Birds of Micronesia
Micronesia hosts 85 regularly occurring species in this directory, 18 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
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
- Teardrop White-eyeRukia ruki
All regular species
- Micronesian MyzomelaMyzomela rubratra
- Micronesian StarlingAplonis opaca
- Atlantic White TernGygis alba
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Caroline SwiftletAerodramus inquietus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Olive-colored White-eyeZosterops oleagineus
- Chuuk MonarchMetabolus rugensis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
- Kosrae Fruit DovePtilinopus hernsheimi
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- 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
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- 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.
- 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