Birds of Tonga
Tonga hosts 60 regularly occurring species in this directory, 2 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to Tonga
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- Atlantic White TernGygis alba
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Black NoddyAnous minutus
- White-rumped SwiftletAerodramus spodiopygius
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Polynesian TrillerLalage maculosa
- Polynesian StarlingAplonis tabuensis
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Pacific KingfisherTodiramphus sacer
- Polynesian Wattled HoneyeaterFoulehaio carunculatus
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Pacific Imperial PigeonDucula pacifica
- Pacific Reef HeronEgretta sacra
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Crimson-crowned Fruit DovePtilinopus porphyraceus
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
- Wandering TattlerTringa incana
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
- Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
- Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
- Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni
- Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
- Black-winged PetrelPterodroma nigripennis
- Herald PetrelPterodroma heraldica
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
- Buff-banded RailGallirallus philippensis
- Tongan WhistlerPachycephala jacquinoti
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Maroon Shining ParrotProsopeia tabuensis
- Jungle MynaAcridotheres fuscus
- Kermadec PetrelPterodroma neglecta
- Collared PetrelPterodroma brevipes
- White-necked PetrelPterodroma cervicalis
- Many-colored Fruit DovePtilinopus perousii
- Mottled PetrelPterodroma inexpectata
- Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
- Blue-crowned LorikeetVini australis
- Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
- Fiji ShrikebillClytorhynchus vitiensis
- Pintado PetrelDaption capense
- Gould's PetrelPterodroma leucoptera
- Grey NoddyAnous albivitta
- Tahiti PetrelPseudobulweria rostrata
- Shy Ground DovePampusana stairi
- Spectacled TernOnychoprion lunatus
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
- Long-tailed KoelUrodynamis taitensis
- Tongan MegapodeMegapodius pritchardii
- Bristle-thighed CurlewNumenius tahitiensis
- Blue NoddyAnous ceruleus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.