Birds of Kiribati
41 species recorded at 3 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
Black NoddyAnous minutus
Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
Phoenix PetrelPterodroma alba
Atlantic White TernGygis alba
Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
Wandering TattlerTringa incana
Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
Brown BoobySula leucogaster
Christmas ShearwaterPuffinus nativitatis
Masked BoobySula dactylatra
Red-footed BoobySula sula
Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
Lesser FrigatebirdFregata arielMost recorded
Blue NoddyAnous ceruleus
BokikokikoAcrocephalus aequinoctialis
Spectacled TernOnychoprion lunatus
Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
Bristle-thighed CurlewNumenius tahitiensis
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
Polynesian Storm PetrelNesofregetta fuliginosa
Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni
Rock DoveColumba livia
White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Pacific Reef HeronEgretta sacra
SanderlingCalidris alba
Little TernSternula albifronsHotspots with the most records
- Christmas IslandLine Islands37 species
- Motu Tapu30 species
- Tabuaeran17 species
All species recorded · 41
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pacific Imperial Pigeon Ducula pacifica
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Atlantic White Tern Gygis alba
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Black Noddy Anous minutus
- Blue Noddy Anous ceruleus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Spectacled Tern Onychoprion lunatus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina
- Polynesian Storm Petrel Nesofregetta fuliginosa
- Phoenix Petrel Pterodroma alba
- White-necked Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis
- Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Christmas Shearwater Puffinus nativitatis
- Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni
- 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
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Kuhl's Lorikeet Vini kuhlii
- Bokikokiko Acrocephalus aequinoctialis