The birds of Fiji
195 present or migratory species.
| English | Latin | French |
|---|---|---|
| Order : Anseriformes | ||
| Family : Anatidae | ||
| Wandering Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna arcuata | Dendrocygne à lunules |
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | Canard à sourcils |
| Eastern Spot-billed Duck | Anas zonorhyncha | Canard de Chine |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Canard colvert |
| Order : Galliformes | ||
| Family : Megapodiidae | ||
| Melanesian Megapode | Megapodius eremita | Mégapode mélanésien |
| Family : Phasianidae | ||
| Wild Turkey | Meleagris gallopavo | Dindon sauvage |
| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Coq bankiva |
| Brown Quail | Synoicus ypsilophorus | Caille tasmane |
| Order : Podargiformes | ||
| Family : Podargidae | ||
| Tawny Frogmouth | Podargus strigoides | Podarge gris |
| Order : Apodiformes | ||
| Family : Apodidae | ||
| White-rumped Swiftlet | Aerodramus spodiopygius | Salangane à croupion blanc |
| Australian Swiftlet | Aerodramus terraereginae | Salangane d'Australie |
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | Martinet épineux |
| Order : Cuculiformes | ||
| Family : Cuculidae | ||
| Pacific Long-tailed Cuckoo | Urodynamis taitensis | Coucou de Nouvelle-Zélande |
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo | Cacomantis flabelliformis | Coucou à éventail |
| Order : Columbiformes | ||
| Family : Columbidae | ||
| Rock Dove | Columba livia | Pigeon biset |
| Metallic Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | Pigeon à gorge blanche |
| Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | Tourterelle tigrine |
| Shy Ground Dove | Pampusana stairi | Gallicolombe de Stair |
| Many-colored Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus perousii | Ptilope de La Pérouse |
| Crimson-crowned Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus porphyraceus | Ptilope de Clémentine |
| Orange Dove | Ptilinopus victor | Ptilope orange |
| Golden Dove | Ptilinopus luteovirens | Ptilope jaune |
| Whistling Dove | Ptilinopus layardi | Ptilope de Layard |
| Pacific Imperial Pigeon | Ducula pacifica | Carpophage pacifique |
| Barking Imperial Pigeon | Ducula latrans | Carpophage de Peale |
| Order : Gruiformes | ||
| Family : Rallidae | ||
| Buff-banded Rail | Hypotaenidia philippensis | Râle tiklin |
| Bar-winged Rail | Hypotaenidia poeciloptera | Râle des Fidji |
| Western Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | Talève sultane |
| Black-backed Swamphen | Porphyrio indicus | Talève à dos noir |
| Australasian Swamphen | Porphyrio melanotus | Talève australe |
| Spotless Crake | Zapornia tabuensis | Marouette fuligineuse |
| White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinereus | Marouette grise |
| Order : Charadriiformes | ||
| Family : Charadriidae | ||
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Pluvier argenté |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Pluvier fauve |
| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | Vanneau soldat |
| Caspian Plover | Anarhynchus asiaticus | Pluvier asiatique |
| Oriental Plover | Anarhynchus veredus | Gravelot oriental
Pluvier oriental |
| Siberian Sand Plover | Anarhynchus mongolus | Gravelot mongol
Pluvier de Mongolie |
| Greater Sand Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | Gravelot de Leschenault
Pluvier de Leschenault |
| Double-banded Plover | Anarhynchus bicinctus | Gravelot à double collier
Pluvier à double collier |
| Family : Scolopacidae | ||
| Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numenius tahitiensis | Courlis d'Alaska |
| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Courlis corlieu |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Courlis de Sibérie |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Barge rousse |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | Barge hudsonienne |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | Chevalier bargette |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Chevalier guignette |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Chevalier solitaire |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Chevalier de Sibérie |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | Chevalier errant |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Chevalier à pattes jaunes |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Tournepierre à collier |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Bécasseau maubèche |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Combattant varié |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Bécasseau à queue pointue |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Bécasseau cocorli |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Bécasseau à cou roux
Bécasseau à col roux |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Bécasseau sanderling |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Bécasseau tacheté
Bécasseau à poitrine cendrée |
| Family : Laridae | ||
| White Tern | Gygis alba | Gygis blanche |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | Noddi brun |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | Noddi noir |
| Blue Noddy | Anous ceruleus | Noddi bleu |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Sterne fuligineuse |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | Sterne bridée |
