Bouvet Island bird checklist
34 bird species in 6 families have been recorded in Bouvet Island, according to eBird; about 34 of them are seen regularly, and the rest are rarities, vagrants and escaped or introduced birds. Download the full list as a PDF, or tick birds off on your phone, with counts and notes, even without signal.
Species data: eBird.org, updated · How these lists are made
Common birds in Bouvet Island
1Pintado Petrel
2Southern Fulmar
3Blue Petrel
4Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
5Antarctic Prion
6Southern Giant-Petrel
7Kerguelen Petrel
8Soft-plumaged Petrel
9Chinstrap Penguin
10Kelp Gull
Bouvet Island bird checklist
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Skuas and Jaegers
- Brown Skua
- South Polar Skua
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Kelp Gull
- Arctic Tern
- Antarctic Tern
Penguins
- King Penguin
- Adelie Penguin
- Gentoo Penguin
- Chinstrap Penguin
- Macaroni Penguin
Albatrosses
- Northern Royal Albatross
- Snowy Albatross
- Sooty Albatross
- Light-mantled Albatross
- Gray-headed Albatross
- Black-browed Albatross
Southern Storm-Petrels
- Wilson's Storm-Petrel
- Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
Shearwaters and Petrels
- Southern Giant-Petrel
- Northern Giant-Petrel
- Southern Fulmar
- Antarctic Petrel
- Pintado Petrel
- Snow Petrel
- Kerguelen Petrel
- Great-winged Petrel
- Soft-plumaged Petrel
- White-headed Petrel
- Blue Petrel
- Fairy Prion
- Antarctic Prion
- Slender-billed Prion
- White-chinned Petrel
- Common Diving-Petrel
Most common birds in Bouvet Island
Bouvet Island’s regular birds, ranked by how widespread they are. Recent sightings for Bouvet Island aren’t in our data yet.
- Pintado PetrelDaption capense
- Southern FulmarFulmarus glacialoides
- Blue PetrelHalobaena caerulea
- Black-bellied Storm-PetrelFregetta tropica
- Antarctic PrionPachyptila desolata
- Southern Giant-PetrelMacronectes giganteus
- Kerguelen PetrelAphrodroma brevirostris
- Soft-plumaged PetrelPterodroma mollis
- Chinstrap PenguinPygoscelis antarcticus
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
- Light-mantled AlbatrossPhoebetria palpebrata
- Antarctic PetrelThalassoica antarctica
- Antarctic TernSterna vittata
- White-headed PetrelPterodroma lessonii
- Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
- Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticus
- White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialis
- Gentoo PenguinPygoscelis papua
- Common Diving-PetrelPelecanoides urinatrix
- Slender-billed PrionPachyptila belcheri
Largest bird families in Bouvet Island
Among its regular birds.
- Shearwaters and Petrels16
- Albatrosses6
- Penguins5
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers3
- Southern Storm-Petrels2
- Skuas and Jaegers2
