Birds of Norfolk Island
105 species recorded at 10 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Atlantic White TernGygis alba
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Black NoddyAnous minutus
Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
Sacred KingfisherTodiramphus sanctus
SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
Masked BoobySula dactylatra
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Crimson RosellaPlatycercus elegans
Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
Norfolk GerygoneGerygone modesta
Grey NoddyAnous albivittaMost recorded
Grey FantailRhipidura albiscapa
White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus
Australian Golden WhistlerPachycephala pectoralis
Pacific Emerald DoveChalcophaps longirostris
Black-winged PetrelPterodroma nigripennis
Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Slender-billed White-eyeZosterops tenuirostris
Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulvaHotspots with the most records
- Norfolk Island – Phillip Island56 species
- Norfolk Island National Park – Captain Cook Memorial49 species
- Norfolk Island – main island74 species
- Hundred Acres Reserve46 species
- Mission Pool52 species
- Norfolk Island Botanic Gardens46 species
- Kingston Common – Main lagoon61 species
- Norfolk Island National Park – Palm Glen39 species
- Slaughter Bay57 species
- Lagoon near Kingston Common61 species
All species recorded · 105
- Plumed Whistling Duck Dendrocygna eytoni
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis
- California Quail Callipepla californica
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Long-tailed Koel Urodynamis taitensis
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Pacific Emerald Dove Chalcophaps longirostris
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Double-banded Plover Anarhynchus bicinctus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Atlantic White Tern Gygis alba
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Black Noddy Anous minutus
- Grey Noddy Anous albivitta
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
- White-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta grallaria
- Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
- Grey-faced Petrel Pterodroma gouldi
- Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri
- Juan Fernandez Petrel Pterodroma externa
- Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta
- White-necked Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis
- Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
- Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni
- Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Royal Spoonbill Platalea regia
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- White-bellied Sea Eagle Icthyophaga leucogaster
- Morepork Ninox novaeseelandiae
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides
- Crimson Rosella Platycercus elegans
- Norfolk Parakeet Cyanoramphus cookii
- Norfolk Gerygone Gerygone modesta
- Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae
- Australian Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa
- Norfolk Robin Petroica multicolor
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
- Slender-billed White-eye Zosterops tenuirostris
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis