117 species · 6 endemic · 15 rare visitors · ordered by how often reported
Endemic to the Northern Mariana Islands
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
Atlantic White TernGygis alba
Micronesian StarlingAplonis opaca
Mariana KingfisherTodiramphus albicilla
Micronesian MyzomelaMyzomela rubratra
Cloven-feathered DovePtilinopus holosericea
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Mariana Fruit DovePtilinopus roseicapilla
Philippine Collared DoveStreptopelia dusumieri
Sunda Collared DoveStreptopelia bitorquata
Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
White-throated Ground DovePampusana xanthonura
Bridled White-eyeZosterops conspicillatus
Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
Pacific Reef HeronEgretta sacra
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Black NoddyAnous minutus
Brown BoobySula leucogaster
Golden White-eyeCleptornis marchei
Red-footed BoobySula sula
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Grey-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes- Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
Mariana SwiftletAerodramus bartschi
Mariana CrowCorvus kubaryi
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
Saipan Reed WarblerAcrocephalus hiwae
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
Masked BoobySula dactylatra
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Medium EgretArdea intermedia
Rota White-eyeZosterops rotensis
Great EgretArdea alba
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
Tinian MonarchMonarcha takatsukasae
Micronesian MegapodeMegapodius laperouse
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Short-tailed ShearwaterArdenna tenuirostris
Solomons Rufous FantailRhipidura rufofronta
Matsudaira's Storm PetrelHydrobates matsudairae
Wandering TattlerTringa incana
Rock DoveColumba livia
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
SanderlingCalidris alba
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Bulwer's PetrelBulweria bulwerii
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
Little TernSternula albifrons
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
Abbott's BoobyPapasula abbotti
Common TernSterna hirundo
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica- Bannerman's ShearwaterPuffinus bannermani
Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
Green-winged TealAnas crecca
Bristle-thighed CurlewNumenius tahitiensis
Bonin PetrelPterodroma hypoleuca
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
Spectacled TernOnychoprion lunatus
RuffCalidris pugnax
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Swinhoe's SnipeGallinago megala
GarganeySpatula querquedula
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormicki
Baer's PochardAythya baeri
Little HeronButorides atricapilla
Black TernChlidonias niger
Striated HeronButorides striata
Common PochardAythya ferina
Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
GadwallMareca strepera
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni
Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
Fork-tailed SwiftApus pacificus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
DunlinCalidris alpina
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
Flesh-footed ShearwaterArdenna carneipes
Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Little StintCalidris minuta
Collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
Blue-billed White TernGygis candida