Samoa
Checklist of Endemic Bird Species
This list of bird species found exclusively in Samoa is based on the taxonomy used in HBW/BirdLife v. 9 (2024). For further details on possible inaccuracies in the list see Sources & Caveats.
HBW/BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist (Version 9.0).The lists are based on the October 2024 update available here.
Additional species considered valid by other major checklists are listed at the bottom of the page.
Didunculus strigirostris
(Columbiformes Columbidae) Tooth-billed Pigeon
Pareudiastes pacificus
(Gruiformes Rallidae) Samoan Moorhen
Todiramphus
recurvirostris (Coraciiformes
Alcedinidae) Flat-billed Kingfisher
Gymnomyza samoensis
(Passeriformes Meliphagidae) Mao
Pachycephala flavifrons
(Passeriformes Pachycephalidae) Samoan Whistler
Lalage sharpei
(Passeriformes Campephagidae) Samoan Triller
Rhipidura nebulosa
(Passeriformes Rhipiduridae) Samoan Fantail
Myiagra albiventris
(Passeriformes Monarchidae) Samoan Flycatcher
Zosterops samoensis
(Passeriformes Zosteropidae) Samoan 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. (# indicates a species that is considered endemic due to a different concept of species boundaries as a result of splits than is used for the animal with the same scientific name in the HBW-BirdLife checklist)
Erythrura cyaneovirens # (Passeriformes Estrildidae) Red-headed Parrotfinch 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 samoensis (Passeriformes Turdidae) Samoan Island Thrush