Birds of Vanuatu

List of Common Birds Found in Vanuatu

Native Birds

• Australasian Gannet
• Beach Kingfisher
• Black-faced Shrikebill
• Black-naped Tern
• Black Noddy
• Black-winged Petrel
• Blue-crowned Lorikeet
• Blyth’s Hornbill
• Brown Goshawk
• Brown Noddy
• Buff-banded Rail
• Buff-bellied Monarch
• Cardinal Myzomela
• Chestnut-bellied Kingfisher
• Chestnut-bellied Monarch
• Coconut Lorikeet
• Collared Kingfisher
• Collared Lory
• Collared Petrel
• Collared Sparrowhawk
• Common White Tern
• Fan-tailed Gerygone
• Glossy Swiftlet
• Gray-backed Storm Petrel
• Gray-eared Honeyeater
• Gray-faced Petrel
• Gray Fantail
• Gray-green Fruit Dove
• Gray Plover
• Gray Ternlet
• Gray-throated White-eye
• Great Crested Tern
• Herald Petrel
• Hooded Pitta
• Island Leaf Warbler
• Island Monarch
• Island Thrush
• Kermadec Petrel
• Lesser Frigatebird
• Lesser Sand Plover
• Little Pied Cormorant
• Long-tailed Myna
• Long-tailed Triller
• Masked Booby
• Melanesian Flycatcher
• Melanesian Kingfisher
• Melanesian Whistler
• Metallic Pigeon
• Mountain Starling
• Northern Shrikebill
• Oceanic Eclectus Parrot
• Orange-footed Scrubfowl
• Pacific Black Duck
• Pacific Black Swan
• Pacific Emerald Dove
• Pacific Golden Plover
• Pacific Imperial Pigeon
• Pacific Long-tailed Cuckoo
• Pacific Reef Heron
• Pacific Robin
• Pacific Swallow
• Palm Lorikeet
• Pied Goshawk
• Pied Imperial Pigeon
• Polynesian Starling
• Polynesian Storm Petrel
• Polynesian Swiftlet
• Polynesian Triller
• Rainbow Bee-eater
• Red-bellied Fruit Dove
• Red-bellied Myzomela
• Red-footed Booby
• Red-headed Myzomela
• Red-tailed Tropicbird
• Red-throated Lorikeet
• Rufous-bellied Kookaburra
• Rusty-winged Starling
• Sacred Kingfisher
• Santa Cruz Ground Dove
• Shining Flycatcher
• Silvereye
• Solomon Islands Cuckooshrike
• Solomon Islands Sea Eagle
• Solomons Cuckooshrike
• Sooty Tern
• Southern Shrikebill
• South Melanesian Cuckooshrike
• Spangled Drongo
• Stout-billed Cuckooshrike
• Streaked Fantail
• Tahiti Petrel
• Tanna Fruit Dove
• Torresian Crow
• Torresian Imperial Pigeon
• Torresian Swamphen
• Torres Strait Pigeon
• Uniform Swiftlet
• Vanikoro Swiftlet
• Vanuatu Drongo
• Vanuatu Honeyeater
• Vanuatu Imperial Pigeon
• Vanuatu Kingfisher
• Vanuatu Megapode
• Vanuatu Owlet-nightjar
• Vanuatu Petrel
• Vanuatu Scrubfowl
• Vanuatu Starling
• Vanuatu Streaked Fantail
• Vanuatu White-eye
• Varied Triller
• Whimbrel
• Whistling Kite
• White-bellied Cuckooshrike
• White-bellied Goshawk
• White-bellied Honeyeater
• White-breasted Woodswallow
• White-capped Monarch
• White-collared Monarch
• White-faced Heron
• White-faced Robin
• White-necked Petrel
• White-rumped Swiftlet
• White-tailed Tropicbird
• White-throated Honeyeater
• White-throated Monarch

Non-native Birds

• Chestnut-breasted Munia
• Chestnut Munia
• Common Myna
• Common Waxbill
• House Sparrow
• Mallard
• Red-browed Firetail
• Red Junglefowl
• Red-throated Parrotfinch
• Rock Pigeon

Some of the best birding sites in Vanuatu include Mele Cascades, Vanuatu Tropical Garden, and Enratana Conservation Area. The peak birding season in Vanuatu generally coincides with the dry season, which typically runs from April to October.