Vanuatu is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean
Seabirds (mostly remain on the open sea, nest on islands and on the coast): Index / Photos
Photos of Land / Forest Birds found on Vanuatu with links to species pages
Index / Photos: Wetland Birds … Ducks and Grebes
Birds of Inland and Coastal Waters / Shore and Wading Birds
Curlews
- Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)
- Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
Ducks / Teals found in Vanuatu
Gulls
- Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
Egrets / Herons
- Eastern Great Egret (Ardea modesta) – Rare/Accidental
- Pacific Reef Heron (Egretta sacra)
- White-faced Heron (Egretta novaehollandiae, formerly Ardea novaehollandiae) – Rare / accidental
- Nankeen Night Heron (Nycticorax caledonicus) – Rare/Accidental
- Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
Godwits (Shorebirds)
- Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
- Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) – Rare/Accidental – Near-threatened
Lapwings
- Masked Lapwing (Vanellus miles) – Rare/Accidental
Oystercatchers
- South Island Oystercatcher (Haematopus finschi) – Rare/Accidental
- Variable Oystercatcher (Haematopus unicolor) – Rare/Accidental
Pelicans
- Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) – Rare / Accidental
Plovers
- Double-banded Plover (Charadrius bicinctus), known as the Banded Dotterel – Rare occurrence
- Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
- Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) – Rare/Accidental
- Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus) – Rare/Accidental
- Oriental Plover (Charadrius veredus)
- Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
Sandpipers
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) – Rare/Accidental
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
Stints
- Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) – Rare/Accidental
Stone-curlews (Waders)
- Beach Stone-curlew (Esacus neglectus) – Near-threatened
Tattlers
- Grey-tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes)
- Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana)
Terns / Noddies
- Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana)
- Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
- Little Tern (Sternula albifrons) – Rare/Accidental
- Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) – Rare/Accidental
- Bridled Tern (Onychoprion anaethetus) – Rare/Accidental
- Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus)
- Swift Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
- White Tern (Gygis alba)
- Black Noddy (Anous minutus)
- Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)
- Grey Noddy or Grey Ternlet (Procelsterna albivitta)
Turnstones
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)]
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