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Vanuatu
This checklist includes all bird species found in Vanuatu , 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: Vanuatu [map]
Other names: New Hebrides, Republic of Vanuatu
Number of endemics: 10
Number of breeding endemics: 1
Number of globally threatened species: 15
Number of extinct species: 2
Number of introduced species: 11
Date last reviewed: 2007-08-21
Last modified: 2026-01-03
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| Plumed Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna eytoni | Rare/Accidental |
| Wandering Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | Rare/Accidental |
| Australasian Shoveler | Spatula rhynchotis | Rare/Accidental |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Introduced species |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray Teal | Anas gracilis | |
| Hardhead | Aythya australis | |
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| Melanesian Megapode | Megapodius eremita | |
| Vanuatu Megapode | Megapodius layardi | Endemic |
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| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Introduced species |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Metallic Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
| Spot-breasted Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia mackinlayi | |
| Pacific Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps longirostris | |
| Santa Cruz Ground Dove | Pampusana sanctaecrucis | Endangered |
| Tanna Ground Dove | Pampusana ferruginea | Endemic Extinct |
| Tanna Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus tannensis | Endemic |
| Claret-breasted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus viridis | |
| Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus regina | |
| Red-bellied Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus greyi | |
| Pacific Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula pacifica | |
| Baker's Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula bakeri | Endemic |
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| Long-tailed Koel | Urodynamis taitensis | |
| Shining Bronze-Cuckoo | Chalcites lucidus | |
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | |
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| Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | |
| Satin Swiftlet | Collocalia uropygialis | |
| White-rumped Swiftlet | Aerodramus spodiopygius | |
| Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis | |
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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 | |
| Ocellated Crake | Rufirallus schomburgkii | Rare/Accidental |
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| Beach Thick-knee | Esacus magnirostris | Near-threatened |
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| South Island Oystercatcher | Haematopus finschi | Rare/Accidental |
| Variable Oystercatcher | Haematopus unicolor | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | Rare/Accidental |
| Oriental Plover | Anarhynchus veredus | Rare/Accidental |
| Siberian Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus mongolus | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | |
| Double-banded Plover | Anarhynchus bicinctus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Endangered |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Gray-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Vulnerable |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
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| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Rare/Accidental |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | |
| Atlantic White-Tern | Gygis alba | |
| Blue-billed White-Tern | Gygis candida | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
| Gray Noddy | Anous albivitta | |
| Blue-gray Noddy | Anous ceruleus | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray-backed Tern | Onychoprion lunatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Rare/Accidental |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | |
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| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
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| Snowy Albatross | Diomedea exulans | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | Rare/Accidental |
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| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Rare/Accidental |
| White-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta grallaria | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta tropica | Rare/Accidental |
| Polynesian Storm-Petrel | Nesofregetta fuliginosa | Endangered |
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| Leach's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Band-rumped Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates castro | Rare/Accidental |
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| Southern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pintado Petrel | Daption capense | |
| Kermadec Petrel | Pterodroma neglecta | Rare/Accidental |
| Herald Petrel | Pterodroma heraldica | Rare/Accidental |
| Providence Petrel | Pterodroma solandri | Rare/Accidental |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | Near-threatened |
| White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis | |
| Black-winged Petrel | Pterodroma nigripennis | Rare/Accidental |
| Cook's Petrel | Pterodroma cookii | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Gould's Petrel | Pterodroma leucoptera | Vulnerable |
| Collared Petrel | Pterodroma brevipes | Vulnerable |
| Pycroft's Petrel | Pterodroma pycrofti | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Vanuatu Petrel | Pterodroma occulta | Breeding endemic |
| Fairy Prion | Pachyptila turtur | |
| Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata | Rare/Accidental |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | Rare/Accidental |
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Beck's Petrel | Pseudobulweria becki | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
| Gray Petrel | Procellaria cinerea | Near-threatened |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | |
| Christmas Shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis | Rare/Accidental |
| Fluttering Shearwater | Puffinus gavia | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | Rare/Accidental |
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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 | |
| Little Black Cormorant | Phalacrocorax sulcirostris | Rare/Accidental |
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| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Rare/Accidental |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Rare/Accidental |
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| Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Brown Goshawk | Tachyspiza fasciata | |
| Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans | |
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eastern Barn Owl | Tyto javanica | |
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| Vanuatu Kingfisher | Todiramphus farquhari | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Pacific Kingfisher | Todiramphus sacer | |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
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| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Oceanic Eclectus | Eclectus infectus | Extirpated Extinct |
| Large Fig-Parrot | Cyclopsitta desmarestii | Rare/Accidental |
| Palm Lorikeet | Vini palmarum | |
| Coconut Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus moluccanus | |
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| Cardinal Myzomela | Myzomela cardinalis | |
| Vanuatu Honeyeater | Gliciphila notabilis | Endemic |
| Gray-eared Honeyeater | Lichmera incana | |
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| Fan-tailed Gerygone | Gerygone flavolateralis | |
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| South Melanesian Cuckooshrike | Coracina caledonica | |
| Polynesian Triller | Lalage maculosa | |
| Long-tailed Triller | Lalage leucopyga | |
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| Vanuatu Whistler | Pachycephala chlorura | |
| Yellow-throated Fiji Whistler | Pachycephala graeffii | |
| New Caledonian Whistler | Pachycephala caledonica | |
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| White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucorynchus | |
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| Vanuatu Streaked Fantail | Rhipidura spilodera | |
| Gray Fantail | Rhipidura albiscapa | |
| New Zealand Fantail | Rhipidura fuliginosa | |
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| Buff-bellied Monarch | Neolalage banksiana | Endemic |
| Southern Shrikebill | Clytorhynchus pachycephaloides | |
| Melanesian Flycatcher | Myiagra caledonica | |
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| Pacific Robin | Petroica pusilla | |
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| Santo Thicketbird | Cincloramphus whitneyi | Endemic |
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| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo javanica | |
| Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | Rare/Accidental |
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| Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis | |
| Yellow-fronted White-eye | Zosterops flavifrons | Endemic |
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| Rusty-winged Starling | Aplonis zelandica | |
| Mountain Starling | Aplonis santovestris | Endemic Endangered |
| Long-tailed Myna | Mino kreffti | Rare/Accidental |
| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
| Jungle Myna | Acridotheres fuscus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | Rare/Accidental |
| Vanikoro Island-Thrush | Turdus vanikorensis | |
| White-headed Island-Thrush | Turdus pritzbueri | |
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| Red-browed Firetail | Neochmia temporalis | Introduced species |
| Chestnut Munia | Lonchura atricapilla | Introduced species |
| Chestnut-breasted Munia | Lonchura castaneothorax | Introduced species |
| Red-throated Parrotfinch | Erythrura psittacea | Introduced species |
| Royal Parrotfinch | Erythrura cyaneovirens | |
| Blue-faced Parrotfinch | Erythrura trichroa | |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | Introduced species |
| Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | Rare/Accidental |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | Introduced species |
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| Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | Rare/Accidental |
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