Field checklist
Birds of Northern Mariana Islands
123 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 | |
| Australian Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura rufifrons | Rhipiduridae | NE | |
| Bannerman’s Shearwater | Puffinus bannermani | Procellariidae | EN | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | Accipitridae | NE | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | Laridae | LC | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Laridae | LC | |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | Laridae | LC | |
| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | Recurvirostridae | NE | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Black-winged Petrel | Pterodroma nigripennis | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Recurvirostridae | NE | |
| Blue-billed White Tern | Gygis candida | Laridae | LC | |
| Bonin Petrel | Pterodroma hypoleuca | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Bridled White-eye E | Zosterops conspicillatus | Zosteropidae | NE | |
| Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numenius tahitiensis | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Sulidae | NE | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | Laridae | LC | |
| Bulwer’s Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Chinese Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza soloensis | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Christmas Shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | Alcedinidae | NE | |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | Falconidae | NE | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Rallidae | LC | |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | Anatidae | VU | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Laridae | LC | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Eastern Cattle Egret | Ardea coromanda | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | Upupidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | Passeridae | LC | |
| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Scolopacidae | NE | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | Anatidae | LC | |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Scolopacidae | EN | |
| Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | Apodidae | LC | |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | Anatidae | LC | |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | Anatidae | LC | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Threskiornithidae | LC | |
| Golden White-eye E | Cleptornis marchei | Zosteropidae | EN | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | Fregatidae | LC | |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | Scolopacidae | EN | |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | Laridae | LC | |
| Greater Sand Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | Anatidae | LC | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | Anatidae | NE | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Charadriidae | VU | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Laysan Albatross | Phoebastria immutabilis | Diomedeidae | NT | |
| Leach’s Storm Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Hydrobatidae | VU | |
| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | Fregatidae | LC | |
| Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Laridae | LC | |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Stercorariidae | LC | |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Anatidae | LC | |
| Mariana Crow | Corvus kubaryi | Corvidae | CR | |
| Mariana Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus roseicapilla | Columbidae | NT | |
| Mariana Kingfisher E | Todiramphus albicilla | Alcedinidae | NE | |
| Mariana Swiftlet | Aerodramus bartschi | Apodidae | VU | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | Sulidae | LC | |
| Matsudaira’s Storm Petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | Hydrobatidae | VU | |
| Medium Egret | Ardea intermedia | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Micronesian Megapode | Megapodius laperouse | Megapodiidae | NT | |
| Micronesian Myzomela | Myzomela rubratra | Meliphagidae | LC | |
| Micronesian Starling | Aplonis opaca | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Newell’s Shearwater | Puffinus newelli | Procellariidae | CR | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | Anatidae | LC | |
| Oriental Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | Coraciidae | LC | |
| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | Glareolidae | LC | |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Pandionidae | LC | |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Pacific Reef Heron | Egretta sacra | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo javanica | Hirundinidae | NE | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Falconidae | LC | |
| Pied Stilt | Himantopus leucocephalus | Recurvirostridae | NE | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Stercorariidae | LC | |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Sulidae | LC | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | Phaethontidae | LC | |
| Rota White-eye E | Zosterops rotensis | Zosteropidae | CR | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Saipan Reed Warbler E | Acrocephalus hiwae | Acrocephalidae | EN | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Scolopacidae | VU | |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Laridae | LC | |
| Spectacled Tern | Onychoprion lunatus | Laridae | LC | |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | Procellariidae | NT | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Swinhoe’s Snipe | Gallinago megala | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Tinian Monarch E | Monarcha takatsukasae | Monarchidae | NT | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Anatidae | LC | |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | Laridae | LC | |
| White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis | Procellariidae | VU | |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Phaethontidae | LC | |
| White-throated Ground Dove | Pampusana xanthonura | Columbidae | NT | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Laridae | LC | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Yellow Bittern | Botaurus sinensis | Ardeidae | 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.