Birds of Solomon Islands
176 species recorded at 10 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Solomons CorellaCacatua ducorpsii
Long-tailed MynaMino kreffti
Cardinal LoryPseudeos cardinalis
Claret-breasted Fruit DovePtilinopus viridis
White-capped MonarchMonarcha richardsii
Brown-winged StarlingAplonis grandis
Solomons White-eyeZosterops kulambangrae
Garden SunbirdCinnyris jugularis
Island Imperial PigeonDucula pistrinaria
Metallic StarlingAplonis metallica
Song ParrotGeoffroyus heteroclitus
Red-knobbed Imperial PigeonDucula rubricera
Blyth's HornbillRhyticeros plicatus
Willie WagtailRhipidura leucophrysMost recorded
Barred CuckooshrikeCoracina lineata
Glossy SwiftletCollocalia esculenta
Steel-blue FlycatcherMyiagra ferrocyanea
White-bellied CuckooshrikeCoracina papuensis
Buff-headed CoucalCentropus milo
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
Moustached TreeswiftHemiprocne mystacea
Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
Singing StarlingAplonis cantoroides
Coconut LorikeetTrichoglossus haematodus
Uniform SwiftletAerodramus vanikorensis
Sanford's Sea EagleIcthyophaga sanfordi
Oriole WhistlerPachycephala orioloides
Lesser FrigatebirdFregata arielHotspots with the most records
- Tetepare Nature PreserveWestern Province83 species
- Queen Elizabeth National Park – Mt. AustinGuadalcanal Province94 species
- ImburanuWestern Province68 species
- Makira West near AnutaMakira-Ulawa Province69 species
- Kolombangara IslandWestern Province93 species
- Patu Kolo CampWestern Province52 species
- Ghupuna areaMakira-Ulawa Province59 species
- Rennell IslandRennell and Bellona Province53 species
- KukunduWestern Province67 species
- Tirotonga Village AreaIsabel Province66 species
All species recorded · 176
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Melanesian Megapode Megapodius eremita
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Solomons Nightjar Eurostopodus nigripennis
- Solomons Frogmouth Rigidipenna inexpectata
- Moustached Treeswift Hemiprocne mystacea
- Glossy Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta
- White-rumped Swiftlet Aerodramus spodiopygius
- Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis
- Buff-headed Coucal Centropus milo
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Long-tailed Koel Urodynamis taitensis
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Solomons Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis addendus
- Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis
- Yellow-legged Pigeon Columba pallidiceps
- Spot-breasted Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia mackinlayi
- Crested Cuckoo-Dove Reinwardtoena crassirostris
- Stephan's Emerald Dove Chalcophaps stephani
- Nicobar Pigeon Caloenas nicobarica
- Bronze Ground Dove Pampusana beccarii
- Superb Fruit Dove Ptilinopus superbus
- Silver-capped Fruit Dove Ptilinopus richardsii
- Yellow-bibbed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus solomonensis
- Claret-breasted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus viridis
- White-headed Fruit Dove Ptilinopus eugeniae
- Pacific Imperial Pigeon Ducula pacifica
- Red-knobbed Imperial Pigeon Ducula rubricera
- Island Imperial Pigeon Ducula pistrinaria
- Chestnut-bellied Imperial Pigeon Ducula brenchleyi
- Pale Mountain Pigeon Gymnophaps solomonensis
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Roviana Rail Gallirallus rovianae
- Woodford's Rail Gallirallus woodfordi
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Pale-vented Bush-hen Amaurornis moluccana
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
- Red-backed Buttonquail Turnix maculosus
- Beach Stone-curlew Esacus magnirostris
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Black Noddy Anous minutus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Spectacled Tern Onychoprion lunatus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni
- Heinroth's Shearwater Puffinus heinrothi
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
- Australian White Ibis Threskiornis molucca
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Nankeen Night Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pacific Baza Aviceda subcristata
