Birding Factoids

Over 225 species
in 33 families

40 endemic species
11 speciality birds
24 endangered species

Micronesia
Hotspots
(including the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Palau, the Caroline Islands and the Marshall Islands)

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Micronesia
Specialities Guam Flycatcher - Photo copyright US Fish and Wildlife Service

Photo copyright US Fish and Wildlife Service

Micronesian Kingfisher - Photo copyright Greg Neise

Photo copyright Greg Neise

....The Birds of Guam - information on the disappearance of birds on the

island of Guam. See also: The Brown Tree Snake: a Fact Sheet fpr Pacific Island Residents and Travellers

....Notes on the Avifauna of Ebon Atoll, Marshall Islands - by Dirk HR

Spennemann & Hemley Benjamin.

....Trip Report: Palau, December 22, 1994 - January 4, 1995.

By Fer-Jan de Vries. The Christmas holidays of 1994 I have spent with Vincent van Oostrom at the archipelago of Palau, located in the Pacific Ocean, roughly halfway on the line Japan Australia. The Palau islands are at the westernmost edge of Micronesia. It is a wonderful place to visit. In our case the trip was a last minute decision, so we were badly prepared.

....Kosrae, Marshall Islands, and Pohnpei, 1996 - From July 26-

August 19, 1996, Daphne Gemmill, President of Going Birding/BigPockets, had an opportunity to do some birding on the islands of Kosrae, Marshall, and Pohnpei. She wrote a brief trip report describing the islands, her experiences, and the birds one could expect to see and did see as well as accommodations and places to eat.

....Palau, 1997 - From December 7 to 19, 1997, Daphne Gemmill,

President of Going Birding/BigPockets, had an opportunity to do some birding in Palau. She wrote a brief trip report describing the islands, her experiences, and the birds one could expect to see and did see as well as accommodations and places to eat.

....Trip Report: Pohnpei (Micronesia), January 24-26, 1999. By Peter

Lonsdale. I spent 3 days (Jan. 24-26) seeking endemics on Pohnpei (7°N, 158°E), one of the three reef-enclosed high volcanic islands or island groups (Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae) in the Caroline Islands, western equatorial Pacific. These islands, as well as Majuro and Kwajalein Atolls in the Marshall Islands, are all connected by Continental Airlines' twice-weekly Honolulu-to-Guam "Island Hopper" service.

....Trip Report: Birding in Micronesia from 10th Feb – 6th Mar 2002.

By Steve Smith. This report details a birding trip in Micronesia. In total, I saw 35 out of about 40 Micronesian endemics. Information is available on a number of Micronesian islands.

....Trip Report: Micronesia, 19th December 2002 - 1st January 2003.

By G Talbot and C Campion. Having birded many parts of SE Asia on numerous occasions we decided to try somewhere completely new. We had often speculated about going to the islands in the Pacific which make up the region known as Micronesia as some of the endemic birds looked amazing and also there was some very good snorkeling to be had, however the amount of information available with regards birding sites was somewhat limited.

Factoids taken from Where to watch birds in Australiasia and Oceania - by Nigel Wheatley

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Endemics and Specialities

in Micronesia

Information on endemics and specialities is derived from Sibley & Monroe checklists and bird distribution lists in Thayer's Birder's Diary - Version 2.5, supplemented by material found in Where to watch birds in Australiasia and Oceania - by Nigel Wheatley. Oceania speciality birds, while not endemic, are those that can only be found in three or less countries of Oceania. Information on endangered birds is derived from the IUCN Red List, Birdlife International, and supporting data bases developed by Ian Patton, of Merlin Species Watcher. The endemic, endangered and speciality birds may be uncommon, extremely rare vagrants, may be extirpated in the country now or may only be present in migration. However, documented sightings of each species noted below have been made in Micronesia.

Endemics in Micronesia
___ Golden White-eye ___ Guam Rail ___ Mariana Fruit-Dove ___ Nightingale Reed-Warbler ___ Tinian Monarch	Northern Mariana Islands
___ Bridled White-eye ___ Guam Swiftlet ___ Mariana Crow	Northern Marinana Islands and Guam
___ Micronesian Scrub-fowl	Northern Marinana Islands and Palau
___ Micronesian Myzomela ___ Micronesian Starling	Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Palua and Caroline Islands
___ White-throated Ground-Dove	Northern Mariana Islands and Yap (Caroline Islands)
___ Micronesian Kingfisher	Guam, Palau, and Pohnoei (Caroline Islands)
___ Dusky White-eye ___ Gian White-eye ___ Morningbird ___ Palau Bush Warbler ___ Palau Fantail ___ Palau Flycatcher ___ Palau Fruit-Dove ___ Palau Ground-Dove ___ Palau Scops Owl ___ Palau Swiftlet	Palau
___ Caroline Islands White-eye	Palau and Caroline Islands
___ Micronesian Imperial-Pigeon	Palau, and Caroline and Marshall Islands
___ Caroline Ground-Dove ___ Caroline Islands Swiftlet ___ Caroline Reed-Warbler ___ Grey White-eye ___ Long-billed White-eye ___ Oceanic Flycatcher ___ Plain White-eye ___ Pohnpei Fantail ___ Pohnpei Flycatcher ___ Pohnpei Lorikeet ___ Pohnpei Starling ___ Truk Monarch ___ Truk White-eye ___ Yap Monarch ___ Yap White-eye	Caroline Islands

Endangered Birds in Micronesia (endemics are printed in *bold italic*)
Breeding Birds		Non-Breeding Birds
___ *Caroline Islands* *......Ground-Dove* ___ Chuuk Monarch ___ Faichuk White-eye ___ *Giant White-eye* ___ *Guam Rail* ___ *Guam Swiflet* ___ *Long-billed White-eye* ___ Mariana Crow ___ Micronesian Megapode ___ *Micronesian Scrubfowl* ___ Nicobar Pigeon	___ *Nightingale Reed-Warbler* ___ *Palau Ground-Dove* ___ Plain White-eye ___ Pohnpei Mountain Starling ___ *Rota Bridled White-eye* ___ *Rota White-eye* ___ *Tinian Monarch* ___ White-throated Ground-Dove ___ *Yap Monarch* ___ *Yap White-eye*	___ Bristle-thighed Curlew ___ Japanese Night-Heron ___ Noordman's Greenshank

Other Speciality and Spectacular Birds in Micronesia (adapted from Where to watch birds in Australiasia and Oceania - by Nigel Wheatley.)
___ Black Noddy ___ Blue-grey Noddy ___ Bristle-thighed Curlew ___ Crimson-crowned Fruit-Dove	___ Grey-backed Tern ___ Long-tailed Koel ___ Masked Booby ___ Red-footed Booby	___ Red-tailed Tropicbird ___ Sooty Tern ___ White-tailed Tropicbird