The birds of French Polynesia
193 present or migratory species.
Fiches | Photos | Dessins | Sons | English | Latin | French |
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| Order : Anseriformes | ||||||
| Family : Anatidae | ||||||
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | Canard souchet | ||||
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | Canard à sourcils | ||||
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | Canard pilet | ||||
| Canvasback | Aythya valisineria | Fuligule à dos blanc | ||||
| Order : Galliformes | ||||||
| Family : Phasianidae | ||||||
| Common Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Faisan de Colchide | ||||
| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Coq bankiva | ||||
| Order : Apodiformes | ||||||
| Family : Apodidae | ||||||
| Tahiti Swiftlet | Aerodramus leucophaeus | Salangane de la Société | ||||
| Marquesan Swiftlet | Aerodramus ocistus | Salangane des Marquises | ||||
| Order : Cuculiformes | ||||||
| Family : Cuculidae | ||||||
| Pacific Long-tailed Cuckoo | Urodynamis taitensis | Coucou de Nouvelle-Zélande | ||||
| Order : Columbiformes | ||||||
| Family : Columbidae | ||||||
| Rock Dove | Columba livia | Pigeon biset | ||||
| Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | Géopélie zébrée | ||||
| Polynesian Ground Dove | Pampusana erythroptera | Gallicolombe érythroptère | ||||
| Marquesan Ground Dove | Pampusana rubescens | Gallicolombe des Marquises | ||||
| Raiatea Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus chrysogaster | Ptilope de Raiatea | ||||
| Grey-green Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus purpuratus | Ptilope de la Société | ||||
| Makatea Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus chalcurus | Ptilope de Makatéa | ||||
| Atoll Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus coralensis | Ptilope des Touamotou | ||||
| Rapa Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus huttoni | Ptilope de Hutton | ||||
| White-capped Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii | Ptilope de Petit Thouars | ||||
| Red-moustached Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus mercierii | Ptilope de Mercier | ||||
| Pacific Imperial Pigeon | Ducula pacifica | Carpophage pacifique | ||||
| Polynesian Imperial Pigeon | Ducula aurorae | Carpophage de la Société | ||||
| Nuku Hiva Imperial Pigeon | Ducula galeata | Carpophage des Marquises | ||||
| Order : Gruiformes | ||||||
| Family : Rallidae | ||||||
| Tahiti Rail | Hypotaenidia pacifica | Râle tévéa | ||||
| Spotless Crake | Zapornia tabuensis | Marouette fuligineuse | ||||
| Tahiti Crake | Zapornia nigra | Marouette de Miller | ||||
| Order : Charadriiformes | ||||||
| Family : Charadriidae | ||||||
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Pluvier argenté | ||||
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Pluvier fauve | ||||
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | Gravelot semipalmé
Pluvier semipalmé |
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| Masked Lapwing | Vanellus miles | Vanneau soldat | ||||
| Family : Scolopacidae | ||||||
| Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numenius tahitiensis | Courlis d'Alaska | ||||
| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Courlis corlieu | ||||
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Barge rousse | ||||
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Chevalier de Sibérie | ||||
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | Chevalier errant | ||||
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Chevalier à pattes jaunes | ||||
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata | Chevalier semipalmé | ||||
| Tahiti Sandpiper | Prosobonia leucoptera | Chevalier à ailes blanches | ||||
| Moorea Sandpiper | Prosobonia ellisi | Chevalier d'Ellis | ||||
| Tuamotu Sandpiper | Prosobonia parvirostris | Chevalier des Touamotou | ||||
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Tournepierre à collier | ||||
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Combattant varié | ||||
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Bécasseau à queue pointue | ||||
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Bécasseau rousset
Bécasseau roussâtre |
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| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Bécasseau sanderling | ||||
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Bécasseau tacheté
Bécasseau à poitrine cendrée |
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| 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 | ||||
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | Sterne diamant | ||||
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Sterne de Dougall | ||||
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | Sterne huppée | ||||
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Mouette atricille | ||||
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Mouette de Franklin | ||||
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | Goéland à bec cerclé | ||||
| Family : Stercorariidae | ||||||
| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Labbe à longue queue | ||||
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Labbe parasite | ||||
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Labbe pomarin | ||||
| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Labbe de McCormick | ||||
| Order : Phaethontiformes | ||||||
| Family : Phaethontidae | ||||||
| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | Phaéton à bec rouge | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Polynesian Storm Petrel | Nesofregetta fuliginosa | Océanite à gorge blanche | ||||
| Family : Diomedeidae | ||||||
| Northern Royal Albatross | Diomedea sanfordi | Albatros royal du Nord
Albatros de Sanford |
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| Southern Royal Albatross | Diomedea epomophora | Albatros royal | ||||
| Snowy Albatross | Diomedea exulans | Albatros hurleur | ||||
| Antipodean Albatross | Diomedea antipodensis | Albatros des Antipodes | ||||
| Light-mantled Albatross | Phoebetria palpebrata | Albatros fuligineux | ||||
| Grey-headed Albatross | Thalassarche chrysostoma | Albatros à tête grise | ||||
| Buller's Albatross | Thalassarche bulleri | Albatros de Buller | ||||
| Salvin's Albatross | Thalassarche salvini | Albatros de Salvin | ||||
| Chatham Albatross | Thalassarche eremita | Albatros des Chatham | ||||
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | Albatros à sourcils noirs | ||||
| Campbell Albatross | Thalassarche impavida | Albatros de l'île Campbell | ||||
| Family : Hydrobatidae | ||||||
| Leach's Storm Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Océanite culblanc
Océanite cul-blanc |
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| Band-rumped Storm Petrel | Hydrobates castro | Océanite de Castro | ||||
| Family : Procellariidae | ||||||
| Southern Giant Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | Pétrel géant | ||||
| Northern Giant Petrel | Macronectes halli | Pétrel de Hall | ||||
| Pintado Petrel | Daption capense | Damier du Cap | ||||
| Blue Petrel | Halobaena caerulea | Prion bleu | ||||
| White-headed Petrel | Pterodroma lessonii | Pétrel de Lesson | ||||
| Grey-faced Petrel | Pterodroma gouldi | Pétrel à face grise | ||||
| Providence Petrel | Pterodroma solandri | Pétrel de Solander | ||||
| Murphy's Petrel | Pterodroma ultima | Pétrel de Murphy | ||||
| Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis | Pétrel soyeux | ||||
| Juan Fernandez Petrel | Pterodroma externa | Pétrel de Juan Fernandez | ||||
| Kermadec Petrel | Pterodroma neglecta | Pétrel des Kermadec | ||||
| Herald Petrel | Pterodroma heraldica | Pétrel hérault | ||||
| Trindade Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana | Pétrel de la Trinité | ||||
| Henderson Petrel | Pterodroma atrata | Pétrel de Henderson | ||||
| Phoenix Petrel | Pterodroma alba | Pétrel à poitrine blanche | ||||
| Hawaiian Petrel | Pterodroma sandwichensis | Pétrel des Hawaï | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Cook's Petrel | Pterodroma cookii | Pétrel de Cook | ||||
| Stejneger's Petrel | Pterodroma longirostris | Pétrel de Stejneger | ||||
| Pycroft's Petrel | Pterodroma pycrofti | Pétrel de Pycroft | ||||
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Pétrel de Tahiti | ||||
| Grey Petrel | Procellaria cinerea | Puffin gris | ||||
| White-chinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis | Puffin à menton blanc | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Pink-footed Shearwater | Ardenna creatopus | Puffin à pieds roses | ||||
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Puffin à pieds pâles | ||||
| Christmas Shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis | Puffin de la Nativité | ||||
| Townsend's Shearwater | Puffinus auricularis | Puffin de Townsend | ||||
| Newell's Shearwater | Puffinus newelli | Puffin de Newell | ||||
| Rapa Shearwater | Puffinus myrtae | Puffin rapa | ||||
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | Puffin de Baillon | ||||
| 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 | ||||||
| Abbott's Booby | Papasula abbotti | Fou d'Abbott | ||||
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Fou à pieds rouges | ||||
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Fou brun | ||||
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | Fou masqué | ||||
| Nazca Booby | Sula granti | Fou de Grant | ||||
| Order : Pelecaniformes | ||||||
| Family : Ardeidae | ||||||
| Pacific Reef Heron | Egretta sacra | Aigrette sacrée | ||||
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | Héron strié | ||||
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Grande Aigrette | ||||
| Eastern Cattle Egret | Ardea coromanda | Garde-boeufs d'Asie | ||||
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | Grand Héron | ||||
| Order : Accipitriformes | ||||||
| Family : Accipitridae | ||||||
| Swamp Harrier | Circus approximans | Busard de Gould | ||||
| Order : Strigiformes | ||||||
| Family : Tytonidae | ||||||
| American Barn Owl | Tyto furcata | Effraie d'Amérique | ||||
