List of birds of Fiji

The avifauna of Fiji is the richest in West Polynesia. Numerous families reach the farthest east of their range, and the island is home to several endemic species and genera, as well as sharing several more endemics with its close neighbours Tonga and Samoa.

The Taveuni silktail is an endemic species and genus of Fiji.
Map of Fiji showing major island groups

The birds of Fiji have been heavily impacted by the arrival of humans. Several species (and some genera) were lost in prehistory and are known only from fossil remains. Other have become extinct more recently, and some species remain very close to extinction. It is certain that the current knowledge of the previous ranges of many species is incomplete and further research is needed.

This is a list of the bird species recorded in Fiji. The avifauna of Fiji include a total of 178 species, of which 31 are endemic, and 13 have been introduced by humans. Numerous species listed have been extirpated from Fiji.

This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Fiji. There are also a few species listed that have been recorded in Fiji, but not known to what specific island they were recorded at.

The following tags have been used to highlight several categories.

  • (V) Vagrant - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Fiji
  • (B) Breeder - a species that breeds in Fiji
  • (M) Migrant - a species that regularly migrates to Fiji
  • (P) Passage migrant - a species that neither breeds nor winters in Fiji but regularly passes through
  • (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Fiji as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
  • (X) Extirpated - a species that no longer occurs here although populations may exist elsewhere
  • (*) Endemic - a species that is endemic to Fiji
  • (?) Uncertain - a species with uncertain records or current status


Ducks, geese, and waterfowl

Order: Anseriformes   Family: Anatidae

Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to an oily coating.

SpeciesViti LevuVanua LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Wandering whistling-duck
Dendrocygna arcuata
X
Pacific black duck
Anas superciliosa
BBBBB
Eastern spot-billed duck
Anas zonorhyncha
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
V

Megapodes

Order: Galliformes   Family: Megapodiidae

The Megapodiidae are stocky, medium-large chicken-like birds with small heads and large feet. All but the malleefowl occupy jungle habitats and most have brown or black colouring.

SpeciesViti LevuVanua LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Consumed scrubfowl
Megapodius alimentum
X
Viti Levu scrubfowl
Megapodius amissus *
XX
Melanesian scrubfowl
Megapodius eremita

Sylviornithids

Pangalliformes   Family: Sylviornithidae

Sylviornithids are an extinct lineage of flightless birds related to modern Galliformes. They are represented by two species, one of them native to Fiji.

SpeciesViti LevuVanua LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Noble megapode
Megavitiornis altirostris
X

Pheasants, grouse, and allies

Order: Galliformes   Family: Phasianidae

The Phasianidae are a family of terrestrial birds. In general, they are plump (although they vary in size) and have broad, relatively short wings.

SpeciesViti LevuVanua LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Brown quail
Synoicus ypsilophorus
II
Red junglefowl
Gallus gallus
IXIXIIIII
Wild turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
I

Pigeons and doves

Order: Columbiformes   Family: Columbidae

Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere.

SpeciesViti LevuVanua LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Rock dove
Columba livia
III
Metallic pigeon
Columba vitiensis
BBBBBB
Spotted dove
Spilopelia chinensis
IIII
Shy ground dove
Alopecoenas stairi
BBBBBB
Many-colored fruit-dove
Ptilinopus perousii
BBBBBB
Crimson-crowned fruit dove
Ptilinopus porphyraceus
BB
Orange dove
Ptilinopus victor*
BB
Golden dove
Ptilinopus luteovirens*
BB
Velvet dove
Ptilinopus layardi*
B
Pacific imperial-pigeon
Ducula pacifica
BBB
Peale's imperial-pigeon
Ducula latrans*
BBBBBB
Lau imperial-pigeon
Ducula lakeba
XX
Viti Levu giant pigeon
Natunaornis gigoura*
X

Cuckoos

Order: Cuculiformes   Family: Cuculidae

The family Cuculidae includes cuckoos, roadrunners and anis. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs. The Old World cuckoos are brood parasites.

