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Nihoa
This checklist includes all bird species found in Nihoa , 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: Nihoa [map]
Number of endemics: 2
Number of globally threatened species: 9
Number of extinct species: 1
Number of introduced species: 8
Date last reviewed: 2017-12-17
Last modified: 2022-09-19
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| Brant | Branta bernicla | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | Rare/Accidental |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Introduced species |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | Introduced species |
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| Laysan Rail | Zapornia palmeri | Endemic (country/region) Extinct |
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| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
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| Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numenius tahitiensis | Near-threatened |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Vulnerable |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | |
| Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | |
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| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | 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 | |
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| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
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| Laysan Albatross | Phoebastria immutabilis | Near-threatened |
| Black-footed Albatross | Phoebastria nigripes | Near-threatened |
| Short-tailed Albatross | Phoebastria albatrus | Vulnerable |
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| Leach's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Vulnerable |
| Band-rumped Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates castro | |
| Tristram's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates tristrami | |
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| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | Near-threatened |
| Hawaiian Petrel | Pterodroma sandwichensis | Endangered |
| Bonin Petrel | Pterodroma hypoleuca | |
| Cook's Petrel | Pterodroma cookii | Vulnerable |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Near-threatened |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Buller's Shearwater | Ardenna bulleri | Vulnerable |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | |
| Christmas Shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis | |
| Newell's Shearwater | Puffinus newelli | Critically endangered |
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| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
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| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
| Nazca Booby | Sula granti | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
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| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Introduced species |
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| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
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| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Millerbird | Acrocephalus familiaris | Endemic Critically endangered |
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| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | Introduced species |
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| African Silverbill | Euodice cantans | Introduced species |
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| Nihoa Finch | Telespiza ultima | Endemic Critically endangered |
| House Finch | Haemorhous mexicanus | Introduced species |
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| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis | Introduced species |
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