Field checklist
Birds of Solomon Islands
282 species with profiles on The Ornithology. Tick what you see; E = found only here.
| Species | Scientific name | Family | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asian Dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | Cuculidae | NE | |
| Atlantic White Tern | Gygis alba | Laridae | LC | |
| Atoll Starling | Aplonis feadensis | Sturnidae | NT | |
| Australasian Grebe | Tachybaptus novaehollandiae | Podicipedidae | LC | |
| Australian Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus australis | Acrocephalidae | LC | |
| Australian Rufous Fantail | Rhipidura rufifrons | Rhipiduridae | NE | |
| Australian Swiftlet | Aerodramus terraereginae | Apodidae | LC | |
| Australian White Ibis | Threskiornis molucca | Threskiornithidae | LC | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Bare-eyed White-eye E | Zosterops superciliosus | Zosteropidae | LC | |
| Barred Cuckooshrike | Coracina lineata | Campephagidae | LC | |
| Bassian Thrush | Zoothera lunulata | Turdidae | LC | |
| Beach Kingfisher | Todiramphus saurophagus | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Beach Stone-curlew | Esacus magnirostris | Burhinidae | NT | |
| Black Bittern | Botaurus flavicollis | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | Laridae | LC | |
| Black-faced Cuckooshrike | Coracina novaehollandiae | Campephagidae | LC | |
| Black-faced Pitta E | Pitta anerythra | Pittidae | NT | |
| Black-headed Myzomela E | Myzomela melanocephala | Meliphagidae | LC | |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | Laridae | LC | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Recurvirostridae | NE | |
| Blue-faced Parrotfinch | Erythrura trichroa | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Blyth’s Hornbill | Rhyticeros plicatus | Bucerotidae | LC | |
| Bougainville Crow | Corvus meeki | Corvidae | LC | |
| Bougainville Fantail E | Rhipidura drownei | Rhipiduridae | LC | |
| Bougainville Island Thrush | Turdus bougainvillei | Turdidae | NE | |
| Bougainville Whistler E | Pachycephala richardsi | Pachycephalidae | LC | |
| Bougainville White-eye | Zosterops hamlini | Zosteropidae | LC | |
| Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | Laridae | LC | |
| Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numenius tahitiensis | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Bronze Ground Dove | Pampusana beccarii | Columbidae | NE | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Sulidae | NE | |
| Brown Goshawk | Tachyspiza fasciata | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | Laridae | LC | |
| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | Stercorariidae | LC | |
| Brown-winged Starling E | Aplonis grandis | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis | Rallidae | LC | |
| Buff-headed Coucal E | Centropus milo | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Cardinal Lory | Chalcopsitta cardinalis | Psittaculidae | LC | |
| Cardinal Myzomela | Myzomela cardinalis | Meliphagidae | NE | |
| Channel-billed Cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Chestnut-bellied Imperial Pigeon E | Ducula brenchleyi | Columbidae | NT | |
| Chestnut-bellied Monarch E | Monarcha castaneiventris | Monarchidae | NE | |
| Christmas Frigatebird | Fregata andrewsi | Fregatidae | VU | |
| Christmas Shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Clamorous Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus | Acrocephalidae | LC | |
| Claret-breasted Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus viridis | Columbidae | LC | |
| Coconut Lorikeet | Trichoglossus haematodus | Psittaculidae | LC | |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | Alcedinidae | NE | |
| Collared Petrel | Pterodroma brevipes | Procellariidae | VU | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Laridae | LC | |
| Crested Cuckoo-Dove E | Reinwardtoena crassirostris | Columbidae | LC | |
| Crimson-rumped Myzomela E | Myzomela eichhorni | Meliphagidae | LC | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Scolopacidae | VU | |
| Dark-eyed White-eye E | Zosterops tetiparius | Zosteropidae | LC | |
| Duchess Lorikeet E | Vini margarethae | Psittaculidae | LC | |
| Dusky Moorhen | Gallinula tenebrosa | Rallidae | LC | |
| Eastern Barn Owl | Tyto javanica | Tytonidae | NE | |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | Passeridae | LC | |
| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Scolopacidae | NE | |
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Scolopacidae | EN | |
| Fearful Owl E | Asio solomonensis | Strigidae | NT | |
| Finsch’s Pygmy Parrot | Micropsitta finschii | Psittaculidae | LC | |
| Forest Kingfisher | Todiramphus macleayii | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | Apodidae | LC | |
