Nauru bird checklist
22 bird species in 11 families have been recorded in Nauru, according to eBird; about 20 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 Nauru right now
- 1Nauru Reed Warbler
2Pacific Golden-Plover
3Ruddy Turnstone
4Great Frigatebird
5Brown Noddy
6Brown Booby
7Black-naped Tern
8Wandering Tattler
9Sooty Tern
10Red-footed Booby
Nauru bird checklist
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Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon
- Micronesian Imperial-Pigeon
Cuckoos
- Long-tailed Koel
Plovers and Lapwings
- Pacific Golden-Plover
Sandpipers and Allies
- Eurasian Whimbrel
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Gray-tailed Tattler
- Wandering Tattler
- Ruddy Turnstone
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Blue-billed White-Tern
- Brown Noddy
- Black Noddy
- Sooty Tern
- Black-naped Tern
Tropicbirds
- White-tailed Tropicbird
Shearwaters and Petrels
- Tropical Shearwater
Frigatebirds
- Lesser Frigatebird
- Great Frigatebird
Boobies and Gannets
- Red-footed Booby
- Brown Booby
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
- Pacific Reef-Heron
Reed Warblers and Allies
- Nauru Reed Warbler
Most common birds in Nauru
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 Nauru’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.
- Nauru Reed WarblerAcrocephalus rehsei
- Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulva
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
- Wandering TattlerTringa incana
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Black NoddyAnous minutus
- Rock PigeonColumba livia
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
- Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
- Pacific Reef-HeronEgretta sacra
- Long-tailed KoelUrodynamis taitensis
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Micronesian Imperial-PigeonDucula oceanica
- Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni
Largest bird families in Nauru
Among its regular birds.
- Sandpipers and Allies4
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers4
- Frigatebirds2
- Boobies and Gannets2
- Pigeons and Doves2
- Reed Warblers and Allies1
- Plovers and Lapwings1
- Tropicbirds1
Reported in the last 30 days
1 species reported to eBird in Nauru in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, most recent first:
Nauru Reed Warbler.
