Bird Checklist - Bounty Islands

Country or region: Bounty Isl.
Number of species: 12
Number of endemics: 1
Number of globally threatened species: 3
Number of introduced species: 1

The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements 5th edition (updated 2005). 

SPHENISCIFORMES: Spheniscidae
 
Erect-crested Penguin Eudyptes sclateri Endangered
Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome Vulnerable
 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae
 
Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta Near-threatened
 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae
 
Cape Petrel Daption capense 
Fulmar Prion Pachyptila crassirostris 
 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae
 
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregetta tropica 
 
PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
 
Bounty Islands Shag Phalacrocorax ranfurlyi Endemic Vulnerable
 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae
 
White-headed Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus Rare/Accidental 
 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae
 
Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus 
Red-billed Gull Larus scopulinus 
 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Sternidae
 
Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata 
 
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae
 
European Starling Sturnus vulgaris Introduced species

Bird Checklists of the World is part of Avibase and Bird links to the World, which are designed and maintained by Denis Lepage, and hosted by Bird Studies Canada, which is a co-partner of Birdlife International.
© Denis Lepage 2006