Birds of Samoa
Samoa hosts 69 regularly occurring species in this directory, 8 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to Samoa
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- Samoan StarlingAplonis atrifusca
- Polynesian Wattled HoneyeaterFoulehaio carunculatus
- Cardinal MyzomelaMyzomela cardinalis
- Polynesian TrillerLalage maculosa
- Crimson-crowned Fruit DovePtilinopus porphyraceus
- White-rumped SwiftletAerodramus spodiopygius
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Buff-banded RailGallirallus philippensis
- Pacific Imperial PigeonDucula pacifica
- Atlantic White TernGygis alba
- Flat-billed KingfisherTodiramphus recurvirostris
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Polynesian StarlingAplonis tabuensis
- Samoan WhistlerPachycephala flavifrons
- Jungle MynaAcridotheres fuscus
- Samoan FantailRhipidura nebulosa
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Blue-crowned LorikeetVini australis
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Metallic PigeonColumba vitiensis
- Pacific Reef HeronEgretta sacra
- Many-colored Fruit DovePtilinopus perousii
- Samoan FlycatcherMyiagra albiventris
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- MaoGymnomyza samoensis
- Wandering TattlerTringa incana
- Samoan TrillerLalage sharpei
- Pacific RobinPetroica pusilla
- Royal ParrotfinchErythrura cyaneovirens
- Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
- Black NoddyAnous minutus
- Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
- Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
- Samoan White-eyeZosterops samoensis
- Long-tailed KoelUrodynamis taitensis
- Norfolk RobinPetroica multicolor
- Shy Ground DovePampusana stairi
- Blue NoddyAnous ceruleus
- Bristle-thighed CurlewNumenius tahitiensis
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Tooth-billed PigeonDidunculus strigirostris
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- Spectacled TernOnychoprion lunatus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostris
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
- White-necked PetrelPterodroma cervicalis
- Collared PetrelPterodroma brevipes
- Polynesian Storm PetrelNesofregetta fuliginosa
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.