SpeciesViti LevuVana LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Long-tailed koel
Urodynamis taitensis
MMMMMM
Fan-tailed cuckoo
Cacomantis flabelliformis
BBBBB

Frogmouths

Order: Caprimulgiformes   Family: Podargidae

The frogmouths are a group of nocturnal birds related to the nightjars. They are named for their large flattened hooked bill and huge frog-like gape, which they use to take insects.

SpeciesViti LevuVana LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Tawny frogmouth
Podargus strigoides
I

Swifts

Order: Caprimulgiformes   Family: Apodidae

Swifts are small birds which spend the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings which resemble a crescent or boomerang.

SpeciesViti LevuVana LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
White-throated needletail
Hirundapus caudacutus
V
White-rumped swiftlet
Aerodramus spodiopygius
BBBBBB
Australian swiftlet
Aerodramus terraereginae

Rails, gallinules, and coots

Order: Gruiformes   Family: Rallidae

Rallidae is a large family of small to medium-sized birds which includes the rails, crakes, coots and gallinules. Typically they inhabit dense vegetation in damp environments near lakes, swamps or rivers. In general they are shy and secretive birds, making them difficult to observe. Most species have strong legs and long toes which are well adapted to soft uneven surfaces. They tend to have short, rounded wings and to be weak fliers.

SpeciesViti LevuVanua LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Buff-banded rail
Gallirallus philippensis
XXBBBBB
Bar-winged rail
Gallirallus poecilopterus*
Black-backed swamphen
Porphyrio indicus
Australasian swamphen
Porphyrio melanotus
XXBBBBB
Viti Levu rail
Vitirallus watlingi*
X
White-browed crake
Amaurornis cinerea
BBBBBB
Spotless crake
Zapornia tabuensis
BBBBBB

Plovers and lapwings

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Charadriidae

The family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels and lapwings. They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings. They are found in open country worldwide, mostly in habitats near water.

SpeciesViti LevuVanua LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Black-bellied plover
Pluvialis squatarola
V
Pacific golden-plover
Pluvialis fulva
MMMMMMM
Masked lapwing
Vanellus miles
V
Lesser sand-plover
Charadrius mongolus
V
Caspian plover
Charadrius asiaticus
V
Double-banded plover
Charadrius bicinctus
V

Sandpipers and allies

The Far Eastern curlew, an occasional visitor

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Scolopacidae

Scolopacidae is a large diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers and phalaropes. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil. Variation in length of legs and bills enables multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food.

SpeciesViti LevuVanua LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Bristle-thighed curlew
Numenius tahitiensis
MMMMMMM
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
MMMMMMM
Far Eastern curlew
Numenius madagascariensis
V
Bar-tailed godwit
Limosa lapponica
MMMMMMM
Hudsonian godwit
Limosa haemastica
V
Ruddy turnstone
Arenaria interpres
MMMMMMM
Red knot
Calidris canutus
V
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
V
Sharp-tailed sandpiper
Calidris acuminata
Curlew sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
V
Red-necked stint
Calidris ruficollis
V
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Pectoral sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
V
Terek sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
V
Common sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
V
Solitary sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
V
Gray-tailed tattler
Tringa brevipes
MMMMMMM
Wandering tattler
Tringa incana
MMMMMMM
Lesser yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
V
Viti Levu snipe
Coenocorypha miratropica*
X

Skuas and jaegers

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Stercorariidae

The family Stercorariidae are, in general, medium to large birds, typically with grey or brown plumage, often with white markings on the wings. They nest on the ground in temperate and arctic regions and are long-distance migrants.

SpeciesViti LevuVana LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
South polar skua
Stercorarius maccormicki
V
Pomarine jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinus
V
Parasitic jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
V
Long-tailed jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudus
V

Gulls, terns, and skimmers

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Laridae

Laridae is a family of medium to large seabirds, the gulls, terns, and skimmers. Gulls are typically grey or white, often with black markings on the head or wings. They have stout, longish bills and webbed feet. Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head. Most terns hunt fish by diving but some pick insects off the surface of fresh water. Terns are generally long-lived birds, with several species known to live in excess of 30 years.

