Birds of French Polynesia

69 species recorded at 10 public birding hotspots.

Most recorded in November

Atlantic White TernAtlantic White TernGygis albaBrown NoddyBrown NoddyAnous stolidusGreater Crested TernGreater Crested TernThalasseus bergiiZebra DoveZebra DoveGeopelia striataGreat FrigatebirdGreat FrigatebirdFregata minorWandering TattlerWandering TattlerTringa incanaPacific Reef HeronPacific Reef HeronEgretta sacraRed-footed BoobyRed-footed BoobySula sulaRed JunglefowlRed JunglefowlGallus gallusBlack NoddyBlack NoddyAnous minutusRed-vented BulbulRed-vented BulbulPycnonotus caferLesser FrigatebirdLesser FrigatebirdFregata arielCommon MynaCommon MynaAcridotheres tristisChestnut-breasted MannikinChestnut-breasted MannikinLonchura castaneothorax

Most recorded

Brown BoobyBrown BoobySula leucogasterSilvereyeSilvereyeZosterops lateralisGrey-green Fruit DoveGrey-green Fruit DovePtilinopus purpuratusSooty TernSooty TernOnychoprion fuscatusWhite-tailed TropicbirdWhite-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturusSociety KingfisherSociety KingfisherTodiramphus veneratusSwamp HarrierSwamp HarrierCircus approximansPacific Golden PloverPacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulvaSpectacled TernSpectacled TernOnychoprion lunatusRock DoveRock DoveColumba liviaTahiti PetrelTahiti PetrelPseudobulweria rostrataCommon WaxbillCommon WaxbillEstrilda astrildTahiti SwallowTahiti SwallowHirundo tahiticaRed-browed FinchRed-browed FinchNeochmia temporalis

Hotspots with the most records

  1. TetiaroaWindward Islands37 species
  2. Bora BoraLeeward Islands40 species
  3. Moorea – Opunohu ValleyWindward Islands36 species
  4. Tahiti – Captage PapahueWindward Islands33 species
  5. Tahiti to Moorea ferryWindward Islands35 species
  6. Moorea – Opunohu Valley Fish PondsWindward Islands27 species
  7. Tahiti – Papanoo ValleyWindward Islands34 species
  8. Rangiroa – Tiputa PassTuamotu-Gambier25 species
  9. Nuku Hiva – Taiohae BayMarquesas Islands34 species
  10. Rangiroa – Blue LagoonTuamotu-Gambier32 species

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All species recorded · 69