- Variable Goshawk Tachyspiza hiogaster
- Imitator Goshawk Tachyspiza imitator
- Pied Goshawk Tachyspiza albogularis
- Brown Goshawk Tachyspiza fasciata
- Meyer's Goshawk Astur meyerianus
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Sanford's Sea Eagle Icthyophaga sanfordi
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- West Solomons Owl Athene jacquinoti
- Guadalcanal Owl Athene granti
- Fearful Owl Asio solomonensis
- Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Ultramarine Kingfisher Todiramphus leucopygius
- Melanesian Kingfisher Todiramphus tristrami
- Pacific Kingfisher Todiramphus sacer
- Beach Kingfisher Todiramphus saurophagus
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- North Solomons Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx meeki
- New Georgia Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx collectoris
- Guadalcanal Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx nigromaxilla
- Little Kingfisher Ceyx pusillus
- Oriental Hobby Falco severus
- Solomons Corella Cacatua ducorpsii
- Finsch's Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta finschii
- Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot Micropsitta bruijnii
- Moluccan Eclectus Eclectus roratus
- Song Parrot Geoffroyus heteroclitus
- Duchess Lorikeet Charmosynoides margarethae
- Meek's Lorikeet Vini meeki
- Yellow-bibbed Lory Lorius chlorocercus
- Cardinal Lory Pseudeos cardinalis
- Coconut Lorikeet Trichoglossus haematodus
- Black-faced Pitta Pitta anerythra
- Cardinal Myzomela Myzomela cardinalis
- Red-capped Myzomela Myzomela lafargei
- Crimson-rumped Myzomela Myzomela eichhorni
- Black-headed Myzomela Myzomela melanocephala
- Sooty Myzomela Myzomela tristrami
- Makira Honeyeater Meliarchus sclateri
- Rennell Gerygone Gerygone citrina
- Barred Cuckooshrike Coracina lineata
- North Melanesian Cuckooshrike Coracina welchmani
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis
- Solomons Cicadabird Edolisoma holopolium
- Makira Cicadabird Edolisoma salomonis
- Central Melanesian Cicadabird Edolisoma erythropygium
- Long-tailed Triller Lalage leucopyga
- Oriole Whistler Pachycephala orioloides
- Hooded Whistler Pachycephala implicata
- Spangled Drongo Dicrurus bracteatus
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys
- White-winged Fantail Rhipidura cockerelli
- Rennell Fantail Rhipidura rennelliana
- Australian Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
- Rennell Shrikebill Clytorhynchus hamlini
- Solomons Monarch Symposiachrus barbatus
- White-collared Monarch Symposiachrus vidua
- Kolombangara Monarch Symposiachrus browni
- Chestnut-bellied Monarch Monarcha castaneiventris
- White-capped Monarch Monarcha richardsii
- Steel-blue Flycatcher Myiagra ferrocyanea
- Makira Flycatcher Myiagra cervinicauda
- Melanesian Flycatcher Myiagra caledonica
- White-billed Crow Corvus woodfordi
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Shade Bush Warbler Horornis parens
- Makira Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus makirensis
- Kolombangara Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus amoenus
- Numfor Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus maforensis
- Bare-eyed White-eye Zosterops superciliosus
- Guadalcanal White-eye Zosterops oblitus
- Yellow-throated White-eye Zosterops metcalfii
- Gizo White-eye Zosterops luteirostris
- Solomons White-eye Zosterops kulambangrae
- Kolombangara White-eye Zosterops murphyi
- Rennell White-eye Zosterops rennellianus
- Metallic Starling Aplonis metallica
- Singing Starling Aplonis cantoroides
- Rennell Starling Aplonis insularis
- White-eyed Starling Aplonis brunneicapillus
- Brown-winged Starling Aplonis grandis
- Makira Starling Aplonis dichroa
- Long-tailed Myna Mino kreffti
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Makira Thrush Zoothera margaretae
- Solomons Island Thrush Turdus kulambangrae
- Vanikoro Island Thrush Turdus vanikorensis
- Midget Flowerpecker Dicaeum aeneum
- Mottled Flowerpecker Dicaeum tristrami
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Blue-faced Parrotfinch Erythrura trichroa