Birding Tahiti in French Polynesia

by Jeffrey S. Pippen | Back to Jeff's Birds Page | Back to Jeff's Nature Page |

We enjoyed an all too brief 2-day visit to Tahiti en route to/from New Zealand. Here are a few of the birds we saw on the island. Birds are presented in taxonomic order according to eBird.


Zebra dove (Geopelia striata)
Papeete, Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
21 Dec 2018

Also known as Barred Ground Dove

Zebra dove (Geopelia striata)
Papeete, Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
21 Dec 2018
Zebra dove (Geopelia striata)
Papeete, Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
3 Dec 2018

Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)
Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
20 Dec 2018
Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)
Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
20 Dec 2018
Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)
Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
20 Dec 2018

White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)
Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
21 Dec 2018
White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)
Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
21 Dec 2018

Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica)
Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
21 Dec 2018

Terrible distant photo...


Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
4 Dec 2018
Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
4 Dec 2018
Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
21 Dec 2018
Red-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)
Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
21 Dec 2018

Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
Papeete, Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
21 Dec 2018
Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
Papeete, Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
21 Dec 2018

Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
Papeete, Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
21 Dec 2018
Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
Papeete, Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
21 Dec 2018
Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
Papeete, Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
21 Dec 2018
Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
Papeete, Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
21 Dec 2018
Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
Papeete, Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
21 Dec 2018

Red-browed Firetail, Red-browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis)
Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
21 Dec 2018

Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax)
Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
21 Dec 2018

Known to North American birders as the Chestnut-breasted Munia

Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax)
Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
20 Dec 2018
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax)
Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
21 Dec 2018
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax)
Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia
3 Dec 2018



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