Species

Bird Species in Marshall Islands

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Bird species and observation frequencies
SpeciesAnnual frequencyJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Blue-billed White-Tern
Gygis candida
75.6%93.7%86.3%69.8%62.6%75.4%93.1%71.7%71.4%84.5%67.4%66.4%65.3%
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
71.1%92.1%86.3%79.0%42.2%49.6%73.5%66.7%46.4%68.3%81.7%94.1%72.9%
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
63.8%79.2%72.0%64.8%38.0%53.5%74.2%59.7%32.4%72.3%78.1%78.3%62.5%
Pacific Reef-Heron
Egretta sacra
54.6%76.7%44.0%55.0%18.7%45.2%63.9%73.4%40.7%54.3%58.4%68.5%56.1%
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
49.4%31.7%34.5%41.8%66.9%60.6%39.3%68.0%55.2%80.0%48.1%31.8%35.3%
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanus
42.9%59.6%56.5%55.9%24.8%38.6%41.9%43.0%47.5%15.4%41.7%48.7%41.1%
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
38.1%23.6%26.2%37.1%41.4%53.3%74.4%42.6%24.9%62.9%24.5%22.6%24.2%
Great Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
36.5%43.6%46.4%43.4%10.2%37.0%57.0%39.6%29.3%39.4%20.9%31.7%39.6%
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
35.5%46.1%36.0%50.6%20.6%33.4%39.3%31.5%15.6%45.3%26.4%40.3%40.3%
Eurasian Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
32.5%52.9%44.3%46.1%10.2%17.2%29.4%20.4%12.8%13.2%52.0%57.1%34.2%
Wandering Tattler
Tringa incana
25.6%21.7%11.9%23.3%14.1%30.5%41.2%24.6%18.7%34.7%38.3%22.6%26.0%
Gray-tailed Tattler
Tringa brevipes
21.4%23.3%28.6%38.3%8.3%13.6%9.8%10.6%9.6%19.6%22.7%45.8%26.7%
Bristle-thighed Curlew
Numenius tahitiensis
20.3%19.0%20.0%25.0%6.5%12.4%23.7%14.2%12.4%40.8%22.5%22.4%24.5%
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
18.4%6.0%1.8%4.4%29.0%19.0%41.4%21.0%17.4%57.5%12.3%5.1%5.6%
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
16.6%8.8%0.0%8.5%20.6%20.1%34.0%18.6%7.8%48.9%15.9%8.2%7.8%
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
15.7%4.2%9.5%22.5%11.5%16.5%30.7%20.3%7.5%41.2%7.9%3.2%13.9%
Red-vented Bulbul
Pycnonotus cafer
14.0%13.8%19.9%23.7%9.1%27.0%11.5%9.8%9.9%8.8%8.3%7.0%19.0%
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
13.3%23.3%26.2%16.5%1.4%2.8%0.0%0.0%1.9%0.0%20.4%42.9%23.5%
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata
11.0%14.8%22.3%16.5%2.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%32.3%28.5%14.6%
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
10.6%8.5%16.1%20.5%1.0%0.8%0.0%2.5%1.0%1.4%27.1%27.5%21.0%
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
9.1%2.5%0.0%7.7%7.4%13.6%26.8%17.2%4.6%28.6%1.1%0.0%0.0%
Siberian Sand-Plover
Anarhynchus mongolus
8.1%2.8%16.1%19.1%1.7%7.4%6.3%7.5%2.6%8.3%7.7%7.1%11.1%
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
6.5%0.0%1.8%7.0%0.5%5.6%32.1%6.1%1.9%23.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna pacifica
6.4%0.0%4.2%6.3%3.1%11.4%28.7%8.5%1.5%9.2%4.5%0.0%0.0%
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
5.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.3%0.0%37.5%8.5%0.0%19.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligula
4.3%7.1%6.3%8.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%9.4%20.8%
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
4.2%2.5%5.7%11.3%1.5%3.9%3.6%9.2%0.0%1.3%2.1%0.0%9.5%
Blue-gray Noddy
Anous ceruleus
4.2%0.0%0.0%7.0%0.0%0.0%21.8%5.4%0.0%15.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Micronesian Imperial-Pigeon
Ducula oceanica
3.9%7.1%3.6%0.1%4.4%6.0%0.0%1.8%0.5%0.0%4.5%11.0%8.2%
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata
3.7%4.6%8.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.3%17.7%11.7%
Sanderling
Calidris alba
3.5%2.8%10.4%5.3%0.5%5.1%0.0%0.0%2.5%0.0%8.6%4.0%2.8%
Gray-backed Tern
Onychoprion lunatus
3.5%0.0%0.0%7.0%0.0%0.0%19.7%3.6%0.0%11.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
3.2%0.0%1.8%5.0%1.9%6.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.3%1.1%17.4%2.8%
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
3.0%0.0%0.0%7.0%3.9%5.2%7.2%3.0%0.0%5.5%1.2%0.0%2.8%
Eastern Cattle-Egret
Ardea coromanda
2.8%9.4%0.0%14.8%0.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.6%2.3%0.0%3.9%
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
2.5%0.0%5.7%8.0%1.0%3.6%0.0%7.5%0.0%0.0%4.3%0.0%0.0%
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