SpeciesViti LevuVana LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Silver gull
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
V
Laughing gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
V
Kelp gull
Larus dominicanus
V
Brown noddy
Anous stolidus
BBBBBBB
Black noddy
Anous minutus
BBBBBBB
Blue-gray noddy
Anous ceruleus
BBBBBBB
White tern
Gygis alba
BBBBBBB
Sooty tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
BBBBBBB
Gray-backed tern
Onychoprion lunatus
Bridled tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
Little tern
Sternula albifrons
V
White-winged tern
Chlidonias leucopterus
V
Black-naped tern
Sterna sumatrana
BBBBBB
Common tern
Sterna hirundo
PPPPP
Great crested tern
Thalasseus bergii
BBBBBBB

Tropicbirds

Order: Phaethontiformes   Family: Phaethontidae

Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans, with exceptionally long central tail feathers. Their heads and long wings have black markings.

SpeciesViti LevuVanua LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
White-tailed tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
BBBBBBB
Red-tailed tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
BBBBBBB

Albatrosses

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Diomedeidae

The albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses from the genus Diomedea have the largest wingspans of any extant birds.

SpeciesViti LevuVanua LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Black-browed albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
V
Wandering albatross
Diomedea exulans

Southern storm-petrels

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Oceanitidae

The southern storm-petrels are relatives of the petrels and are the smallest seabirds. They feed on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering. The flight is fluttering and sometimes bat-like.

SpeciesViti LevuVanua LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Wilson's storm-petrel
Oceanites oceanicus
P
White-faced storm-petrel
Pelagodroma marina
V
White-bellied storm-petrel
Fregetta grallaria
V
New Zealand storm-petrel
Fregetta maoriana
V
Black-bellied storm-petrel
Fregetta tropica
V
Polynesian storm-petrel
Nesofregatta fuliginosa
BBBBB

Northern storm-petrels

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Hydrobatidae

Though the members of this family are similar in many respects to the southern storm-petrels, including their general appearance and habits, there are enough genetic differences to warrant their placement in a separate family.

SpeciesViti LevuVanua LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Leach's storm-petrel
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
V
Matsudaira's storm-petrel
Oceanodroma matsudairae
V

Shearwaters and petrels

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Procellariidae

The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized "true petrels", characterised by united nostrils with medium septum and a long outer functional primary.

Black-winged petrel near Vanua Levu
SpeciesViti LevuVanua LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Southern giant-petrel
Macronectes giganteus
V
Cape petrel
Daption capense
V
Gray-faced petrel
Pterodroma gouldi
Kermadec petrel
Pterodroma neglecta
V
Herald petrel
Pterodroma heraldica
V
Murphy's petrel
Pterodroma ultima
V
Providence petrel
Pterodroma solandri
V
Mottled petrel
Pterodroma inexpectata
P
White-necked petrel
Pterodroma cervicalis
Black-winged petrel
Pterodroma nigripennis
Gould's petrel
Pterodroma leucoptera
V
Collared petrel
Pterodroma brevipes
BBBBBB
Phoenix petrel
Pterodroma alba
V
Fiji petrel
Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi*
B
Tahiti petrel
Pseudobulweria rostrata
BB
Parkinson's petrel
Procellaria parkinsoni
V
Flesh-footed shearwater
Ardenna carneipes
V
Wedge-tailed shearwater
Ardenna pacifica
BBBBBBB
Buller's shearwater
Ardenna bulleri
V
Sooty shearwater
Ardenna grisea
V
Short-tailed shearwater
Ardenna tenuirostris
V
Christmas shearwater
Puffinus nativitatis
V
Newell's shearwater
Puffinus newelli
Tropical shearwater
Puffinus bailloni
BBBBBB

Frigatebirds

Order: Suliformes   Family: Fregatidae

Frigatebirds are large seabirds usually found over tropical oceans. They are large, black-and-white or completely black, with long wings and deeply forked tails. The males have coloured inflatable throat pouches. They do not swim or walk and cannot take off from a flat surface. Having the largest wingspan-to-body-weight ratio of any bird, they are essentially aerial, able to stay aloft for more than a week.

