Birds of French Polynesia

Endemic to French Polynesia

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Grey-green Fruit DovePtilinopus purpuratus
• Society KingfisherTodiramphus veneratus
• White-capped Fruit DovePtilinopus dupetithouarsii
• Tuamotu Reed WarblerAcrocephalus atyphus
• Raiatea Fruit DovePtilinopus chrysogaster
• Northern Marquesan Reed WarblerAcrocephalus percernis
• Polynesian SwiftletAerodramus leucophaeus
• Tahiti MonarchPomarea nigra
• Atoll Fruit DovePtilinopus coralensis
• Southern Marquesan Reed WarblerAcrocephalus mendanae
• Tahiti Reed WarblerAcrocephalus caffer
• Nuku Hiva Imperial PigeonDucula galeata
• Makatea Fruit DovePtilinopus chalcurus
• Polynesian Imperial PigeonDucula aurorae
• Tuamotu SandpiperProsobonia parvirostris
• Ultramarine LorikeetVini ultramarina
• Polynesian Ground DovePampusana erythroptera
• Marquesan KingfisherTodiramphus godeffroyi
• Fatu Hiva MonarchPomarea whitneyi
• Rimatara Reed WarblerAcrocephalus rimitarae
• Iphis MonarchPomarea iphis
• Marquesan Ground DovePampusana rubescens
• Rapa ShearwaterPuffinus myrtae
• Tuamotu KingfisherTodiramphus gambieri
• Marquesan MonarchPomarea mendozae
• Rapa Fruit DovePtilinopus huttoni

All regular species

• Atlantic White TernGygis alba
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
• Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
• Zebra DoveGeopelia striata
• Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
• Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
• Chestnut-breasted MannikinLonchura castaneothorax
• Pacific Reef HeronEgretta sacra
• Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
• Red-footed BoobySula sula
• Cloven-feathered DovePtilinopus holosericea
• Black NoddyAnous minutus
• Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
• Wandering TattlerTringa incana
• Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
• Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
• Brown BoobySula leucogaster
• SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
• White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
• Tahiti PetrelPseudobulweria rostrata
• Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
• Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
• Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
• Grey-green Fruit DovePtilinopus purpuratus
• Spectacled TernOnychoprion lunatus
• Red-browed FinchNeochmia temporalis
• Society KingfisherTodiramphus veneratus
• Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni
• Blue NoddyAnous ceruleus
• Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
• White-capped Fruit DovePtilinopus dupetithouarsii
• Masked BoobySula dactylatra
• Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
• Duchess LorikeetVini margarethae
• Tuamotu Reed WarblerAcrocephalus atyphus
• Bristle-thighed CurlewNumenius tahitiensis
• Tahiti SwallowHirundo tahitica
• Murphy's PetrelPterodroma ultima
• Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
• Raiatea Fruit DovePtilinopus chrysogaster
• Northern Marquesan Reed WarblerAcrocephalus percernis
• Crimson-backed TanagerRamphocelus dimidiatus
• Polynesian SwiftletAerodramus leucophaeus
• Chattering KingfisherTodiramphus tutus
• Polynesian Storm PetrelNesofregetta fuliginosa
• Long-tailed KoelUrodynamis taitensis
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Tahiti MonarchPomarea nigra
• Christmas ShearwaterPuffinus nativitatis
• Striated HeronButorides striata
• Atoll Fruit DovePtilinopus coralensis
• Southern Marquesan Reed WarblerAcrocephalus mendanae
• Tahiti Reed WarblerAcrocephalus caffer
• Nuku Hiva Imperial PigeonDucula galeata
• Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
• Bulwer's PetrelBulweria bulwerii
• White-bellied Storm PetrelFregetta grallaria
• Makatea Fruit DovePtilinopus chalcurus
• Polynesian Imperial PigeonDucula aurorae
• Tuamotu SandpiperProsobonia parvirostris
• Blue LorikeetVini peruviana
• Kermadec PetrelPterodroma neglecta
• Herald PetrelPterodroma heraldica
• Black PetrelProcellaria parkinsoni
• Black-winged PetrelPterodroma nigripennis
• Ultramarine LorikeetVini ultramarina
• Soft-plumaged PetrelPterodroma mollis
• Polynesian Ground DovePampusana erythroptera
• Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
• Juan Fernandez PetrelPterodroma externa
• Blue-billed White TernGygis candida
• Marquesan KingfisherTodiramphus godeffroyi
• Kuhl's LorikeetVini kuhlii
• Fatu Hiva MonarchPomarea whitneyi
• Rimatara Reed WarblerAcrocephalus rimitarae
• Iphis MonarchPomarea iphis
• Gould's PetrelPterodroma leucoptera
• SanderlingCalidris alba
• Mottled PetrelPterodroma inexpectata
• Marquesan Ground DovePampusana rubescens
• Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
• Phoenix PetrelPterodroma alba
• Rapa ShearwaterPuffinus myrtae
• Spotless CrakeZapornia tabuensis
• Grey PetrelProcellaria cinerea
• White-faced Storm PetrelPelagodroma marina
• Tuamotu KingfisherTodiramphus gambieri
• Marquesan MonarchPomarea mendozae
• Buller's ShearwaterArdenna bulleri
• Buller's AlbatrossThalassarche bulleri
• Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
• Rapa Fruit DovePtilinopus huttoni
• Collared PetrelPterodroma brevipes
• Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
• Cook's PetrelPterodroma cookii
• Stejneger's PetrelPterodroma longirostris
• Great-winged PetrelPterodroma macroptera
• Grey-faced PetrelPterodroma gouldi
• Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
• Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
• Snowy AlbatrossDiomedea exulans
• Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
• White-necked PetrelPterodroma cervicalis
• Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
• Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
• Vanuatu Streaked FantailRhipidura spilodera
• Leach's Storm PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
• Henderson PetrelPterodroma atrata

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.

• Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
• White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialis
• Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
• Salvin's AlbatrossThalassarche salvini
• Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
• Band-rumped Storm PetrelHydrobates castro
• Chatham AlbatrossThalassarche eremita
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda