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Midway Island

This checklist includes all bird species found in Midway Island , 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 .

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Country or region: Midway Island [map]

Other names: Midway Islands, Midway Atoll

Number of species: 184
Number of globally threatened species: 18
Number of extinct species: 1
Number of introduced species: 2
Date last reviewed: 2017-12-17
Last modified: 2022-12-29
See also: http://www.fws.gov/midway/seabirdpops.pdf

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ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
Emperor Goose	Anser canagicus	Rare/Accidental
Snow Goose	Anser caerulescens	Rare/Accidental
Greater White-fronted Goose	Anser albifrons	Rare/Accidental
Brant	Branta bernicla	Rare/Accidental
Cackling Goose	Branta hutchinsii
Tundra Swan	Cygnus columbianus	Rare/Accidental
Baikal Teal	Sibirionetta formosa	Rare/Accidental
Garganey	Spatula querquedula	Rare/Accidental
Blue-winged Teal	Spatula discors	Rare/Accidental
Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata
Gadwall	Mareca strepera	Rare/Accidental
Falcated Duck	Mareca falcata	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian Wigeon	Mareca penelope	Rare/Accidental
American Wigeon	Mareca americana
Laysan Duck	Anas laysanensis	Endemic (country/region)
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	Rare/Accidental
Northern Pintail	Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca	Rare/Accidental
Canvasback	Aythya valisineria	Rare/Accidental
Redhead	Aythya americana	Rare/Accidental
Common Pochard	Aythya ferina	Rare/Accidental
Ring-necked Duck	Aythya collaris
Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	Rare/Accidental
Greater Scaup	Aythya marila	Rare/Accidental
Lesser Scaup	Aythya affinis	Rare/Accidental
Harlequin Duck	Histrionicus histrionicus	Rare/Accidental
Black Scoter	Melanitta americana	Rare/Accidental
Long-tailed Duck	Clangula hyemalis	Rare/Accidental
Bufflehead	Bucephala albeola	Rare/Accidental
Common Goldeneye	Bucephala clangula	Rare/Accidental
Common Merganser	Mergus merganser	Rare/Accidental
Red-breasted Merganser	Mergus serrator	Rare/Accidental
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
Rock Pigeon	Columba livia	Extirpated
Mourning Dove	Zenaida macroura	Rare/Accidental
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
Common Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	Rare/Accidental
Oriental Cuckoo	Cuculus optatus	Rare/Accidental
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae
Pacific Swift	Apus pacificus	Rare/Accidental
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
Eurasian Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	Rare/Accidental
Common Gallinule	Gallinula galeata
Hawaiian Coot	Fulica alai	Rare/Accidental
Laysan Rail	Zapornia palmeri
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae
Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	Rare/Accidental
Pied Stilt	Himantopus leucocephalus	Rare/Accidental
Black-necked Stilt	Himantopus mexicanus	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
Black-bellied Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	Rare/Accidental
Pacific Golden-Plover	Pluvialis fulva
Lesser Sand-Plover	Charadrius mongolus	Rare/Accidental
Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	Rare/Accidental
Semipalmated Plover	Charadrius semipalmatus	Rare/Accidental
Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
Bristle-thighed Curlew	Numenius tahitiensis
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	Rare/Accidental
Far Eastern Curlew	Numenius madagascariensis	Rare/Accidental
Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	Rare/Accidental
Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	Rare/Accidental
Marbled Godwit	Limosa fedoa	Rare/Accidental
Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres
Red Knot	Calidris canutus	Rare/Accidental
Ruff	Calidris pugnax	Rare/Accidental
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Calidris acuminata	Rare/Accidental
Long-toed Stint	Calidris subminuta	Rare/Accidental
Sanderling	Calidris alba
Dunlin	Calidris alpina
Baird's Sandpiper	Calidris bairdii	Rare/Accidental
Little Stint	Calidris minuta	Rare/Accidental
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	Rare/Accidental
Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	Rare/Accidental
Western Sandpiper	Calidris mauri	Rare/Accidental
Short-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus griseus	Rare/Accidental
Long-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus scolopaceus	Rare/Accidental
Common Snipe	Gallinago gallinago	Rare/Accidental
Wilson's Snipe	Gallinago delicata	Rare/Accidental
Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	Rare/Accidental
Red Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius
Spotted Sandpiper	Actitis macularius	Rare/Accidental
Solitary Sandpiper	Tringa solitaria	Rare/Accidental
Gray-tailed Tattler	Tringa brevipes	Rare/Accidental
Wandering Tattler	Tringa incana
Greater Yellowlegs	Tringa melanoleuca	Rare/Accidental
Lesser Yellowlegs	Tringa flavipes	Rare/Accidental
Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	Rare/Accidental
Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae
Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Alcidae
Japanese Murrelet	Synthliboramphus wumizusume	Rare/Accidental
Parakeet Auklet	Aethia psittacula	Rare/Accidental
Horned Puffin	Fratercula corniculata	Rare/Accidental
Tufted Puffin	Fratercula cirrhata	Rare/Accidental
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae
