List of birds of Fernando de Noronha

Noronha elaenia

This list of birds of Fernando de Noronha includes species documented in the Brazilian archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, belonging to the state of Pernambuco, located in the western Atlantic Ocean. The backbone of this list is provided by Avibase, and all additions that differ from this list have citations. As of November 2024, there are 80 recorded bird species in Fernando de Noronha.

The following tags note species in each of those categories:

• (A) Accidental - species not regularly occurring in Fernando de Noronha
• (En) Endemic - species that is only found in Fernando de Noronha
• (Ex) Extirpated - species that no longer occurs in Fernando de Noronha but still occurs elsewhere
• (I) Introduced - species that is not native to Fernando de Noronha

Ducks, geese, and waterfowl

Order: Anseriformes   Family: Anatidae

• Northern pintail (Anas acuta)

Doves and pigeons

Order: Columbiformes   Family: Columbidae

• Rock dove (Columba livia) (I)(A)
• Common ground dove (Columbina passerina) (A)
• Eared dove (Zenaida auriculata)

Cuckoos

Order: Cuculiformes   Family: Cuculidae

• Common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) (A)

Rails

Order: Gruiformes   Family: Rallidae

• Corn crake (Crex crex) (A)
• Spotted rail (Pardirallus maculatus)
• Purple gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)

Plovers and Lapwings

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Charadriidae

• Black-bellied plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
• American golden plover (Pluvialis dominica)
• Semipalmated plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
• Wilson's plover (Anarhynchus wilsonia)
• Collared plover (Anarhynchus collaris)

Sandpipers

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Scolopacidae

• Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
• Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) (A)
• Short-billed dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
• Spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
• Solitary sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
• Wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) (A)
• Lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
• Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
• Red knot (Calidris canutus)
• Sanderling (Calidris alba)
• Little stint (Calidris minuta) (A)
• White-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
• Pectoral sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
• Semipalmated sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)

Skuas and jaegers

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Stercorariidae

• South Polar skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) (A)
• Great skua (Stercorarius skua) (A)

Gulls, terns, and skimmers

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Laridae

• Franklin's gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) (A)
• Kelp gull (Larus dominicanus)
• White tern (Gygis alba)
• Brown noddy (Anous stolidus)
• Black noddy (Anous minutus)
• Sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)
• Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea)
• Common tern (Sterna hirundo)
• Royal tern (Thalasseus maximus)
• Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) (A)

Tropicbirds

Order: Phaethontiformes   Family: Phaethontidae

• White-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)
• Red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)
• Red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) (A)

Albatrosses

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Diomedeidae

• Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross (Thalassarche chlororhynchos)

Southern storm petrels

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Oceanitidae

• Wilson's storm-petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
• Black-bellied storm-petrel (Fregetta tropica) (A)

Northern storm petrels

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Hydrobatidae

• Leach's storm-petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous)

Petrels and shearwaters

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Procellariidae

• Great-winged petrel (Pterodroma macroptera) (A)
• Trindade petrel (Pterodroma arminjoniana)
• Bulwer's petrel (Bulweria bulwerii)
• Cory's shearwater (Calonectris diomedea)
• Great shearwater (Ardenna gravis)
• Sooty shearwater (Ardenna grisea)
• Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
• Sargasso shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri)

Frigatebirds

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Fregatidae

• Ascension frigatebird (Fregata aquila) (A)
• Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
• Lesser frigatebird (Fregata ariel)

Boobies and gannets

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Sulidae

• Red-footed booby (Sula sula)
• Brown booby (Sula leucogaster)
• Masked booby (Sula dactylatra)

Herons and egrets

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Ardeidae

• Rufescent tiger-heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)
• Black-crowned night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
• Snowy egret (Egretta thula)
• Little egret (Egretta garzetta) (A)
• Western reef-heron (Egretta gularis) (A)
• Striated heron (Butorides striata)
• Squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides)
• Western cattle egret (Ardea ibis)
• Great egret (Ardea alba)
• Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) (A)
• Cocoi heron (Ardea cocoi) (A)
• Purple heron (Ardea purpurea) (A)

Ibises and spoonbills

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Threskiornithidae

• Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) (A)

Ospreys

Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Pandionidae

• Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Hawks, kites, and eagles

Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Accipitridae

• White-tailed kite (Elanus leucurus)
• Grey-lined hawk (Buteo nitidus) (A)

Tyrant flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Tyrannidae

• Large elaenia (Elaenia spectabilis) (A)
• Noronha elaenia (Elaenia ridleyana) (En)
• White monjita (Xolmis irupero)
• White-rumped monjita (Xolmis velatus)
• Tropical kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
• Fork-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus savana) (A)

Vireos

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Vireonidae

• Chivi vireo (Vireo chivi)
• Noronha vireo (Vireo gracilirostris) (En)

Swallows and martins

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Hirundinidae

• Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Wrens

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Troglodytidae

• Southern house wren (Troglodytes musculus)

Old World sparrows

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Passeridae

• House sparrow (Passer domesticus) (I)

South American tanagers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Thraupidae

• Red-cowled cardinal (Paroaria dominicana) (I)