SpeciesViti LevuVanua LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Lesser frigatebird
Fregata ariel
BBBBBBB
Great frigatebird
Fregata minor
RRRRRRR

Boobies and gannets

Order: Suliformes   Family: Sulidae

The sulids comprise the gannets and boobies. Both groups are medium to large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish.

SpeciesViti LevuVanua LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Masked booby
Sula dactylatra
BBBBBBB
Brown booby
Sula leucogaster
BBBBBBB
Red-footed booby
Sula sula
BBBBBBB

Pelicans

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Pelecanidae

Pelicans are large water birds with a distinctive pouch under their beak. As with other members of the order Pelecaniformes, they have webbed feet with four toes.

SpeciesViti LevuVanua LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Australian pelican
Pelecanus conspicillatus
V

Herons, egrets, and bitterns

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Ardeidae

The family Ardeidae contains the bitterns, herons and egrets. Herons and egrets are medium to large wading birds with long necks and legs. Bitterns tend to be shorter necked and more wary. Members of Ardeidae fly with their necks retracted, unlike other long-necked birds such as storks, ibises and spoonbills.

SpeciesViti LevuVanua LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Great egret
Ardea alba
V
White-faced heron
Egretta novaehollandiae
B?
Pacific reef-egret
Egretta sacra
BBBBBBB
Cattle egret
Bubulcus ibis
V
Striated heron
Butorides striata
BBBBBB

Ibises and spoonbills

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Threskiornithidae

Threskiornithidae is a family of large terrestrial and wading birds which includes the ibises and spoonbills. They have long, broad wings with 11 primary and about 20 secondary feathers. They are strong fliers and despite their size and weight, very capable soarers.

SpeciesViti LevuVanua LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Glossy ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
V

Hawks, eagles, and kites

Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Accipitridae

Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey, which includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures. These birds have powerful hooked beaks for tearing flesh from their prey, strong legs, powerful talons and keen eyesight.

SpeciesViti LevuVanua LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Swamp harrier
Circus approximans
BBBBBB
Fiji goshawk
Accipiter rufitorques*
BBBBB

Barn-owls

Order: Strigiformes   Family: Tytonidae

Barn owls are medium to large owls with large heads and characteristic heart-shaped faces. They have long strong legs with powerful talons. There are 16 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Fiji.

Tytonidae
SpeciesViti LevuVana LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Australasian grass-owl
Tyto longimembris
X
Barn owl
Tyto alba
BBBBBB

Kingfishers

Pacific kingfisher, Fijian race

Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Alcedinidae

Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long, pointed bills, short legs and stubby tails.

SpeciesViti LevuVana LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Pacific kingfisher
Todirhamphus sacer[1]
BBBBBB
Sacred kingfisher
Todirhamphus sanctus

Falcons

Order: Falconiformes   Family: Falconidae

Falconidae is a family of diurnal birds of prey. They differ from hawks, eagles and kites in that they kill with their beaks instead of their talons.

SpeciesViti LevuVanua LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Peregrine falcon
Falco peregrinus
BBBBB

Old World parrots

The collared lory is the national bird of Fiji.

Order: Psittaciformes   Family: Psittaculidae

Characteristic features of parrots include a strong curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet. Many parrots are vividly coloured, and some are multi-coloured. In size they range from 8 cm (3.1 in) to 1 m (3.3 ft) in length. Old World parrots are found from Africa east across south and southeast Asia and Oceania to Australia and New Zealand.

