Niue bird checklist
47 bird species in 19 families have been recorded in Niue, according to eBird; about 40 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 Niue right now
1Brown Noddy
2White-tailed Tropicbird
3Sooty Tern
4Sooty Shearwater
5Wandering Tattler
6Crimson-crowned Fruit-Dove
7White-rumped Swiftlet
8Pacific Reef-Heron
9Polynesian Triller
10Pacific Imperial-Pigeon
Niue bird checklist
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Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
- Mallard
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies
- Red Junglefowl
Pigeons and Doves
- Crimson-crowned Fruit-Dove
- Pacific Imperial-Pigeon
Cuckoos
- Long-tailed Koel
Swifts
- White-rumped Swiftlet
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
- Buff-banded Rail
- Australasian Swamphen
- Spotless Crake
Plovers and Lapwings
- Pacific Golden-Plover
- Masked Lapwing
- Double-banded Plover
Sandpipers and Allies
- Bristle-thighed Curlew
- Wandering Tattler
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Sanderling
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Kelp Gull
- Blue-billed White-Tern
- Brown Noddy
- Black Noddy
- Sooty Tern
- Great Crested Tern
Tropicbirds
- White-tailed Tropicbird
- Red-tailed Tropicbird
Shearwaters and Petrels
- Kermadec Petrel
- Herald Petrel
- White-necked Petrel
- Black-winged Petrel
- Collared Petrel
- Phoenix Petrel
- Tahiti Petrel
- White-chinned Petrel
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater
- Buller's Shearwater
- Sooty Shearwater
Frigatebirds
- Lesser Frigatebird
- Great Frigatebird
Boobies and Gannets
- Red-footed Booby
- Brown Booby
- Masked Booby
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
- Pacific Reef-Heron
- White-faced Heron
Barn-Owls
- Eastern Barn Owl
Old World Parrots
- Blue-crowned Lorikeet
Cuckooshrikes
- Polynesian Triller
Bulbuls
- Red-vented Bulbul
Starlings
- Polynesian Starling
Most common birds in Niue
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 Niue’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
- Wandering TattlerTringa incana
- Crimson-crowned Fruit-DovePtilinopus porphyraceus
- White-rumped SwiftletAerodramus spodiopygius
- Pacific Reef-HeronEgretta sacra
- Polynesian TrillerLalage maculosa
- Pacific Imperial-PigeonDucula pacifica
- Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulva
- Blue-billed White-TernGygis candida
- Polynesian StarlingAplonis tabuensis
- Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
- Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
Largest bird families in Niue
Among its regular birds.
- Shearwaters and Petrels10
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers5
- Sandpipers and Allies4
- Boobies and Gannets3
- Rails, Gallinules, and Coots3
- Tropicbirds2
- Pigeons and Doves2
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns2
Reported in the last 30 days
13 species reported to eBird in Niue in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, most recent first:
Brown Noddy, White-tailed Tropicbird, Blue-billed White-Tern, Sooty Shearwater, Sooty Tern, Wandering Tattler, Crimson-crowned Fruit-Dove, White-rumped Swiftlet, Polynesian Triller, Pacific Reef-Heron, Pacific Imperial-Pigeon, Polynesian Starling, Pacific Golden-Plover.
Get to know some of them
Pacific Golden-Plover
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Lesser Frigatebird
Great Frigatebird
Ruddy Turnstone
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Sanderling
Black Noddy
Buff-banded Rail
Masked Booby
Australasian Swamphen
White-faced Heron