Birds of Northern Mariana Islands

198 species recorded.

Classification : Alphabetical Systematics

Fiche	Photo	Drawing	Sound	English name	Scientific name	Common name
	✓		✓	Abbott's Booby	Papasula abbotti	Fou d'Abbott
				Aguiguan Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus nijoi	Rousserolle d'Aguijan
	✓	✓	✓	American Herring Gull	Larus smithsonianus	Goéland d'Amérique Goéland hudsonien
	✓	✓	✓	American Wigeon	Mareca americana	Canard à front blanc Canard d'Amérique
	✓	✓	✓	Amur Falcon	Falco amurensis	Faucon de l'Amour
	✓	✓	✓	Ashy Minivet	Pericrocotus divaricatus	Minivet cendré
	✓	✓	✓	Australian Rufous Fantail	Rhipidura rufifrons	Rhipidure roux
	✓	✓		Baer's Pochard	Aythya baeri	Fuligule de Baer
	✓	✓	✓	Band-rumped Storm Petrel	Hydrobates castro	Océanite de Castro
	✓			Bannerman's Shearwater	Puffinus bannermani	Puffin de Bannerman
	✓	✓	✓	Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica	Barge rousse
✓	✓	✓	✓	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	Hirondelle rustique Hirondelle de cheminée
	✓	✓	✓	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	Bihoreau gris
	✓	✓	✓	Black-footed Albatross	Phoebastria nigripes	Albatros à pieds noirs
✓	✓	✓	✓	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Mouette rieuse
	✓	✓	✓	Black-naped Tern	Sterna sumatrana	Sterne diamant
	✓		✓	Black-necked Stilt	Himantopus mexicanus	Échasse d'Amérique
	✓	✓	✓	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	Barge à queue noire
	✓	✓	✓	Black-tailed Gull	Larus crassirostris	Goéland à queue noire
	✓		✓	Black-winged Petrel	Pterodroma nigripennis	Pétrel à ailes noires
	✓	✓	✓	Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	Échasse blanche
	✓	✓	✓	Black Bittern	Botaurus flavicollis	Blongios à cou jaune
	✓	✓	✓	Black Drongo	Dicrurus macrocercus	Drongo royal
✓	✓	✓	✓	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	Milan noir
	✓	✓	✓	Black Noddy	Anous minutus	Noddi noir
	✓	✓	✓	Black Tern	Chlidonias niger	Guifette noire
	✓		✓	Bonin Petrel	Pterodroma hypoleuca	Pétrel des Bonin
	✓		✓	Bridled White-eye	Zosterops conspicillatus	Zostérops bridé
	✓	✓	✓	Bristle-thighed Curlew	Numenius tahitiensis	Courlis d'Alaska
	✓	✓	✓	Broad-billed Sandpiper	Calidris falcinellus	Bécasseau falcinelle
	✓	✓	✓	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster	Fou brun
	✓	✓	✓	Brown Noddy	Anous stolidus	Noddi brun
	✓	✓	✓	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Calidris subruficollis	Bécasseau rousset Bécasseau roussâtre
	✓	✓	✓	Bulwer's Petrel	Bulweria bulwerii	Pétrel de Bulwer
	✓		✓	Caroline Swiftlet	Aerodramus inquietus	Salangane des Carolines
	✓		✓	Chestnut Munia	Lonchura atricapilla	Capucin à tête noire
	✓	✓	✓	Chinese Pond Heron	Ardeola bacchus	Crabier chinois
	✓	✓	✓	Chinese Sparrowhawk	Tachyspiza soloensis	Épervier de Horsfield
	✓		✓	Christmas Shearwater	Puffinus nativitatis	Puffin de la Nativité
	✓		✓	Cinnamon Bittern	Botaurus cinnamomeus	Blongios cannelle
	✓	✓	✓	Collared Kingfisher	Todiramphus chloris	Martin-chasseur à collier blanc
✓	✓	✓	✓	Common Buzzard	Buteo buteo	Buse variable
	✓	✓	✓	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	Chevalier aboyeur
✓	✓	✓	✓	Common Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	Faucon crécerelle
	✓	✓	✓	Common Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	Gallinule poule-d'eau
	✓	✓	✓	Common Pochard	Aythya ferina	Fuligule milouin
	✓	✓	✓	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	Chevalier gambette
✓	✓	✓	✓	Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula	Grand Gravelot Pluvier grand-gravelot
