Vanuatu Water Birds

Vanuatu is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean

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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