Fiji bird checklist
161 bird species in 38 families have been recorded in Fiji, according to eBird; about 148 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
The most common birds in Fiji right now
1Brown Booby
2Pacific Reef-Heron
3Bridled Tern
4Common Myna
5Jungle Myna
6Red-vented Bulbul
7Ruddy Turnstone
8Pacific Kingfisher
9White-rumped Swiftlet
10Rock Pigeon
Fiji bird checklist
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Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
- Muscovy Duck
- Pacific Black Duck
- Mallard
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies
- Red Junglefowl
- Brown Quail
Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon
- Metallic Pigeon
- Spotted Dove
- Laughing Dove
- Shy Ground Dove
- Golden Dove
- Whistling Dove
- Orange Dove
- Crimson-crowned Fruit-Dove
- Many-colored Fruit-Dove
- Pacific Imperial-Pigeon
- Barking Imperial-Pigeon
Cuckoos
- Long-tailed Koel
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo
Swifts
- White-rumped Swiftlet
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
- Buff-banded Rail
- Australasian Swamphen
- White-browed Crake
- Spotless Crake
Plovers and Lapwings
- Black-bellied Plover
- Pacific Golden-Plover
- Masked Lapwing
- Siberian Sand-Plover
- Greater Sand-Plover
- Double-banded Plover
Sandpipers and Allies
- Bristle-thighed Curlew
- Eurasian Whimbrel
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Terek Sandpiper
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Gray-tailed Tattler
- Wandering Tattler
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Red Knot
- Ruff
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Sanderling
Skuas and Jaegers
- Parasitic Jaeger
- Pomarine Jaeger
- South Polar Skua
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Laughing Gull
- Kelp Gull
- Blue-billed White-Tern
- Brown Noddy
- Black Noddy
- Blue-gray Noddy
- Sooty Tern
- Bridled Tern
- Gray-backed Tern
- Little Tern
- White-winged Tern
- Black-naped Tern
- Great Crested Tern
Tropicbirds
- White-tailed Tropicbird
- Red-tailed Tropicbird
Southern Storm-Petrels
- Wilson's Storm-Petrel
- White-faced Storm-Petrel
- White-bellied Storm-Petrel
- New Zealand Storm-Petrel
- Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
- Polynesian Storm-Petrel
Northern Storm-Petrels
- Leach's Storm-Petrel
- Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel
Shearwaters and Petrels
- Pintado Petrel
- Gray-faced Petrel
- Kermadec Petrel
- Herald Petrel
- Murphy's Petrel
- Providence Petrel
- Mottled Petrel
- Juan Fernandez Petrel
- White-necked Petrel
- Black-winged Petrel
- Cook's Petrel
- Gould's Petrel
- Collared Petrel
- Phoenix Petrel
- Vanuatu Petrel
- Fiji Petrel
- Tahiti Petrel
- Parkinson's Petrel
- Flesh-footed Shearwater
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater
- Buller's Shearwater
- Sooty Shearwater
- Short-tailed Shearwater
- Christmas Shearwater
- Newell's Shearwater
- Tropical Shearwater
Frigatebirds
- Lesser Frigatebird
- Great Frigatebird
Boobies and Gannets
- Red-footed Booby
- Brown Booby
- Masked Booby
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
- Pacific Reef-Heron
- Little Egret
- White-faced Heron
- Little Heron
- Eastern Cattle-Egret
- Great Egret
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Fiji Goshawk
- Swamp Harrier
Barn-Owls
- Eastern Barn Owl
Kingfishers
- Pacific Kingfisher
Falcons and Caracaras
- Peregrine Falcon
Old World Parrots
- Crimson Shining-Parrot
- Red Shining-Parrot
- Masked Shining-Parrot
- Red-throated Lorikeet
- Collared Lory
- Blue-crowned Lorikeet
Honeyeaters
- Rotuma Myzomela
- Sulphur-breasted Myzomela
- Kadavu Honeyeater
- Yellow-billed Giant-Honeyeater
