Avibase - Bird Checklists of the World
Samoa
This checklist includes all bird species found in Samoa , 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: Samoa [map]
Other names: Western Samoa, Samoa, Independent State of Samoa
Number of endemics: 9
Number of globally threatened species: 12
Number of introduced species: 5
Date last reviewed: 2003-12-31
Last modified: 2026-01-03
See also: http://pacificbirds.com/samoa-and-american-samoa-bird-checklist/
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| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | |
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| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Introduced species |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Metallic Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | |
| Shy Ground Dove | Pampusana stairi | |
| Tooth-billed Pigeon | Didunculus strigirostris | Endemic Critically endangered |
| Crimson-crowned Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus porphyraceus | |
| Many-colored Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus perousii | |
| Pacific Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula pacifica | |
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| Long-tailed Koel | Urodynamis taitensis | |
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| White-rumped Swiftlet | Aerodramus spodiopygius | |
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| Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis | |
| Samoan Moorhen | Gallinula pacifica | Endemic Critically endangered (possibly extinct) |
| Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus | |
| White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinereus | |
| Spotless Crake | Zapornia tabuensis | |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numenius tahitiensis | Near-threatened |
| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Rare/Accidental |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
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| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | Rare/Accidental |
| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Rare/Accidental |
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| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue-billed White-Tern | Gygis candida | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
| Blue-gray Noddy | Anous ceruleus | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Gray-backed Tern | Onychoprion lunatus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta tropica | Rare/Accidental |
| Polynesian Storm-Petrel | Nesofregetta fuliginosa | Endangered |
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| Herald Petrel | Pterodroma heraldica | Rare/Accidental |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | Near-threatened |
| White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-winged Petrel | Pterodroma nigripennis | Rare/Accidental |
| Gould's Petrel | Pterodroma leucoptera | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Collared Petrel | Pterodroma brevipes | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Stejneger's Petrel | Pterodroma longirostris | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Buller's Shearwater | Ardenna bulleri | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | |
| Newell's Shearwater | Puffinus newelli | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
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| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
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| Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra | |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eastern Barn Owl | Tyto javanica | |
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| Pacific Kingfisher | Todiramphus sacer | Rare/Accidental |
| Flat-billed Kingfisher | Todiramphus recurvirostris | Endemic |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | Rare/Accidental |
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| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Blue-crowned Lorikeet | Vini australis | |
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| Samoan Myzomela | Myzomela nigriventris | Endemic (country/region) |
| Mao | Gymnomyza samoensis | Endemic Endangered |
| Eastern Wattled-Honeyeater | Foulehaio carunculatus | |
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| Polynesian Triller | Lalage maculosa | |
| Samoan Triller | Lalage sharpei | Endemic Near-threatened |
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| Samoan Whistler | Pachycephala flavifrons | Endemic |
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| Samoan Fantail | Rhipidura nebulosa | Endemic |
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| Samoan Flycatcher | Myiagra albiventris | Endemic |
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| Pacific Robin | Petroica pusilla | |
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| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo javanica | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | Introduced species |
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| Samoan White-eye | Zosterops samoensis | Endemic Near-threatened |
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| Polynesian Starling | Aplonis tabuensis | |
| Samoan Starling | Aplonis atrifusca | Endemic (country/region) |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
| Jungle Myna | Acridotheres fuscus | Introduced species |
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| Samoan Island-Thrush | Turdus samoensis | |
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| Royal Parrotfinch | Erythrura cyaneovirens | |
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