Species

Bird Species in Kiribati

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Bird species and observation frequencies
SpeciesAnnual frequencyJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
45.8%19.8%57.6%42.6%47.2%37.8%43.8%75.6%47.0%62.4%35.4%51.1%29.3%
Blue-billed White-Tern
Gygis candida
45.1%43.8%38.2%43.4%47.8%59.0%46.9%74.5%59.5%45.0%48.9%33.6%0.9%
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
41.9%34.4%23.3%50.0%37.5%52.6%56.3%52.8%64.3%54.3%37.4%33.6%6.7%
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
39.8%45.8%34.0%79.2%46.5%26.6%53.1%26.2%47.7%42.5%30.0%37.7%8.4%
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
36.9%42.7%33.7%64.6%68.2%24.0%43.8%37.0%17.8%15.6%45.1%29.6%20.4%
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
36.4%18.8%26.0%48.3%37.5%58.3%40.6%35.5%56.4%31.4%31.3%39.0%12.9%
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
36.2%31.3%31.3%36.3%29.9%47.6%46.9%53.2%44.5%40.3%37.7%28.4%6.7%
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
31.5%35.4%18.1%38.8%37.3%29.6%65.6%16.9%39.9%29.3%9.8%25.1%32.1%
Phoenix Petrel
Pterodroma alba
29.7%61.5%17.7%33.8%25.7%18.9%25.0%38.7%56.9%34.1%14.9%22.1%7.1%
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
28.9%31.3%27.8%31.3%29.2%31.0%34.4%38.7%67.1%18.1%11.6%25.6%0.4%
Great Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
27.3%36.5%15.0%30.0%25.0%15.1%40.6%21.9%69.6%34.1%4.3%22.0%13.3%
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
25.4%17.7%18.1%47.5%51.5%16.6%18.8%17.8%38.3%31.4%14.3%25.6%6.7%
Blue-gray Noddy
Anous ceruleus
19.8%19.8%15.0%38.8%29.6%15.9%25.0%36.5%18.8%22.2%10.6%4.6%0.4%
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna pacifica
18.9%0.1%15.3%11.3%31.0%24.1%25.0%8.4%29.7%12.9%20.4%22.8%25.4%
Christmas Shearwater
Puffinus nativitatis
18.2%29.2%14.6%15.0%25.0%18.1%25.0%13.6%25.7%29.3%9.5%13.1%0.4%
Wandering Tattler
Tringa incana
16.2%0.0%9.7%27.5%22.0%15.8%12.5%25.0%8.2%16.1%5.4%32.3%19.6%
Gray-backed Tern
Onychoprion lunatus
16.2%6.3%4.2%28.8%16.7%17.3%21.9%44.8%25.9%21.1%6.8%0.1%0.0%
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
13.0%0.0%12.8%24.6%20.7%14.4%9.4%14.6%5.5%20.3%8.0%24.7%0.4%
Bristle-thighed Curlew
Numenius tahitiensis
11.7%6.3%5.6%22.5%23.3%25.8%3.1%0.0%28.1%8.0%9.8%7.7%0.4%
Kiritimati Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus aequinoctialis
8.2%0.1%0.1%25.0%8.4%8.6%12.5%16.8%11.7%8.3%2.3%4.1%0.0%
Tahiti Petrel
Pseudobulweria rostrata
7.2%0.0%11.5%17.5%4.6%8.1%0.0%32.6%0.0%0.1%1.9%9.4%0.5%
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
6.7%0.0%6.9%8.8%0.0%12.2%3.2%7.3%0.4%4.8%6.1%5.8%25.0%
Polynesian Storm-Petrel
Nesofregetta fuliginosa
5.6%3.2%0.1%6.3%0.1%4.3%15.6%14.6%6.3%10.3%4.2%2.3%0.0%
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
5.3%15.6%4.2%11.3%3.3%4.3%3.1%0.0%3.5%2.3%3.7%5.8%6.3%
Tropical Shearwater
Puffinus bailloni
5.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.0%3.0%28.1%13.6%13.0%1.1%1.9%0.0%0.0%
Pacific Reef-Heron
Egretta sacra
5.0%0.0%9.8%0.0%4.0%8.7%3.2%7.3%0.4%0.0%5.2%21.9%0.0%
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna grisea
4.9%0.0%0.0%17.5%2.0%0.7%0.0%0.0%8.3%2.9%13.6%14.3%0.0%
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
3.3%0.0%7.0%20.0%0.7%0.7%0.0%6.3%0.8%0.1%4.4%0.0%0.0%
Rock Pigeon
Columba livia
2.7%8.3%0.0%2.5%0.7%5.7%0.0%7.3%0.4%2.6%0.7%4.1%0.0%
Pacific Imperial-Pigeon
Ducula pacifica
2.3%0.0%10.4%0.0%0.7%5.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.5%9.0%0.0%
Bulwer's Petrel
Bulweria bulwerii
1.8%0.0%3.1%0.0%0.0%2.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%9.1%5.5%0.4%
Kuhl's Lorikeet
Vini kuhlii
1.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%9.4%6.3%1.6%2.3%1.1%0.0%0.0%
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates leucorhous
1.3%0.0%11.5%0.0%0.0%0.7%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.3%0.0%3.1%0.0%
Black-winged Petrel
Pterodroma nigripennis
1.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%9.4%0.0%
Cook's Petrel
Pterodroma cookii
1.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.7%0.0%0.0%1.6%0.0%8.4%2.3%0.0%
Mottled Petrel
Pterodroma inexpectata
0.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.7%2.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%8.3%0.0%0.0%
Sanderling
Calidris alba
0.9%0.0%0.0%6.3%0.0%4.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
0.8%0.0%0.0%10.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinus
0.8%0.0%0.0%8.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.7%0.0%0.0%
Eurasian Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
0.8%0.0%0.0%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.6%1.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Juan Fernandez Petrel
Pterodroma externa
0.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%0.0%1.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
White-necked Petrel
Pterodroma cervicalis
0.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.7%2.9%3.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Gray-tailed Tattler
Tringa brevipes
0.5%0.0%0.0%2.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.1%0.1%0.7%0.0%0.0%
Kermadec Petrel
Pterodroma neglecta
0.5%0.0%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
0.4%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.1%0.0%0.0%1.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Nazca Booby
Sula granti
0.3%0.0%4.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Buller's Shearwater
Ardenna bulleri
0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%0.0%0.0%3.1%0.0%
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.3%0.0%
American Wigeon
Mareca americana
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.3%0.0%
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.8%0.0%
Short-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna tenuirostris
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%0.0%0.0%
Red-billed Tropicbird
Phaethon aethereus
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Streaked Shearwater
Calonectris leucomelas
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.7%0.0%0.0%
Newell's Shearwater
Puffinus newelli
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
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%
Micronesian Imperial-Pigeon
Ducula oceanica
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Long-tailed Koel
Urodynamis taitensis
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%
Kelp Gull
Larus dominicanus
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%
Glaucous-winged Gull
Larus glaucescens
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%
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
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%