Common and Samoan name

Scientific name

Tutuila

Ofu -
Olosega

Ta'u

Swains

Rose

LAND BIRDS

Crake, spotless

Porzana tabuensis

R

Cuckoo, long-tailed (aleva)

Eudynamis taitensis

M

M

M

M

M

Dove, friendly ground (tu'aimeo)

Gallicolumba stairi

R

Fruit dove, many-colored (manuma)

Ptilinopus perousii

R

R

R

Fruit dove, purple-capped (manutagi)

Ptilinopus porphyraceus

R

R

R

Honeyeater, wattled (iao)

Foulehaio carunculata

R

R

R

Honeyeater, cardinal (segasegamau'u)

Myzomela cardinalis

R

Mao (ma'oma'o)

Gymnomyza samoensis

E

Kingfisher, white-collared (ti'otala)

Todiramphus chloris

R

R

R

Lory, blue-crowned (sega)

Vini australis

V

R

R

Owl, barn (lulu)

Tyto alba

R

R

R

Pigeon, Pacific (lupe)

Ducula pacifica

R

R

R

Rail, banded (ve'a)

Gallirallus philippensis

R

R

R

Shrikebill, Fiji

Clytorhynchus vitiensis

R

R

Starling, Polynesian (miti vao)

Aplonis tabuensis

R

R

R

Starling, Samoan (fuia)

Aplonis atrifusca

R

R

R

Swamphen, purple (manu ali'i)

Porphyrio porphyrio

R

R

R

Swiftlet, white-rumped (pe'ape'a)

Collocalia spodiopygia

R

R

R

SHORE AND WATER BIRDS

Curlew, bristle-thighed (tuli)

Numenius tahitiensis

M

M

M

M

M

Duck, Australian gray (toloa)

Anas superciliosa

R

V

Godwit, bar-tailed (tuli)

Limosa lapponica

M

M

Heron, reef (matu'u)

Egretta sacra

R

R

R

R

R

Heron, white-faced

Ardea novaehollandiae

V

Plover, golden (tuli)

Pluvialis dominica

M

M

M

M

M

Sanderling (tuli)

Calidris alba

M

M

M

Tattler, wandering (tuli)

Heteroscelus incanus

M

M

M

M

M

Turnstone, ruddy (tuli)

Arenaria interpres

M

M

M

M

M

INTRODUCED SPECIES

Bulbul, red-vented (manu palagi)

Pycnonotus cafer

I

Dove, rock (lupe palagi)

Columba livia

V

Junglefowl, red

Gallus gallus

I

I

I

Myna, common

Acridotheres tristis

I

Myna, jungle

Acridotheres fuscus

I

SEABIRDS

Booby, brown (fua'o)

Sula leucogaster

R

R

S

S

R

Booby, red footed (fua'o)

Sula sula

R

R?

S

S

R

Booby, masked (fua'o)

Sula dactylatra

S

S

R

Frigatebird, great (atafa)

Fregata minor

R

S

S

S

R

Frigatebird, lesser (atafa)

Fregata ariel

R

S

S

S

R

Gull, laughing

Larus atricilla

S

Noddy, blue-grey (laia)

Procelsterna cerulea

R

R

R

Noddy, black (gogo)

Anous minutus

R

R

R

R

R

Noddy, brown (gogo)

Anous stolidus

R

R

R

R

R

Petrel, collared (ta'i'o)

Pterodroma leucoptera

R?

Petrel, Herald (ta'i'o)

Pterodroma arminjoniana

R

R

Petrel, Tahiti (ta'i'o)

Pterodroma rostrata

R

R

R?

Petrel, white-necked (ta'i'o)

Pterodroma externa

S

Shearwater, Audubon's (ta'i'o)

Puffinus lherminieri

R

R

Shearwater, Christmas (ta'i'o)

Puffinus nativitatis

R?

Shearwater, Newell's (ta'i'o)

Puffinus newelli

S

Shearwater, short-tailed (ta'i'o)

Puffinus tenuirostris

*

Shearwater, sooty (ta'i'o)

Puffinus griseus

S

Shearwater, wedge-tailed (ta'i'o)

Puffinus pacificus

R?

R?

Storm petrel, white-faced

Pelagodroma marina

S

Storm-petrel, white-throated

Nesofregetta albigularis

R?

Tern, black-naped (gogosina)

Sterna sumatrana

S

S

S

Tern, bridled

Sterna anaethetus

S

Tern, crested

Sterna bergii

S

Tern, gray-backed (gogosina)

Sterna lunata

R

R

Tern, sooty

Sterna fuscata

S

S

R

Tern, white (manu sina)

Gygis alba

R

R

R

R

R

Tropicbird, red-tailed (tava'e'ula)

Phaethon rubricauda

S

R

Tropicbird, white-tailed (tava'esina)

Phaethon lepturus

R

R

R

R

R