List of birds of the Tuamotus

This is a list of the birds species of the Tuamotus. The avifauna of the Tuamotus include 57 species. Of these, ten are endemic, thirteen are globally threatened and one is extinct.

Species list

Diomedeidae

Procellariidae

Oceanitidae

Phaethontidae

Sulidae

Fregatidae

Ardeidae

Anatidae

Phasianidae

Rallidae

Charadriidae

Scolopacidae

Laridae

Columbidae

Psittacidae

Cuculidae

Alcedinidae

Sylviidae

Monarchidae

  • Iphis monarch, Pomarea iphis - endemic, vulnerable
  • Marquesas monarch, Pomarea mendozae - endemic, endangered
  • Fatuhiva monarch, Pomarea whitneyi - endemic, critically endangered

Zosteropidae

  • Silver-eye, Zosterops lateralis - introduced species

Sturnidae

Estrildidae

References

  • Splitting headaches? Recent taxonomic changes affecting the British and Western Palaearctic lists - Martin Collinson, British Birds vol 99 (June 2006), 306-323
  • Lepage, Denis. "Checklist of birds of Tuamotu Islands". Bird Checklists of the World. Avibase.
  • Blanvillain, C; Florent, C & V. Thenot (2002) "Land birds of Tuamotu Archipelago, Polynesia: relative abundance and changes during the 20th century with particular reference to the critically endangered Polynesian ground-dove (Gallicolumba erythroptera)". Biological Conservation 103 (2): 139-149 doi:10.1016/S0006-3207(01)00112-4
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