Midway Islands Checklist

N = Native (indigeous), currently nests on Midway
I = Introduced, currently nests on Midway
M = Migrant; regular visitor to Midway, usually during migration or winter
R = Rare visitor or vagrant
I/F = Introduced, formerly nested on Midway
E = Endangered
X = Extinct

ALBATROSSES
   Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus) M,E
   Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) N
   Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) N

SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS
   Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) R 
   Bonin Petrel (Pterodroma hypoleuca) N
   Bulwer's Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii) F/R
   Jouanin's Petrel (Bulweria fallax) R
   Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus pacificus chlororynchus) N
   Buller's Shearwater (Puffinus bulleri) R
   Flesh-footed Shearwater (Puffinus cameipes) R
   Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) M
   Christmas Island Shearwater (Puffinus nativitatis) N
   Newell's Shearwater (Puffinus newelli) R
   Little Shearwater (Puffinus assimilis) R

STORM-PETRELS
   Leach's Storm-Petrel (Oceanodrama leucorhoa) R
   Tristram's Storm-Petrel (Oceanodrama tristrami) R

TROPICBIRDS
   Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricaudus rothschildi) N
   White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus dorotheae) N

FRIGATEBIRDS
   Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor palmerstoni) N
   Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel) R

GANNETS AND BOOBIES
   Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra personata) N
   Red-footed Booby (Sula leucogaster plotus) N
   Brown Booby (Sula rubripes) N

CORMORANTS
   Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax penicillatus) R

DUCKS, SWANS, GEESE
   Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus) R
   Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) R
   Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) R
   Emperor Goose (Philacte canagic) R
   Canada Goose (Branta canadensis minimus) R
   Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penepole) R
   American Wigeon (Anas americana) R
   Gadwall (Anas strepera) R
   Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca) R
   Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) R
   Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) M
   Garganey (Anas querquedula) R
   Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) R
   Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) R
   Redhead (Aythya americana) R
   Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) R
   Greater Scaup (Aythya marila) R
   Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) R
   Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) R
   Oldsquaw (Clangula hyemalis) R
   Black Scoter (Melanitta nigra) R
   Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) R
   Merganser sp. (Mergus sp.) R

HERONS, EGRETS AND BITTERNS
   Intermediate Egret (Egretta intermedia) R
   Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) R

OSPREY
   Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) R

HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES
   Black Kite (Nilvus migrans) R
   Steller's Sea-Eagle (Haliaetus pelagicus) R
   Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus) R

FALCONS AND CARACARAS
   Merlin (Falco columbarius) R
   Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) R

RAILS AND COOTS
   Laysan Rail (Poranual palmeri) I/F,X
   Common Moorhen (Gallinula choropus) R
   American Coot (Fulica alai) R

SANDPIPERS
   Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) R
   Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) R
   Bristle-thighed Curlew (Numenius tahitiensis) M
   Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) R
   Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) R
   Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) R
   Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola) R
   Wandering Tattler (Heteroscelus incanus) M
   Grey-tailed (Polynesian) Tattler (Heteroscelus brevipes) R
   Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) M
   Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus) R
   Red Knot (Calidris canutus) R
   Sanderling (Calidris alba) M
   Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) R
   Long-toed Stint (Calidris submintua) R
   Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) R
   Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata) R
   Dunlin (Calidris alpina) R
   Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis) R
   Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) R

AVOCETS AND STILTS
   Black-necked Stilt (Hawaiian Stilt) (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni) E/R

PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS
   Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialus fulva) M
   Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialus squatarola) R
   Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) R
   Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) R
   Mongolian Plover (Charadrius Mongolus) R

GULLS AND TERNS
   Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucenscens) R
   Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus) R
   Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) R
   Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla) R
   Slaty-backed Gull (Larus schistisagus) R
   Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) R
   Bonaparte's Gull (Larus philadelphia) R
   Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan) R 
   Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) R
   Black Tern (Chilidonias niger) R 
   Gray-backed Tern (Sterna lunata) N
   Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata oahuensis) N
   Little Tern (Sterna albifrons) R
   Least Tern (Sterna antillarum) R
   Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus pileatu) N
   Black Noddy (Anous tenuirostris melanogenys) N
   Common White-Tern (Gygis alba) N

AUKS, ALCIDS
   Japanese Murrelet (Synthliborsmphus wumizusume) R
   Parakeet Auklet (Cyclorrnchus psittacula) R
   Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata) R

PIGEONS AND DOVES
   Rock Dove (Columba livia) I/F
 
BARN-OWLS
   Barn Owl (Tyto alba) R

OWLS
   Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) R

SWIFTS
   Fork-tailed Swift (Apus pacificus) R

THRUSHES
   Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus) R

MYNAS
   Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis) I

SWALLOWS
   Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) R

LARKS
   Sky Lark (Alauda arvensis) R

OLD WORLD SPARROWS
   House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) I/F

SISKINS, CROSSBILLS AND ALLIES
   Yellow Canary (Serinus carius) I
   Common Redpoll (Caruelis flammea) R

HAWAIIAN HONEYCREEPERS
   Laysan Finch (Telespyza cantans) F/I

BUNTINGS, SPARROWS, TANAGERS, ALLIES
   Snow Bunting (Plectrophenas nivalis) R