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 name | Binomial | Notes |
Chilean tinamou | Nothoprocta perdicaria | Introduced |
Petrels
Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Procellariidae
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
Southern giant petrel | Macronectes giganteus | |
Northern giant petrel | Macronectes halli | |
Cape petrel | Daption capense | |
Kermadec petrel | Pterodroma neglecta | |
Phoenix petrel | Pterodroma alba | |
Christmas shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis | |
Tropicbirds
Order: PhaethontiformesFamily: Phaethontidae
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
White-tailed tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
Red-tailed tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
Frigatebirds
Order: SuliformesFamily: Fregatidae
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
Great frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
Boobies
Order: SuliformesFamily: Sulidae
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
Masked booby | Sula dactylatra | |
Herons
Order: PelecaniformesFamily: Ardeidae
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
Heron sp. | gen. et sp. indet. | †Extinct |
Caracaras
Order: FalconiformesFamily: Falconidae
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
Chimango caracara | Milvago chimango | Introduced |
Rails
Order: GruiformesFamily: Rallidae
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
Easter Island crake | Porzana sp. | †Extinct |
Easter Island rail | gen. et sp. indet. | †Extinct |
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Scolopacidae
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
Wandering tattler | Tringa incana | |
Sanderling | Caldris alba | |
Noddies and terns
Order: CharadriiformesFamily: Laridae
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
Brown noddy | Anous stolidus | |
Grey noddy | Anous albivitta | |
White tern | Gygis alba | |
Sooty tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
Spectacled tern | Onychoprion lunatus | |
Pigeons
Order: ColumbiformesFamily: Columbidae
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
Rock pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced |
Parrots
Order: Psittaciformes
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
Parrot sp. 1 | gen. et sp. indet. | †Extinct |
Parrot sp. 2 | gen. et sp. indet. | †Extinct |
Owls
Order: StrigiformesFamily: Strigidae
Tanagers and allies
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Thraupidae
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
Common diuca finch | Diuca diuca | Introduced |
Order: PasseriformesFamily: Passeridae
Common name | Binomial | Notes |
House sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced |