Samoa bird checklist

92 bird species in 31 families have been recorded in Samoa, according to eBird; about 84 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 Samoa right now

1White-rumped Swiftlet
2Red-vented Bulbul
3Brown Noddy
4Pacific Imperial-Pigeon
5Samoan Fantail
6Samoan Starling
7Polynesian Starling
8Mao
9Crimson-crowned Fruit-Dove
10Eastern Wattled-Honeyeater

The top 20, and how they are ranked

Samoa bird checklist

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Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

Pacific Black Duck
Mallard

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

Red Junglefowl

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon
Metallic Pigeon
Shy Ground Dove
Tooth-billed Pigeon
Crimson-crowned Fruit-Dove
Many-colored Fruit-Dove
Pacific Imperial-Pigeon

Cuckoos

Long-tailed Koel

Swifts

White-rumped Swiftlet

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

Buff-banded Rail
Australasian Swamphen
White-browed Crake
Spotless Crake

Plovers and Lapwings

Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover

Sandpipers and Allies

Bristle-thighed Curlew
Eurasian Whimbrel
Far Eastern Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Common Sandpiper
Gray-tailed Tattler
Wandering Tattler
Wood Sandpiper
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Red-necked Stint
Sanderling
Pectoral Sandpiper

Skuas and Jaegers

Parasitic Jaeger

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Laughing Gull
Blue-billed White-Tern
Brown Noddy
Black Noddy
Blue-gray Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Gray-backed Tern
Little Tern
Australian Fairy Tern
Black-naped Tern
Roseate Tern
Great Crested Tern

Tropicbirds

White-tailed Tropicbird
Red-tailed Tropicbird

Southern Storm-Petrels

Polynesian Storm-Petrel

Shearwaters and Petrels

Herald Petrel
Mottled Petrel
White-necked Petrel
Black-winged Petrel
Cook's Petrel
Gould's Petrel
Collared Petrel
Stejneger's Petrel
Tahiti Petrel
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Buller's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Tropical 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

Kingfishers

Flat-billed Kingfisher

Old World Parrots

Red Shining-Parrot
Blue-crowned Lorikeet

Honeyeaters

Samoan Myzomela
Mao
Eastern Wattled-Honeyeater

Cuckooshrikes

Polynesian Triller
Samoan Triller

Whistlers and Allies

Samoan Whistler

Fantails

Samoan Fantail

Monarch Flycatchers

Samoan Flycatcher

Australasian Robins

Pacific Robin

Swallows

Pacific Swallow

Bulbuls

Red-vented Bulbul

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Samoan White-eye

Starlings

Polynesian Starling
Samoan Starling
Common Myna
Jungle Myna

Thrushes and Allies

Samoan Island-Thrush

Waxbills and Allies

Royal Parrotfinch

Most common birds in Samoa

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

White-rumped SwiftletAerodramus spodiopygius
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
Pacific Imperial-PigeonDucula pacifica
Samoan FantailRhipidura nebulosa
Samoan StarlingAplonis atrifusca
Polynesian StarlingAplonis tabuensis
MaoGymnomyza samoensis
Crimson-crowned Fruit-DovePtilinopus porphyraceus
Eastern Wattled-HoneyeaterFoulehaio carunculatus
Samoan MyzomelaMyzomela nigriventris
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
Metallic PigeonColumba vitiensis
Buff-banded RailGallirallus philippensis
Flat-billed KingfisherTodiramphus recurvirostris
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulva
Samoan TrillerLalage sharpei
Rock PigeonColumba livia
Royal ParrotfinchErythrura cyaneovirens

Largest bird families in Samoa

Among its regular birds.

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers13
Shearwaters and Petrels13
Sandpipers and Allies12
Pigeons and Doves6
Starlings4
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots4
Honeyeaters3
Boobies and Gannets3

Reported in the last 30 days

33 species reported to eBird in Samoa in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, most recent first:

Samoan Fantail, Red-vented Bulbul, White-rumped Swiftlet, Blue-billed White-Tern, Mao, Samoan Starling, Pacific Imperial-Pigeon, Polynesian Starling, Brown Noddy, Samoan Myzomela, Crimson-crowned Fruit-Dove, Eastern Wattled-Honeyeater, Flat-billed Kingfisher, Samoan Triller, Metallic Pigeon, Royal Parrotfinch, Samoan Island-Thrush, Samoan Flycatcher, Common Myna, Buff-banded Rail, White-tailed Tropicbird, Polynesian Triller, Samoan Whistler, Blue-crowned Lorikeet, Pacific Golden-Plover, Jungle Myna, Rock Pigeon, Samoan White-eye, Pacific Robin, Many-colored Fruit-Dove, Shy Ground Dove, Australasian Swamphen, Red Junglefowl.