SpeciesViti LevuVana LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Crimson shining-parrot
Prosopeia splendens*[2]
IB
Red shining-parrot
Prosopeia tabuensis*[3]
BB
Masked shining-parrot
Prosopeia personata*
B
Red-throated lorikeet
Charmosyna amabilis*
B?B?B?X
Collared lory
Phigys solitarius*
BBBBBB
Blue-crowned lorikeet
Vini australis
B

Honeyeaters

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Meliphagidae

The honeyeaters are a large and diverse family of small to medium-sized birds most common in Australia and New Guinea. They are nectar feeders and closely resemble other nectar-feeding passerines.

SpeciesViti LevuVana LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Rotuma myzomela
Myzomela chermesina*
B
Orange-breasted myzomela
Myzomela jugularis*
BBBBBB
Kadavu honeyeater
Meliphacator provocator*
B
Chattering giant-honeyeater
Gymnomyza viridis*
BB
Duetting giant-honeyeater
Gymnomyza brunneirostris*
B
Western wattled-honeyeater
Foulehaio procerior
B
Eastern wattled-honeyeater
Foulehaio carunculatus
BBBB
Northern wattled-honeyeater
Foulehaio taviunensis*
BB

Cuckooshrikes

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Campephagidae

The cuckooshrikes are small to medium-sized passerine birds. They are predominantly greyish with white and black, although some species are brightly coloured.

SpeciesViti LevuVana LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Polynesian triller
Lalage maculosa
BBBBBBB

Whistlers and allies

Fiji whistler ssp torquata

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Pachycephalidae

The family Pachycephalidae includes the whistlers, shrike-thrushes, shrike-tits, pitohuis and crested bellbird.

SpeciesViti LevuVana LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Fiji whistler
Pachycephala vitiensis*
BBBBBB

Woodswallows, bellmagpies, and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Artamidae

The woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds. They are smooth, agile flyers with moderately large, semi-triangular wings. The cracticids: currawongs, bellmagpies and butcherbirds, are similar to the other corvids. They have large, straight bills and mostly black, white or grey plumage. All are omnivorous to some degree.

SpeciesViti LevuVana LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Fiji woodswallow
Artamus mentalis*
BBBB
Australian magpie
Gymnorhina tibicen
I

Fantails

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Rhipiduridae

The fantails are small insectivorous birds which are specialist aerial feeders.

SpeciesViti LevuVana LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Taveuni silktail
Lamprolia victoriae*
B
Natewa silktail
Lamprolia klinesmithi*
B
Streaked fantail
Rhipidura verreauxi
BBBB
Kadavu fantail
Rhipidura personata*
B

Monarch flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Monarchidae

The monarch flycatchers are small to medium-sized insectivorous passerines which hunt by flycatching.

SpeciesViti LevuVana LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Ogea monarch
Mayrornis versicolor*
B
Slaty monarch
Mayrornis lessoni*
BBBBBB
Fiji shrikebill
Clytorhynchus vitiensis
BBBBBBB
Black-throated shrikebill
Clytorhynchus nigrogularis
BBBBB
Vanikoro flycatcher
Myiagra vanikorensis
BBBBBB
Azure-crested flycatcher
Myiagra azureocapilla*
B
Chestnut-throated flycatcher
Myiagra castaneigularis*
BB

Australasian robins

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Petroicidae

Most species of Petroicidae have a stocky build with a large rounded head, a short straight bill and rounded wingtips. They occupy a wide range of wooded habitats, from subalpine to tropical rainforest, and mangrove swamp to semi-arid scrubland. All are primarily insectivores, although a few supplement their diet with seeds.

SpeciesViti LevuVana LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Pacific robin
Petroica pusilla
BBBB

Grassbirds and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Locustellidae

Locustellidae are a family of small insectivorous songbirds found mainly in Eurasia, Africa, and the Australian region. They are smallish birds with tails that are usually long and pointed, and tend to be drab brownish or buffy all over.