| Garden Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | Nectariniidae | NE | |
| Gizo White-eye E | Zosterops luteirostris | Zosteropidae | VU | |
| Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | Apodidae | NE | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Phalacrocoracidae | LC | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | Fregatidae | LC | |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | Laridae | LC | |
| Greater Sand Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Grey Fantail | Rhipidura albiscapa | Rhipiduridae | LC | |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Charadriidae | VU | |
| Grey Teal | Anas gracilis | Anatidae | LC | |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Guadalcanal Dwarf Kingfisher E | Ceyx nigromaxilla | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Guadalcanal Fantail | Rhipidura ocularis | Rhipiduridae | LC | |
| Guadalcanal Honeyeater E | Guadalcanaria inexpectata | Meliphagidae | LC | |
| Guadalcanal Owl E | Athene granti | Strigidae | NT | |
| Guadalcanal Thicketbird E | Cincloramphus turipavae | Locustellidae | NT | |
| Guadalcanal Thrush E | Zoothera turipavae | Turdidae | NT | |
| Guadalcanal White-eye | Zosterops oblitus | Zosteropidae | NE | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | Laridae | LC | |
| Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | Dicruridae | LC | |
| Heinroth’s Shearwater | Puffinus heinrothi | Procellariidae | VU | |
| Himalayan Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Hooded Whistler E | Pachycephala implicata | Pachycephalidae | LC | |
| Imitator Goshawk E | Tachyspiza imitator | Accipitridae | NT | |
| Island Imperial Pigeon | Ducula pistrinaria | Columbidae | LC | |
| Island Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus poliocephalus | Phylloscopidae | NE | |
| Island Monarch | Monarcha cinerascens | Monarchidae | LC | |
| Kolombangara Leaf Warbler E | Phylloscopus amoenus | Phylloscopidae | NT | |
| Kolombangara Monarch E | Symposiachrus browni | Monarchidae | NE | |
| Kolombangara White-eye E | Zosterops murphyi | Zosteropidae | LC | |
| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | Fregatidae | LC | |
| Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | Podicipedidae | LC | |
| Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Little Kingfisher | Ceyx pusillus | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Little Pied Cormorant | Microcarbo melanoleucos | Phalacrocoracidae | LC | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Laridae | LC | |
| Long-tailed Koel | Urodynamis taitensis | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Long-tailed Myna | Mino kreffti | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Long-tailed Triller | Lalage leucopyga | Campephagidae | LC | |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Makira Cicadabird E | Edolisoma salomonis | Campephagidae | LC | |
| Makira Dwarf Kingfisher E | Ceyx gentianus | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Makira Fantail E | Rhipidura tenebrosa | Rhipiduridae | NT | |
| Makira Flycatcher E | Myiagra cervinicauda | Monarchidae | NT | |
| Makira Honeyeater E | Meliarchus sclateri | Meliphagidae | LC | |
| Makira Leaf Warbler E | Phylloscopus makirensis | Phylloscopidae | NE | |
| Makira Owl E | Athene roseoaxillaris | Strigidae | VU | |
| Makira Starling E | Aplonis dichroa | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Makira Thrush E | Zoothera margaretae | Turdidae | NT | |
| Makira White-eye E | Zosterops rendovae | Zosteropidae | NE | |
| Malaita Cicadabird | Edolisoma tricolor | Campephagidae | NE | |
| Malaita Fantail E | Rhipidura malaitae | Rhipiduridae | NT | |
| Malaita Monarch | Symposiachrus malaitae | Monarchidae | NT | |
| Malaita Owl E | Athene malaitae | Strigidae | VU | |
| Malaita White-eye E | Zosterops stresemanni | Zosteropidae | LC | |
| Mangrove Golden Whistler | Pachycephala melanura | Pachycephalidae | NE | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | Charadriidae | NE | |
| Mayr’s Swiftlet | Aerodramus orientalis | Apodidae | DD | |
| Meek’s Lorikeet E | Vini meeki | Psittaculidae | LC | |
| Melanesian Flycatcher | Myiagra caledonica | Monarchidae | LC | |
| Melanesian Kingfisher | Todiramphus tristrami | Alcedinidae | NE | |
| Melanesian Megapode | Megapodius eremita | Megapodiidae | LC | |
| Metallic Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | Columbidae | LC | |
| Metallic Starling | Aplonis metallica | Sturnidae | NE | |
| Meyer’s Goshawk | Astur meyerianus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Midget Flowerpecker E | Dicaeum aeneum | Dicaeidae | LC | |
| Moluccan Eclectus | Eclectus roratus | Psittaculidae | LC | |
| Mottled Flowerpecker E | Dicaeum tristrami | Dicaeidae | LC | |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | Procellariidae | NT | |