| Eastern Barn Owl | Tyto javanica | Effraie d'Australie | ||||
| Family : Strigidae | ||||||
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | Grand-duc d'Amérique | ||||
| Order : Coraciiformes | ||||||
| Family : Alcedinidae | ||||||
| Chattering Kingfisher | Todiramphus tutus | Martin-chasseur respecté | ||||
| Society Kingfisher | Todiramphus veneratus | Martin-chasseur vénéré | ||||
| Mangareva Kingfisher | Todiramphus gambieri | Martin-chasseur des Gambier | ||||
| Niau Kingfisher | Todiramphus gertrudae | Martin-chasseur de Niau | ||||
| Marquesan Kingfisher | Todiramphus godeffroyi | Martin-chasseur des Marquises | ||||
| Order : Falconiformes | ||||||
| Family : Falconidae | ||||||
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Faucon pèlerin | ||||
| Order : Psittaciformes | ||||||
| Family : Psittaculidae | ||||||
| Black-fronted Parakeet | Cyanoramphus zealandicus | Perruche de Tahiti | ||||
| Raiatea Parakeet | Cyanoramphus ulietanus | Perruche de Raiatea | ||||
| Ultramarine Lorikeet | Vini ultramarina | Lori ultramarin | ||||
| Kuhl's Lorikeet | Vini kuhlii | Lori de Kuhl | ||||
| Blue Lorikeet | Vini peruviana | Lori nonnette | ||||
| Order : Passeriformes | ||||||
| Family : Monarchidae | ||||||
| Tahiti Monarch | Pomarea nigra | Monarque de Tahiti | ||||
| Maupiti Monarch | Pomarea maupitiensis | Monarque de Maupiti | ||||
| Marquesan Monarch | Pomarea mendozae | Monarque des Marquises | ||||
| Ua Pou Monarch | Pomarea mira | Monarque de Ua Pou | ||||
| Nuku Hiva Monarch | Pomarea nukuhivae | Monarque de Nuku Hiva | ||||
| Iphis Monarch | Pomarea iphis | Monarque iphis | ||||
| Eiao Monarch | Pomarea fluxa | Monarque d'Eiao | ||||
| Fatu Hiva Monarch | Pomarea whitneyi | Monarque de Fatuhiva | ||||
| Family : Pycnonotidae | ||||||
| Red-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus cafer | Bulbul à ventre rouge | ||||
| Family : Hirundinidae | ||||||
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | Hirondelle de rivage | ||||
| Purple Martin | Progne subis | Hirondelle noire | ||||
| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo javanica | Hirondelle de Java | ||||
| Tahiti Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | Hirondelle de Tahiti | ||||
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Hirondelle rustique
Hirondelle de cheminée |
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| Family : Acrocephalidae | ||||||
| Mangareva Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus astrolabii | Rousserolle de Mangareva | ||||
| Northern Marquesan Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus percernis | Rousserolle de Nuku Hiva | ||||
| Tahiti Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus caffer | Rousserolle à long bec | ||||
| Moorea Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus longirostris | Rousserolle de Moorea | ||||
| Garrett's Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus musae | Rousserolle de Raiatea | ||||
| Southern Marquesan Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus mendanae | Rousserolle des Marquises | ||||
| Tuamotu Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus atyphus | Rousserolle des Touamotou | ||||
| Rimatara Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus rimitarae | Rousserolle de Rimatara | ||||
| Family : Zosteropidae | ||||||
| Silvereye | Zosterops lateralis | Zostérops à dos gris | ||||
| Family : Sturnidae | ||||||
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Martin triste | ||||
| Family : Muscicapidae | ||||||
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | Traquet motteux | ||||
| Family : Passeridae | ||||||
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Moineau domestique | ||||
| Family : Ploceidae | ||||||
| Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus | Tisserin à tête noire | ||||
| Family : Estrildidae | ||||||
| Red-browed Finch | Neochmia temporalis | Diamant à cinq couleurs | ||||
| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | Capucin damier | ||||
| Chestnut-breasted Mannikin | Lonchura castaneothorax | Capucin donacole | ||||
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | Astrild ondulé | ||||
| Family : Motacillidae | ||||||
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Bergeronnette grise | ||||
| Family : Parulidae | ||||||
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | Paruline des ruisseaux | ||||
| Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | Paruline à ailes dorées | ||||
| Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea | Paruline orangée | ||||
| Tennessee Warbler | Leiothlypis peregrina | Paruline obscure | ||||
| Connecticut Warbler | Oporornis agilis | Paruline à gorge grise | ||||
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla | Paruline flamboyante | ||||
| Blackpoll Warbler | Setophaga striata | Paruline rayée | ||||
| Prairie Warbler | Setophaga discolor | Paruline des prés | ||||
| Canada Warbler | Cardellina canadensis | Paruline du Canada | ||||
| Family : Thraupidae | ||||||
| Crimson-backed Tanager | Ramphocelus dimidiatus | Tangara à dos 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