Vanuatu is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean
Photos Seabirds (mostly remain on the open sea, nest on islands and on the coast): Photos
Index / Photos: Wetland Birds ... Ducks and Grebes ... Birds of Inland and Coastal Waters / Shore and Wading Birds
Photos of Land / Forest Birds found on Vanuatu with links to species pages
Seabirds (mostly remain on the open sea, nest on islands and on the coast) ... Photos
Boobies
- Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)
- Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) - Rare/Accidental
- Red-footed Booby (Sula sula)
Cormorants
- Little Pied Cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos)
Frigatebirds
- Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor) - Rare/Accidental
- Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel)
Jaegers
- Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus) - Rare/Accidental
Petrels
- Black-winged Petrel (Pterodroma nigripennis) - Rare/Accidental
- Bulwer's Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii) - Rare/Accidental
- Cape Petrel (Daption capense)
- Collared Petrel (Pterodroma brevipes) - Near threatened
- Falla's Petrel or Vanuatu Petrel (Pterodroma occulta)
- Gould's Petrel (Pterodroma leucoptera) - Vulnerable (No Photo)
- Grey Petrel (Procellaria cinerea) - Near-threatened
- Herald Petrel (Pterodroma heraldica) - Rare/Accidental
- Kermadec Petrel (Pterodroma neglecta) - Rare / Accidental
- Mottled Petrel (Pterodroma inexpectata) - Near-threatened
- Providence Petrel (Pterodroma solandri) - Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
- Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus) - Rare / Accidental / Near-threatened
- Tahiti Petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata) - Rare/Accidental - Near-threatened
- Trindade Petrel (Pterodroma arminjoniana) - Rare/Accidental (No Photo)
- White-necked Petrel (Pterodroma cervicalis) (No Photo)
Shearwaters (Genus: Puffinus)
- Audubon's Shearwaters (Puffinus lherminieri gunax or Puffinus lherminieri)
- Flesh-footed Shearwater (Puffinus carneipes)
- Fluttering Shearwater (Puffinus gavia)
- Short-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus tenuirostris)
- Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) - Near-threatened
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus pacificus)
Skuas
- Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus) - Rare/Accidental
Storm Petrels
- Black-bellied Storm Petrel (Fregetta tropica) - Rare/Accidental (No Photo)
- White-bellied Storm Petrel (Fregetta grallaria) - Rare/Accidental (No Photo)
- Wilson's Storm Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) - Rare/Accidental
- Polynesian Storm Petrel (Nesofregetta fuliginosa)
Prions
- Antarctic Prion (Pachyptila desolata) - Rare / Accidental
Tropicbirds
- Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)
- White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)
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