Birds of the Solomon Islands

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
• Bare-eyed White-eyeZosterops superciliosus
• 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
• Makira CicadabirdEdolisoma salomonis
• 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
• Sanford's White-eyeZosterops lacertosus
• Malaita MonarchSymposiachrus malaitae
• Guadalcanal Dwarf KingfisherCeyx nigromaxilla
• Makira OwlAthene roseoaxillaris
• Guadalcanal White-eyeZosterops oblitus
• Hooded WhistlerPachycephala implicata
• Kolombangara Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus amoenus
• Guadalcanal HoneyeaterGuadalcanaria inexpectata
• Malaita FantailRhipidura malaitae
• White-gorgeted FantailRhipidura coultasi
• Guadalcanal FantailRhipidura ocularis
• Vanikoro White-eyeZosterops gibbsi

All regular species

• Cloven-feathered DovePtilinopus holosericea
• Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
• Dusky LoryChalcopsitta fuscata
• Cardinal LoryChalcopsitta cardinalis
• Willie WagtailRhipidura leucophrys
• Solomons CorellaCacatua ducorpsii
• Red-knobbed Imperial PigeonDucula rubricera
• Flores FlowerpeckerDicaeum rhodopygiale
• Long-tailed MynaMino kreffti
• Island Imperial PigeonDucula pistrinaria
• Coconut LorikeetTrichoglossus haematodus
• Glossy SwiftletCollocalia esculenta
• Vella Lavella MonarchSymposiachrus nigrotectus
• Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
• Metallic StarlingAplonis metallica
• Singing StarlingAplonis cantoroides
• Solomons Rufous FantailRhipidura rufofronta
• Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
• Blyth's HornbillRhyticeros plicatus
• Uniform SwiftletAerodramus vanikorensis
• White-bellied CuckooshrikeCoracina papuensis
• Steel-blue FlycatcherMyiagra ferrocyanea
• Moluccan EclectusEclectus roratus
• Papuan EclectusEclectus polychloros
• 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
• Sanford's Sea EagleIcthyophaga sanfordi
• Finsch's Pygmy ParrotMicropsitta finschii
• Cardinal MyzomelaMyzomela cardinalis
• Australian Rufous FantailRhipidura rufifrons
• Beach KingfisherTodiramphus saurophagus
• Midget FlowerpeckerDicaeum aeneum
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• 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
• Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
• Stephan's Emerald DoveChalcophaps stephani
• Yellow-bibbed Fruit DovePtilinopus solomonensis
• Sacred KingfisherTodiramphus sanctus
• Mottled FlowerpeckerDicaeum tristrami
• Bare-eyed White-eyeZosterops superciliosus
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• 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
• Makira White-eyeZosterops rendovae
• 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
• Shining Bronze CuckooChalcites lucidus
• Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
• Duchess LorikeetVini margarethae
• 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
• Solomons CicadabirdEdolisoma holopolium
• Pale Mountain PigeonGymnophaps solomonensis
• Makira StarlingAplonis dichroa
• Solomons Brush CuckooCacomantis addendus
• Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
• Solomons MonarchSymposiachrus barbatus
• Rennell WhistlerPachycephala feminina
• Long-tailed TrillerLalage leucopyga
• Makira CicadabirdEdolisoma salomonis
• 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
• Island Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus poliocephalus
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Little TernSternula albifrons
• Heinroth's ShearwaterPuffinus heinrothi
• West Solomons OwlAthene jacquinoti
• Meek's LorikeetVini meeki
• 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
• Sanford's White-eyeZosterops lacertosus
• Black-faced CuckooshrikeCoracina novaehollandiae
• Short-tailed ShearwaterArdenna tenuirostris
• Malaita MonarchSymposiachrus malaitae
• Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
• Pale-vented Bush-henAmaurornis moluccana
• Spectacled TernOnychoprion lunatus
• Solomons FrogmouthRigidipenna inexpectata
• Guadalcanal Dwarf KingfisherCeyx nigromaxilla
• Plain Bush-henAmaurornis olivacea
• Tahiti PetrelPseudobulweria rostrata
• Blue-faced ParrotfinchErythrura trichroa
• Makira OwlAthene roseoaxillaris
• Palm LorikeetVini palmarum
• Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
• Roseate TernSterna dougallii
• Guadalcanal White-eyeZosterops oblitus
• Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
• 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
• Fearful OwlAsio solomonensis
• Australasian GrebeTachybaptus novaehollandiae
• Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
• White-browed CrakePoliolimnas cinereus
• Guadalcanal HoneyeaterGuadalcanaria inexpectata
• Flesh-footed ShearwaterArdenna carneipes
• Malaita FantailRhipidura malaitae
• 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
• New Britain ThrushZoothera talaseae
• 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
• Mayr's SwiftletAerodramus orientalis
• Vanikoro WhistlerPachycephala vanikorensis
• Vanikoro MonarchMayrornis schistaceus
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
• Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
• Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
• Collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
• Sahul CicadabirdEdolisoma tenuirostre
• Spotless CrakeZapornia tabuensis
• South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormicki
• Little CurlewNumenius minutus
• Black-bellied Storm PetrelFregetta tropica
• Guadalcanal ThrushZoothera turipavae
• Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
• Plumed EgretArdea plumifera
• Rainbow LorikeetTrichoglossus moluccanus