Species

Bird Species in Norfolk Island

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Bird species and observation frequencies
SpeciesAnnual frequencyJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Blue-billed White-Tern
Gygis candida
56.2%75.2%77.1%66.2%65.1%56.0%37.1%22.7%38.6%48.8%59.3%61.9%66.8%
Eurasian Blackbird
Turdus merula
42.7%40.2%38.7%29.2%28.2%36.0%44.6%53.9%45.9%36.2%56.1%56.1%46.9%
Crimson Rosella
Platycercus elegans
41.9%33.4%40.9%31.8%33.4%39.2%40.3%50.0%50.2%47.6%53.0%46.8%36.4%
Norfolk Island Gerygone
Gerygone modesta
41.4%35.7%40.1%35.0%31.6%40.6%42.7%46.4%52.5%38.2%51.1%40.6%42.7%
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
40.8%33.4%41.8%36.0%32.7%38.5%45.5%48.5%33.8%39.4%50.8%49.9%39.5%
Welcome Swallow
Hirundo neoxena
37.8%28.6%35.6%30.2%33.0%37.2%41.9%44.3%39.4%35.5%49.7%42.1%36.1%
Sacred Kingfisher
Todiramphus sanctus
36.2%37.4%41.0%26.3%22.3%29.4%35.4%36.3%36.1%38.2%45.8%44.0%42.3%
Silvereye
Zosterops lateralis
35.5%40.4%37.9%29.7%26.0%36.2%34.2%49.1%29.7%21.9%36.5%43.8%40.8%
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
35.2%36.0%38.7%25.9%24.8%28.0%33.0%45.9%32.2%30.8%45.3%41.9%40.0%
Gray Fantail
Rhipidura albiscapa
31.0%26.8%28.0%26.5%33.1%35.5%26.7%41.3%30.8%29.9%35.4%30.5%27.5%
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
29.8%43.4%42.6%42.6%30.8%29.3%16.3%9.7%14.2%22.9%26.6%38.5%40.2%
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
29.5%34.6%28.5%31.4%31.4%29.9%37.5%27.5%22.8%22.0%28.1%32.2%27.7%
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
25.7%41.3%40.0%34.1%31.2%30.7%20.1%8.4%1.7%10.1%23.9%33.5%33.4%
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallus
24.3%15.7%24.3%17.5%19.6%14.6%21.2%44.6%37.5%24.2%29.3%21.3%21.3%
Golden Whistler
Pachycephala pectoralis
24.2%23.0%23.4%21.6%24.0%28.9%22.9%18.7%22.6%19.5%27.3%29.4%28.9%
Rock Pigeon
Columba livia
21.4%22.0%23.7%21.0%17.0%18.2%19.6%34.9%14.4%24.7%21.4%20.8%19.1%
White-faced Heron
Egretta novaehollandiae
20.9%18.4%27.2%19.6%18.1%16.7%25.3%22.1%21.2%15.6%29.7%19.3%18.1%
Pacific Emerald Dove
Chalcophaps longirostris
18.5%22.1%20.7%11.9%16.3%23.2%25.4%18.0%10.0%12.8%14.1%22.9%24.1%
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
18.3%42.7%26.7%11.8%6.5%0.5%0.0%0.0%3.8%13.8%35.8%42.1%36.2%
Slender-billed White-eye
Zosterops tenuirostris
17.4%19.4%22.0%17.9%18.0%19.7%19.4%18.5%10.1%11.1%17.7%15.9%19.7%
California Quail
Callipepla californica
17.2%14.5%15.3%14.0%18.8%11.1%7.5%14.3%15.5%25.7%28.9%20.7%20.4%
Black-winged Petrel
Pterodroma nigripennis
16.5%46.8%40.1%33.0%15.3%9.1%0.5%0.0%0.0%1.5%3.3%14.3%34.5%
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelos
16.3%17.8%19.0%11.5%8.6%7.6%11.0%20.7%10.3%15.7%29.2%21.7%23.1%
Norfolk Robin
Petroica multicolor
15.3%17.1%17.5%17.9%20.7%15.0%13.5%14.4%13.7%11.1%15.1%13.9%13.0%
Norfolk Island Parakeet
Cyanoramphus cookii
14.4%13.2%10.3%12.5%15.3%15.9%16.7%12.2%17.8%12.4%14.7%17.0%15.4%
Gray Noddy
Anous albivitta
14.2%20.7%12.6%14.9%14.3%9.3%12.8%13.9%11.0%11.0%14.1%18.6%16.8%
Australasian Swamphen
Porphyrio melanotus
13.9%18.5%13.3%12.1%10.8%12.2%15.3%11.3%10.1%10.0%21.3%17.5%14.6%
Nankeen Kestrel
Falco cenchroides
11.7%9.2%15.8%12.5%14.2%12.3%14.2%15.0%10.2%12.2%8.6%7.6%8.7%
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
10.6%16.4%23.5%16.7%3.8%0.2%3.7%4.7%1.9%3.2%19.2%18.0%15.4%
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna pacifica
10.3%16.6%16.8%25.3%20.0%7.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%6.2%18.6%13.0%
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
10.2%23.9%22.8%14.9%15.8%11.6%2.7%0.7%0.0%0.3%2.2%10.3%17.1%
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
9.2%17.9%15.3%15.3%14.0%3.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.6%8.3%15.7%15.1%
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
8.3%15.1%15.4%12.7%12.3%4.2%1.9%2.3%1.4%2.3%9.7%11.8%10.3%
European Greenfinch
Chloris chloris
7.9%7.2%9.0%5.4%2.8%6.2%6.2%10.8%2.2%4.3%15.0%14.1%11.4%
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis
7.2%7.7%6.5%5.0%6.8%7.0%9.3%8.9%9.1%3.2%10.8%6.5%6.0%
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
7.1%3.3%6.8%6.6%5.3%5.3%8.3%9.5%4.8%7.9%17.1%5.8%4.7%
Wandering Tattler
Tringa incana
5.7%9.1%8.7%8.2%11.3%4.2%1.6%2.7%1.4%3.1%6.7%6.2%5.9%
Graylag Goose
Anser anser
4.3%2.9%3.6%3.9%2.0%0.8%5.9%4.5%6.6%4.0%8.7%3.9%4.9%
Eurasian Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
4.0%9.5%7.2%4.5%2.6%1.0%1.8%1.1%0.0%2.0%7.9%5.3%5.5%
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
3.6%3.5%4.5%1.2%1.5%0.5%1.6%0.8%0.0%2.6%13.4%9.6%3.9%
Kermadec Petrel
Pterodroma neglecta
3.3%6.0%1.7%3.9%6.6%4.7%3.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%1.3%7.5%4.5%
Little Shearwater
Puffinus assimilis
