38 species · 5 endemic · 9 rare visitors · ordered by how often reported
Endemic to the Pitcairn Islands
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
Atlantic White TernGygis alba
Murphy's PetrelPterodroma ultima
Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
Masked BoobySula dactylatra
Red-footed BoobySula sula
Kermadec PetrelPterodroma neglecta
Cloven-feathered DovePtilinopus holosericea
Henderson PetrelPterodroma atrata
Herald PetrelPterodroma heraldica
Bristle-thighed CurlewNumenius tahitiensis- Duchess LorikeetVini margarethae
Henderson Reed WarblerAcrocephalus taiti
Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
Stephen's LorikeetVini stepheni
Pitcairn Reed WarblerAcrocephalus vaughani
Wandering TattlerTringa incana
Henderson CrakeZapornia atra
Grey NoddyAnous albivitta
Black NoddyAnous minutus
Henderson Fruit DovePtilinopus insularis
Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
Phoenix PetrelPterodroma alba
Brown BoobySula leucogaster
Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
Christmas ShearwaterPuffinus nativitatis
White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
Juan Fernandez PetrelPterodroma externa
White-faced Storm PetrelPelagodroma marina
Black PetrelProcellaria parkinsoni
Pacific Reef HeronEgretta sacra
Cook's PetrelPterodroma cookii
Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
Soft-plumaged PetrelPterodroma mollis
Tahiti PetrelPseudobulweria rostrata
Polynesian Storm PetrelNesofregetta fuliginosa
Black-winged PetrelPterodroma nigripennis
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
Pintado PetrelDaption capense
White-necked PetrelPterodroma cervicalis
White-bellied Storm PetrelFregetta grallaria
Blue NoddyAnous ceruleus
Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
White-headed PetrelPterodroma lessonii
Spectacled TernOnychoprion lunatus
Blue-billed White TernGygis candida