	✓	✓	✓	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	Chevalier guignette
	✓	✓	✓	Common Snipe	Gallinago gallinago	Bécassine des marais
✓	✓	✓	✓	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	Sterne pierregarin
	✓	✓	✓	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	Bécasseau cocorli
✓	✓	✓	✓	Dunlin	Calidris alpina	Bécasseau variable
	✓	✓	✓	Dusky Thrush	Turdus eunomus	Grive à ailes rousses
	✓	✓	✓	Eastern Buzzard	Buteo japonicus	Buse d'Orient Buse du Japon
	✓		✓	Eastern Cattle Egret	Ardea coromanda	Garde-bœufs d'Asie Héron de Coromandel
	✓	✓	✓	Eastern Marsh Harrier	Circus spilonotus	Busard d'Orient
	✓	✓	✓	Eastern Spot-billed Duck	Anas zonorhyncha	Canard de Chine
	✓		✓	Eastern Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla tschutschensis	Bergeronnette de Béringie
✓	✓	✓	✓	Eurasian Coot	Fulica atra	Foulque macroule
✓	✓	✓	✓	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	Courlis cendré
✓	✓	✓	✓	Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo	Faucon hobereau
✓	✓	✓	✓	Eurasian Hoopoe	Upupa epops	Huppe fasciée
✓	✓	✓	✓	Eurasian Teal	Anas crecca	Sarcelle d'hiver
✓	✓	✓	✓	Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus	Moineau friquet
	✓	✓	✓	Eurasian Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	Courlis corlieu
	✓	✓	✓	Eurasian Wigeon	Mareca penelope	Canard siffleur
	✓	✓	✓	Falcated Duck	Mareca falcata	Canard à faucilles
	✓		✓	Far Eastern Curlew	Numenius madagascariensis	Courlis de Sibérie
	✓	✓	✓	Flesh-footed Shearwater	Ardenna carneipes	Puffin à pieds pâles
	✓	✓	✓	Gadwall	Mareca strepera	Canard chipeau
✓	✓	✓	✓	Garganey	Spatula querquedula	Sarcelle d'été
	✓	✓	✓	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	Ibis falcinelle
	✓		✓	Golden White-eye	Cleptornis marchei	Zostérops doré
	✓	✓	✓	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	Grand Cormoran
✓	✓	✓	✓	Great Egret	Ardea alba	Grande Aigrette
	✓	✓	✓	Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor	Frégate du Pacifique
	✓		✓	Great Knot	Calidris tenuirostris	Bécasseau de l'Anadyr
	✓	✓	✓	Greater Crested Tern	Thalasseus bergii	Sterne huppée
	✓	✓	✓	Greater Sand Plover	Anarhynchus leschenaultii	Gravelot de Leschenault Pluvier de Leschenault
	✓	✓	✓	Greater Scaup	Aythya marila	Fuligule milouinan
	✓	✓	✓	Greater Yellowlegs	Tringa melanoleuca	Chevalier criard Grand Chevalier
✓	✓	✓	✓	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	Chevalier cul-blanc Chevalier culblanc
	✓	✓	✓	Grey-streaked Flycatcher	Muscicapa griseisticta	Gobemouche à taches grises
	✓		✓	Grey-tailed Tattler	Tringa brevipes	Chevalier de Sibérie
✓	✓	✓	✓	Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea	Héron cendré
	✓	✓	✓	Grey Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	Pluvier argenté
✓	✓	✓	✓	Grey Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	Bergeronnette des ruisseaux
	✓	✓		Guam Rail	Hypotaenidia owstoni	Râle de Guam
	✓	✓	✓	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	Sterne hansel
	✓	✓	✓	Japanese Sparrowhawk	Tachyspiza gularis	Épervier du Japon
	✓	✓	✓	Kentish Plover	Anarhynchus alexandrinus	Gravelot à collier interrompu Pluvier à collier interrompu
	✓		✓	Kermadec Petrel	Pterodroma neglecta	Pétrel des Kermadec
	✓		✓	Latham's Snipe	Gallinago hardwickii	Bécassine du Japon
	✓	✓	✓	Laughing Gull	Leucophaeus atricilla	Mouette atricille
	✓	✓	✓	Laysan Albatross	Phoebastria immutabilis	Albatros de Laysan
	✓	✓	✓	Leach's Storm Petrel	Hydrobates leucorhous	Océanite culblanc Océanite cul-blanc
	✓	✓	✓	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Larus fuscus	Goéland brun
	✓			Lesser Frigatebird	Fregata ariel	Frégate ariel
