Pitcairn Islands bird checklist
50 bird species in 15 families have been recorded in the Pitcairn Islands, according to eBird; about 46 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 Pitcairn Islands right now
1Great Frigatebird
2Bristle-thighed Curlew
3Pitcairn Reed Warbler
4Black Noddy
5Masked Booby
6Gray Noddy
7Henderson Island Crake
8Red-footed Booby
9Pacific Golden-Plover
10Henderson Island Reed Warbler
Pitcairn Islands bird checklist
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Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies
- Red Junglefowl
Pigeons and Doves
- Henderson Island Fruit-Dove
Cuckoos
- Long-tailed Koel
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
- Henderson Island Crake
- Spotless Crake
Plovers and Lapwings
- Pacific Golden-Plover
Sandpipers and Allies
- Bristle-thighed Curlew
- Wandering Tattler
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Blue-billed White-Tern
- Brown Noddy
- Black Noddy
- Gray Noddy
- Sooty Tern
- Gray-backed Tern
- Great Crested Tern
Tropicbirds
- White-tailed Tropicbird
- Red-tailed Tropicbird
Southern Storm-Petrels
- White-faced Storm-Petrel
- White-bellied Storm-Petrel
- Polynesian Storm-Petrel
Shearwaters and Petrels
- Pintado Petrel
- Kermadec Petrel
- Herald Petrel
- Murphy's Petrel
- Henderson Petrel
- Soft-plumaged Petrel
- White-headed Petrel
- Juan Fernandez Petrel
- White-necked Petrel
- Black-winged Petrel
- Cook's Petrel
- Phoenix Petrel
- Tahiti Petrel
- Gray Petrel
- White-chinned Petrel
- Parkinson's Petrel
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater
- Sooty Shearwater
- Christmas Shearwater
- Tropical Shearwater
Frigatebirds
- Lesser Frigatebird
- Great Frigatebird
Boobies and Gannets
- Red-footed Booby
- Brown Booby
- Masked Booby
- Nazca Booby
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
- Pacific Reef-Heron
Old World Parrots
- Stephen's Lorikeet
Reed Warblers and Allies
- Pitcairn Reed Warbler
- Henderson Island Reed Warbler
Most common birds in Pitcairn 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 Pitcairn Islands’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.
- Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
- Bristle-thighed CurlewNumenius tahitiensis
- Pitcairn Reed WarblerAcrocephalus vaughani
- Black NoddyAnous minutus
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Gray NoddyAnous albivitta
- Henderson Island CrakeZapornia atra
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulva
- Henderson Island Reed WarblerAcrocephalus taiti
- Pacific Reef-HeronEgretta sacra
- Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
- Blue-billed White-TernGygis candida
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Wandering TattlerTringa incana
- Murphy's PetrelPterodroma ultima
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
Largest bird families in Pitcairn Islands
Among its regular birds.
- Shearwaters and Petrels20
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers7
- Boobies and Gannets3
- Southern Storm-Petrels3
- Frigatebirds2
- Sandpipers and Allies2
- Reed Warblers and Allies2
- Tropicbirds2
Reported in the last 30 days
16 species reported to eBird in Pitcairn Islands in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, most recent first:
Pitcairn Reed Warbler, Blue-billed White-Tern, Bristle-thighed Curlew, Great Frigatebird, Gray Noddy, Henderson Island Crake, Henderson Island Reed Warbler, Masked Booby, Black Noddy, Pacific Reef-Heron, Pacific Golden-Plover, Red-footed Booby, Red-tailed Tropicbird, Wandering Tattler, Murphy's Petrel, Brown Noddy.
