There are eight endemic species of birds in the Marianas – the Mariana fruit dove (Ptilinopus roseicapilla), Mariana swiftlet (Aerodramus bartschi), Guam rail (Hypotaenidia owstoni), Tinian monarch (Metabolus takatsukasae), Mariana crow (Corvus kubaryi), golden white-eye (Cleptornis marchei), Rota white-eye (Zosterops rotensis), and Saipan white-eye (Zosterops saypani). The Guam flycatcher (Myiagra freycineti) is extinct.BirdLife International (2020) Endemic Bird Areas factsheet: Mariana Islands. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/11/2020.
