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Common Name	Scientific Name (Linked to Species Profile)	Samoan Name	Tutuila	Ofu Olosega	Ta'u	Abundance	Nativity	Photo
Booby, brown	Sula leucogaster	fua'o	resident	resident	seabird visitor	Uncommon	Native
Booby, masked	Sula dactylatra	fua'o	seabird visitor	seabird visitor		Uncommon	Native
Booby, red footed	Sula sula	fua'o	resident	resident?	seabird visitor	Uncommon	Native
Bulbul, red-vented	Pycnonotus cafer	manu palagi	introduced				Native
Crake, spotless	Porzana tabuensis		extinct		resident native	Rare	Native
Cuckoo, long-tailed	Eudynamis taitensis	aleva	migrant	migrant	migrant	Uncommon	Native
Curlew, bristle-thighed	Numenius tahitiensis	tuli	migrant	migrant	migrant		Native
Dove, friendly ground	Gallicolumba stairi	tu'aimeo		resident		Rare	Native
Dove, rock	Columba livia	lupe palagi	vagrant				Native
Duck, gray	Anas superciliosa	toloa	resident	vagrant			Native
Egret, cattle	Bubulcus ibis						Non-Native
Egret, snowy	Egretta thula						Non-Native
Frigatebird, great	Fregata minor	atafa	resident	seabird visitor	seabird visitor	Uncommon	Native
Frigatebird, lesser	Fregata ariel	atafa	resident	seabird visitor	seabird visitor	Uncommon	Native
Fruit dove, many-colored	Ptilinopus perousii	manuma	resident	resident	resident	Rare	Native
Fruit dove, purple-capped	Ptilinopus porphyraceus	manutagi	resident	resident	resident	Common	Native
Godwit, bar-tailed	Limosa lapponica	tuli	migrant				Native
Gull, laughing	Larus atricilla		seabird visitor				Native
Heron, reef	Egretta sacra	matu'u	resident	resident	resident	Uncommon	Native
Heron, white-faced	Ardea novaehollandiae			vagrant		Occasional	Native
Honeyeater, wattled	Foulehaio carunculata	iao	resident	resident	resident	Common	Native
Honeyeater, cardinal	Myzomela cardinalis	segasegamau'u	resident			Common	Native
Junglefowl, red	Gallus gallus		introduced	introduced	introduced	Uncommon	Non-Native
Kingfisher, white-collared	Halcyon chloris	ti'otala	resident	resident	resident	Uncommon	Native
Lory, blue-crowned	Vini australis	sega	vagrant	resident native	resident native	Common	Native
Mao	Gymnomyza samoensis	ma'oma'o	extinct				Native
Megapode	Megapodius sp.		extirpated	extirpated (resident on Ofu when 1st humans arrived)			Native
Myna, common	Acridotheres tristis		introduced				Non-Native
Myna, jungle	Acridotheres fuscus		introduced				Non-Native
Noddy, black	Anous minutus	gogo	resident	resident	resident	Uncommon	Native
Noddy, blue-grey	Procelsterna cerulea	laia	resident	resident	resident	Uncommon	Native
Noddy, brown	Anous stolidus	gogo	resident	resident	resident	Common	Native
Owl, barn	Tyto alba	lulu	resident	resident	resident	Uncommon	Native
Petrel, collared	Pterodroma leucoptera	ta'i'o			resident?	Uncommon	Native
Petrel, Herald	Pterodroma arminjoniana	ta'i'o	resident		resident	Rare	Native
Petrel, Tahiti	Pterodroma rostrata	ta'i'o	resident		resident	Uncommon	Native
Petrel, white-necked	Pterodroma externa	ta'i'o	seabird visitor				Native
Pigeon, Pacific	Ducula pacifica	lupe	resident	resident	resident	Uncommon	Native
Plover, Pacific golden	Pluvialis dominica	tuli	migrant	migrant	migrant		Native
Rail, banded	Rallus philippensis	ve'a	resident	resident	resident		Native
Sanderling	Calidris alba	tuli	migrant				Native
Shearwater, Audubon's	Puffinus lherminieri	ta'i'o	resident		resident	Uncommon	Native
Shearwater, Christmas	Puffinus nativitatis	ta'i'o			resident?	Rare	Native
Shearwater, Newell's	Puffinus newelli	ta'i'o	seabird visitor			Common	Native
Shearwater, short-tailed	Puffinus tenuirostris	ta'i'o	recorded at sea				Native
Shearwater, sooty	Puffinus griseus	ta'i'o	seabird visitor	extirpated (resident on Ofu when 1st humans arrived)			Native
Shearwater, wedge-tailed	Puffinus pacificus	ta'i'o	resident?		resident?	Common	Native
Shrikebill, Fiji	Clytorhynchus vitiensis			resident	resident	Uncommon	Native
Starling, Polynesian	Aplonis tabuensis	miti vao	resident	resident	resident	Common	Native
Starling, Samoan	Aplonis atrifusca	fuia	resident	resident	resident	Common	Native
Storm petrel, white-faced	Pelagodroma marina		seabird visitor				Native
Storm-petrel, white-throated	Nesofregetta albigularis				resident?		Native
Swamphen, purple	Porphyrio porphyrio	manu ali'i	resident	resident	resident	Uncommon	Native
Swiftlet, white-rumped	Aerodramus spodiopygius	pe'ape'a	resident	resident	resident	Common	Native
Tattler, wandering	Heteroscelus incanus	tuli	migrant	migrant	migrant	Uncommon	Native
Tern, black-naped	Sterna sumatrana	gogosina		seabird visitor			Native
Tern, bridled	Sterna anaethetus		seabird visitor			Uncommon	Native
Tern, crested	Sterna bergii		seabird visitor				Native
Tern, gray-backed	Sterna lunata	gogosina	resident			Rare	Native
Tern, sooty	Sterna fuscata		seabird visitor				Native
Tern, white	Gygis alba	manu sina	resident	resident	resident	Common	Native
Tropicbird, red-tailed	Phaethon rubricauda	tava'e'ula					Native
Tropicbird, white-tailed	Phaethon lepturus	tava'esina	resident	resident	resident	Common	Native
Turnstone, ruddy	Arenaria interpres	tuli	migrant	migrant	migrant		Native

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