Field checklist
Birds of Marshall Islands
69 species with profiles on The Ornithology. Tick what you see; E = found only here.
| Species | Scientific name | Family | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | Anatidae | LC | |
| Atlantic White Tern | Gygis alba | Laridae | LC | |
| Band-rumped Storm Petrel | Hydrobates castro | Hydrobatidae | LC | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | Laridae | LC | |
| Black-footed Albatross | Phoebastria nigripes | Diomedeidae | NT | |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | Laridae | LC | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Black-winged Petrel | Pterodroma nigripennis | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Blue Noddy | Anous ceruleus | Laridae | LC | |
| Blue-billed White Tern | Gygis candida | Laridae | LC | |
| Bonin Petrel | Pterodroma hypoleuca | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numenius tahitiensis | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Sulidae | NE | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | Laridae | LC | |
| Buller’s Shearwater | Ardenna bulleri | Procellariidae | VU | |
| Bulwer’s Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Christmas Shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Laridae | LC | |
| Cook’s Petrel | Pterodroma cookii | Procellariidae | VU | |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | Passeridae | LC | |
| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Scolopacidae | NE | |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Procellariidae | NT | |
| Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | Apodidae | LC | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | Fregatidae | LC | |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | Laridae | LC | |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Charadriidae | VU | |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Juan Fernandez Petrel | Pterodroma externa | Procellariidae | VU | |
| Kermadec Petrel | Pterodroma neglecta | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Laysan Albatross | Phoebastria immutabilis | Diomedeidae | NT | |
| Leach’s Storm Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Hydrobatidae | VU | |
| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | Fregatidae | LC | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Laridae | LC | |
| Long-tailed Koel | Urodynamis taitensis | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | Sulidae | LC | |
| Micronesian Imperial Pigeon | Ducula oceanica | Columbidae | VU | |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | Procellariidae | NT | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | Anatidae | LC | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | Anatidae | LC | |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Pacific Reef Heron | Egretta sacra | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Stercorariidae | LC | |
| Providence Petrel | Pterodroma solandri | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Red-crested Cardinal | Paroaria coronata | Thraupidae | LC | |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Sulidae | LC | |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | Phaethontidae | LC | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Scolopacidae | VU | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Strigidae | LC | |
| Short-tailed Albatross | Phoebastria albatrus | Diomedeidae | VU | |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Procellariidae | NT | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Laridae | LC | |
| Spectacled Tern | Onychoprion lunatus | Laridae | LC | |
| Stejneger’s Petrel | Pterodroma longirostris | Procellariidae | VU | |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | Procellariidae | NT | |
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Procellariidae | NT | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | Procellariidae | LC | |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Phaethontidae | LC | |
| Wilson’s Storm Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Oceanitidae | LC | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Scolopacidae | 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.