Black-legged Kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla	Rare/Accidental
Bonaparte's Gull	Chroicocephalus philadelphia	Rare/Accidental
Silver Gull	Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae	Rare/Accidental
Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Rare/Accidental
Laughing Gull	Leucophaeus atricilla	Rare/Accidental
Franklin's Gull	Leucophaeus pipixcan	Rare/Accidental
Common Gull	Larus canus	Rare/Accidental
Ring-billed Gull	Larus delawarensis	Rare/Accidental
Western Gull	Larus occidentalis	Rare/Accidental
Herring Gull	Larus argentatus	Rare/Accidental
Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	Rare/Accidental
Slaty-backed Gull	Larus schistisagus	Rare/Accidental
Glaucous-winged Gull	Larus glaucescens	Rare/Accidental
Glaucous Gull	Larus hyperboreus	Rare/Accidental
Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus
Black Noddy	Anous minutus
Blue-gray Noddy	Anous ceruleus
White Tern	Gygis alba
Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus
Gray-backed Tern	Onychoprion lunatus
Little Tern	Sternula albifrons
Least Tern	Sternula antillarum
Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	Rare/Accidental
White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	Rare/Accidental
Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	Rare/Accidental
Arctic Tern	Sterna paradisaea	Rare/Accidental
Great Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii
PHAETHONTIFORMES: Phaethontidae
White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus
Red-billed Tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus	Rare/Accidental
Red-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae
Salvin's Albatross	Thalassarche salvini	Rare/Accidental
Laysan Albatross	Phoebastria immutabilis
Black-footed Albatross	Phoebastria nigripes
Short-tailed Albatross	Phoebastria albatrus
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates furcatus	Rare/Accidental
Leach's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates leucorhous	Rare/Accidental
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates castro	Rare/Accidental
Tristram's Storm-Petrel	Hydrobates tristrami
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae
Northern Fulmar	Fulmarus glacialis
Kermadec Petrel	Pterodroma neglecta
Herald Petrel	Pterodroma heraldica	Rare/Accidental
Murphy's Petrel	Pterodroma ultima	Rare/Accidental
Mottled Petrel	Pterodroma inexpectata
Hawaiian Petrel	Pterodroma sandwichensis
White-necked Petrel	Pterodroma cervicalis	Rare/Accidental
Bonin Petrel	Pterodroma hypoleuca
Black-winged Petrel	Pterodroma nigripennis	Rare/Accidental
Bulwer's Petrel	Bulweria bulwerii
Jouanin's Petrel	Bulweria fallax
Tahiti Petrel	Pseudobulweria rostrata	Rare/Accidental
Flesh-footed Shearwater	Ardenna carneipes
Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna pacifica
Buller's Shearwater	Ardenna bulleri
Sooty Shearwater	Ardenna grisea
Short-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna tenuirostris
Christmas Shearwater	Puffinus nativitatis
Newell's Shearwater	Puffinus newelli
Bryan's Shearwater	Puffinus bryani	Rare/Accidental
Tropical Shearwater	Puffinus bailloni
SULIFORMES: Fregatidae
Lesser Frigatebird	Fregata ariel
Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor
SULIFORMES: Sulidae
Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra
Nazca Booby	Sula granti	Rare/Accidental
Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster
Red-footed Booby	Sula sula
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
Pelagic Cormorant	Urile pelagicus
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae
Great Blue Heron	Ardea herodias	Rare/Accidental
Great Egret	Ardea alba
Intermediate Egret	Ardea intermedia
Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	Rare/Accidental
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	Rare/Accidental
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae
Northern Harrier	Circus hudsonius	Rare/Accidental
Black Kite	Milvus migrans	Rare/Accidental
Steller's Sea-Eagle	Haliaeetus pelagicus	Rare/Accidental
Red-tailed Hawk	Buteo jamaicensis	Rare/Accidental
Rough-legged Hawk	Buteo lagopus	Rare/Accidental
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae
Barn Owl	Tyto alba	Rare/Accidental
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae
Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus	Rare/Accidental
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
Merlin	Falco columbarius	Rare/Accidental
Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae
Eurasian Skylark	Alauda arvensis	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae
Millerbird	Acrocephalus familiaris
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae
Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	Introduced species
PASSERIFORMES: Mimidae
Northern Mockingbird	Mimus polyglottos	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae
Eyebrowed Thrush	Turdus obscurus	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae
House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	Extirpated
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae
American Pipit	Anthus rubescens	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae
Brambling	Fringilla montifringilla	Rare/Accidental
Laysan Finch	Telespiza cantans	Extirpated
House Finch	Haemorhous mexicanus	Rare/Accidental
Common Redpoll	Acanthis flammea	Rare/Accidental
Lesser Redpoll	Acanthis cabaret	Rare/Accidental
Island Canary	Serinus canaria	Introduced species
PASSERIFORMES: Calcariidae
Snow Bunting	Plectrophenax nivalis	Rare/Accidental
PASSERIFORMES: Cardinalidae
Northern Cardinal	Cardinalis cardinalis	Rare/Accidental

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