Birds of Palau
99 species recorded at 13 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Micronesian StarlingAplonis opaca
Palau Fruit DovePtilinopus pelewensis
Collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
Micronesian MyzomelaMyzomela rubratra
Palau FantailRhipidura lepida
Palau Bush WarblerHorornis annae
Palau FlycatcherMyiagra erythrops
Black NoddyAnous minutus
Citrine White-eyeZosterops semperi
Dusky White-eyeZosterops finschii
Atlantic White TernGygis alba
MorningbirdPachycephala tenebrosa
Micronesian MegapodeMegapodius laperouse
White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturusMost recorded
Palau SwiftletAerodramus pelewensis
Micronesian Imperial PigeonDucula oceanica
Sulphur-crested CockatooCacatua galerita
Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
Giant White-eyeMegazosterops palauensis
Nicobar PigeonCaloenas nicobarica
Nankeen Night HeronNycticorax caledonicus
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Moluccan EclectusEclectus roratus
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
Blue-faced ParrotfinchErythrura trichroa
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapilla
Palau CicadabirdEdolisoma monachaHotspots with the most records
- Long Island Park & Conservation AreaKoror71 species
- Ngchus St.1Koror30 species
- Ngchus St.2Koror32 species
- Malakal Sewage Treatment PondsKoror80 species
- Euidelchol St.1Koror34 species
- Ulong St.2Koror28 species
- Ngeanges St.1Koror23 species
- Ngemelis St.1Koror29 species
- Jellyfish Lake St.1Koror31 species
- Ngeanges St.2Koror25 species
- Ulong St.1Koror30 species
- Ngeremdiu St.1Koror32 species
All 13 hotspots
- Ngeanges St.3Koror25 species
All species recorded · 99
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Micronesian Megapode Megapodius laperouse
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Palau Nightjar Caprimulgus phalaena
- Palau Swiftlet Aerodramus pelewensis
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Nicobar Pigeon Caloenas nicobarica
- Palau Ground Dove Pampusana canifrons
- Palau Fruit Dove Ptilinopus pelewensis
- Micronesian Imperial Pigeon Ducula oceanica
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Atlantic White Tern Gygis alba
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Black Noddy Anous minutus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
- Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Palau Scops Owl Otus podarginus
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- Rusty-capped Kingfisher Todiramphus pelewensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Moluccan Eclectus Eclectus roratus
- Micronesian Myzomela Myzomela rubratra
- Palau Cicadabird Edolisoma monacha
- Morningbird Pachycephala tenebrosa
- Palau Fantail Rhipidura lepida
- Palau Flycatcher Myiagra erythrops
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Palau Bush Warbler Horornis annae
- Giant White-eye Megazosterops palauensis
- Dusky White-eye Zosterops finschii
- Citrine White-eye Zosterops semperi
- Micronesian Starling Aplonis opaca
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Blue-faced Parrotfinch Erythrura trichroa
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla