page_title: List of birds of American Samoa
section_title: Pigeons and doves
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of American Samoa / Pigeons and doves
caption_attribution_description: English: Many-coloured Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus perousii) Male Bobby's Farm, Vuna, Taveuni, Fiji Isles
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in American Samoa. The avifauna of American Samoa include a total of 75 species as of late 2019, according to Bird Checklists of the World. Of them, 15 are rare or accidental, four have been introduced by humans, and one, the mao, is extirpated. American Samoa has no endemic bird species but several near-endemics occur and many of the land birds occur in good numbers. A variety of seabirds breed in the islands. Hunting and introduced predators have reduced their numbers but there are still some important breeding sites such as Lata Mountain on Ta'u Island.
  This list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature are those of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition.
  The following tags have been used to highlight several categories of occurrence.
  Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in American Samoa
  (I) Introduced - a species introduced to American Samoa as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
  Extirpated - a species that no longer occurs in American Samoa although populations exist elsewhere
context_section_description: Order: Columbiformes   Family: Columbidae
  Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere.
  Rock pigeon, Columba livia (A)
  Shy ground dove, Alopecoenas stairi
  Many-colored fruit-dove, Ptilinopus perousii
  Crimson-crowned fruit-dove, Ptilinopus porphyraceus
  Pacific imperial-pigeon, Ducula pacifica
caption: Many-colored fruit-dove or manuma, rare and threatened by hunting
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