Birds of Palau

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
• Palau CicadabirdEdolisoma monacha
• Giant White-eyeMegazosterops palauensis
• Rusty-capped KingfisherTodiramphus pelewensis
• Palau Scops OwlOtus podarginus
• Palau NightjarCaprimulgus phalaena
• Palau Ground DovePampusana canifrons

All regular species

• Micronesian StarlingAplonis opaca
• Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
• Cloven-feathered DovePtilinopus holosericea
• 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
• Palau CicadabirdEdolisoma monacha
• Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
• Nicobar PigeonCaloenas nicobarica
• Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
• Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
• Buff-banded RailGallirallus philippensis
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
• Moluccan EclectusEclectus roratus
• Papuan EclectusEclectus polychloros
• Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
• Giant White-eyeMegazosterops palauensis
• Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
• Little EgretEgretta garzetta
• Rusty-capped KingfisherTodiramphus pelewensis
• Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
• Medium EgretArdea intermedia
• Grey-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
• Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
• Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
• Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
• Blue-faced ParrotfinchErythrura trichroa
• Palau Scops OwlOtus podarginus
• 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
• Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
• Palau NightjarCaprimulgus phalaena
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• 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
• Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
• Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
• Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
• Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
• White-browed CrakePoliolimnas cinereus
• Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
• Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
• White-breasted WoodswallowArtamus leucorynchus
• Common TernSterna hirundo
• Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
• Northern PintailAnas acuta
• Grey-streaked FlycatcherMuscicapa griseisticta
• Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
• 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
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Bulwer's PetrelBulweria bulwerii
• Oriental PloverAnarhynchus veredus
• Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
• 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
• Blue-billed White TernGygis candida
• Solomons Rufous FantailRhipidura rufofronta