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This is a list of the bird species recorded in Kiribati an island nation in the central Pacific Ocean. The avifauna of Kiribati include a total of 76 species, of which one has been introduced by humans and three are rare or accidental. Two species listed are extirpated in Kiribati and are not included in the species count. Eleven species are globally threatened. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World'', 5th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Kiribati. The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. 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 Kiribati * (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Kiribati as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions * (Ex) Extirpated - a species that no longer occurs in Kiribati although populations exist elsewhere __NOTOC__ ==Shearwaters and petrels== Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Procellariidae The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized "true petrels", characterised by united nostrils with medium septum and a long outer functional primary. There are 75 species worldwide and 18 species which occur in Kiribati. *Tahiti petrel, ''Pterodroma rostrata'' (A) *Phoenix petrel, ''Pterodroma alba'' *Mottled petrel, ''Pterodroma inexpectata'' *Hawaiian petrel, ''Pterodroma sandwichensis'' *Juan Fernandez petrel, ''Pterodroma externa'' *White-necked petrel, ''Pterodroma cervicalis'' *Cook's petrel, ''Pterodroma cookii'' *Gould's petrel, ''Pterodroma leucoptera'' *Bonin petrel, ''Pterodroma hypoleuca'' *Black-winged petrel, ''Pterodroma nigripennis'' *Stejneger's petrel, ''Pterodroma longirostris'' *Bulwer's petrel, ''Bulweria bulwerii'' *Pink-footed shearwater, ''Puffinus creatopus'' *Wedge-tailed shearwater, ''Puffinus pacificus'' *Sooty shearwater, ''Puffinus griseus'' *Short-tailed shearwater, ''Puffinus tenuirostris'' *Christmas shearwater, ''Puffinus nativitatis'' *Audubon's shearwater, ''Puffinus lherminieri'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of birds of Kiribati」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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