Northern Mariana Islands bird checklist
164 bird species in 44 families have been recorded in the Northern Mariana Islands, according to eBird; about 138 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 the Northern Mariana Islands right now
1Brown Noddy
2Brown Booby
3Red-footed Booby
4Black Noddy
5Masked Booby
6Philippine Collared-Dove
7Common Greenshank
8Ruddy Turnstone
9Whiskered Tern
10Pacific Golden-Plover
Northern Mariana Islands bird checklist
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Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
- Muscovy Duck
- Garganey
- Northern Shoveler
- Gadwall
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck
- Mallard
- Northern Pintail
- Green-winged Teal
- Common Pochard
- Baer's Pochard
- Tufted Duck
- Greater Scaup
Megapodes
- Micronesian Megapode
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies
- Red Junglefowl
Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon
- Philippine Collared-Dove
- White-throated Ground Dove
- Mariana Fruit-Dove
Cuckoos
- Long-tailed Koel
- Oriental Cuckoo
Swifts
- White-throated Needletail
- Mariana Swiftlet
- Pacific Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
- Guam Rail
- Eurasian Moorhen
- Eurasian Coot
Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt
Plovers and Lapwings
- Black-bellied Plover
- Pacific Golden-Plover
- Common Ringed Plover
- Little Ringed Plover
- Long-billed Plover
- Oriental Plover
- Siberian Sand-Plover
- Greater Sand-Plover
Jacanas
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Sandpipers and Allies
- Bristle-thighed Curlew
- Eurasian Whimbrel
- Little Curlew
- Far Eastern Curlew
- Eurasian Curlew
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Swinhoe's Snipe
- Pin-tailed Snipe
- Common Snipe
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Terek Sandpiper
- Common Sandpiper
- Green Sandpiper
- Gray-tailed Tattler
- Wandering Tattler
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Wood Sandpiper
- Common Redshank
- Common Greenshank
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Great Knot
- Ruff
- Broad-billed Sandpiper
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Temminck's Stint
- Long-toed Stint
- Red-necked Stint
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper
- Sanderling
- Dunlin
- Little Stint
- 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
- Laughing Gull
- Black-tailed Gull
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Slaty-backed Gull
- Blue-billed White-Tern
- Brown Noddy
- Black Noddy
- Sooty Tern
- Bridled Tern
- Gray-backed Tern
- Little Tern
- Gull-billed Tern
- Whiskered Tern
- Black Tern
- White-winged Tern
- Common Tern
- Black-naped Tern
- Great Crested Tern
Grebes
- Little Grebe
Tropicbirds
- White-tailed Tropicbird
- Red-tailed Tropicbird
Albatrosses
- Laysan Albatross
- Black-footed Albatross
- Short-tailed Albatross
Southern Storm-Petrels
- Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Northern Storm-Petrels
- Leach's Storm-Petrel
- Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
- Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel
Shearwaters and Petrels
- Kermadec Petrel
- White-necked Petrel
- Bonin Petrel
- Bulwer's Petrel
- Streaked Shearwater
- Flesh-footed Shearwater
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater
- Short-tailed Shearwater
- Christmas Shearwater
- Bannerman's Shearwater
- Tropical Shearwater
Frigatebirds
- Lesser Frigatebird
- Great Frigatebird
Boobies and Gannets
- Abbott's Booby
- Red-footed Booby
- Brown Booby
- Cocos Booby
- Masked Booby
Ibises and Spoonbills
- Glossy Ibis
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
- Black Bittern
- Cinnamon Bittern
- Yellow Bittern
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Pacific Reef-Heron
- Little Egret
- Little Heron
- Eastern Cattle-Egret
- Great Egret
- Medium Egret
- Gray Heron
Osprey
- Osprey
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Chinese Sparrowhawk
- Black Kite
- Eastern Buzzard
Kingfishers
- Mariana Kingfisher
Rollers
- Dollarbird
Falcons and Caracaras
- Eurasian Kestrel
- Peregrine Falcon
Old World Parrots
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Budgerigar
Honeyeaters
- Micronesian Myzomela
Cuckooshrikes
- Ashy Minivet
Fantails
- Micronesian Rufous Fantail
Drongos
- Black Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
- Tinian Monarch
Crows, Jays, and Magpies
- Mariana Crow
Reed Warblers and Allies
- Saipan Reed Warbler
Swallows
- Barn Swallow
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
- Golden White-eye
- Rota White-eye
- Bridled White-eye
Starlings
- Micronesian Starling
Old World Flycatchers
- Gray-streaked Flycatcher
Waxbills and Allies
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Old World Sparrows
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
- Gray Wagtail
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail
- White Wagtail
Most common birds in Northern Mariana Islands
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 Northern Mariana Islands’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Black NoddyAnous minutus
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Philippine Collared-DoveStreptopelia dusumieri
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulva
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Mariana KingfisherTodiramphus albicilla
- Micronesian StarlingAplonis opaca
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
- Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Largest bird families in Northern Mariana Islands
Among its regular birds.
- Sandpipers and Allies32
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers16
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns10
- Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl9
- Plovers and Lapwings7
- Shearwaters and Petrels7
- Boobies and Gannets4
- Pigeons and Doves4
Reported in the last 30 days
51 species reported to eBird in Northern Mariana Islands in the 30 days to 2026-10-13. The 40 most recently reported:
Philippine Collared-Dove, Black Noddy, Brown Booby, Brown Noddy, Mariana Kingfisher, Blue-billed White-Tern, Red-footed Booby, Masked Booby, Red Junglefowl, Micronesian Starling, Common Greenshank, Black-winged Stilt, Whiskered Tern, Eurasian Whimbrel, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Ruddy Turnstone, Pacific Golden-Plover, Black Drongo, White-tailed Tropicbird, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Little Egret, Red-tailed Tropicbird, Little Tern, Bridled White-eye, Wood Sandpiper, Common Tern, Marsh Sandpiper, Yellow Bittern, Mariana Swiftlet, Eurasian Moorhen, Common Sandpiper, Common Snipe, Micronesian Rufous Fantail, Golden White-eye, White-throated Ground Dove, Pacific Reef-Heron, Micronesian Myzomela, Rota White-eye, Mariana Crow, Barn Swallow, …
Get to know some of them
Black-winged Stilt
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
White-tailed Tropicbird
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Little Egret
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Wood Sandpiper
Black Drongo
Common Tern
Marsh Sandpiper
Eurasian Moorhen
Common Sandpiper
Common Snipe
Barn Swallow
Pacific Reef-Heron