Birds of Palau
Palau hosts 111 regularly occurring species in this directory, 11 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to Palau
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
- Palau Fruit DovePtilinopus pelewensis
- Palau FlycatcherMyiagra erythrops
- Palau FantailRhipidura lepida
- Palau Bush WarblerHorornis annae
- Dusky White-eyeZosterops finschii
- Palau SwiftletAerodramus pelewensis
- MorningbirdPachycephala tenebrosa
- Giant White-eyeMegazosterops palauensis
- Rusty-capped KingfisherTodiramphus pelewensis
- Palau NightjarCaprimulgus phalaena
- Palau Ground DovePampusana canifrons
All regular species
- Micronesian StarlingAplonis opaca
- Palau Fruit DovePtilinopus pelewensis
- Micronesian MyzomelaMyzomela rubratra
- Black NoddyAnous minutus
- Collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
- Palau FlycatcherMyiagra erythrops
- Palau FantailRhipidura lepida
- Palau Bush WarblerHorornis annae
- Atlantic White TernGygis alba
- Dusky White-eyeZosterops finschii
- Palau SwiftletAerodramus pelewensis
- MorningbirdPachycephala tenebrosa
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
- Micronesian Imperial PigeonDucula oceanica
- Citrine White-eyeZosterops semperi
- Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Micronesian MegapodeMegapodius laperouse
- Sulphur-crested CockatooCacatua galerita
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapilla
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Pacific Reef HeronEgretta sacra
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Nicobar PigeonCaloenas nicobarica
- Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
- Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
- Buff-banded RailGallirallus philippensis
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Moluccan EclectusEclectus roratus
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
- Giant White-eyeMegazosterops palauensis
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Rusty-capped KingfisherTodiramphus pelewensis
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Grey-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Blue-faced ParrotfinchErythrura trichroa
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
- Palau NightjarCaprimulgus phalaena
- Slaty-legged CrakeRallina eurizonoides
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Swinhoe's SnipeGallinago megala
- Palau Ground DovePampusana canifrons
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
- Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Grey-streaked FlycatcherMuscicapa griseisticta
- Wandering TattlerTringa incana
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Little CurlewNumenius minutus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
- Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Grey-faced BuzzardButastur indicus
- Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelas
- Bulwer's PetrelBulweria bulwerii
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
- Pied HeronEgretta picata
- Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatus
- Spectacled TernOnychoprion lunatus
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Blue-and-white FlycatcherCyanoptila cyanomelana
- Chestnut-winged CuckooClamator coromandus