List of birds of Easter Island


This is a list of birds of Easter Island. Easter Island is a special territory of Chile.

Tinamous

Order: TinamiformesFamily: Tinamidae
Common nameBinomialNotes
Chilean tinamouNothoprocta perdicariaIntroduced

Petrels

Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Procellariidae
Common nameBinomialNotes
Southern giant petrelMacronectes giganteus
Northern giant petrelMacronectes halli
Cape petrelDaption capense
Kermadec petrelPterodroma neglecta
Phoenix petrelPterodroma alba
Christmas shearwaterPuffinus nativitatis

Tropicbirds

Order: PhaethontiformesFamily: Phaethontidae
Common nameBinomialNotes
White-tailed tropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
Red-tailed tropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda

Frigatebirds

Order: SuliformesFamily: Fregatidae
Common nameBinomialNotes
Great frigatebirdFregata minor

Boobies

Order: SuliformesFamily: Sulidae
Common nameBinomialNotes
Masked boobySula dactylatra

Herons

Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Ardeidae
Common nameBinomialNotes
Heron sp.gen. et sp. indet.†Extinct

Caracaras

Order: FalconiformesFamily: Falconidae
Common nameBinomialNotes
Chimango caracaraMilvago chimangoIntroduced

Rails

Order: GruiformesFamily: Rallidae
Common nameBinomialNotes
Easter Island crakePorzana sp.†Extinct
Easter Island railgen. et sp. indet.†Extinct

Sandpipers and allies

Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Scolopacidae
Common nameBinomialNotes
Wandering tattlerTringa incana
SanderlingCaldris alba

Noddies and terns

Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Laridae
Common nameBinomialNotes
Brown noddyAnous stolidus
Grey noddyAnous albivitta
White ternGygis alba
Sooty ternOnychoprion fuscatus
Spectacled ternOnychoprion lunatus

Pigeons

Order: ColumbiformesFamily: Columbidae
Common nameBinomialNotes
Rock pigeonColumba liviaIntroduced

Parrots

Order: Psittaciformes
Common nameBinomialNotes
Parrot sp. 1gen. et sp. indet.†Extinct
Parrot sp. 2gen. et sp. indet.†Extinct

Owls

Order: StrigiformesFamily: Strigidae
Common nameBinomialNotes
Barn owlTyto albaExtinct on the island

Tanagers and allies

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Thraupidae
Common nameBinomialNotes
Common diuca finchDiuca diucaIntroduced

Old World sparrows

Order: PasseriformesFamily: Passeridae
Common nameBinomialNotes
House sparrowPasser domesticusIntroduced