Birds of Samoa
64 species recorded at 10 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Samoan StarlingAplonis atrifusca
White-rumped SwiftletAerodramus spodiopygius
Jungle MynaAcridotheres fuscus
Cardinal MyzomelaMyzomela cardinalis
Atlantic White TernGygis alba
Crimson-crowned Fruit DovePtilinopus porphyraceus
Polynesian Wattled HoneyeaterFoulehaio carunculatus
Pacific Imperial PigeonDucula pacifica
Buff-banded RailGallirallus philippensis
Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Blue-crowned LorikeetVini australisMost recorded
Polynesian TrillerLalage maculosa
Flat-billed KingfisherTodiramphus recurvirostris
Polynesian StarlingAplonis tabuensis
Samoan WhistlerPachycephala flavifrons
Samoan FantailRhipidura nebulosa
Many-colored Fruit DovePtilinopus perousii
Metallic PigeonColumba vitiensis
MaoGymnomyza samoensis
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
Samoan FlycatcherMyiagra albiventris
Red-headed ParrotfinchErythrura cyaneovirens
Rock DoveColumba livia
Norfolk RobinPetroica multicolor
Samoan TrillerLalage sharpeiHotspots with the most records
- Malolo'lelei Watershed ReserveTuamasaga36 species
- Dave Parker's Eco LodgeTuamasaga41 species
- Apia – Mt. Vaea & Robert Louis Stevenson MuseumTuamasaga46 species
- ApiaTuamasaga52 species
- Pupu-Pue NP – Coastal WalkTuamasaga45 species
- O le Pupu Pue NPAtua39 species
- Upolu – Lake Lanoto'oTuamasaga33 species
- A'opo Cloud Forest Conservation AreaGaga'ifomauga29 species
- Vaisagno WatertankTuamasaga28 species
- Apia HarborTuamasaga37 species
All species recorded · 64
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- White-rumped Swiftlet Aerodramus spodiopygius
- Long-tailed Koel Urodynamis taitensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis
- Shy Ground Dove Pampusana stairi
- Tooth-billed Pigeon Didunculus strigirostris
- Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii
- Crimson-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus porphyraceus
- Pacific Imperial Pigeon Ducula pacifica
- Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
- Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus
- Spotless Crake Zapornia tabuensis
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Atlantic White Tern Gygis alba
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Black Noddy Anous minutus
- Blue Noddy Anous ceruleus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Spectacled Tern Onychoprion lunatus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- Polynesian Storm Petrel Nesofregetta fuliginosa
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
- Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Flat-billed Kingfisher Todiramphus recurvirostris
- Blue-crowned Lorikeet Vini australis
- Cardinal Myzomela Myzomela cardinalis
- Mao Gymnomyza samoensis
- Polynesian Wattled Honeyeater Foulehaio carunculatus
- Polynesian Triller Lalage maculosa
- Samoan Triller Lalage sharpei
- Samoan Whistler Pachycephala flavifrons
- Samoan Fantail Rhipidura nebulosa
- Samoan Flycatcher Myiagra albiventris
- Norfolk Robin Petroica multicolor
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Samoan White-eye Zosterops samoensis
- Polynesian Starling Aplonis tabuensis
- Samoan Starling Aplonis atrifusca
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Samoan Island Thrush Turdus samoensis
- Red-headed Parrotfinch Erythrura cyaneovirens