Birds of Micronesia

Endemic to Micronesia

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Caroline SwiftletAerodramus inquietus
• Purple-capped Fruit DovePtilinopus ponapensis
• Pohnpei LorikeetTrichoglossus rubiginosus
• Caroline Reed WarblerAcrocephalus syrinx
• Pohnpei KingfisherTodiramphus reichenbachii
• Chuuk FlycatcherMyiagra oceanica
• Pohnpei FantailRhipidura kubaryi
• White-fronted Ground DovePampusana kubaryi
• Plain White-eyeZosterops hypolais
• Yap MonarchMonarcha godeffroyi
• Grey-brown White-eyeZosterops ponapensis
• Pohnpei FlycatcherMyiagra pluto
• Kosrae White-eyeZosterops cinereus
• Long-billed White-eyeRukia longirostra
• Olive-colored White-eyeZosterops oleagineus
• Chuuk MonarchMetabolus rugensis
• Kosrae Fruit DovePtilinopus hernsheimi
• Yap CicadabirdEdolisoma nesiotis
• Teardrop White-eyeRukia ruki
• Pohnpei CicadabirdEdolisoma insperatum

All regular species

• Micronesian MyzomelaMyzomela rubratra
• Micronesian StarlingAplonis opaca
• Atlantic White TernGygis alba
• Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
• Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
• Cloven-feathered DovePtilinopus holosericea
• Caroline SwiftletAerodramus inquietus
• Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• Black NoddyAnous minutus
• White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
• Purple-capped Fruit DovePtilinopus ponapensis
• Pohnpei LorikeetTrichoglossus rubiginosus
• Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
• Caroline Reed WarblerAcrocephalus syrinx
• Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
• Pacific Reef HeronEgretta sacra
• Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
• Red-footed BoobySula sula
• Citrine White-eyeZosterops semperi
• Pohnpei KingfisherTodiramphus reichenbachii
• Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
• Chuuk FlycatcherMyiagra oceanica
• Brown BoobySula leucogaster
• Micronesian Imperial PigeonDucula oceanica
• Pohnpei FantailRhipidura kubaryi
• Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
• Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
• Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
• White-fronted Ground DovePampusana kubaryi
• Plain White-eyeZosterops hypolais
• Yap MonarchMonarcha godeffroyi
• Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
• Blue-faced ParrotfinchErythrura trichroa
• Mottled MannikinLonchura hunsteini
• Bulwer's PetrelBulweria bulwerii
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Grey-brown White-eyeZosterops ponapensis
• Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
• Wandering TattlerTringa incana
• Pohnpei FlycatcherMyiagra pluto
• Kosrae White-eyeZosterops cinereus
• Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
• Grey-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
• Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
• Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni
• Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicus
• Long-billed White-eyeRukia longirostra
• White-throated Ground DovePampusana xanthonura
• Solomons Rufous FantailRhipidura rufofronta
• Olive-colored White-eyeZosterops oleagineus
• Chuuk MonarchMetabolus rugensis
• Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
• Short-tailed ShearwaterArdenna tenuirostris
• Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
• Medium EgretArdea intermedia
• Kosrae Fruit DovePtilinopus hernsheimi
• Common TernSterna hirundo
• White-browed CrakePoliolimnas cinereus
• Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
• Yap CicadabirdEdolisoma nesiotis
• Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
• Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
• Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
• Teardrop White-eyeRukia ruki
• Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
• Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
• Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelas
• Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
• Crimson-crowned Fruit DovePtilinopus porphyraceus
• Pohnpei CicadabirdEdolisoma insperatum
• Little TernSternula albifrons
• Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
• Bristle-thighed CurlewNumenius tahitiensis
• Great EgretArdea alba
• Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
• White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
• Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
• Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
• Masked BoobySula dactylatra
• Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
• Long-tailed KoelUrodynamis taitensis
• Northern PintailAnas acuta
• Little EgretEgretta garzetta
• Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
• Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
• Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
• Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
• Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
• Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
• Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
• Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
• SanderlingCalidris alba
• Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
• Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
• Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
• Spectacled TernOnychoprion lunatus

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.

• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• RuffCalidris pugnax
• Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
• Striated HeronButorides striata
• Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
• South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormicki
• Tahiti PetrelPseudobulweria rostrata
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
• Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
• Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
• Blue-billed White TernGygis candida
• Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
• New Hanover MannikinLonchura nigerrima