Species	Scientific Name	Status	Image
Herald petrel	Pterodroma arminjoniana	V
Bulwer's petrel	Bulweria bulwerii	V
Cory's shearwater	Calonectris diomedea	V
Great shearwater	Puffinus gravis	V
Sooty shearwater	P. griseus	V
Audubon's shearwater	P. lherminieri	XB, V
Wilson's storm-petrel	Oceanites oceanicus	V
Black-bellied storm-petrel	Fregetta tropica	V
White-bellied storm-petrel	F. grallaria	V
Madeiran storm-petrel	Oceanodroma castro	B
Leach's storm-petrel	O. leucorhoa	V
Red-billed tropicbird	Phaethon aethereus	B
Yellow-billed tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus	B
Masked booby	Sula dactylatra	B
Brown booby	S. leucogaster	B
Red-footed booby	S. sula	B
Ascension frigatebird	Fregata aquila	B
Night heron sp.	Nycticorax sp.	X
Squacco heron	Ardeola ralloides	V
Cattle egret	Bubulcus ibis	V
Purple heron	Ardea purpurea	V
White stork	Ciconia ciconia	V
Domestic chicken	Gallus gallus	IB
Red-necked francolin	Francolinus afer	IB
Guinea fowl	Numida mealeagris	IX
Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	IX
Ascension rail	Atlantisia elpenor	X
Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus	V
American purple gallinule	Porphyrio martinica	V
Allen's gallinule	Porphyrula alleni	V
Oystercatcher	Haematopus ostralegus	V
Ringed plover	Charadrius hiaticula	V
Greater sandplover	C. leschenaultii	V
American golden plover	Pluvialis dominica	V
Grey plover	P. squatarola	V
Sanderling	Calidris alba	V
Little stint	C. minuta	V
Semipalmated sandpiper	C. pusilla	V
Bar-tailed godwit	Limosa lapponica	V
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus	V
Upland sandpiper	Bartramia longicauda	V
Common redshank	Tringa totanus	V
Greenshank	T. nebularia	V
Wood sandpiper	T. glareola	V
Common sandpiper	T. hypoleucos	V
Ruddy turnstone	Arenaria interpres	V
Pomarine skua	Stercorarius pomarinus	V
Arctic skua	S. parasiticus	V
Long-tailed skua	S. longicaudus	V
Kelp gull	Larus dominicanus	V
Arctic tern	Sterna paradisaea	V
Sooty tern	Sterna fuscata	B
Brown noddy	Anous stolidus	B
Black noddy	Anous minutus	B
White tern	Gygis alba	B
Common cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	V
European nightjar	Caprimulgus europaeus	V
Common swift	Apus apus	V
European roller	Coracius garrulus	V
Swallow	Hirundo rustica	V
House martin	Delichon urbica	V
Sand martin	Riparia riparia	V
Red-backed shrike	Lanius collurio	V
Starling	Sturnus vulgaris	IX
Common mynah	Acridotheres tristis	IB
House sparrow	Passer domesticus	IB,X?
Common waxbill	Estrilida astrild	IB
Yellow canary	Serinus flaviventris	IB

Status Key: X=Extinct, E=Endemic, N=Native, I=Introduced, B=Breeder, V=Vagrant

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