Adventure in the South Seas
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Birding on Tahiti/Moorea
Below is a partial species list representative of Moorea; additional species can be found depending on the islands visited for this tour.
 Common Name  Scientific Name  Tahitian Name
 Common Myna  Acridotheres tristis  
 Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
 
 Red-vented Bulbul Pynonotus cafer
 
Common Fairy Tern
Gygis alba
Itata'e
Red Junglefowl
 Gallus gallus  Mo'a
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
 Oio
Silvereye
 Zosterops lateralis Vini
Pacific Reef Heron
 Egretta sacra  Outu'u
 Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
 Amu mo'a
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaeton rubricauda
Pete'a
Tahiti Kingfisher
(Moorea ssp.)
Halcyon venerata youngi
Otatare
Gray-green Fruit Dove (Moorea ssp.)
Ptilinopus purpuratus frater
U'upa
 Wandering Tattler Heteroscelus incanus
Uriri
Lesser Golden Plover
 Pluvialis dominica  
Rock Dove
 Columba livia  
 Long-tailed Cuckoo Eudynamis taitensis
Arevareva
Common Waxbill
Estrilda astrild
 Vini
Red-browed Firetail
 Aegintha temporalis  Vini
Tahiti Reed Warbler
 Acrocephalus caffra  Otatare
Great Crested Tern
Sterna bergii
Tarapapa
 Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
Otaha
 Red - footed Booby Sula sula
 Ua'au
Brown Booby
 Sula leucogaster Hope'ua