SpeciesViti LevuVana LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Long-legged thicketbird
Trichocichla rufa*
BB

Swallows

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Hirundinidae

The family Hirundinidae is adapted to aerial feeding. They have a slender streamlined body, long pointed wings and a short bill with a wide gape. The feet are adapted to perching rather than walking, and the front toes are partially joined at the base.

SpeciesViti LevuVana LevuTaveuniKadavuGauOvalauLauRotuma
Pacific swallow
Hirundo tahitica
BBBBBBB

Bulbuls

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Pycnonotidae

Bulbuls are medium-sized songbirds. Some are colourful with yellow, red or orange vents, cheeks, throats or supercilia, but most are drab, with uniform olive-brown to black plumage. Some species have distinct crests.

SpeciesViti LevuVana LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Red-vented bulbul
Pycnonotus cafer
II

Bush warblers and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Scotocercidae

The members of this family are found throughout Africa, Asia, and Polynesia. Their taxonomy is in flux, and some authorities place some genera in other families.[4]

SpeciesViti LevuVana LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Fiji bush warbler
Horornis ruficapilla*
BBBB

White-eyes, yuhinas, and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Zosteropidae

The white-eyes are small and mostly undistinguished, their plumage above being generally some dull colour like greenish-olive, but some species have a white or bright yellow throat, breast or lower parts, and several have buff flanks. As their name suggests, many species have a white ring around each eye.

SpeciesViti LevuVana LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Layard's white-eye
Zosterops explorator*
BBBBB
Silvereye
Zosterops lateralis
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Yellow-fronted white-eye
Zosterops flavifrons

Starlings

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Sturnidae

Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds. Their flight is strong and direct and they are very gregarious. Their preferred habitat is fairly open country. They eat insects and fruit. Plumage is typically dark with a metallic sheen.

SpeciesViti LevuVana LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Polynesian starling
Aplonis tabuensis
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European starling
Sturnus vulgaris
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Common myna
Acridotheres tristis
IIIII
Jungle myna
Acridotheres fuscus
I

Thrushes and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Turdidae

The thrushes are a group of passerine birds that occur mainly in the Old World. They are plump, soft plumaged, small to medium-sized insectivores or sometimes omnivores, often feeding on the ground. Many have attractive songs.

SpeciesViti LevuVana LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Island thrush
Turdus poliocephalus
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Waxbills and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Estrildidae

The estrildid finches are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They are gregarious and often colonial seed eaters with short thick but pointed bills. They are all similar in structure and habits, but have wide variation in plumage colours and patterns.

SpeciesViti LevuVana LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
Red avadavat
Amandava amandava
II
Fiji parrotfinch
Erythrura pealii*
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Pink-billed parrotfinch
Erythrura kleinschmidti*
B
Java sparrow
Lonchura oryzivora
III

Old World sparrows

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Passeridae

Old World sparrows are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small, plump, brown or grey birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Sparrows are seed eaters, but they also consume small insects.

SpeciesViti LevuVanua LevuTaveuniKadavuLomaivitiLauRotuma
House sparrow
Passer domesticus
I

See also

References

  • Lepage, Denis. "Checklist of birds of Fiji". Bird Checklists of the World. Avibase. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  • Clements, James F. (2000). Birds of the World: a Checklist. Cornell University Press. p. 880. ISBN 0-934797-16-1.
  • Pratt, H., Bruner, P & Berrett, D. (1987) The Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific Princeton University Press:Princeton ISBN 0-691-08402-5
  • Steadman D, (2006). Extinction and Biogeography in Tropical Pacific Birds, University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-77142-7

Notes

  1. Pratt et al. (1987) assigned most kingfishers in Fiji to the sacred kingfisher species, whereas most other authorities assign it to the collared kingfisher species.
  2. Steadman (2006) treats this species as a race of the red shining parrot.
  3. The red shining parrot is endemic to Fiji but was introduced in prehistoric times to Tonga (Steadman, 2006)
  4. Gill, F. and D. Donsker (Eds). 2019. IOC World Bird List (v 9.2). doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.9.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ retrieved 22 June 2019
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