List of birds Naurus

The list of birds Naurus contains - divided into families - all birds ( Aves ) occurring on the South Sea island of Nauru . The number of bird species observed is given as 34, including the Nauru warbler ( Acrocephalus rehsei ) an endemic species.

List of all occurring species

Kingfishers

• Idol ( Todiramphus sanctus )
• Collar read ( Todiramphus chloris )

Pheasant-like

• Bankiva chicken ( Gallus gallus )

Frigate birds

• Ariel frigate bird ( Fregata ariel )
• Great Frigatebird ( Fregata minor )

Cuckoos

• Long-tailed koel ( Urodynamis taitensis )

Seagulls

• Common Tern ( Thalasseus bergii )
• Fairy Tern ( Gygis alba )
• Noddi ( Anous stolidus )
• Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscatus )
• Black-necked tern ( Sterna sumatrana )
• White-capped noddi ( Anous minutus )

Pelicans

• Spectacled Pelican ( Pelecanus conspicillatus )

Magnificent finches

• Zebra finch ( Taeniopygia guttata )

Plover

• Lapwing Ringed Plover ( Pluvialis squatarola )
• Mongolian plover ( Charadrius mongolus )
• Siberian golden plover ( Pluvialis fulva )
• Ringed plover ( Charadrius leschenaultii )

heron

• Reef Freon ( Egretta sacra )

Reed warbler

• Nauru warbler ( Acrocephalus rehsei ) - endemic

Snipe birds

• Curlew ( Numenius tahitiensis )
• Gray-tailed sandpiper ( Tringa brevipes )
• Common godwit ( Limosa lapponica )
• Whimbrel ( Numenius phaeopus )
• Pointed-tail sandpiper ( Calidris acuminata )
• Turnstone ( Arenaria interpres )
• Wandering water strider ( Tringa incana )

Petrels

• Tropical Shearwater ( Puffinus bailloni )

Pigeons

• Rock dove ( Columba livia )
• Caroline fruit pigeon ( Ducula oceanica )

Boobies

• Red-footed Booby ( Sula sula )
• White-bellied Booby ( Sula leucogaster )

Tropical birds

• Red-tailed tropical bird ( Phaethon rubricauda )
• White-tailed tropical bird ( Phaethon lepturus )

Web links

• Donald W. Booths: The Birds of Nauru . In: Notornis . tape 55 , no. 1 , 2008, p. 8–19 ( birdsnz.org.nz [PDF; 594 kB ; accessed on December 12, 2019]).
• Denis Lepage: Avibase - Bird Checklists of the World: Nauru. In: avibase.bsc-eoc.org , accessed December 12, 2019.