An Account of Samoan History up to 1918
List of Samoan Birds
page break
List of Samoan Birds.
Fuaö | Sula piscator |
Manualii | Porphyrio samoensis |
Fuia | Aplonis atrifusca |
Aleva | Urodynamis taitensis (Long-tailed Cuckoo) |
Tuli | Charadrius fulvus (American Golden Plover) |
Mitivao | Aplonis brevirostris |
Iao | Ptilotis carunculata (Wattled Creeper) Gets its name from “i”: to cry, and “ao”; daybreak, because it is heard at that time. |
Gogo | Anous stolidus (Noddy tern) |
Kanumea | Didunculus strigirostris, Remarkkable as being the nearest living bird to the extinct Dodo. |
Lupe | Carpophaga pacifica (Pigeon) |
Lulu | Strix flammea, race lulu (Owl) |
Fiaui | Janthoenas (Columba) castaniceps (Pigeon) very rare. |
Gogosina | gygis alba. |
Mitisina | Lalage pacifica |
Tiotala | Todirhamphus resurvirostris (King-fisher) |
Tolaifatu | Hyiagra |
Fe'ape'a | Collocalia spodiopyga, (Swift) |
Aloula | Petroeca pusilla |
Segasegamau'u | Myzomela nigriventris |
Se'u | Rhipidura nebulosa (Fan-tail) A fly catcher. |
Tutumalili | Herula samoensis (Blackbird) |
Manutagi | Ptilonopus fasciatus (Protected) |
Natu'u | Ardea sacra (Heron) |
Tava'e | Phaeton aethereus |
Manuma | Ptilonopus perousei |
Ve'a | Rallus philippensis |
Gogola'ia | |
Ma'oma'o | Leptornis samoensis |
Vasavasa | Pachycephala icteroides |
Segavao | Coriphilus australis. |