Kapingamarangi English

n. white biblical dove

Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. chicken

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. hen

Example: Photo by Klaus Stiefel January 5, 2008 via Flickr License: CC BY-NC 2.0

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. white tern

Example: Photo by 澎湖小雲雀 June 22, 2013 via Flickr License: BY-NC-SA

Scientific name: Sterna sumatrana sumatrana,
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. white-tailed tropicbird

Scientific name: Phaethon lepturus

n. whimbrel

Scientific name: Numenius phaeopus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. great frigate bird

Scientific name: Fregata minor,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. Pacific lorikeet

Scientific name: Trichoglossus rubiginosus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. Pacific reef heron

Scientific name: Egretta sacra,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. brown noddy

Scientific name: Anous stolidus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. bird

Example: Photo by tropical.pete September 28, 2007 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. Micronesian starling

Scientific name: Aplonis opaca,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. island swiftlet

Scientific name: Aerodramus inquietus,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. frigate bird

Example: Photo by Sophie Robson February 11, 2007 via Flickr License: CC BY-SA 2.0

Scientific name: Fregata sp.,
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. brown booby

Example: Ischaemum byrone (Sula leucogaster plotus). Location: Pauwalu Pt., Maui, HI USA. Photo by Forest & Kim Starr October 12, 2002 via Wikimedia Commons License: CC BY 3.0

Scientific name: Sula leucogaster plotus,
Source: Lieber & Dikepa 1974,

n. brown booby

Scientific name: Sula leucogaster,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. white tern

Scientific name: Gygis alba,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. gray duck

Scientific name: Anas superciliosa,
Speaker: Howartson Heinrich

n. ruddy turnstone

Scientific name: Arenaria interpres