Birds of Micronesia
74 species recorded at 7 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Micronesian MyzomelaMyzomela rubratra
Caroline SwiftletAerodramus inquietus
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
Caroline Reed WarblerAcrocephalus syrinx
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Pacific Reef HeronEgretta sacra
Pacific Black DuckAnas superciliosa
Black NoddyAnous minutus
Yellow BitternBotaurus sinensis
Atlantic White TernGygis alba
Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromandaMost recorded
Micronesian StarlingAplonis opaca
Purple-capped Fruit DovePtilinopus ponapensis
Citrine White-eyeZosterops semperi
Chuuk FlycatcherMyiagra oceanica
Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
White-fronted Ground DovePampusana kubaryi
Pohnpei LorikeetTrichoglossus rubiginosus
Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
Pohnpei KingfisherTodiramphus reichenbachii
Pohnpei FantailRhipidura kubaryi
Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicus
Blue-faced ParrotfinchErythrura trichroa
Wandering TattlerTringa incana
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusHotspots with the most records
- Weno IslandChuuk57 species
- Nan MadolPohnpei State46 species
- Tol SouthChuuk28 species
- Pein UhPohnpei State42 species
- Ant atoll, PohnpeiPohnpei State26 species
- Sokehs RidgePohnpei State17 species
- Mangrove Bay HotelPohnpei State19 species
All species recorded · 74
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Caroline Swiftlet Aerodramus inquietus
- Long-tailed Koel Urodynamis taitensis
- White-fronted Ground Dove Pampusana kubaryi
- Purple-capped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus ponapensis
- Micronesian Imperial Pigeon Ducula oceanica
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Atlantic White Tern Gygis alba
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Black Noddy Anous minutus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni
- Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Pohnpei Kingfisher Todiramphus reichenbachii
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Pohnpei Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubiginosus
- Micronesian Myzomela Myzomela rubratra
- Pohnpei Cicadabird Edolisoma insperatum
- Pohnpei Fantail Rhipidura kubaryi
- Chuuk Monarch Metabolus rugensis
- Chuuk Flycatcher Myiagra oceanica
- Pohnpei Flycatcher Myiagra pluto
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Caroline Reed Warbler Acrocephalus syrinx
- Teardrop White-eye Rukia ruki
- Long-billed White-eye Rukia longirostra
- Kosrae White-eye Zosterops cinereus
- Citrine White-eye Zosterops semperi
- Micronesian Starling Aplonis opaca
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Mottled Mannikin Lonchura hunsteini
- Blue-faced Parrotfinch Erythrura trichroa