Birds of American Samoa
48 species recorded at 10 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Polynesian Wattled HoneyeaterFoulehaio carunculatus
Atlantic White TernGygis alba
Samoan StarlingAplonis atrifusca
Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Pacific Imperial PigeonDucula pacifica
Pacific KingfisherTodiramphus sacer
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
White-rumped SwiftletAerodramus spodiopygius
Polynesian StarlingAplonis tabuensis
Cardinal MyzomelaMyzomela cardinalis
Crimson-crowned Fruit DovePtilinopus porphyraceusMost recorded
Brown BoobySula leucogaster
Red-footed BoobySula sula
Pacific Reef HeronEgretta sacra
Wandering TattlerTringa incana
Blue NoddyAnous ceruleus
Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
Buff-banded RailGallirallus philippensis
Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus
Jungle MynaAcridotheres fuscus
Black NoddyAnous minutus
Many-colored Fruit DovePtilinopus perousii
Masked BoobySula dactylatra
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusHotspots with the most records
- Aunu'u Island, American Samoa31 species
- Mount Alava Ridge Trail, National Park of American Samoa32 species
- Lower Sauma Ridge Trailhead31 species
- Ofu Beach National Park26 species
- American Samoa NP – Vatia Bay36 species
- Amalau Valley, American Samoa National Park, Tutuila28 species
- Sliding Rock Lodge, Vailoatai29 species
- Pago Pago28 species
- Pola Island, American Samoa National Park25 species
- Afono Pass9 species
All species recorded · 48
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- White-rumped Swiftlet Aerodramus spodiopygius
- Long-tailed Koel Urodynamis taitensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Shy Ground Dove Pampusana stairi
- Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii
- Crimson-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus porphyraceus
- Pacific Imperial Pigeon Ducula pacifica
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Atlantic White Tern Gygis alba
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Black Noddy Anous minutus
- Blue Noddy Anous ceruleus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Spectacled Tern Onychoprion lunatus
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- Polynesian Storm Petrel Nesofregetta fuliginosa
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Pacific Kingfisher Todiramphus sacer
- Blue-crowned Lorikeet Vini australis
- Cardinal Myzomela Myzomela cardinalis
- Polynesian Wattled Honeyeater Foulehaio carunculatus
- Fiji Shrikebill Clytorhynchus vitiensis
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Polynesian Starling Aplonis tabuensis
- Samoan Starling Aplonis atrifusca
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus