List of species on Caroline Island



Species recorded on Caroline Island, one of the Line Islands in the south-central Pacific Ocean:

Trees



 * Calophyllum
 * Cocos nucifera
 * Cordia subcordata
 * Hibiscus tiliaceus
 * Morinda citrifolia
 * Pandanus tectorius
 * Pisonia grandis
 * Thespesia populnea

Shrubs



 * Heliotropium foertherianum
 * Scaevola taccada
 * Suriana maritima
 * Ximenia americana

Herbs

 * Achyranthes canscens
 * Boerhavia repens
 * Heliotropium anomalum
 * Ipomoea macrantha
 * Ipomoea violacea
 * Laportea ruderalis
 * Lepidium bidentatum
 * Lepturus repens
 * Lygodium microphyllum
 * Phyllanthus amarus
 * Phymatosorus scolopendria
 * Portulaca lutea
 * Psilotum nudum
 * Sida fallax
 * Tacca leontopetaloides
 * Tribulus cistoides

Nesting seabirds

 * Black noddy (Anous minutus)
 * Blue-grey noddy (Procelsterna cerulea) (Kepler)
 * Brown booby (Sula leucogaster)
 * Brown noddy (Anous stolidus)
 * Great frigatebird (Fregata minor)
 * Lesser frigatebird (Fregata ariel)
 * Masked booby (Sula dactylatra)
 * Red-footed booby (Sula sula)
 * Red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) (Kepler)
 * Sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscata)
 * White tern (Gygis alba)

Other birds

 * Bristle-thighed curlew (Numenius tahitiensis)
 * Lesser golden-plover (Pluvialis dominica) (Kepler)
 * Long-tailed cuckoo (Eudynamis taitensis)
 * Pacific golden plover (Pluvialis fulva)
 * Reef heron (Egretta sacra) (Kepler)
 * Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (Kepler)
 * Sanderling (Crocethia alba) (Kepler)
 * Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus ponapensis)
 * Wandering tattler (Tringa incana)

Lizards

 * Azure-tailed skink (Emoia cyanura) (Kepler)
 * Emoia impar (Kepler)
 * Moth skink (Lipinia noctua) (Kepler)
 * Mourning gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris) (Kepler)
 * Polynesian gecko (Gehyra oceanica) (Kepler)
 * Snake-eyed skink (Cryptoblepharus poecilopleurus) (Kepler)

Mammals

 * Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops gilli) (Kepler)
 * Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans) (Kepler)

Turtles

 * Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)

Crabs

 * Coconut crab (Birgus largo)
 * Red spotted crab (Carpilius maculatus) (Kepler)
 * Scarlet crab (Cornobita perlatus) (Kepler)

Polychaetes

 * Calcareous tubeworm (Serpula tetratropia)