Christmas Island Bird List
Red-tailed Tropicbird
White-tailed Tropicbird
Abbott’s Booby
Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Great Frigatebird
Lesser Frigatebird
Christmas Frigatebird
White-faced Heron
Eastern Reef Egret
Striated Heron
Nankeen Night Heron
Malayan Night Heron
Glossy Ibis
Christmas Is. Goshawk
Australian Kestrel
White-breasted Waterhen
Watercock
Pin-tailed Snipe
Common Greenshank
Common Sandpiper
Oriental Pratincole
Common (brown)noddy
Emerald Dove
Xmas Is. Imperial Pigeon
Christmas Is. Hawk-Owl
Oriental Cuckoo
Common (Asian) Koel
Savanna Nightjar
Christmas Island Swiftlet
Black-nest Swiftlet
White-throated Needletail
Brown-backed Needletail
Fork-tailed Swift
Dark-rumped Swift
Sacred Kingfisher
Common Kingfisher
Dollarbird
Blue-&-white Flycatcher
White Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Java Sparrow
Asian House Martin
Christmas Is. White-eye
Island Thrush
In addition to these several Asian and Australian migrants have been seen.
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Not many people realise there are two Christmas Islands. One in the Pacific Ocean, the site of nuclear testing 60yrs ago. The other an idyllic birding paradise in the Indian Ocean.
 A Commonwealth Territory and part of Australia, Christmas Island is home to some of the world's rarest birds and a place often described as the Galapagos of the Indian Ocean. Sir David Attenborough described its Red Crab migration as "one of the most spectacular migrations in the world" and its only 2 hours from Singapore!
From the time you land on this extinct volcano you are surrounded by thousands of soaring seabirds. 63% of the island is national park containing species of flora & fauna found nowhere else in the world.
Your experienced guide Richard Baxter will show you Abbott’s Booby, the world's rarest and largest booby. Unlike other boobys, Abbott’s nest only in the tallest rainforest trees deep into the island’s plateau. Christmas Island Frigatebird, the world's rarest frigatebird also resides on the island along with other endemics such as CI Imperial Pigeon, CI Thrush, CI Swiftlet, CI Goshawk, CI Hawk-Owl and CI White-eye.
Many believe the most spectatular bird seen daily around the island is the amazing golden morph of the White-tailed Tropicbird, known locally as the Golden Bosunbird.
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Golden Bosunbird |
Brown Booby |
Our 7 day guided tours fully explore the remotest parts of the island including secluded beaches, a limestone Grotto, rainforest walks and nesting seabirds on volcanic seacliffs.
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Abbott's Booby |
Christmas Island Frigatebird |
There will be opportunities for photography, shopping, a round of golf, fishing and snorkeling the fringing coral reef.
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