Birds of the Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands hosts 196 regularly occurring species in this directory, 52 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to the Solomon Islands
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
- Yellow-bibbed LoryLorius chlorocercus
- White-capped MonarchMonarcha richardsii
- Buff-headed CoucalCentropus milo
- Silver-capped Fruit DovePtilinopus richardsii
- Sooty MyzomelaMyzomela tristrami
- Crimson-rumped MyzomelaMyzomela eichhorni
- Rennell GerygoneGerygone citrina
- Mottled FlowerpeckerDicaeum tristrami
- Makira HoneyeaterMeliarchus sclateri
- Solomons White-eyeZosterops kulambangrae
- Kolombangara MonarchSymposiachrus browni
- White-billed CrowCorvus woodfordi
- Dark-eyed White-eyeZosterops tetiparius
- Rennell ShrikebillClytorhynchus hamlini
- White-collared MonarchSymposiachrus vidua
- Black-headed MyzomelaMyzomela melanocephala
- Rennell FantailRhipidura rennelliana
- Chestnut-bellied Imperial PigeonDucula brenchleyi
- White-headed Fruit DovePtilinopus eugeniae
- Makira StarlingAplonis dichroa
- Rennell WhistlerPachycephala feminina
- Rennell White-eyeZosterops rennellianus
- Rennell StarlingAplonis insularis
- New Georgia Dwarf KingfisherCeyx collectoris
- Makira FlycatcherMyiagra cervinicauda
- Malaita White-eyeZosterops stresemanni
- Makira Dwarf KingfisherCeyx gentianus
- Shade Bush WarblerHorornis parens
- Makira Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus makirensis
- Kolombangara White-eyeZosterops murphyi
- Gizo White-eyeZosterops luteirostris
- Red-vested MyzomelaMyzomela malaitae
- Makira ThrushZoothera margaretae
- Black-faced PittaPitta anerythra
- Guadalcanal OwlAthene granti
- Roviana RailGallirallus rovianae
- Solomons NightjarEurostopodus nigripennis
- Ranongga White-eyeZosterops splendidus
- Makira FantailRhipidura tenebrosa
- Santa Cruz FantailRhipidura melanolaema
- Vella Lavella White-eyeZosterops vellalavella
- Santa Cruz White-eyeZosterops sanctaecrucis
- White-eyed StarlingAplonis brunneicapillus
- Malaita MonarchSymposiachrus malaitae
- Guadalcanal Dwarf KingfisherCeyx nigromaxilla
- Guadalcanal White-eyeZosterops oblitus
- Hooded WhistlerPachycephala implicata
- Kolombangara Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus amoenus
- Guadalcanal HoneyeaterGuadalcanaria inexpectata
- White-gorgeted FantailRhipidura coultasi
- Guadalcanal FantailRhipidura ocularis
- Vanikoro White-eyeZosterops gibbsi
All regular species
- Cardinal LoryChalcopsitta cardinalis
- Willie WagtailRhipidura leucophrys
- Solomons CorellaCacatua ducorpsii
- Red-knobbed Imperial PigeonDucula rubricera
- Long-tailed MynaMino kreffti
- Island Imperial PigeonDucula pistrinaria
- Coconut LorikeetTrichoglossus haematodus
- Glossy SwiftletCollocalia esculenta
- Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
- Metallic StarlingAplonis metallica
- Singing StarlingAplonis cantoroides
- Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
- Blyth's HornbillRhyticeros plicatus
- Uniform SwiftletAerodramus vanikorensis
- White-bellied CuckooshrikeCoracina papuensis
- Steel-blue FlycatcherMyiagra ferrocyanea
- Moluccan EclectusEclectus roratus
- Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
- Barred CuckooshrikeCoracina lineata
- Claret-breasted Fruit DovePtilinopus viridis
- Song ParrotGeoffroyus heteroclitus
- Chestnut-bellied MonarchMonarcha castaneiventris
- Pacific Reef HeronEgretta sacra
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
- Spot-breasted Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia mackinlayi
- Moustached TreeswiftHemiprocne mystacea
- Oriole WhistlerPachycephala orioloides
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Brown-winged StarlingAplonis grandis
- Yellow-bibbed LoryLorius chlorocercus
- White-capped MonarchMonarcha richardsii
- Buff-headed CoucalCentropus milo
- Finsch's Pygmy ParrotMicropsitta finschii
- Cardinal MyzomelaMyzomela cardinalis
- Australian Rufous FantailRhipidura rufifrons
- Beach KingfisherTodiramphus saurophagus
- Midget FlowerpeckerDicaeum aeneum
- Melanesian KingfisherTodiramphus tristrami
- Pacific KingfisherTodiramphus sacer
- Melanesian MegapodeMegapodius eremita
- Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
- Pacific Imperial PigeonDucula pacifica
- Silver-capped Fruit DovePtilinopus richardsii
- Sooty MyzomelaMyzomela tristrami
- Black NoddyAnous minutus
- Crimson-rumped MyzomelaMyzomela eichhorni
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Rennell GerygoneGerygone citrina
- Stephan's Emerald DoveChalcophaps stephani
- Yellow-bibbed Fruit DovePtilinopus solomonensis
- Sacred KingfisherTodiramphus sanctus
- Mottled FlowerpeckerDicaeum tristrami
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Makira HoneyeaterMeliarchus sclateri
- White-winged FantailRhipidura cockerelli
- Solomons White-eyeZosterops kulambangrae
- Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
- Superb Fruit DovePtilinopus superbus
- White-rumped SwiftletAerodramus spodiopygius
- Pacific BazaAviceda subcristata
- Kolombangara MonarchSymposiachrus browni
- White-billed CrowCorvus woodfordi
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Pacific KoelEudynamys orientalis
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Ultramarine KingfisherTodiramphus leucopygius
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Yellow-throated White-eyeZosterops metcalfii
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Dark-eyed White-eyeZosterops tetiparius