	✓	✓	✓	Lesser Scaup	Aythya affinis	Fuligule à tête noire Petit Fuligule
	✓	✓	✓	Little Curlew	Numenius minutus	Courlis nain
✓	✓	✓	✓	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	Aigrette garzette
	✓	✓	✓	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	Grèbe castagneux
	✓	✓	✓	Little Pied Cormorant	Microcarbo melanoleucos	Cormoran pie
✓	✓	✓	✓	Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius	Petit Gravelot Pluvier petit-gravelot
	✓	✓	✓	Little Stint	Calidris minuta	Bécasseau minute
	✓	✓	✓	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	Sterne naine
	✓	✓	✓	Long-billed Dowitcher	Limnodromus scolopaceus	Bécassin à long bec
	✓	✓	✓	Long-billed Plover	Charadrius placidus	Gravelot à long bec Pluvier à long bec
	✓	✓	✓	Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus	Labbe à longue queue
	✓	✓	✓	Long-tailed Koel	Urodynamis taitensis	Coucou de Nouvelle-Zélande
	✓	✓	✓	Long-toed Stint	Calidris subminuta	Bécasseau à longs doigts
✓	✓	✓	✓	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	Canard colvert
	✓		✓	Mariana Crow	Corvus kubaryi	Corneille de Guam
	✓		✓	Mariana Fruit Dove	Ptilinopus roseicapilla	Ptilope des Mariannes
	✓		✓	Mariana Kingfisher	Todiramphus albicilla	Martin-chasseur des Mariannes
	✓			Mariana Swiftlet	Aerodramus bartschi	Salangane de Guam
	✓	✓	✓	Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	Chevalier stagnatile
	✓	✓	✓	Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra	Fou masqué
	✓			Matsudaira's Storm Petrel	Hydrobates matsudairae	Océanite de Matsudaira
	✓	✓	✓	Medium Egret	Ardea intermedia	Héron intermédiaire
	✓		✓	Micronesian Megapode	Megapodius laperouse	Mégapode de La Pérouse
	✓		✓	Micronesian Myzomela	Myzomela rubratra	Myzomèle de Micronésie
	✓			Micronesian Rufous Fantail	Rhipidura versicolor	Rhipidure de Micronésie
	✓		✓	Micronesian Starling	Aplonis opaca	Stourne de Micronésie
	✓	✓	✓	Nankeen Night Heron	Nycticorax caledonicus	Bihoreau cannelle
	✓		✓	Newell's Shearwater	Puffinus newelli	Puffin de Newell
				Nightingale Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus luscinius	Rousserolle rossignol
✓	✓	✓	✓	Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	Canard pilet
✓	✓	✓	✓	Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	Canard souchet
	✓	✓	✓	Orange-cheeked Waxbill	Estrilda melpoda	Astrild à joues orange
	✓	✓	✓	Oriental Cuckoo	Cuculus optatus	Coucou oriental
	✓	✓	✓	Oriental Dollarbird	Eurystomus orientalis	Rolle oriental
	✓	✓	✓	Oriental Pratincole	Glareola maldivarum	Glaréole orientale
✓	✓	✓	✓	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	Balbuzard pêcheur
	✓	✓	✓	Pacific Golden Plover	Pluvialis fulva	Pluvier fauve
	✓	✓	✓	Pacific Reef Heron	Egretta sacra	Aigrette sacrée
	✓		✓	Pacific Swift	Apus pacificus	Martinet de Sibérie
				Pagan Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus yamashinae	Rousserolle de Pagan
	✓	✓	✓	Parasitic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus	Labbe parasite
	✓	✓	✓	Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos	Bécasseau tacheté Bécasseau à poitrine cendrée
✓	✓	✓	✓	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	Faucon pèlerin
	✓	✓	✓	Pheasant-tailed Jacana	Hydrophasianus chirurgus	Jacana à longue queue
	✓			Philippine Collared Dove	Streptopelia dusumieri	Tourterelle des Philippines
✓	✓	✓	✓	Pied Stilt	Himantopus leucocephalus	Échasse d'Australie
	✓	✓	✓	Pin-tailed Snipe	Gallinago stenura	Bécassine à queue pointue
	✓	✓	✓	Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus	Labbe pomarin
	✓	✓	✓	Red-breasted Merganser	Mergus serrator	Harle huppé
	✓	✓	✓	Red-footed Booby	Sula sula	Fou à pieds rouges