| Mountain Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus trivirgatus | Phylloscopidae | NE | |
| Moustached Kingfisher E | Actenoides bougainvillei | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Moustached Treeswift | Hemiprocne mystacea | Hemiprocnidae | LC | |
| Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Nendo Whistler | Pachycephala ornata | Pachycephalidae | NE | |
| New Georgia Dwarf Kingfisher E | Ceyx collectoris | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| New Zealand Fantail | Rhipidura fuliginosa | Rhipiduridae | LC | |
| Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | Columbidae | NT | |
| North Melanesian Cuckooshrike | Coracina welchmani | Campephagidae | LC | |
| North Solomons Dwarf Kingfisher E | Ceyx meeki | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Oriental Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | Coraciidae | LC | |
| Oriental Hobby | Falco severus | Falconidae | LC | |
| Oriental Plover | Anarhynchus veredus | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Oriole Whistler E | Pachycephala orioloides | Pachycephalidae | LC | |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Pandionidae | LC | |
| Pacific Baza | Aviceda subcristata | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | Anatidae | LC | |
| Pacific Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps longirostris | Columbidae | LC | |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Pacific Imperial Pigeon | Ducula pacifica | Columbidae | LC | |
| Pacific Kingfisher | Todiramphus sacer | Alcedinidae | NE | |
| Pacific Koel | Eudynamys orientalis | Cuculidae | NE | |
| Pacific Reef Heron | Egretta sacra | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Pacific Robin | Petroica pusilla | Petroicidae | NE | |
| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo javanica | Hirundinidae | NE | |
| Pale Mountain Pigeon E | Gymnophaps solomonensis | Columbidae | LC | |
| Pale-vented Bush-hen | Amaurornis moluccana | Rallidae | LC | |
| Palm Lorikeet | Vini palmarum | Psittaculidae | VU | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Stercorariidae | LC | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Falconidae | LC | |
| Pied Goshawk | Tachyspiza albogularis | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Pied Stilt | Himantopus leucocephalus | Recurvirostridae | NE | |
| Polynesian Starling | Aplonis tabuensis | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Polynesian Triller | Lalage maculosa | Campephagidae | LC | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Stercorariidae | LC | |
| Rainbow Lorikeet | Trichoglossus moluccanus | Psittaculidae | LC | |
| Ranongga White-eye E | Zosterops splendidus | Zosteropidae | LC | |
| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Phasianidae | LC | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Red-backed Buttonquail | Turnix maculosus | Turnicidae | LC | |
| Red-bellied Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus greyi | Columbidae | LC | |
| Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot | Micropsitta bruijnii | Psittaculidae | LC | |
| Red-capped Myzomela E | Myzomela lafargei | Meliphagidae | LC | |
| Red-flanked Lorikeet | Hypocharmosyna placentis | Psittaculidae | LC | |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Sulidae | LC | |
| Red-knobbed Imperial Pigeon | Ducula rubricera | Columbidae | LC | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Red-vested Myzomela E | Myzomela malaitae | Meliphagidae | NT | |
| Rennell Fantail E | Rhipidura rennelliana | Rhipiduridae | LC | |
| Rennell Gerygone E | Gerygone citrina | Acanthizidae | LC | |
| Rennell Shrikebill E | Clytorhynchus hamlini | Monarchidae | NT | |
| Rennell Starling E | Aplonis insularis | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Rennell Whistler E | Pachycephala feminina | Pachycephalidae | NT | |
| Rennell White-eye E | Zosterops rennellianus | Zosteropidae | LC | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Laridae | LC | |
| Roviana Rail E | Gallirallus rovianae | Rallidae | LC | |
| Royal Spoonbill | Platalea regia | Threskiornithidae | LC | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Russet-tailed Thrush | Zoothera heinei | Turdidae | LC | |
| Rusty-winged Starling | Aplonis zelandica | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Sahul Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | Cuculidae | NE | |
| Sahul Cicadabird | Edolisoma tenuirostre | Campephagidae | NE | |
| Sahul Sunbird | Cinnyris frenatus | Nectariniidae | NE | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Sanford’s Sea Eagle E | Icthyophaga sanfordi | Accipitridae | VU | |
| Sanford’s White-eye E | Zosterops lacertosus | Zosteropidae | NT | |
| Santa Cruz Ground Dove E | Pampusana sanctaecrucis | Columbidae | EN | |
