Birds of Réunion

Endemic to Réunion

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Reunion HarrierCircus maillardi
• Reunion CuckooshrikeLalage newtoni
• Reunion StonechatSaxicola tectes
• Mascarene PetrelPseudobulweria aterrima

All regular species

• Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
• Reunion Grey White-eyeZosterops borbonicus
• Barau's PetrelPterodroma baraui
• Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
• Reunion HarrierCircus maillardi
• Red FodyFoudia madagascariensis
• Reunion CuckooshrikeLalage newtoni
• Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni
• Reunion StonechatSaxicola tectes
• Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
• Reunion BulbulHypsipetes borbonicus
• Reunion Olive White-eyeZosterops olivaceus
• House SparrowPasser domesticus
• Mascarene SwiftletAerodramus francicus
• Malagasy Turtle DoveNesoenas picturatus
• Mascarene Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone bourbonnensis
• Zebra DoveGeopelia striata
• White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
• Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
• Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
• Mascarene MartinPhedina borbonica
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Striated HeronButorides striata
• Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
• Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
• Madagascar ButtonquailTurnix nigricollis
• Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
• Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
• Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
• Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
• Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
• Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
• Common Hill MynaGracula religiosa
• Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
• Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
• Madagascar PartridgeMargaroperdix madagarensis
• Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
• Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
• Mascarene PetrelPseudobulweria aterrima
• Red-billed LeiothrixLeiothrix lutea
• Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
• Grey FrancolinOrtygornis pondicerianus
• Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
• Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
• SanderlingCalidris alba
• Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
• Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostris
• King QuailSynoicus chinensis
• Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
• MallardAnas platyrhynchos
• Cape CanarySerinus canicollis
• Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticus
• Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
• Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
• Sooty FalconFalco concolor
• Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
• African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
• Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
• Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
• Jungle Bush QuailPerdicula asiatica
• BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
• Crab-ploverDromas ardeola
• Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
• Common TernSterna hirundo
• Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
• Atlantic White TernGygis alba
• Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• Little StintCalidris minuta
• CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
• Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
• Bulwer's PetrelBulweria bulwerii
• Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
• Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
• Saunders's TernSternula saundersi
• Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
• House CrowCorvus splendens
• Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
• Rosy-faced LovebirdAgapornis roseicollis
• Masked BoobySula dactylatra
• Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
• Grey ParrotPsittacus erithacus
• Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
• Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
• Java SparrowPadda oryzivora
• Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
• Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
• Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
• Crimson RosellaPlatycercus elegans
• Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
• Red-footed BoobySula sula
• RuffCalidris pugnax
• Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
• Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
• Atlantic CanarySerinus canaria
• Southern Giant PetrelMacronectes giganteus
• Flesh-footed ShearwaterArdenna carneipes
• Snowy AlbatrossDiomedea exulans
• Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
• Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
• Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
• Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
• Shy AlbatrossThalassarche cauta
• Madagascar PratincoleGlareola ocularis
• Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
• GarganeySpatula querquedula
• White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
• Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
• White-faced Storm PetrelPelagodroma marina
• Malagasy Pond HeronArdeola idae
• Jouanin's PetrelBulweria fallax

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.

• Black KiteMilvus migrans
• Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
• Roseate TernSterna dougallii
• