Bird Checklist - Mariana Islands
Country or region: Marianas Islands
Number of species: 103
Number of endemics: 1
Number of globally threatened species: 5
Number of introduced species: 1
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements 5th edition (updated 2005).
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae
Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus
Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris
Christmas Shearwater Puffinus nativitatis
Townsend's Shearwater Puffinus auricularis
Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae
Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma matsudairae Data deficient
PELECANIFORMES: Phaethontidae
Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
PELECANIFORMES: Sulidae
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
Red-footed Booby Sula sula
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
Little Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax melanoleucos
PELECANIFORMES: Fregatidae
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae
Gray Heron Ardea cinerea
Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Striated Heron Butorides striata
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Rufous Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus
Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
Gadwall Anas strepera
Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Garganey Anas querquedula
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
Greater Scaup Aythya marila
FALCONIFORMES: Accipitridae
Chinese Goshawk Accipiter soloensis
Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis
Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
GALLIFORMES: Megapodiidae
Micronesian Scrubfowl Megapodius laperouse Endangered
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae
Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
Lesser Sandplover Charadrius mongolus
Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura
Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis Vulnerable
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Gray-tailed Tattler Heterosceles brevipes
Wandering Tattler Heterosceles incanus
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Sanderling Calidris alba
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Ruff Philomachus pugnax
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae
Herring Gull Larus argentatus
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
CHARADRIIFORMES: Sternidae
Great Crested Tern Sterna bergii
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Little Tern Sterna albifrons
Gray-backed Tern Sterna lunata
Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Black Noddy Anous minutus
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
White Tern Gygis alba
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Island Collared-Dove Streptopelia bitorquata
White-throated Ground-Dove Gallicolumba xanthonura Near-threatened
Mariana Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus roseicapilla Near-threatened
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
APODIFORMES: Apodidae
Uniform Swiftlet Aerodramus vanikorensis
Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae
Collared Kingfisher Todirhamphus chloris
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae
Dusky Thrush Turdus naumanni
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae
Nightingale Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus luscinia Endangered
PASSERIFORMES: Rhipiduridae
Rufous Fantail Rhipidura rufifrons
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae
Tinian Monarch Monarcha takatsukasae Endemic Vulnerable
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae
Bridled White-eye Zosterops conspicillatus
PASSERIFORMES: Meliphagidae
Micronesian Myzomela Myzomela rubratra
PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae
Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae
Mariana Crow Corvus kubaryi Endangered
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae
Micronesian Starling Aplonis opaca
Ashy Starling Spreo unicolor
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Introduced species
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