Tuvalu bird checklist
27 bird species in 11 families have been recorded in Tuvalu, according to eBird; about 22 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 Tuvalu right now
1Brown Noddy
2Pacific Golden-Plover
3Red Junglefowl
4Red-footed Booby
5Sooty Tern
6Wedge-tailed Shearwater
7Black Noddy
8Lesser Frigatebird
9Ruddy Turnstone
10Sanderling
Tuvalu bird checklist
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Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies
- Red Junglefowl
Pigeons and Doves
- Pacific Imperial-Pigeon
Cuckoos
- Long-tailed Koel
Plovers and Lapwings
- Pacific Golden-Plover
- Semipalmated Plover
Sandpipers and Allies
- Eurasian Whimbrel
- Gray-tailed Tattler
- Wandering Tattler
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Sanderling
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Blue-billed White-Tern
- Brown Noddy
- Black Noddy
- Sooty Tern
- Bridled Tern
- Black-naped Tern
- Great Crested Tern
Tropicbirds
- White-tailed Tropicbird
- Red-tailed Tropicbird
Shearwaters and Petrels
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater
- Christmas Shearwater
Frigatebirds
- Lesser Frigatebird
- Great Frigatebird
Boobies and Gannets
- Red-footed Booby
- Brown Booby
- Masked Booby
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
- Pacific Reef-Heron
Most common birds in Tuvalu
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 Tuvalu’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulva
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
- Black NoddyAnous minutus
- Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Wandering TattlerTringa incana
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
- Pacific Reef-HeronEgretta sacra
- Great Crested TernThalasseus bergii
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Christmas ShearwaterPuffinus nativitatis
Largest bird families in Tuvalu
Among its regular birds.
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers7
- Sandpipers and Allies4
- Boobies and Gannets3
- Plovers and Lapwings2
- Shearwaters and Petrels2
- Frigatebirds2
- Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies1
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns1
Reported in the last 30 days
4 species reported to eBird in Tuvalu in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, most recent first:
Brown Noddy, Pacific Golden-Plover, Red Junglefowl, Blue-billed White-Tern.
