Birds of Vanuatu

Endemic to Vanuatu

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Vanuatu White-eyeZosterops flavifrons
• Tanna Fruit DovePtilinopus tannensis
• White-bellied HoneyeaterGliciphila notabilis
• Buff-bellied MonarchNeolalage banksiana
• Vanuatu Imperial PigeonDucula bakeri
• Vanuatu MegapodeMegapodius layardi
• Vanuatu KingfisherTodiramphus farquhari
• Santo ThicketbirdCincloramphus whitneyi
• Santa Cruz Ground DovePampusana sanctaecrucis

All regular species

• Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
• Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
• Cloven-feathered DovePtilinopus holosericea
• Vanuatu White-eyeZosterops flavifrons
• Coconut LorikeetTrichoglossus haematodus
• Pacific KingfisherTodiramphus sacer
• Satin SwiftletCollocalia uropygialis
• Red-bellied Fruit DovePtilinopus greyi
• SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
• Cardinal MyzomelaMyzomela cardinalis
• Pacific Emerald DoveChalcophaps longirostris
• Grey FantailRhipidura albiscapa
• Long-tailed TrillerLalage leucopyga
• Grey-eared HoneyeaterLichmera incana
• Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
• Pacific Imperial PigeonDucula pacifica
• Melanesian FlycatcherMyiagra caledonica
• Uniform SwiftletAerodramus vanikorensis
• Pacific Reef HeronEgretta sacra
• Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
• Melanesian WhistlerPachycephala chlorura
• White-breasted WoodswallowArtamus leucorynchus
• White-rumped SwiftletAerodramus spodiopygius
• Buff-banded RailGallirallus philippensis
• Tanna Fruit DovePtilinopus tannensis
• Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
• Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
• Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
• Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
• House SparrowPasser domesticus
• Wandering TattlerTringa incana
• Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
• Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapilla
• Vanuatu Streaked FantailRhipidura spilodera
• Spot-breasted Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia mackinlayi
• New Caledonian Streaked FantailRhipidura verreauxi
• Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
• South Melanesian CuckooshrikeCoracina caledonica
• Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
• Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
• White-bellied HoneyeaterGliciphila notabilis
• Metallic PigeonColumba vitiensis
• Buff-bellied MonarchNeolalage banksiana
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
• Pacific RobinPetroica pusilla
• Vanuatu Imperial PigeonDucula bakeri
• Fan-tailed GerygoneGerygone flavolateralis
• White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
• Vanuatu MegapodeMegapodius layardi
• Red-footed BoobySula sula
• Vanuatu KingfisherTodiramphus farquhari
• Blue-faced ParrotfinchErythrura trichroa
• Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
• Southern ShrikebillClytorhynchus pachycephaloides
• Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
• Polynesian TrillerLalage maculosa
• Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• Palm LorikeetVini palmarum
• Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni
• Collared PetrelPterodroma brevipes
• White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
• Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
• Shining Bronze CuckooChalcites lucidus
• Grey TealAnas gracilis
• Brown BoobySula leucogaster
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
• Australasian GrebeTachybaptus novaehollandiae
• MallardAnas platyrhynchos
• Striated HeronButorides striata
• Short-tailed ShearwaterArdenna tenuirostris
• Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
• Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
• Royal ParrotfinchErythrura cyaneovirens
• Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
• Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
• Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
• Santo ThicketbirdCincloramphus whitneyi
• Providence PetrelPterodroma solandri
• Masked LapwingVanellus miles
• HardheadAythya australis
• Tahiti PetrelPseudobulweria rostrata
• Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
• Little Pied CormorantMicrocarbo melanoleucos
• Chestnut-breasted MannikinLonchura castaneothorax
• Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
• Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
• Solomons Rufous FantailRhipidura rufofronta
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Great EgretArdea alba
• Band-rumped Storm PetrelHydrobates castro
• Grey-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
• Santa Cruz Ground DovePampusana sanctaecrucis
• Fan-tailed CuckooCacomantis flabelliformis
• Common Emerald DoveChalcophaps indica
• Broad-billed FlycatcherMyiagra ruficollis
• Black NoddyAnous minutus
• Rainbow LorikeetTrichoglossus moluccanus
• New Caledonian WhistlerPachycephala caledonica
• Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
• Masked BoobySula dactylatra
• Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
• Rusty-winged StarlingAplonis zelandica
• Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
• Polynesian Storm PetrelNesofregetta fuliginosa
• Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
• Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
• Spotless CrakeZapornia tabuensis
• Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
• Silver GullChroicocephalus novaehollandiae
• Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
• Tree MartinPetrochelidon nigricans
• Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
• Atlantic White TernGygis alba

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.

• Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
• Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
• Little Black CormorantPhalacrocorax sulcirostris
• Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
• Australian Golden WhistlerPachycephala pectoralis
• Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
• Mountain StarlingAplonis santovestris
• Leach's Storm PetrelHydrobates leucorhous