Birds of Vanuatu
Vanuatu hosts 98 regularly occurring species in this directory, 7 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to Vanuatu
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- 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-rumped SwiftletAerodramus spodiopygius
- Buff-banded RailGallirallus philippensis
- Tanna Fruit DovePtilinopus tannensis
- Swamp HarrierCircus approximans
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Wandering TattlerTringa incana
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
- Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapilla
- Spot-breasted Cuckoo-DoveMacropygia mackinlayi
- New Caledonian Streaked FantailRhipidura verreauxi
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- South Melanesian CuckooshrikeCoracina caledonica
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
- Metallic PigeonColumba vitiensis
- Buff-bellied MonarchNeolalage banksiana
- 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
- Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni
- Collared PetrelPterodroma brevipes
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
- Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
- Grey TealAnas gracilis
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
- Australasian GrebeTachybaptus novaehollandiae
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Royal ParrotfinchErythrura cyaneovirens
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- 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
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Grey-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Santa Cruz Ground DovePampusana sanctaecrucis
- Fan-tailed CuckooCacomantis flabelliformis
- Common Emerald DoveChalcophaps indica
- Broad-billed FlycatcherMyiagra ruficollis
- Black NoddyAnous minutus
- 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
- 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.