Species

Bird Species in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha

Explore the birds of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 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
Atlantic White-Tern
Gygis alba
31.3%56.7%44.1%20.9%38.6%29.6%25.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%31.3%55.3%67.7%
Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis
25.4%80.7%31.8%10.9%17.1%25.2%0.0%0.0%25.0%12.5%13.6%32.6%54.9%
Common Waxbill
Estrilda astrild
22.3%61.1%25.4%7.1%13.0%21.7%50.0%0.0%25.1%6.3%7.3%10.0%40.8%
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
20.7%15.8%23.2%11.7%25.1%19.7%50.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%22.8%37.4%36.1%
Great Shearwater
Ardenna gravis
20.3%5.3%37.4%48.1%28.3%53.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%18.8%37.5%12.7%1.9%
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
Thalassarche chlororhynchos
18.9%7.0%32.5%49.8%26.4%2.1%25.0%0.0%0.0%25.0%41.7%15.0%1.9%
Yellow Canary
Crithagra flaviventris
17.7%49.2%27.8%7.9%12.5%9.2%25.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%8.6%20.6%45.8%
Soft-plumaged Petrel
Pterodroma mollis
16.8%5.3%27.7%39.7%24.2%17.5%25.0%0.0%0.0%12.5%37.5%10.8%1.9%
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
16.8%7.8%25.5%24.5%24.0%19.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%18.8%35.3%26.8%19.2%
Black Noddy
Anous minutus
16.2%4.4%16.8%8.4%20.5%12.7%25.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%26.3%47.6%33.0%
Sooty Albatross
Phoebetria fusca
16.1%2.9%19.1%42.8%26.0%15.4%25.0%0.0%0.0%25.0%25.0%9.6%1.9%
Ascension Frigatebird
Fregata aquila
15.2%15.5%17.3%10.9%14.2%35.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%12.5%30.5%27.5%18.8%
Brown Skua
Stercorarius antarcticus
15.2%2.9%13.7%39.0%21.5%15.4%25.0%0.0%0.0%18.8%41.7%2.1%1.9%
Spectacled Petrel
Procellaria conspicillata
14.8%7.4%27.1%35.4%25.3%9.2%25.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%25.0%15.0%1.9%
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
14.3%2.9%10.6%7.2%15.4%23.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%31.3%30.6%43.6%
Red-billed Tropicbird
Phaethon aethereus
13.5%12.8%15.6%7.3%18.6%17.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%17.2%31.0%41.3%
Antarctic Tern
Sterna vittata
13.2%3.3%15.1%34.1%19.4%15.4%25.0%0.0%0.0%12.5%29.2%2.1%1.9%
Tristan Albatross
Diomedea dabbenena
12.9%0.8%9.8%21.8%15.7%17.5%25.0%0.0%0.0%25.1%29.2%10.6%0.0%
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
12.8%7.0%14.2%9.8%19.3%17.5%25.0%0.0%0.0%12.5%24.9%11.6%11.5%
Southern Giant-Petrel
Macronectes giganteus
12.2%0.8%11.7%27.2%13.4%15.4%25.0%0.0%0.0%18.8%25.0%7.5%1.9%
Great-winged Petrel
Pterodroma macroptera
9.3%2.1%5.6%22.7%16.0%0.0%25.0%0.0%0.0%12.5%25.0%2.3%0.0%
Red Fody
Foudia madagascariensis
8.4%12.8%18.6%4.5%8.6%5.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%11.8%39.9%
White-bellied Storm-Petrel
Fregetta grallaria
8.4%0.8%16.8%23.8%8.0%27.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%12.5%3.1%1.9%
Zebra Dove
Geopelia striata
8.2%14.9%14.6%4.3%10.8%5.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.0%20.4%23.2%
Broad-billed Prion
Pachyptila vittata
7.9%0.8%7.3%19.1%12.7%2.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%31.3%16.7%5.2%0.0%
Atlantic Petrel
Pterodroma incerta
7.8%0.4%2.5%14.7%14.7%15.4%25.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%8.3%4.2%1.9%
Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin
Eudyptes moseleyi
7.4%0.8%9.0%22.1%9.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%18.8%25.0%2.1%1.9%
Rock Pigeon
Columba livia
6.8%10.9%4.6%4.9%7.8%5.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.0%5.6%37.4%
Gray Petrel
Procellaria cinerea
6.6%0.0%0.0%10.1%8.2%12.6%25.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%16.7%0.0%0.0%
Subantarctic Shearwater
Puffinus elegans
6.5%0.4%0.0%18.0%11.7%7.1%25.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%4.2%5.2%0.0%
Kerguelen Petrel
Aphrodroma brevirostris
5.8%0.0%0.0%7.8%6.0%7.8%25.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%16.7%0.0%0.0%
Java Sparrow
Padda oryzivora
5.6%11.3%12.5%3.1%9.5%5.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.4%22.9%
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
5.2%1.2%8.4%3.3%8.5%11.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%13.6%3.1%11.9%
St. Helena Plover
Anarhynchus sanctaehelenae
5.1%2.9%9.6%3.6%7.7%5.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.4%28.8%
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates castro
4.8%0.4%11.3%5.3%18.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.9%14.7%
Black-browed Albatross
Thalassarche melanophris
4.5%0.4%0.0%4.6%6.2%2.1%25.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%12.5%3.1%0.0%
Pintado Petrel
Daption capense
4.5%0.4%0.0%0.2%0.2%7.1%25.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%12.5%0.0%1.9%
Common Diving-Petrel
Pelecanoides urinatrix
4.1%0.0%0.0%2.1%1.9%7.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%12.5%20.9%2.1%1.9%
Gough Moorhen
Gallinula comeri
4.1%0.0%0.0%3.1%3.7%2.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%18.8%20.8%0.0%0.0%
Gray-backed Storm-Petrel
Garrodia nereis
4.1%0.0%0.0%0.4%2.3%0.0%25.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%12.5%2.3%0.0%
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
3.9%1.2%3.1%3.2%8.2%5.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.0%14.6%6.3%
White-faced Storm-Petrel
Pelagodroma marina
3.8%0.4%8.0%1.1%1.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%12.5%16.7%3.1%1.9%
Northern Giant-Petrel
Macronectes halli
3.7%0.0%0.0%5.6%5.1%4.9%25.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.2%0.0%0.0%
Gough Island Finch
Rowettia goughensis
3.6%0.1%0.0%2.3%3.5%5.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%18.8%12.5%0.1%0.1%
Tristan Thrush
Turdus eremita
3.1%0.0%1.9%9.2%7.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%16.7%0.0%1.9%
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Oceanites oceanicus
3.0%0.0%0.0%4.8%2.1%10.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%12.5%0.0%0.0%
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna grisea
2.4%0.4%0.0%4.3%3.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%12.5%0.0%1.9%
