Birds of Northern Mariana Islands
98 species recorded at 10 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Mariana KingfisherTodiramphus albicilla
Atlantic White TernGygis alba
Micronesian StarlingAplonis opaca
Micronesian MyzomelaMyzomela rubratra
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
Philippine Collared DoveStreptopelia dusumieri
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Mariana Fruit DovePtilinopus roseicapilla
Pacific Reef HeronEgretta sacra
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Grey-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
White-throated Ground DovePampusana xanthonuraMost recorded
Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
Yellow BitternBotaurus sinensis
Australian Rufous FantailRhipidura rufifrons
Bridled White-eyeZosterops conspicillatus
Brown BoobySula leucogaster
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Red-footed BoobySula sula
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
Black NoddyAnous minutus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Golden White-eyeCleptornis marcheiHotspots with the most records
- Rota Resort and Country ClubRota57 species
- Pinatang ParkRota45 species
- Puerto Rico mudflatsSaipan47 species
- WW II MemorialsSaipan20 species
- Seabird Sanctuary, RotaRota34 species
- American Memorial ParkSaipan54 species
- Rota airport filedsRota31 species
- Airport catchment pondSaipan45 species
- Rota Sewage Treatment PlantRota39 species
- Landfill WetlandSaipan44 species
All species recorded · 98
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Micronesian Megapode Megapodius laperouse
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Mariana Swiftlet Aerodramus bartschi
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Philippine Collared Dove Streptopelia dusumieri
- White-throated Ground Dove Pampusana xanthonura
- Mariana Fruit Dove Ptilinopus roseicapilla
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Atlantic White Tern Gygis alba
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Black Noddy Anous minutus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Spectacled Tern Onychoprion lunatus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- Abbott's Booby Papasula abbotti
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Mariana Kingfisher Todiramphus albicilla
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Micronesian Myzomela Myzomela rubratra
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Australian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
- Mariana Crow Corvus kubaryi
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Saipan Reed Warbler Acrocephalus hiwae
- Golden White-eye Cleptornis marchei
- Rota White-eye Zosterops rotensis
- Bridled White-eye Zosterops conspicillatus
- Micronesian Starling Aplonis opaca
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis