Micronesia bird checklist

137 bird species in 38 families have been recorded in Micronesia, according to eBird; about 121 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 13 Oct 2026 · How these lists are made

The most common birds in Micronesia right now

1Pacific Golden-Plover
2Wood Sandpiper
3Barn Swallow
4Oriental Cuckoo
5Eurasian Tree Sparrow
6White-tailed Tropicbird
7Micronesian Myzomela
8Micronesian Starling
9Ruddy Turnstone
10Pohnpei Lorikeet

The top 20, and how they are ranked

Micronesia bird checklist

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Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

Muscovy Duck
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Eurasian Wigeon
Pacific Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

Red Junglefowl

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon
Caroline Islands Ground Dove
White-throated Ground Dove
Purple-capped Fruit-Dove
Kosrae Fruit-Dove
Micronesian Imperial-Pigeon

Cuckoos

Long-tailed Koel
Oriental Cuckoo

Swifts

Caroline Islands Swiftlet
Pacific Swift

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

Eurasian Moorhen
White-browed Crake
White-breasted Waterhen

Stilts and Avocets

Black-winged Stilt

Plovers and Lapwings

Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Siberian Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
Kentish Plover

Sandpipers and Allies

Bristle-thighed Curlew
Eurasian Whimbrel
Far Eastern Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Swinhoe's Snipe
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Gray-tailed Tattler
Wandering Tattler
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Ruff
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Long-toed Stint
Red-necked Stint
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Pectoral Sandpiper

Pratincoles and Coursers

Oriental Pratincole

Skuas and Jaegers

Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
South Polar Skua

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Black-headed Gull
Blue-billed White-Tern
Brown Noddy
Black Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Gray-backed Tern
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Common Tern
Black-naped Tern
Great Crested Tern

Tropicbirds

White-tailed Tropicbird
Red-tailed Tropicbird

Northern Storm-Petrels

Leach's Storm-Petrel
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel

Shearwaters and Petrels

Bulwer's Petrel
Tahiti Petrel
Streaked Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Christmas Shearwater
Tropical Shearwater

Frigatebirds

Lesser Frigatebird
Great Frigatebird

Boobies and Gannets

Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Cocos Booby
Masked Booby

Cormorants and Shags

Little Pied Cormorant

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

Cinnamon Bittern
Yellow Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nankeen Night Heron
Pacific Reef-Heron
Little Egret
Little Heron
Eastern Cattle-Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret

Osprey

Osprey

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

Chinese Sparrowhawk
Gray-faced Buzzard

Owls

Short-eared Owl

Kingfishers

Pohnpei Kingfisher

Rollers

Dollarbird

Cockatoos

Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

Old World Parrots

Pohnpei Lorikeet

Honeyeaters

Micronesian Myzomela

Cuckooshrikes

Pohnpei Cicadabird
Yap Cicadabird

Fantails

Micronesian Rufous Fantail
Pohnpei Fantail

Monarch Flycatchers

Chuuk Monarch
Yap Monarch
Pohnpei Flycatcher
Chuuk Flycatcher

Reed Warblers and Allies

Oriental Reed Warbler
Caroline Reed Warbler

Swallows

Barn Swallow

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Teardrop White-eye
Long-billed White-eye
Yap White-eye
Pohnpei White-eye
Kosrae White-eye
Caroline Islands White-eye
Plain White-eye

Starlings

Micronesian Starling

Old World Flycatchers

Gray-streaked Flycatcher

Waxbills and Allies

Scaly-breasted Munia
Mottled Munia
Blue-faced Parrotfinch

Old World Sparrows

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Gray Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Most common birds in Micronesia

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 Micronesia’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.

Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulva
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
Micronesian MyzomelaMyzomela rubratra
Micronesian StarlingAplonis opaca
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Pohnpei LorikeetTrichoglossus rubiginosus
Kosrae Fruit-DovePtilinopus hernsheimi
Caroline Islands SwiftletAerodramus inquietus
Yellow BitternBotaurus sinensis
Mottled MuniaLonchura hunsteini
Purple-capped Fruit-DovePtilinopus ponapensis
Blue-faced ParrotfinchErythrura trichroa
Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
Red-footed BoobySula sula
Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica

Largest bird families in Micronesia

Among its regular birds.

Sandpipers and Allies22
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers14
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns9
Shearwaters and Petrels7
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies7
Pigeons and Doves6
Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl6
Plovers and Lapwings5

Reported in the last 30 days

17 species reported to eBird in Micronesia in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, most recent first:

Oriental Cuckoo, Wood Sandpiper, Barn Swallow, Pacific Golden-Plover, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Micronesian Myzomela, Micronesian Starling, White-tailed Tropicbird, Kosrae Fruit-Dove, Pohnpei Lorikeet, Caroline Islands Swiftlet, Blue-billed White-Tern, Ruddy Turnstone, Yellow Bittern, Mottled Munia, Purple-capped Fruit-Dove, Blue-faced Parrotfinch.