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

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