List of Birds of Saint Helena

List Of Birds Of Saint Helena

This is a list of the bird species recorded on Saint Helena. The avifauna of Saint Helena Island includes a total of 68 species. Only one endemic species survives today, the Saint Helena Plover. Several more endemics are extinct and known only from subfossil remains: the Large Saint Helena Petrel, Small Saint Helena Petrel, Saint Helena Shearwater, Saint Helena Crake, Saint Helena Swamphen, Saint Helena Dove, Saint Helena Cuckoo and Giant Hoopoe. At least 5 non-endemics have been extirpated from Saint Helena but still occur elsewhere. Nine species have been introduced by humans and formed established breeding populations while many more species were introduced in the past but failed to become established. 43 species are rare or accidental visitors.

This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of Clements's 6th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflects this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Saint Helena.

The following tags have been used to highlight certain relevant categories, but not all species fall into one of these categories. Those that do not are commonly occurring, native species.

• (A) Accidental A species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Saint Helena.
• (E) Endemic A species endemic to Saint Helena.
• (I) Introduced A species introduced to Saint Helena as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions.
• (Ex) Extirpated A species that no longer breeds in Saint Helena although populations exist elsewhere.