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This is a list of the bird species recorded in the Marshall Islands. The avifauna of the Marshall Islands include a total of 84 species, of which one has been introduced by humans and four are rare or accidental. Five 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 the Marshall Islands. The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fall into any of these categories. * (A) Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in the Marshall Islands * (I) Introduced - a species introduced to the Marshall Islands as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions __NOTOC__ ==Albatrosses== Order: ProcellariiformesFamily: Diomedeidae The albatrosses are among the largest of flying birds, and the great albatrosses from the genus ''Diomedea'' have the largest wingspans of any extant birds. There are 21 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in the Marshall Islands. *Laysan albatross, ''Phoebastria immutabilis'' *Black-footed albatross, ''Phoebastria nigripes'' 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 the Marshall Islands」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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