MacGillivray's Prion
Pachyptila macgillivrayi
2.2%0.0%1.1%2.5%0.7%2.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%4.2%8.3%0.0%
Blue Petrel
Halobaena caerulea
2.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%25.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
2.0%0.0%0.0%2.8%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%12.5%0.0%2.8%
White-chinned Petrel
Procellaria aequinoctialis
1.9%0.4%0.0%6.3%3.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%12.5%0.0%0.0%
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
Fregetta tropica
1.7%0.0%0.0%2.1%5.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%12.5%0.0%0.0%
White-capped Albatross
Thalassarche cauta
1.3%0.0%0.0%2.5%0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%12.5%0.0%0.0%
Ring-necked Pheasant
Phasianus colchicus
1.3%3.3%1.3%1.4%0.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%2.5%
Bulwer's Petrel
Bulweria bulwerii
1.2%0.0%0.0%2.2%6.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.0%
Red-necked Spurfowl
Pternistis afer
1.1%0.8%2.6%0.7%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.6%0.0%5.0%
Inaccessible Island Finch
Nesospiza acunhae
0.9%0.0%0.0%1.6%2.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Nightingale Island Finch
Nesospiza questi
0.8%0.0%0.0%4.5%2.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.9%
Inaccessible Island Rail
Laterallus rogersi
0.6%0.0%0.0%0.7%0.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Common Swift
Apus apus
0.6%1.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%0.1%0.0%0.0%
Cory's Shearwater
Calonectris borealis
0.6%0.0%4.5%0.2%2.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Wilkins's Finch
Nesospiza wilkinsi
0.6%0.0%0.0%3.1%2.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.9%
Gray Heron
Ardea cinerea
0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
Thalassarche carteri
0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Chukar
Alectoris chukar
0.5%0.4%0.0%0.2%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.3%2.5%
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates leucorhous
0.4%0.0%0.0%0.6%4.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschata
0.4%2.1%0.0%0.4%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.3%0.0%
Western Cattle-Egret
Ardea ibis
0.3%0.1%0.1%0.2%0.8%2.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
0.3%0.0%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%3.6%0.0%0.0%
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.0%3.1%
Eurasian Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
0.3%0.0%3.1%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloides
0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%
Little Shearwater
Puffinus assimilis
0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.2%
Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
0.2%0.0%1.1%0.2%1.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Southern Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialoides
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%2.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
0.2%2.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
White-headed Petrel
Pterodroma lessonii
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.0%0.0%
Snowy Albatross
Diomedea exulans
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.2%1.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Antarctic Prion
Pachyptila desolata
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudus
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Gray-headed Albatross
Thalassarche chrysostoma
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%
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
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%
Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcan
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%
Trindade Petrel
Pterodroma arminjoniana
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.2%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%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%
Scopoli's Shearwater
Calonectris diomedea
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Eurasian Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Light-mantled Albatross
Phoebetria palpebrata
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Slender-billed Prion
Pachyptila belcheri
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Purple Gallinule
Porphyrio martinica
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Little Swift
Apus affinis
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%
Sanderling
Calidris alba
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%
European Turtle-Dove
Streptopelia 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%
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
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%
Common Nighthawk
Chordeiles minor
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%
Corn Crake
Crex crex
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%
Allen's Gallinule
Porphyrio alleni
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%
American Golden-Plover
Pluvialis dominica
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%
Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
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%
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda
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%
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
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%
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
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%
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollis
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%
South Polar Skua
Stercorarius maccormicki
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%
Northern Royal Albatross
Diomedea sanfordi
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%
Great Egret
Ardea alba
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 Kite
Milvus migrans
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%
Red-footed Falcon
Falco vespertinus
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%
Bank Swallow
Riparia riparia
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%