3.1%0.3%0.7%2.9%7.9%4.8%6.2%0.8%0.5%1.8%4.2%5.7%1.4%
White-necked Petrel
Pterodroma cervicalis
3.0%6.4%2.4%8.7%9.5%1.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%4.6%2.8%
Double-banded Plover
Anarhynchus bicinctus
3.0%0.0%1.9%5.6%6.9%3.7%4.8%9.5%2.8%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%
Pacific Black Duck
Anas superciliosa
2.8%3.6%2.9%2.2%2.2%1.6%1.1%2.7%4.9%3.0%3.0%2.3%3.8%
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschata
2.7%3.7%2.6%1.1%2.2%1.0%5.4%5.4%3.1%1.8%2.3%1.3%2.2%
Morepork
Ninox novaeseelandiae
2.6%4.9%0.9%2.2%1.2%1.5%4.3%3.9%2.0%2.6%1.7%2.6%3.1%
Australasian Grebe
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
2.1%2.4%0.7%1.4%0.8%1.4%0.8%3.8%0.0%1.2%8.5%2.7%2.0%
Royal Spoonbill
Platalea regia
2.0%1.7%0.7%1.5%0.8%1.9%4.0%2.5%1.5%1.5%4.7%2.4%1.0%
Great Egret
Ardea alba
1.9%0.7%1.0%0.6%1.1%1.4%2.2%1.0%0.6%1.5%7.6%1.4%3.8%
Masked Woodswallow
Artamus personatus
1.4%1.5%2.4%3.5%1.7%0.2%1.3%2.5%0.0%0.0%1.9%1.4%0.6%
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
1.4%3.1%2.5%1.6%2.3%0.7%1.1%0.0%0.0%0.4%1.6%1.8%1.5%
Eastern Cattle-Egret
Ardea coromanda
1.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.4%1.3%3.3%2.1%2.0%2.7%0.9%1.5%0.2%
Providence Petrel
Pterodroma solandri
1.2%0.5%0.2%1.6%3.1%1.9%4.3%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.5%1.4%0.2%
Gray-faced Petrel
Pterodroma gouldi
1.1%1.9%1.8%3.2%4.8%1.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
1.1%1.7%1.3%1.4%0.3%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.0%1.2%3.1%
Swamp Harrier
Circus approximans
1.0%0.0%0.3%0.5%1.9%4.8%1.6%1.0%0.6%1.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
1.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.0%0.0%0.0%2.5%0.0%0.8%5.8%0.8%0.6%
Tahiti Petrel
Pseudobulweria rostrata
0.8%0.8%1.2%2.9%3.4%0.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.9%
Parkinson's Petrel
Procellaria parkinsoni
0.8%0.5%0.0%4.2%2.3%1.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.9%
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Ardenna carneipes
0.8%3.0%0.2%1.0%0.0%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.2%2.8%0.6%
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Chalcites lucidus
0.8%0.5%0.3%0.7%0.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%2.1%2.2%2.3%
Little Pied Cormorant
Microcarbo melanoleucos
0.7%0.0%0.7%0.9%0.0%0.5%0.8%0.7%1.1%0.6%1.1%0.3%1.5%
Gould's Petrel
Pterodroma leucoptera
0.7%0.8%1.8%0.7%3.0%1.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
0.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.7%0.7%0.0%0.7%0.0%0.0%4.9%0.9%0.4%
Masked Lapwing
Vanellus miles
0.6%1.0%0.7%0.4%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%1.8%0.2%1.7%
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
0.6%1.2%0.2%1.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.5%1.9%0.2%
Australian Ibis
Threskiornis molucca
0.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.9%0.0%1.2%3.9%0.0%0.0%
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata
0.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.5%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.7%1.0%0.0%
Little Black Cormorant
Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
0.5%0.3%0.2%0.6%0.5%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%1.1%1.8%1.0%0.5%
White-bellied Storm-Petrel
Fregetta grallaria
0.4%1.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.3%0.8%0.8%
Eurasian Coot
Fulica atra
0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.7%0.3%0.0%2.5%0.0%0.0%1.0%0.0%0.0%
Plumed Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna eytoni
0.4%2.0%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
0.4%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.0%1.3%0.9%
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
0.3%1.7%0.0%0.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.9%
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata
0.3%0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%0.0%1.8%0.7%
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna grisea
0.3%0.3%0.2%0.0%0.4%0.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.7%0.6%
Gray Teal
Anas gracilis
0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.9%0.0%0.9%0.3%0.0%
Short-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna tenuirostris
0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.8%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.3%0.4%
Long-tailed Koel
Urodynamis taitensis
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%1.9%0.0%
Redpoll
Acanthis flammea
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.4%0.0%0.0%
White-browed Woodswallow
Artamus superciliosus
0.2%0.0%0.9%0.3%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudus
