Field checklist
Birds of Fiji
173 species with profiles on The Ornithology. Tick what you see; E = found only here.
| Species | Scientific name | Family | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic White Tern | Gygis alba | Laridae | LC | |
| Australian Magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen | Artamidae | LC | |
| Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | Pelecanidae | LC | |
| Australian Swiftlet | Aerodramus terraereginae | Apodidae | LC | |
| Azure-crested Flycatcher | Myiagra azureocapilla | Monarchidae | NT | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Barking Imperial Pigeon E | Ducula latrans | Columbidae | LC | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | Laridae | LC | |
| Black Petrel | Procellaria parkinsoni | Procellariidae | VU | |
| Black-bellied Storm Petrel | Fregetta tropica | Oceanitidae | LC | |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | Diomedeidae | NE | |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | Laridae | LC | |
| Black-throated Shrikebill E | Clytorhynchus nigrogularis | Monarchidae | NT | |
| Black-winged Petrel | Pterodroma nigripennis | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Blue Noddy | Anous ceruleus | Laridae | LC | |
| Blue-billed White Tern | Gygis candida | Laridae | LC | |
| Blue-crowned Lorikeet | Vini australis | Psittaculidae | LC | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | Laridae | LC | |
| Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numenius tahitiensis | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Sulidae | NE | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | Laridae | LC | |
| Brown Quail | Synoicus ypsilophorus | Phasianidae | LC | |
| Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis | Rallidae | LC | |
| Buller’s Shearwater | Ardenna bulleri | Procellariidae | VU | |
| Caspian Plover | Anarhynchus asiaticus | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Chestnut-throated Flycatcher E | Myiagra castaneigularis | Monarchidae | LC | |
| Christmas Shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Collared Lory E | Vini solitaria | Psittaculidae | LC | |
| Collared Petrel | Pterodroma brevipes | Procellariidae | VU | |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Laridae | LC | |
| Crimson Shining Parrot E | Prosopeia splendens | Psittaculidae | NT | |
| Crimson-crowned Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus porphyraceus | Columbidae | NE | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Scolopacidae | VU | |
| Double-banded Plover | Anarhynchus bicinctus | Charadriidae | NT | |
| Duetting Giant Honeyeater E | Gymnomyza brunneirostris | Meliphagidae | LC | |
| Eastern Barn Owl | Tyto javanica | Tytonidae | NE | |
| Eastern Grass Owl | Tyto longimembris | Tytonidae | LC | |
| Eastern Spot-billed Duck | Anas zonorhyncha | Anatidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Scolopacidae | NE | |
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Scolopacidae | EN | |
| Fiji Bush Warbler E | Horornis ruficapilla | Cettiidae | LC | |
| Fiji Goshawk E | Tachyspiza rufitorques | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Fiji Island Thrush | Turdus ruficeps | Turdidae | NE | |
| Fiji Parrotfinch E | Erythrura pealii | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Fiji Petrel | Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi | Procellariidae | CR | |
| Fiji Shrikebill | Clytorhynchus vitiensis | Monarchidae | LC | |
| Fiji Wattled Honeyeater E | Foulehaio taviunensis | Meliphagidae | LC | |
| Fiji White-eye E | Zosterops explorator | Zosteropidae | LC | |
| Fiji Woodswallow E | Artamus mentalis | Artamidae | LC | |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Procellariidae | NT | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Threskiornithidae | LC | |
| Golden Dove E | Ptilinopus luteovirens | Columbidae | LC | |
| Gould’s Petrel | Pterodroma leucoptera | Procellariidae | VU | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | Fregatidae | LC | |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | Laridae | LC | |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Charadriidae | VU | |
| Grey-faced Petrel | Pterodroma gouldi | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Herald Petrel | Pterodroma heraldica | Procellariidae | LC | |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Passeridae | LC | |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | Scolopacidae | VU | |
| Java Sparrow | Padda oryzivora | Estrildidae | EN | |
| Jungle Myna | Acridotheres fuscus | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Kadavu Fantail E | Rhipidura personata | Rhipiduridae | NT | |
| Kadavu Honeyeater E | Meliphacator provocator | Meliphagidae | LC | |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | Laridae | LC | |
| Kermadec Petrel | Pterodroma neglecta | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Kikau E | Foulehaio procerior | Meliphagidae | LC | |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Laridae | LC | |
| Leach’s Storm Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Hydrobatidae | VU | |
| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | Fregatidae | LC | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Scolopacidae | VU | |
| Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Laridae | LC | |
| Long-legged Thicketbird E | Cincloramphus rufus | Locustellidae | EN | |
| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Stercorariidae | LC | |
| Long-tailed Koel | Urodynamis taitensis | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Anatidae | LC | |
