Birds Endemic on Solomon Islands

Birds native to, or found on, the Solomon Islands: 
Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen)
Biak Red-sided Eclectus Parrots (Eclectus roratus biaki aka Lorius roratus biaki)
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrikes (Coracina novaehollandiae)
Brown-winged Starling (Aplonis grandis) - Found in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands
Bougainville Pygmy Parrots (Micropsitta finschii nanina)
Cardinal Lories or Glossy Lories (Chalcopsitta cardinalis)
Choiseul Crested Pigeons (Microgoura meeki - Extinct?)
Coconut aka Massena's Lories (Trichoglossus haematodus massen)
Ducorp's Cockatoos (Cacatua ducorpsii)
Duchess Lorikeets (Charmosyna margarethae)
Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) - Range: Australia, Fiji, Indonesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.
Finsch's Pygmy Parrots (Micropsitta finschii finschii)
Grey Fantails (Rhipidura fuliginosa)
Guadalcanal Pygmy Parrots (Micropsitta finschii aolae)
Guadalcanal Thicketbirds (Old World Warbler / Megalurulus whitneyi)
Hornbills (Bucerotidae)
Horsfield's Cuckoo or Oriental Cuckoos (Cuculus optatus) - Range: Malay Peninsula, Indonesia, the Philippines, New Guinea, western Micronesia, the Solomon Islands and northern and eastern Australia with occasional birds reaching New Zealand. It has occurred as a vagrant in Ukraine, Israel and Alaska
Imitator Sparrowhawk (Accipiter imitator) - Range: Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands
Island Leaf-warblers (Phylloscopus poliocephalus)
Island Thrushes (Turdus poliocephalus)
Long-tailed Mynahs / Starlings (Mino kreffti)
Lories:
Coconut Lories (Trichoglossus haematodus massena)
Duchess Lorikeets (Charmosyna margarethae)
Meek's Lorikeets (Charmosyna meeki)
Solomon Island Red-flanked Lorikeets (Charmosyna placentis pallidior)
Yellow-bibbed or Yellow-collared Lories (Lorius chlorocercus)
Makira Leaf-warblers or San Cristobal Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus makirensis)
Malaita Fantails (Rhipidura malaitae)
Meek's Lorikeets (Charmosyna meeki)
Meyer's Goshawk (Accipiter meyerianus) - Range: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands
New Britain Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brachyurus) - Bird of Prey - Range: Papua New Guinea islands, New Britain and New Ireland
New Caledonian Flycatcher or Melanesian Flycatcher (Myiagra caledonica) - Range: New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. Uncommon
Ornate Lories (Trichoglossus ornatus)
Palm Lorikeets (Charmosyna palmarum) have a fluctuating range in the Santa Cruz islands of the Solomon Islands and in Vanuatu)
Red-crowned Pygmy Parrots (Micropsitta bruijnii rosea aka Micropsitta bruijnii brevis)
Red-flanked Lorikeets or Pleasing Lorikeets (Charmosyna placentis placentis)
Rennell Island Teal (A. g. remissa) - Formerly found on Rennell Island in the Solomons
Rennell Starling (Aplonis insularis) - Endemic to Rennell Island in the Solomon Islands
Rennell Singing Parrots (Geoffroyus heteroclitus hyacinthinus
Sanford's Sea-eagle or Solomon Eagle (Haliaeetus sanfordi) - Endemic to the Solomon Islands
Shining Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus / Chalcites lucidus) - Range: Australia, Indonesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu
Singing Parrots aka Yellow-headed Parrots (Geoffroyus heteroclitus)
Solomon Eclectus Parrots (Roratus salomonensis)
Solomon Hawk Owls ( Ninox jacquinoti)
Solomon Islands Cuckoo-shrikes (Oracina holopolia)
Solomon Island Red-flanked Lorikeets (Charmosyna placentis pallidior)
Sombre Leaf-warblers or Kulambangra Leaf-warbler (Phylloscopus amoenus)
Spotless Crake (Porzana tabuensis) - Found in American Samoa, Australia, the Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Indonesia, Micronesia, New Zealand, Niue, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Pitcairn, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tonga.
Thick-billed Ground Doves (Gallicolumba salamonis - Extinct)
White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) - Resident from India through southeast Asia to Australia on coasts and major waterways. In the north Solomons, it is restricted to Nissan Island, and replaced elsewhere by Sanford's Sea-eagle.
White-billed Crows (Corvus woodfordi)
White-browed Crakes (Porzana cinerea) - Found in Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Fiji, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Thailand and Vanuatu.
Willie Wagtails (Rhipidura leucophrys)
Yellow-bibbed Lories (Lorius chlorocercus aka Domicella chlorocercus)
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