- Duetting Giant-Honeyeater
- Western Wattled-Honeyeater
- Eastern Wattled-Honeyeater
- Northern Wattled-Honeyeater
Cuckooshrikes
- Polynesian Triller
Whistlers and Allies
- White-throated Fiji Whistler
- Yellow-throated Fiji Whistler
Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies
- Fiji Woodswallow
- Australian Magpie
Fantails
- Taveuni Silktail
- Natewa Silktail
- Fiji Streaked Fantail
- Kadavu Fantail
Monarch Flycatchers
- Ogea Monarch
- Slaty Monarch
- Fiji Shrikebill
- Black-throated Shrikebill
- Vanikoro Flycatcher
- Azure-crested Flycatcher
- Chestnut-throated Flycatcher
Australasian Robins
- Pacific Robin
Grassbirds and Allies
- Long-legged Thicketbird
Swallows
- Pacific Swallow
Bulbuls
- Red-vented Bulbul
Bush Warblers and Allies
- Fiji Bush Warbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
- Silvereye
- Fiji White-eye
Starlings
- Polynesian Starling
- European Starling
- Common Myna
- Jungle Myna
Thrushes and Allies
- Fiji Island-Thrush
Waxbills and Allies
- Java Sparrow
- Chestnut-breasted Munia
- Fiji Parrotfinch
- Pink-billed Parrotfinch
- Common Waxbill
- Red Avadavat
Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow
Most common birds in Fiji
Ranked by how recently and how widely each was reported to eBird in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, and whether it is one of Fiji’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Pacific Reef-HeronEgretta sacra
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Jungle MynaAcridotheres fuscus
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Pacific KingfisherTodiramphus sacer
- White-rumped SwiftletAerodramus spodiopygius
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- Great Crested TernThalasseus bergii
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Barking Imperial-PigeonDucula latrans
- Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
- Red Shining-ParrotProsopeia tabuensis
- Northern Wattled-HoneyeaterFoulehaio taviunensis
- Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
- Polynesian TrillerLalage maculosa
- White-faced HeronEgretta novaehollandiae
- Fiji WoodswallowArtamus mentalis
Largest bird families in Fiji
Among its regular birds.
- Shearwaters and Petrels26
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers12
- Sandpipers and Allies12
- Pigeons and Doves11
- Honeyeaters7
- Monarch Flycatchers7
- Plovers and Lapwings6
- Southern Storm-Petrels6
Reported in the last 30 days
84 species reported to eBird in Fiji in the 30 days to 2026-10-13. The 40 most recently reported:
Brown Booby, Pacific Reef-Heron, Jungle Myna, Barking Imperial-Pigeon, Pacific Kingfisher, Northern Wattled-Honeyeater, Red Shining-Parrot, Bridled Tern, Fiji Woodswallow, Common Myna, Red-vented Bulbul, Vanikoro Flycatcher, Masked Shining-Parrot, White-rumped Swiftlet, Collared Lory, Duetting Giant-Honeyeater, Golden Dove, Polynesian Triller, Many-colored Fruit-Dove, Sulphur-breasted Myzomela, Fiji Goshawk, Swamp Harrier, White-faced Heron, Red Junglefowl, Ruddy Turnstone, Pacific Swallow, Yellow-throated Fiji Whistler, Great Crested Tern, Fiji Parrotfinch, Rock Pigeon, Brown Noddy, Black-naped Tern, Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Western Wattled-Honeyeater, White-tailed Tropicbird, Blue-billed White-Tern, Spotted Dove, Red Avadavat, Lesser Frigatebird, Orange Dove, …
Get to know some of them
Great Crested Tern
Brown Noddy
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
White-faced Heron
Lesser Frigatebird
Pacific Golden-Plover
White-tailed Tropicbird
Bar-tailed Godwit
Red-footed Booby
Spotted Dove
Great Frigatebird
Silvereye
Buff-banded Rail
Black Noddy
Sooty Shearwater
Pacific Black Duck