| Many-colored Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus perousii | Columbidae | LC | |
| Maroon Shining Parrot E | Prosopeia tabuensis | Psittaculidae | LC | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | Sulidae | LC | |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | Charadriidae | NE | |
| Masked Shining Parrot E | Prosopeia personata | Psittaculidae | NT | |
| Matsudaira’s Storm Petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | Hydrobatidae | VU | |
| Melanesian Megapode | Megapodius eremita | Megapodiidae | LC | |
| Metallic Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | Columbidae | LC | |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | Procellariidae | NT | |
| Murphy’s Petrel | Pterodroma ultima | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Natewa Silktail E | Lamprolia klinesmithi | Rhipiduridae | VU | |
| New Zealand Storm Petrel | Fregetta maoriana | Oceanitidae | CR | |
| Newell’s Shearwater | Puffinus newelli | Procellariidae | CR | |
| Ogea Monarch | Mayrornis versicolor | Monarchidae | NT | |
| Orange Dove E | Ptilinopus victor | Columbidae | LC | |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | Anatidae | LC | |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Pacific Imperial Pigeon | Ducula pacifica | Columbidae | LC | |
| Pacific Kingfisher | Todiramphus sacer | Alcedinidae | NE | |
| Pacific Reef Heron | Egretta sacra | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Pacific Robin | Petroica pusilla | Petroicidae | NE | |
| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo javanica | Hirundinidae | NE | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Stercorariidae | LC | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Falconidae | LC | |
| Phoenix Petrel | Pterodroma alba | Procellariidae | VU | |
| Pink-billed Parrotfinch E | Erythrura kleinschmidti | Estrildidae | VU | |
| Pintado Petrel | Daption capense | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Polynesian Starling | Aplonis tabuensis | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Polynesian Storm Petrel | Nesofregetta fuliginosa | Oceanitidae | EN | |
| Polynesian Triller | Lalage maculosa | Campephagidae | LC | |
| Polynesian Wattled Honeyeater | Foulehaio carunculatus | Meliphagidae | LC | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Stercorariidae | LC | |
| Providence Petrel | Pterodroma solandri | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Phasianidae | LC | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Sulidae | LC | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | Phaethontidae | LC | |
| Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Rock Dove | Columba livia | Columbidae | LC | |
| Rotuma Myzomela E | Myzomela chermesina | Meliphagidae | VU | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Scolopacidae | VU | |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Shy Ground Dove | Pampusana stairi | Columbidae | LC | |
| Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | Laridae | LC | |
| Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis | Zosteropidae | LC | |
| Slaty Monarch E | Mayrornis lessoni | Monarchidae | LC | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Procellariidae | NT | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Laridae | LC | |
| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Stercorariidae | LC | |
| Southern Giant Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Spectacled Tern | Onychoprion lunatus | Laridae | LC | |
| Spotless Crake | Zapornia tabuensis | Rallidae | LC | |
| Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | Columbidae | NE | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Sulphur-breasted Myzomela E | Myzomela jugularis | Meliphagidae | LC | |
| Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Procellariidae | NT | |
| Taveuni Silktail | Lamprolia victoriae | Rhipiduridae | NT | |
| Tawny Frogmouth | Podargus strigoides | Podargidae | LC | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Trocaz Pigeon | Columba trocaz | Columbidae | LC | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Vanikoro Flycatcher | Myiagra vanikorensis | Monarchidae | LC | |
| Wandering Albatross | Diomedea exulans | Diomedeidae | VU | |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Wandering Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | Anatidae | LC | |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Whistling Dove E | Ptilinopus layardi | Columbidae | NT | |
| White-bellied Storm Petrel | Fregetta grallaria | Oceanitidae | LC | |
| White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinereus | Rallidae | LC | |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | Ardeidae | LC | |
| White-faced Storm Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | Oceanitidae | LC | |
| White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis | Procellariidae | VU | |
| White-rumped Swiftlet | Aerodramus spodiopygius | Apodidae | LC | |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Phaethontidae | LC | |
| White-throated Fiji Whistler | Pachycephala vitiensis | Pachycephalidae | NE | |
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | Apodidae | LC | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Laridae | LC | |
| Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | Phasianidae | LC | |
| Wilson’s Storm Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Oceanitidae | LC | |
| Yellow-billed Giant Honeyeater E | Gymnomyza viridis | Meliphagidae | LC |
This checklist lists the species that have profiles on this site, not every species ever recorded in the country. Taxonomy: AviList. Status: IUCN Red List category.