| Spectacled Tern | Onychoprion lunatus | Sterne à dos gris |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Sterne naine |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Guifette leucoptère |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Sterne pierregarin |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | Sterne diamant |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Sterne de Dougall |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | Sterne huppée |
| Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | Mouette argentée |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Mouette atricille |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | Goéland dominicain |
| Family : Stercorariidae | ||
| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Labbe à longue queue |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Labbe parasite |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Labbe pomarin |
| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | Labbe antarctique |
| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Labbe de McCormick |
| Order : Phaethontiformes | ||
| Family : Phaethontidae | ||
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | Phaéton à brins rouges |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Phaéton à bec jaune |
| Order : Procellariiformes | ||
| Family : Oceanitidae | ||
| Wilson's Storm Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Océanite de Wilson |
| White-faced Storm Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | Océanite frégate |
| White-bellied Storm Petrel | Fregetta grallaria | Océanite à ventre blanc |
| Black-bellied Storm Petrel | Fregetta tropica | Océanite à ventre noir |
| New Zealand Storm Petrel | Fregetta maoriana | Océanite de Nouvelle-Zélande |
| Polynesian Storm Petrel | Nesofregetta fuliginosa | Océanite à gorge blanche |
| Family : Diomedeidae | ||
| Snowy Albatross | Diomedea exulans | Albatros hurleur |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | Albatros à sourcils noirs |
| Campbell Albatross | Thalassarche impavida | Albatros de l'île Campbell |
| Family : Hydrobatidae | ||
| Matsudaira's Storm Petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | Océanite de Matsudaira |
| Leach's Storm Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Océanite culblanc
Océanite cul-blanc |
| Family : Procellariidae | ||
| Southern Giant Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | Pétrel géant |
| Pintado Petrel | Daption capense | Damier du Cap |
| Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera | Pétrel noir |
| Grey-faced Petrel | Pterodroma gouldi | Pétrel à face grise |
| Providence Petrel | Pterodroma solandri | Pétrel de Solander |
| Murphy's Petrel | Pterodroma ultima | Pétrel de Murphy |
| Vanuatu Petrel | Pterodroma occulta | Pétrel de Vanuatu |
| Kermadec Petrel | Pterodroma neglecta | Pétrel des Kermadec |
| Herald Petrel | Pterodroma heraldica | Pétrel hérault |
| Phoenix Petrel | Pterodroma alba | Pétrel à poitrine blanche |
| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | Pétrel maculé |
| White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis | Pétrel à col blanc |
| Black-winged Petrel | Pterodroma nigripennis | Pétrel à ailes noires |
| Gould's Petrel | Pterodroma leucoptera | Pétrel de Gould |
| Collared Petrel | Pterodroma brevipes | Pétrel à collier |
| Pycroft's Petrel | Pterodroma pycrofti | Pétrel de Pycroft |
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Pétrel de Tahiti |
| Beck's Petrel | Pseudobulweria becki | Pétrel de Beck |
| Fiji Petrel | Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi | Pétrel des Fidji |
| Black Petrel | Procellaria parkinsoni | Puffin de Parkinson |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | Puffin fouquet |
| Buller's Shearwater | Ardenna bulleri | Puffin de Buller |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Puffin fuligineux |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | Puffin à bec grêle |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Puffin à pieds pâles |
| Christmas Shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis | Puffin de la Nativité |
| Newell's Shearwater | Puffinus newelli | Puffin de Newell |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | Puffin de Baillon |
| Little Shearwater | Puffinus assimilis | Petit Puffin |
| Subantarctic Shearwater | Puffinus elegans | Puffin élégant |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | Pétrel de Bulwer |
| Order : Suliformes | ||
| Family : Fregatidae | ||
| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | Frégate ariel |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | Frégate du Pacifique |
| Family : Sulidae | ||
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Fou à pieds rouges |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Fou brun |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | Fou masqué |
| Order : Pelecaniformes | ||
| Family : Threskiornithidae | ||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Ibis falcinelle |
| Family : Ardeidae | ||
| Pacific Reef Heron | Egretta sacra | Aigrette sacrée |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | Aigrette à face blanche |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | Héron strié |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Grande Aigrette |