	✓	✓	✓	Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus	Phalarope à bec étroit
✓	✓	✓	✓	Red-necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis	Bécasseau à cou roux Bécasseau à col roux
	✓	✓	✓	Red-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda	Phaéton à brins rouges
	✓	✓	✓	Red Junglefowl	Gallus gallus	Coq bankiva
	✓	✓	✓	Rock Dove	Columba livia	Pigeon biset
	✓		✓	Rota White-eye	Zosterops rotensis	Zostérops de Rota
	✓	✓	✓	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	Tournepierre à collier
	✓	✓	✓	Ruff	Calidris pugnax	Combattant varié
	✓		✓	Saipan Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus hiwae	Rousserolle de Saipan
✓	✓	✓	✓	Sanderling	Calidris alba	Bécasseau sanderling
✓	✓	✓	✓	Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Calidris acuminata	Bécasseau à queue pointue
	✓	✓	✓	Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus	Hibou des marais
	✓	✓		Short-tailed Albatross	Phoebastria albatrus	Albatros à queue courte
	✓		✓	Short-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna tenuirostris	Puffin à bec grêle
	✓	✓	✓	Siberian Sand Plover	Anarhynchus mongolus	Gravelot mongol Pluvier de Mongolie
	✓	✓	✓	Slaty-backed Gull	Larus schistisagus	Goéland à manteau ardoisé
	✓	✓	✓	Sooty Tern	Onychoprion fuscatus	Sterne fuligineuse
	✓	✓	✓	South Polar Skua	Stercorarius maccormicki	Labbe de McCormick
	✓		✓	Spectacled Tern	Onychoprion lunatus	Sterne à dos gris
	✓			Stejneger's Petrel	Pterodroma longirostris	Pétrel de Stejneger
	✓		✓	Streaked Shearwater	Calonectris leucomelas	Puffin leucomèle
	✓	✓	✓	Striated Heron	Butorides striata	Héron strié
	✓		✓	Sunda Collared Dove	Streptopelia bitorquata	Tourterelle à double collier
	✓		✓	Swinhoe's Snipe	Gallinago megala	Bécassine de Swinhoe
	✓		✓	Tahiti Petrel	Pseudobulweria rostrata	Pétrel de Tahiti
	✓	✓	✓	Temminck's Stint	Calidris temminckii	Bécasseau de Temminck
✓	✓	✓	✓	Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	Chevalier bargette
	✓		✓	Tinian Monarch	Monarcha takatsukasae	Monarque de Tinian
	✓		✓	Townsend's Shearwater	Puffinus auricularis	Puffin de Townsend
	✓		✓	Tristram's Storm Petrel	Hydrobates tristrami	Océanite de Tristram
	✓		✓	Tropical Shearwater	Puffinus bailloni	Puffin de Baillon
✓	✓	✓	✓	Tufted Duck	Aythya fuligula	Fuligule morillon
✓	✓	✓	✓	Tundra Swan	Cygnus columbianus	Cygne de Bewick Cygne siffleur
	✓	✓	✓	Wandering Tattler	Tringa incana	Chevalier errant
	✓	✓	✓	Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Ardenna pacifica	Puffin fouquet
✓	✓	✓	✓	Western Cattle Egret	Ardea ibis	Héron garde-bœufs
✓	✓	✓	✓	Western Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava	Bergeronnette printanière
	✓	✓	✓	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	Guifette moustac
	✓	✓	✓	White-cheeked Starling	Spodiopsar cineraceus	Étourneau gris
	✓		✓	White-necked Petrel	Pterodroma cervicalis	Pétrel à col blanc
✓	✓		✓	White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	Phaéton à bec jaune
	✓		✓	White-throated Ground Dove	Pampusana xanthonura	Gallicolombe pampusane
	✓	✓	✓	White-throated Needletail	Hirundapus caudacutus	Martinet épineux
	✓	✓	✓	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	Guifette leucoptère
	✓	✓	✓	White Tern	Gygis alba	Gygis blanche
✓	✓	✓	✓	White Wagtail	Motacilla alba	Bergeronnette grise
	✓	✓	✓	Wilson's Storm Petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	Océanite de Wilson
✓	✓	✓	✓	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola	Chevalier sylvain
	✓	✓	✓	Yellow Bittern	Botaurus sinensis	Blongios de Chine

Sources : IOC World Bird List (v15.1) · Avibase