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.8%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.3%0.0%
Silver Gull
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.7%0.0%0.6%0.0%1.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Greater Sand-Plover
Anarhynchus leschenaultii
0.2%1.0%0.9%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.8%0.0%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%0.5%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%
Australasian Gannet
Morus serrator
0.1%0.2%0.0%0.5%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%
South Island Oystercatcher
Haematopus finschi
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.3%0.0%0.0%
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
0.1%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.5%
Cook's Petrel
Pterodroma cookii
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.1%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
White-faced Storm-Petrel
Pelagodroma marina
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pied Stilt
Himantopus leucocephalus
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%0.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterus
0.1%0.0%0.7%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.2%
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
Fregetta tropica
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Great Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.4%0.4%
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.3%0.1%0.0%
Juan Fernandez Petrel
Pterodroma externa
0.1%1.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%
White-throated Needletail
Hirundapus caudacutus
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%0.5%
Oriental Plover
Anarhynchus veredus
0.1%0.0%0.3%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Brown Skua
Stercorarius antarcticus
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.0%0.0%0.0%
Latham's Snipe
Gallinago hardwickii
0.1%0.2%0.0%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.1%0.0%
Oriental Pratincole
Glareola maldivarum
0.1%0.0%1.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Icthyophaga leucogaster
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Mottled Petrel
Pterodroma inexpectata
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%
Antipodean Albatross
Diomedea antipodensis
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.1%0.2%
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%0.0%
Buller's Shearwater
Ardenna bulleri
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.2%
Black-browed Albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Collared Petrel
Pterodroma brevipes
0.1%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatus
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.2%
Kelp Gull
Larus dominicanus
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.7%0.0%
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
0.1%0.0%0.2%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Far Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis
0.1%0.0%0.2%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Siberian Sand-Plover
Anarhynchus mongolus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.3%
Ring-necked Pheasant
Phasianus colchicus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%
Gray-tailed Tattler
Tringa brevipes
0.0%0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.0%
African Collared-Dove
Streptopelia roseogrisea
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Soft-plumaged Petrel
Pterodroma mollis
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Hutton's Shearwater
Puffinus huttoni
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%
Pintado Petrel
Daption capense
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Common Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Semipalmated Plover
Charadrius semipalmatus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%
Streaked Shearwater
Calonectris leucomelas
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%
Fluttering Shearwater
Puffinus gavia
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%
Oriental Cuckoo
Cuculus optatus
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%
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
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%
Pallid Cuckoo
Heteroscenes pallidus
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%
Polynesian Storm-Petrel
Nesofregetta fuliginosa
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%
Fairy Prion
Pachyptila turtur
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%
Black-faced Cuckooshrike
Coracina novaehollandiae
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%