| Eastern Cattle Egret | Ardea coromanda | Garde-boeufs d'Asie |
| Family : Pelecanidae | ||
| Australian Pelican | Pelecanus conspicillatus | Pélican à lunettes |
| Order : Accipitriformes | ||
| Family : Accipitridae | ||
| Fiji Goshawk | Tachyspiza rufitorques | Autour des Fidji |
| Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans | Busard de Gould |
| Order : Strigiformes | ||
| Family : Tytonidae | ||
| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | Effraie des clochers
Chouette effraie |
| Eastern Barn Owl | Tyto javanica | Effraie d'Australie |
| Eastern Grass Owl | Tyto longimembris | Effraie de prairie |
| Order : Coraciiformes | ||
| Family : Alcedinidae | ||
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | Martin-chasseur à collier blanc |
| Pacific Kingfisher | Todiramphus sacer | Martin-chasseur du Pacifique |
| Sacred Kingfisher | Todiramphus sanctus | Martin-chasseur sacré |
| Order : Falconiformes | ||
| Family : Falconidae | ||
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Faucon pèlerin |
| Order : Psittaciformes | ||
| Family : Psittaculidae | ||
| Crimson Shining Parrot | Prosopeia splendens | Perruche écarlate |
| Masked Shining Parrot | Prosopeia personata | Perruche masquée |
| Maroon Shining Parrot | Prosopeia tabuensis | Perruche pompadour |
| Red-throated Lorikeet | Vini amabilis | Lori à gorge rouge |
| Collared Lory | Vini solitaria | Lori des Fidji |
| Blue-crowned Lorikeet | Vini australis | Lori fringillaire |
| Order : Passeriformes | ||
| Family : Meliphagidae | ||
| Cardinal Myzomela | Myzomela cardinalis | Myzomèle cardinal |
| Rotuma Myzomela | Myzomela chermesina | Myzomèle de Rotuma |
| Sulphur-breasted Myzomela | Myzomela jugularis | Myzomèle des Fidji |
| Yellow-billed Giant Honeyeater | Gymnomyza viridis | Méliphage vert |
| Duetting Giant Honeyeater | Gymnomyza brunneirostris | Méliphage de Viti Levu |
| Polynesian Wattled Honeyeater | Foulehaio carunculatus | Méliphage foulehaio |
| Fiji Wattled Honeyeater | Foulehaio taviunensis | Méliphage de Taveuni |
| Kikau | Foulehaio procerior | Méliphage d'Ovalau |
| Kadavu Honeyeater | Meliphacator provocator | Méliphage de Kandavu |
| Family : Artamidae | ||
| Fiji Woodswallow | Artamus mentalis | Langrayen des Fidji |
| Australian Magpie | Gymnorhina tibicen | Cassican flûteur |
| Family : Campephagidae | ||
| Polynesian Triller | Lalage maculosa | Échenilleur de Polynésie |
| Family : Pachycephalidae | ||
| White-throated Fiji Whistler | Pachycephala vitiensis | Siffleur des Fidji |
| Family : Rhipiduridae | ||
| New Caledonian Streaked Fantail | Rhipidura verreauxi | Rhipidure tacheté |
| Fiji Streaked Fantail | Rhipidura layardi | Rhipidure des Fidji |
| Kadavu Fantail | Rhipidura personata | Rhipidure de Kandavu |
| Natewa Silktail | Lamprolia klinesmithi | Lamprolie de Vanua Levu |
| Taveuni Silktail | Lamprolia victoriae | Monarque queue-de-soie |
| Family : Monarchidae | ||
| Ogea Monarch | Mayrornis versicolor | Monarque versicolore |
| Slaty Monarch | Mayrornis lessoni | Monarque de Lesson |
| Fiji Shrikebill | Clytorhynchus vitiensis | Monarque des Fidji |
| Black-throated Shrikebill | Clytorhynchus nigrogularis | Monarque à gorge noire |
| Vanikoro Flycatcher | Myiagra vanikorensis | Monarque de Vanikoro |
| Azure-crested Flycatcher | Myiagra azureocapilla | Monarque à crête bleue |
| Chestnut-throated Flycatcher | Myiagra castaneigularis | Monarque à gorge marron |
| Family : Petroicidae | ||
| Pacific Robin | Petroica pusilla | Miro du Pacifique |
| Family : Pycnonotidae | ||
| Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | Bulbul à ventre rouge |
| Family : Hirundinidae | ||
| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo javanica | Hirondelle de Java |
| Tahiti Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | Hirondelle de Tahiti |
| Family : Cettiidae | ||
| Fiji Bush Warbler | Horornis ruficapilla | Bouscarle des Fidji |
| Family : Locustellidae | ||
| Long-legged Thicketbird | Cincloramphus rufus | Mégalure des Fidji |
| Family : Zosteropidae | ||
| Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis | Zostérops à dos gris |
| Vanuatu White-eye | Zosterops flavifrons | Zostérops à front jaune |
| Fiji White-eye | Zosterops explorator | Zostérops des Fidji |
| Family : Sturnidae | ||
| Polynesian Starling | Aplonis tabuensis | Stourne de Polynésie |
| Jungle Myna | Acridotheres fuscus | Martin forestier |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Martin triste |
| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Étourneau sansonnet |
| Family : Turdidae | ||
| Tasman Sea Island Thrush | Turdus poliocephalus | Merle des îles
Merle de Norfolk |
| Family : Passeridae | ||
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Moineau domestique |
| Family : Estrildidae | ||
| Java Sparrow | Padda oryzivora | Padda de Java |
| Fiji Parrotfinch | Erythrura pealii | Diamant de Peale |
| Pink-billed Parrotfinch | Erythrura kleinschmidti | Diamant à bec rose |
| Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | Bengali rouge |
Sources : Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18. IOC World Bird List (v14.2) doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2.
Avibase (ioc v14.2), the world bird database - Lepage, D. 2024-12-20. © 1996-2025 Oiseaux.net
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