Christmas Island

Checklist of Endemic Bird Species

This list of bird species found exclusively on Christmas Islandis based on the taxonomy used in del Hoyo & Collar (2014 & 2016). The source list based on the December 2017 update is available online here. For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.

del Hoyo, J. & N.J. Collar HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. 2014 Vol. 1: Non-passerines & 2016 Vol. 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Ducula whartoni  (Columbiformes Columbidae)  Christmas Imperial-pigeon

Fregata andrewsi  (Suliformes Fregatidae)  Christmas Frigatebird  (Breeding)

Papasula abbotti  (Suliformes Sulidae)  Abbott's Booby  (Breeding)

Ninox natalis  (Strigiformes Strigidae)  Christmas Boobook

Zosterops natalis  (Passeriformes Zosteropidae)  Christmas White-eye

The following additional endemic species are not recognized as distinct by HBW-BirdLife but are considered valid by one or more of the following checklists: eBird/Clements v2019 (Cornell) = 1, IOC 10.1 (IOC) = 2, and Howard & Moore 4.1 (TAS) = 3.

Collocalia natalis  (Caprimulgiformes Apodidae)  Christmas Swiftlet  12

The following additional endemic species were recognized as distinct by the IOC since the IOC 10.1 checklist (IOC) and were also not recognized in any of the other checklists listed above.

Turdus erythropleurus  (Passeriformes Turdidae)  Christmas Island Thrush