| Santa Cruz Shrikebill E | Clytorhynchus sanctaecrucis | Monarchidae | EN | |
| Santa Cruz White-eye E | Zosterops sanctaecrucis | Zosteropidae | LC | |
| Satin Swiftlet | Collocalia uropygialis | Apodidae | NE | |
| Shade Bush Warbler E | Horornis parens | Cettiidae | LC | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Scolopacidae | VU | |
| Shining Bronze Cuckoo | Chalcites lucidus | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Silver-capped Fruit Dove E | Ptilinopus richardsii | Columbidae | LC | |
| Singing Starling | Aplonis cantoroides | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Solomons Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis addendus | Cuculidae | NE | |
| Solomons Cicadabird E | Edolisoma holopolium | Campephagidae | NE | |
| Solomons Corella E | Cacatua ducorpsii | Cacatuidae | LC | |
| Solomons Frogmouth E | Rigidipenna inexpectata | Podargidae | NT | |
| Solomons Monarch E | Symposiachrus barbatus | Monarchidae | LC | |
| Solomons Nightjar E | Eurostopodus nigripennis | Caprimulgidae | VU | |
| Solomons White-eye E | Zosterops kulambangrae | Zosteropidae | LC | |
| Song Parrot | Geoffroyus heteroclitus | Psittaculidae | NE | |
| Sooty Myzomela E | Myzomela tristrami | Meliphagidae | LC | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Procellariidae | NT | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Laridae | LC | |
| South Melanesian Cuckooshrike | Coracina caledonica | Campephagidae | LC | |
| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Stercorariidae | LC | |
| Spangled Drongo | Dicrurus bracteatus | Dicruridae | LC | |
| Spectacled Tern | Onychoprion lunatus | Laridae | LC | |
| Spot-breasted Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia mackinlayi | Columbidae | LC | |
| Spotless Crake | Zapornia tabuensis | Rallidae | LC | |
| Steel-blue Flycatcher E | Myiagra ferrocyanea | Monarchidae | LC | |
| Stephan’s Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps stephani | Columbidae | LC | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Superb Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus superbus | Columbidae | NE | |
| Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Swinhoe’s Snipe | Gallinago megala | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Tree Martin | Petrochelidon nigricans | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Ultramarine Kingfisher E | Todiramphus leucopygius | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis | Apodidae | NE | |
| Utupua Whistler | Pachycephala utupuae | Pachycephalidae | NE | |
| Vanikoro Flycatcher | Myiagra vanikorensis | Monarchidae | LC | |
| Vanikoro Monarch E | Mayrornis schistaceus | Monarchidae | VU | |
| Vanikoro Whistler E | Pachycephala vanikorensis | Pachycephalidae | NE | |
| Vanikoro White-eye E | Zosterops gibbsi | Zosteropidae | LC | |
| Variable Goshawk | Tachyspiza hiogaster | Accipitridae | NE | |
| Vella Lavella White-eye E | Zosterops vellalavella | Zosteropidae | NT | |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | Procellariidae | LC | |
| West Solomons Owl E | Athene jacquinoti | Strigidae | LC | |
| White-bellied Cuckooshrike | Coracina papuensis | Campephagidae | LC | |
| White-bellied Sea Eagle | Icthyophaga leucogaster | Accipitridae | LC | |
| White-billed Crow E | Corvus woodfordi | Corvidae | LC | |
| White-breasted Ground Dove | Pampusana jobiensis | Columbidae | LC | |
| White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinereus | Rallidae | LC | |
| White-capped Monarch E | Monarcha richardsii | Monarchidae | NT | |
| White-collared Monarch E | Symposiachrus vidua | Monarchidae | NT | |
| White-eyed Starling E | Aplonis brunneicapillus | Sturnidae | VU | |
| White-fronted Tern | Sterna striata | Laridae | NT | |
| White-gorgeted Fantail | Rhipidura coultasi | Rhipiduridae | NT | |
| White-headed Fruit Dove E | Ptilinopus eugeniae | Columbidae | LC | |
| White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis | Procellariidae | VU | |
| White-rumped Swiftlet | Aerodramus spodiopygius | Apodidae | LC | |
| White-throated Nightjar | Eurostopodus mystacalis | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| White-winged Fantail E | Rhipidura cockerelli | Rhipiduridae | LC | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Laridae | LC | |
| Willie Wagtail | Rhipidura leucophrys | Rhipiduridae | LC | |
| Woodford’s Rail E | Gallirallus woodfordi | Rallidae | NE | |
| Yellow Bittern | Botaurus sinensis | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Yellow-bibbed Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus solomonensis | Columbidae | LC | |
| Yellow-bibbed Lory E | Lorius chlorocercus | Psittaculidae | LC | |
| Yellow-legged Pigeon | Columba pallidiceps | Columbidae | VU | |
| Yellow-throated White-eye E | Zosterops metcalfii | Zosteropidae | 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.