The birds of Samoa
114 present or migratory species.
| English | Latin | French |
|---|---|---|
| Order : Anseriformes | ||
| Family : Anatidae | ||
| Pacific Black Duck | Anas superciliosa | Canard à sourcils |
| Order : Galliformes | ||
| Family : Phasianidae | ||
| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Coq bankiva |
| Order : Apodiformes | ||
| Family : Apodidae | ||
| White-rumped Swiftlet | Aerodramus spodiopygius | Salangane à croupion blanc |
| Australian Swiftlet | Aerodramus terraereginae | Salangane d'Australie |
| Order : Cuculiformes | ||
| Family : Cuculidae | ||
| Pacific Long-tailed Cuckoo | Urodynamis taitensis | Coucou de Nouvelle-Zélande |
| Order : Columbiformes | ||
| Family : Columbidae | ||
| Rock Dove | Columba livia | Pigeon biset |
| Metallic Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | Pigeon à gorge blanche |
| Tongan Ground Dove | Pampusana stairi | Gallicolombe de Stair |
| Tooth-billed Pigeon | Didunculus strigirostris | Diduncule strigirostre |
| Many-colored Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus perousii | Ptilope de La Pérouse |
| Crimson-crowned Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus porphyraceus | Ptilope de Clémentine |
| Pacific Imperial Pigeon | Ducula pacifica | Carpophage pacifique |
| Order : Gruiformes | ||
| Family : Rallidae | ||
| Buff-banded Rail | Hypotaenidia philippensis | Râle tiklin |
| Samoan Woodhen | Gallinula pacifica | Gallinule punaé |
| Western Swamphen | Porphyrio porphyrio | Talève sultane |
| 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 |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | Gravelot semipalmé
Pluvier semipalmé |
| 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 |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Bécassin à long bec |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Chevalier guignette |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Chevalier de Sibérie |
| Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | Chevalier errant |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Chevalier sylvain |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Tournepierre à collier |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Bécasseau maubèche |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Bécasseau à queue pointue |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Mouette atricille |
| Family : Stercorariidae | ||
| 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 |
| Polynesian Storm Petrel | Nesofregetta fuliginosa | Océanite à gorge blanche |
| Family : Procellariidae | ||
| Providence Petrel | Pterodroma solandri | Pétrel de Solander |
| Murphy's Petrel | Pterodroma ultima | Pétrel de Murphy |
| 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 |
| Cook's Petrel | Pterodroma cookii | Pétrel de Cook |
| Stejneger's Petrel | Pterodroma longirostris | Pétrel de Stejneger |
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Pétrel de Tahiti |
| Beck's Petrel | Pseudobulweria becki | Pétrel de Beck |
| 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 |
| Newell's Shearwater | Puffinus newelli | Puffin de Newell |
| 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 | ||
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Fou à pieds rouges |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Fou brun |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | Fou masqué |
| Order : Pelecaniformes | ||
| Family : Ardeidae | ||
| Pacific Reef Heron | Egretta sacra | Aigrette sacrée |
| White-faced Heron | Egretta novaehollandiae | Aigrette à face blanche |
| Order : Strigiformes | ||
| Family : Tytonidae | ||
| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | Effraie des clochers
Chouette effraie |
| Eastern Barn Owl | Tyto javanica | Effraie d'Australie |
| Order : Coraciiformes | ||
| Family : Alcedinidae | ||
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | Martin-chasseur à collier blanc |
| Pacific Kingfisher | Todiramphus sacer | Martin-chasseur du Pacifique |
| Flat-billed Kingfisher | Todiramphus recurvirostris | Martin-chasseur des Samoa |
| Order : Falconiformes | ||
| Family : Falconidae | ||
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Faucon pèlerin |
| Order : Psittaciformes | ||
| Family : Psittaculidae | ||
| Blue-crowned Lorikeet | Vini australis | Lori fringillaire |
| Order : Passeriformes | ||
| Family : Meliphagidae | ||
| Cardinal Myzomela | Myzomela cardinalis | Myzomèle cardinal |
| Mao | Gymnomyza samoensis | Méliphage mao |
| Polynesian Wattled Honeyeater | Foulehaio carunculatus | Méliphage foulehaio |
| Family : Campephagidae | ||
| Polynesian Triller | Lalage maculosa | Échenilleur de Polynésie |
| Samoan Triller | Lalage sharpei | Échenilleur des Samoa |
| Family : Pachycephalidae | ||
| Samoan Whistler | Pachycephala flavifrons | Siffleur des Samoa |
| Family : Rhipiduridae | ||
| Samoan Fantail | Rhipidura nebulosa | Rhipidure des Samoa |
| Family : Monarchidae | ||
| Samoan Flycatcher | Myiagra albiventris | Monarque des Samoa |
| 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 tahitica | Hirondelle de Tahiti |
| Family : Zosteropidae | ||
| Samoan White-eye | Zosterops samoensis | Zostérops des Samoa |
| Family : Sturnidae | ||
| Polynesian Starling | Aplonis tabuensis | Stourne de Polynésie |
| Samoan Starling | Aplonis atrifusca | Stourne de Samoa |
| Jungle Myna | Acridotheres fuscus | Martin forestier |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Martin triste |
| Family : Turdidae | ||
| Island Thrush | Turdus poliocephalus | Merle des îles |
| Family : Estrildidae | ||
| Royal Parrotfinch | Erythrura regia | Diamant des Nouvelles-Hébrides |
| Red-headed Parrotfinch | Erythrura cyaneovirens | Diamant vert-bleu |
Sources : Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18. IOC World Bird List (v14.1) doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1.
Avibase (ioc v14.1), the world bird database - Lepage, D. 2024-04-18. © 1996-2024 Oiseaux.net
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