Royal Albatross | Diomedea sanfordi | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Southern Royal Albatross | Diomedea epomophora | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Snowy Albatross | Diomedea exulans | Vulnerable |
| Tristan Albatross | Diomedea dabbenena | Breeding endemic Critically endangered |
| Sooty Albatross | Phoebetria fusca | Endangered |
| Light-mantled Albatross | Phoebetria palpebrata | Near-threatened |
| Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | Endangered |
| Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche carteri | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Gray-headed Albatross | Thalassarche chrysostoma | Endangered |
| White-capped Albatross | Thalassarche cauta | |
| Salvin's Albatross | Thalassarche salvini | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | |
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| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
| Gray-backed Storm-Petrel | Garrodia nereis | |
| White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | |
| White-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta grallaria | |
| Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta tropica | |
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| Leach's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Vulnerable |
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| Southern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | |
| Northern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes halli | |
| Southern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialoides | |
| Pintado Petrel | Daption capense | |
| Kerguelen Petrel | Aphrodroma brevirostris | |
| Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera | |
| Trindade Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis | |
| White-headed Petrel | Pterodroma lessonii | |
| Juan Fernandez Petrel | Pterodroma externa | Vulnerable |
| Atlantic Petrel | Pterodroma incerta | Endangered |
| Blue Petrel | Halobaena caerulea | Rare/Accidental |
| Broad-billed Prion | Pachyptila vittata | |
| MacGillivray's Prion | Pachyptila macgillivrayi | Critically endangered |
| Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata | |
| Slender-billed Prion | Pachyptila belcheri | |
| Gray Petrel | Procellaria cinerea | Near-threatened |
| White-chinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis | Vulnerable |
| Spectacled Petrel | Procellaria conspicillata | Breeding endemic Vulnerable |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | Rare/Accidental |
| Scopoli's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
| Subantarctic Shearwater | Puffinus elegans | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
| Common Diving-Petrel | Pelecanoides urinatrix | |
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| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | Rare/Accidental |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Cocoi Heron | Ardea cocoi | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Rare/Accidental |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | Rare/Accidental |
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| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Tristan Thrush | Turdus eremita | Endemic Near-threatened |
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| Gough Island Finch | Rowettia goughensis | Endemic Critically endangered |
| Inaccessible Island Finch | Nesospiza acunhae | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Nightingale Island Finch | Nesospiza questi | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Wilkins's Finch | Nesospiza wilkinsi | Endemic Critically endangered |
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