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This is a list of the bird species recorded in Niue. The avifauna of Niue include a total of twenty-nine species, of which one has been introduced by humans and nine are rare or accidental.〔Watling, Dick (2001) ''A Guide to the Birds of Fiji & Western Polynesia'', Environmental Consultants (Fiji), Suva.〕 Two species are globally threatened. There are no endemic species surviving today but there are endemic subspecies of the Polynesian triller and Polynesian starling.〔Worthy T. H.; Walter, R. & Anderson A. J. (1998) (Fossil and archaeological avifauna of Niue Island, Pacific Ocean ). ''Notornis'', 45: 177-190.〕 There are 15 breeding species of which eleven are landbirds and four are seabirds. Studies of fossil birds suggest that Niue's avifauna was formerly more diverse.〔 Birds recorded from subfossil remains predating Polynesian settlement of the island include the Niue night heron (''Nycticorax kalavikai''), Tongan megapode (''Megapodius pritchardii'') and the Niue rail (''Gallirallus huiatua'').〔(subscription required)〕 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 Niue. There are unconfirmed reports of the red-tailed tropicbird (''Phaethon rubricauda''), Pacific black duck (''Anas superciliosa'') and sharp-tailed sandpiper (''Calidris acuminata'') but these are not included in the list.〔 The following tags have been used to highlight several 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 Niue * (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Niue as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions __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. *Antarctic giant petrel, ''Macronectes giganteus'' (A) *Wedge-tailed shearwater, ''Puffinus pacificus'' 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 Niue」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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