Norfolk Island bird checklist

137 bird species in 41 families have been recorded in Norfolk Island, according to eBird; about 122 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 Norfolk Island right now

The top 20, and how they are ranked

Norfolk Island bird checklist

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Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

Plumed Whistling-Duck
Graylag Goose
Canada Goose
Muscovy Duck
Northern Shoveler
Pacific Black Duck
Mallard
Gray Teal

New World Quail

California Quail

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

Wild Turkey
Ring-necked Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
Red Junglefowl

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon
African Collared-Dove
Pacific Emerald Dove

Cuckoos

Long-tailed Koel
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo
Pallid Cuckoo
Oriental Cuckoo

Swifts

White-throated Needletail
Pacific Swift

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

Eurasian Coot
Australasian Swamphen

Stilts and Avocets

Pied Stilt

Oystercatchers

South Island Oystercatcher

Plovers and Lapwings

Pacific Golden-Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Masked Lapwing
Oriental Plover
Siberian Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover
Double-banded Plover

Sandpipers and Allies

Eurasian Whimbrel
Far Eastern Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Latham's Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Gray-tailed Tattler
Wandering Tattler
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint
Pectoral Sandpiper

Pratincoles and Coursers

Oriental Pratincole

Skuas and Jaegers

Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Brown Skua

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Silver Gull
Laughing Gull
Kelp Gull
Blue-billed White-Tern
Brown Noddy
Black Noddy
Gray Noddy
Sooty Tern
Little Tern
White-winged Tern
Great Crested Tern

Grebes

Australasian Grebe

Tropicbirds

White-tailed Tropicbird
Red-tailed Tropicbird

Albatrosses

Antipodean Albatross
Black-browed Albatross

Southern Storm-Petrels

Wilson's Storm-Petrel
White-faced Storm-Petrel
White-bellied Storm-Petrel
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
Polynesian Storm-Petrel

Shearwaters and Petrels

Pintado Petrel
Gray-faced Petrel
Kermadec Petrel
Providence Petrel
Soft-plumaged Petrel
Mottled Petrel
Juan Fernandez Petrel
White-necked Petrel
Black-winged Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Gould's Petrel
Collared Petrel
Fairy Prion
Tahiti Petrel
Parkinson's Petrel
Streaked Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Hutton's Shearwater
Fluttering Shearwater
Little Shearwater

Frigatebirds

Lesser Frigatebird
Great Frigatebird

Boobies and Gannets

Australasian Gannet
Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Masked Booby

Cormorants and Shags

Little Pied Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Little Black Cormorant

Ibises and Spoonbills

Glossy Ibis
Australian Ibis
Royal Spoonbill

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

Little Egret
White-faced Heron
Eastern Cattle-Egret
Great Egret

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

Swamp Harrier
White-bellied Sea-Eagle

Owls

Morepork

Kingfishers

Sacred Kingfisher

Falcons and Caracaras

Nankeen Kestrel

Old World Parrots

Norfolk Island Parakeet
Crimson Rosella

Thornbills and Allies

Norfolk Island Gerygone

Cuckooshrikes

Black-faced Cuckooshrike

Whistlers and Allies

Golden Whistler

Woodswallows, Bellmagpies, and Allies

Masked Woodswallow
White-browed Woodswallow

Fantails

Gray Fantail

Australasian Robins

Norfolk Robin

Swallows

Welcome Swallow

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Silvereye
Slender-billed White-eye

Starlings

European Starling

Thrushes and Allies

Song Thrush
Eurasian Blackbird

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Common Chaffinch
European Greenfinch
Redpoll
European Goldfinch

Most common birds in Norfolk Island

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

Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotus
Black NoddyAnous minutus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Masked BoobySula dactylatra
Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
Kermadec PetrelPterodroma neglecta
Gray NoddyAnous albivitta
Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
Little ShearwaterPuffinus assimilis
Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena
SilvereyeZosterops lateralis
Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
Sacred KingfisherTodiramphus sanctus
Rock PigeonColumba livia
European GreenfinchChloris chloris
Brown NoddyAnous stolidus

Largest bird families in Norfolk Island

Among its regular birds.

Shearwaters and Petrels22
Sandpipers and Allies13
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers11
Plovers and Lapwings6
Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl6
Boobies and Gannets4
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns4
Cuckoos4

Reported in the last 30 days

44 species reported to eBird in Norfolk Island in the 30 days to 2026-10-13. The 40 most recently reported:

Australasian Swamphen, Red-tailed Tropicbird, Gray Noddy, House Sparrow, Kermadec Petrel, Little Shearwater, Black Noddy, Masked Booby, Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Welcome Swallow, Sooty Tern, Silvereye, Sacred Kingfisher, Eurasian Blackbird, European Goldfinch, European Greenfinch, European Starling, Great Frigatebird, Gray Fantail, Norfolk Island Gerygone, Golden Whistler, Blue-billed White-Tern, Crimson Rosella, Pacific Emerald Dove, White-faced Heron, Rock Pigeon, Song Thrush, Brown Noddy, Ruddy Turnstone, Little Black Cormorant, Bar-tailed Godwit, Mallard, Pacific Golden-Plover, Wandering Tattler, Norfolk Island Parakeet, California Quail, Norfolk Robin, Slender-billed White-eye, Masked Lapwing, Red Junglefowl, …