Tahiti to Easter Island Bird List -- September 29 - October 17, 2014 Produced by Peter Harrison & Jonathan Rossouw BIRDS Date of sighting in September & October 2014 - Key for Locations on Page 4 Common Name Scientific Name 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Tinamous Chilean Tinamou Nothoprocta pedricaria X Petrels & Shearwaters Pseudobulweria Tahiti Petrel X X X X rostrata Murphy's Petrel Pterodroma ultima X X X X X X Juan Fernandez Petrel Pterodroma externa X X Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta X Herald Petrel Pterodroma heraldica X X Henderson Petrel Pterodroma atrata X X Phoenix Petrel Pterodroma alba X X Pterodroma nigripen- Black-winged Petrel X nis Gould's Petrel Pterodroma leucoptera X Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii X Pterodroma defilip- De Filippi's Petrel X piana Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii X X X X X Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus X X X X Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus X X X X Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris X X Christmas Shearwater Puffinus nativitatis X Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni X X X X X Storm Petrels Polynesian Storm-Petrel Nesofregetta fuliginosa X Tropicbirds Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda X X X X X X X X White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus X X X X X X X Boobies & Gannets Masked Booby Sula dactylatra X X X X X X X X Common Name Scientific Name 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Red-footed Booby Sula sula X X X X X X X X X X X X X Brown Booby Sula leucogaster X X X X X X X X X Frigatebirds Great Frigatebird Fregata minor X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel X X X X Herons & Egrets Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra X X X X X X X X X Rails & Crakes E Henderson Crake Porzana atra X Plovers Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva X X X Sandpipers & Snipes Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis X X Wandering Tattler Heterosceles incanus X X X X X X X X X X X X E Tuamotu Sandpiper Prosobonia cancellata X Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres X Terns Great Crested Tern Sterna bergii X X X X X X X X X X X Gray-backed Tern Sterna lunata X X X Sooty Tern Sterna fuscata X X X X X X X X X Black Noddy Anous minutus X X X X X X X X X Brown Noddy Anous stolidus X X X X X X X X X Blue Noddy Procelsterna cerulea X X X X X X Grey Noddy Procelsterna albivitta X X X White Tern Gygis alba X X X X X X X X X X X X Falcons & Caracaras Chimango Caracara Milvago chimango X X Pigeons & Doves Rock Dove Columba livia X E Marquesas Imperial-Pigeon Ducula galeata X (aka Nuka Hiva Pigeon) Zebra Dove Geopelia striata X X Gallicolumba erythrop- E Polynesian Ground-Dove tera Common Name Scientific Name 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 E Henderson Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus insularis X E Grey-green Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus purpuratus H E Atoll Fruit-Dove Ptilinopus coralensis X X Ptilinopus dupetith- E White-capped Fruit-Dove X X X ouarsii Parrots, Lories & Lorikeets E Henderson (Stephen's) Vini stepheni X Lorikeet Owls Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus X Swifts & Swiftlets Aerodromus leucopha- E Tahiti Swiftlet X eus E Marquesas Swiftlet Aerodromus ocistus X X X Kingfishers Todirhamphus venera- E Tahiti Kingfisher X tus Todirhamphus godef- E Marquesas Kingfisher X froyi Swallows & Martins Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica X Reed Warblers E Southern Marquesas Reed- Acrocephalus men- X X Warbler danae E Northern Marquesas Reed- Acrocephalus percer- X Warbler nis Acrocephalus E Pitcairn Reed-Warbler X vaughani E Henderson Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus taita X Monarchs E Tahiti Monarch Pomarea nigra X White-eyes Silver-eye Zosterops lateralis X Bulbuls Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer X Common Name Scientific Name 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Starlings & Mynas Common Myna Acridotheres tristis X Old World Sparrows House Sparrow Passer domesticus X X Tanagers & Allies Common Diuca-Finch Diuca diuca X X Waxbills, Munias, and Allies Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild X Red-browed Firetail Emblema temporalis X Lonchura castaneo- Chestnut-breasted Munia X thorax MAMMALS Megaptera novaengli- Humpback Whale X X X ae Bottle-nosed Dolphin Tursiops truncatus X Melon-headed Whale Pepanocephala electra X Polynesian Rat Rattus exulans X X X X KEY 30 - September 30 ~ Papehue Valley, Tahiti 1 - October 1 ~ At Sea / Rangiroa, Tuamotus 2 - October 2 ~ At Sea 3 - October 3 ~ Nuka Hiva, Marquesas 4 - October 4 ~ Hiva Oa / Hatuata 5 - October 5 ~ Fatu Hiva 6 - October 6 ~ Puka Puka, Tuamotus 7 - October 7 ~ Puka Rua 8 - October 8 ~ Teneraro 9 - October 9 ~ At Sea 10 - October 10 ~ Pitcairn, Pitcairn Islands 11- October 11 ~ Henderson 12 - October 12 ~ Ducie 13 - October 13 ~ At Sea 14 - October 14 ~ At Sea 15 - October 15 ~ Easter Island 16 - October 16 ~ Easter Island.