List of birds of Easter Island
This is a list of birds of Easter Island. Easter Island is a special territory of Chile.
Tinamous
Order: Tinamiformes Family: Tinamidae
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
---|---|---|
Chilean tinamou | Nothoprocta perdicaria | Introduced |
Petrels
Order: Procellariiformes Family: Procellariidae
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
---|---|---|
Southern giant petrel | Macronectes giganteus | |
Northern giant petrel | Macronectes halli | |
Cape petrel | Daption capense | |
Kermadec petrel | Pterodroma neglecta | |
Phoenix petrel | Pterodroma alba | |
Christmas shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis |
Tropicbirds
Order: Phaethontiformes Family: Phaethontidae
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
---|---|---|
White-tailed tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
Red-tailed tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda |
Frigatebirds
Order: Suliformes Family: Fregatidae
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
---|---|---|
Great frigatebird | Fregata minor |
Herons
Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
---|---|---|
Heron sp. | gen. et sp. indet. | †Extinct |
Caracaras
Order: Falconiformes Family: Falconidae
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
---|---|---|
Chimango caracara | Milvago chimango | Introduced |
Rails
Order: Gruiformes Family: Rallidae
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
---|---|---|
Easter Island crake | Porzana sp. | †Extinct |
Easter Island rail | gen. et sp. indet. | †Extinct |
Sandpipers and allies
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
---|---|---|
Wandering tattler | Tringa incana | |
Sanderling | Caldris alba |
Noddies and terns
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
---|---|---|
Brown noddy | Anous stolidus | |
Grey noddy | Anous albivitta | |
White tern | Gygis alba | |
Sooty tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
Spectacled tern | Onychoprion lunatus |
Pigeons
Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
---|---|---|
Rock pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced |
Parrots
Order: Psittaciformes
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
---|---|---|
Parrot sp. 1 | gen. et sp. indet. | †Extinct |
Parrot sp. 2 | gen. et sp. indet. | †Extinct |
Owls
Order: Strigiformes Family: Strigidae
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
---|---|---|
Barn owl | Tyto alba | Extinct on the island |
Tanagers and allies
Order: Passeriformes Family: Thraupidae
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
---|---|---|
Common diuca finch | Diuca diuca | Introduced |
Old World sparrows
Order: Passeriformes Family: Passeridae
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
---|---|---|
House sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced |
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See also
References
- Avibase - Bird Checklists of the World, Easter Island
- A. Jaramillo, M. T. J Johnson, C. J. Rothfels & R. A. Johnson. 2008. The native and exotic avifauna of Easter Island: then and now. Boletín Chileno de Ornitología, 14(1): 8-21.
- Steadman, David (2006). Extinction and Biogeography in Tropical Pacific Birds. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-77142-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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