2.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.6%1.5%2.3%16.6%3.1%0.0%
Christmas Shearwater
Puffinus nativitatis
2.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%15.8%5.4%0.0%4.6%1.1%0.0%0.0%
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelope
2.1%1.8%4.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.6%5.0%10.4%
Bulwer's Petrel
Bulweria bulwerii
2.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%19.9%3.6%1.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallus
1.6%4.2%0.0%0.0%1.9%0.0%3.6%8.0%1.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
1.4%0.0%0.0%0.8%1.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.0%0.0%1.1%9.4%2.6%
Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis
1.1%0.0%2.1%0.0%3.8%3.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.3%0.0%0.0%2.6%
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
1.1%0.0%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.8%0.0%1.4%
Rock Pigeon
Columba livia
1.0%0.0%1.8%0.0%1.9%2.1%0.0%1.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.4%
Long-tailed Koel
Urodynamis taitensis
1.0%0.0%0.0%0.7%1.3%0.1%1.7%0.0%3.0%2.6%1.1%1.9%0.0%
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
1.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.4%5.9%0.0%
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
1.0%5.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.2%0.0%2.6%
Greater Sand-Plover
Anarhynchus leschenaultii
1.0%0.0%1.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%7.1%2.8%
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
0.9%0.0%10.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceus
0.8%4.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.1%0.0%0.0%
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna grisea
0.8%0.0%0.0%6.3%0.0%1.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.3%0.0%0.0%
Latham's Snipe
Gallinago hardwickii
0.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%8.1%0.0%0.0%
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.0%1.3%0.0%0.0%
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates leucorhous
0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.4%0.0%0.0%
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.6%
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.4%0.0%0.0%
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
0.4%2.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.4%0.0%0.0%
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.4%0.0%0.0%
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
0.4%1.9%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.9%0.9%0.0%0.1%0.1%
Buller's Shearwater
Ardenna bulleri
0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.7%0.0%3.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Short-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna tenuirostris
0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Calidris subruficollis
0.2%0.0%0.0%2.3%0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Brant
Branta bernicla
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.8%
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.8%
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.6%0.0%0.0%
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.1%0.0%1.3%
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%2.2%0.0%0.0%
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterus
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Oceanites oceanicus
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.9%0.0%
Little Curlew
Numenius minutus
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.9%0.0%
Laysan Albatross
Phoebastria immutabilis
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.3%0.0%0.0%
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.3%0.0%0.0%
Cocos Booby
Sula brewsteri
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Tahiti Petrel
Pseudobulweria rostrata
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.1%0.0%0.0%
Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.1%0.0%0.0%
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.1%0.0%0.0%
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeus
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Kermadec Petrel
Pterodroma neglecta
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%
Mottled Petrel
Pterodroma inexpectata
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%