- Rennell ShrikebillClytorhynchus hamlini
- Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
- White-collared MonarchSymposiachrus vidua
- Black-headed MyzomelaMyzomela melanocephala
- Rennell FantailRhipidura rennelliana
- North Melanesian CuckooshrikeCoracina welchmani
- Chestnut-bellied Imperial PigeonDucula brenchleyi
- White-headed Fruit DovePtilinopus eugeniae
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Pale Mountain PigeonGymnophaps solomonensis
- Makira StarlingAplonis dichroa
- Solomons Brush CuckooCacomantis addendus
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Solomons MonarchSymposiachrus barbatus
- Rennell WhistlerPachycephala feminina
- Long-tailed TrillerLalage leucopyga
- Spangled DrongoDicrurus bracteatus
- Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicus
- Crested Cuckoo-DoveReinwardtoena crassirostris
- Metallic PigeonColumba vitiensis
- Rennell White-eyeZosterops rennellianus
- Grey-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Woodford's RailGallirallus woodfordi
- Rennell StarlingAplonis insularis
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- New Georgia Dwarf KingfisherCeyx collectoris
- Beach Stone-curlewEsacus magnirostris
- Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
- Australian White IbisThreskiornis molucca
- Makira FlycatcherMyiagra cervinicauda
- Red-capped MyzomelaMyzomela lafargei
- Buff-banded RailGallirallus philippensis
- Malaita White-eyeZosterops stresemanni
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Makira Dwarf KingfisherCeyx gentianus
- Shade Bush WarblerHorornis parens
- Makira Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus makirensis
- Bronze Ground DovePampusana beccarii
- Melanesian FlycatcherMyiagra caledonica
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Heinroth's ShearwaterPuffinus heinrothi
- Little KingfisherCeyx pusillus
- Kolombangara White-eyeZosterops murphyi
- Yellow-legged PigeonColumba pallidiceps
- Gizo White-eyeZosterops luteirostris
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Red-vested MyzomelaMyzomela malaitae
- Makira ThrushZoothera margaretae
- Wandering TattlerTringa incana
- Numfor Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus maforensis
- Nicobar PigeonCaloenas nicobarica
- Black-faced PittaPitta anerythra
- Solomons RobinPetroica polymorpha
- Guadalcanal OwlAthene granti
- Roviana RailGallirallus rovianae
- Red-bellied Fruit DovePtilinopus greyi
- Solomons NightjarEurostopodus nigripennis
- Oriental HobbyFalco severus
- Ranongga White-eyeZosterops splendidus
- Atlantic White TernGygis alba
- Grey FantailRhipidura albiscapa
- Polynesian TrillerLalage maculosa
- Makira FantailRhipidura tenebrosa
- Santa Cruz FantailRhipidura melanolaema
- Island MonarchMonarcha cinerascens
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Vella Lavella White-eyeZosterops vellalavella
- Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni
- Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
- North Solomons Dwarf KingfisherCeyx meeki
- Santa Cruz White-eyeZosterops sanctaecrucis
- White-eyed StarlingAplonis brunneicapillus
- Black-faced CuckooshrikeCoracina novaehollandiae
- Malaita MonarchSymposiachrus malaitae
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Spectacled TernOnychoprion lunatus
- Solomons FrogmouthRigidipenna inexpectata
- Guadalcanal Dwarf KingfisherCeyx nigromaxilla
- Plain Bush-henAmaurornis olivacea
- Tahiti PetrelPseudobulweria rostrata
- Blue-faced ParrotfinchErythrura trichroa
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Guadalcanal White-eyeZosterops oblitus
- Hooded WhistlerPachycephala implicata
- Australian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus australis
- Kolombangara Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus amoenus
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Pacific Emerald DoveChalcophaps longirostris
- Satin SwiftletCollocalia uropygialis
- Rusty-winged StarlingAplonis zelandica
- Australasian GrebeTachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Guadalcanal HoneyeaterGuadalcanaria inexpectata
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Channel-billed CuckooScythrops novaehollandiae
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
- Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelas
- Garden SunbirdCinnyris jugularis
- Collared PetrelPterodroma brevipes
- Moustached KingfisherActenoides bougainvillei
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- Bristle-thighed CurlewNumenius tahitiensis
- Long-tailed KoelUrodynamis taitensis
- Red-backed ButtonquailTurnix maculosus
- White-gorgeted FantailRhipidura coultasi
- Guadalcanal FantailRhipidura ocularis
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
- Fork-tailed SwiftApus pacificus
- Vanikoro FlycatcherMyiagra vanikorensis
- Red-breasted Pygmy ParrotMicropsitta bruijnii
- Vanikoro White-eyeZosterops gibbsi
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Australian PelicanPelecanus conspicillatus
- Tree MartinPetrochelidon nigricans
- Bulwer's PetrelBulweria bulwerii
- Vanikoro WhistlerPachycephala vanikorensis
- Vanikoro MonarchMayrornis schistaceus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
- Collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
- Sahul CicadabirdEdolisoma tenuirostre
- South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormicki
- Little CurlewNumenius minutus
- Black-bellied Storm PetrelFregetta tropica
- Guadalcanal ThrushZoothera turipavae