Species

Bird Species in Coral Sea Islands

Explore the birds of Coral Sea Islands and their seasonal observation frequencies. Upload your eBird life list to personalize the list and find your target species.

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Bird species and observation frequencies
SpeciesAnnual frequencyJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
50.8%56.3%66.7%75.0%75.0%70.0%29.2%25.0%43.8%53.3%29.2%61.0%25.0%
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
47.8%62.5%66.7%66.7%56.3%70.0%12.5%25.0%31.3%66.7%50.0%46.5%20.0%
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
41.1%31.3%66.7%33.3%62.5%68.3%37.5%25.0%43.8%35.0%16.7%53.3%20.0%
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
29.2%31.3%29.2%41.7%31.3%33.3%8.3%25.0%25.0%31.7%33.4%55.1%5.0%
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna pacifica
23.4%25.0%29.2%25.0%43.8%30.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%18.3%33.3%56.0%20.0%
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
20.7%25.0%33.3%50.0%6.3%21.7%8.3%25.0%0.0%15.0%12.5%46.7%5.0%
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
16.6%0.0%20.8%8.4%12.5%25.0%12.5%25.0%25.0%30.0%0.0%35.1%5.0%
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
14.2%25.0%25.0%33.4%6.3%21.7%29.2%0.0%0.0%5.0%0.0%9.8%15.0%
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
12.2%25.0%8.3%41.7%6.3%21.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%15.0%0.0%19.0%10.0%
Great Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
9.7%25.0%0.0%8.3%31.3%8.3%16.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%26.5%0.0%
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
6.3%31.3%12.5%8.4%0.0%0.0%20.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%2.1%0.0%
Australasian Gannet
Morus serrator
5.9%25.0%25.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%8.3%12.5%0.0%
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
3.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%16.7%8.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%16.7%0.0%
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Oceanites oceanicus
3.1%0.0%0.0%25.0%0.0%0.0%12.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
2.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%8.3%12.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%13.4%0.0%
Short-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna tenuirostris
2.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%25.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.1%0.0%
Great-winged Petrel
Pterodroma macroptera
2.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%25.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
1.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%22.9%0.0%
Buff-banded Rail
Gallirallus philippensis
1.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%13.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%7.7%0.0%
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
1.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%18.8%0.0%
Australian Fairy Tern
Sternula nereis
1.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%16.7%0.0%
Sacred Kingfisher
Todiramphus sanctus
1.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%16.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Kermadec Petrel
Pterodroma neglecta
0.9%0.0%8.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.1%0.0%
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
0.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%8.3%0.0%
Black-winged Petrel
Pterodroma nigripennis
0.7%0.0%8.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Black-faced Cuckooshrike
Coracina novaehollandiae
0.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%8.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna grisea
0.5%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Welcome Swallow
Hirundo neoxena
0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Gould's Petrel
Pterodroma leucoptera
0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.2%0.0%
Providence Petrel
Pterodroma solandri
0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.2%0.0%
Tahiti Petrel
Pseudobulweria rostrata
0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.6%0.0%
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Ardenna carneipes
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.1%0.0%
Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Blue-billed White-Tern
Gygis candida
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Parkinson's Petrel
Procellaria parkinsoni
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%