An Account of Samoan History up to 1918

List of Samoan Birds

Fuaö	Sula piscator
Manualii	Porphyrio samoensis
Fuia	Aplonis atrifusca
Aleva	Urodynamis taitensis (Long-tailed Cuckoo)
Tuli	Charadrius fulvus (American Golden Plover)
Mitivao	Aplonis brevirostris
Iao	Ptilotis carunculata (Wattled Creeper) Gets its name from “i”: to cry, and “ao”; daybreak, because it is heard at that time.
Gogo	Anous stolidus (Noddy tern)
Kanumea	Didunculus strigirostris, Remarkkable as being the nearest living bird to the extinct Dodo.
Lupe	Carpophaga pacifica (Pigeon)
Lulu	Strix flammea, race lulu (Owl)
Fiaui	Janthoenas (Columba) castaniceps (Pigeon) very rare.
Gogosina	gygis alba.
Mitisina	Lalage pacifica
Tiotala	Todirhamphus resurvirostris (King-fisher)
Tolaifatu	Hyiagra
Fe'ape'a	Collocalia spodiopyga, (Swift)
Aloula	Petroeca pusilla
Segasegamau'u	Myzomela nigriventris
Se'u	Rhipidura nebulosa (Fan-tail) A fly catcher.
Tutumalili	Herula samoensis (Blackbird)
Manutagi	Ptilonopus fasciatus (Protected)
Natu'u	Ardea sacra (Heron)
Tava'e	Phaeton aethereus
Manuma	Ptilonopus perousei
Ve'a	Rallus philippensis
Gogola'ia
Ma'oma'o	Leptornis samoensis
Vasavasa	Pachycephala icteroides
Segavao	Coriphilus australis.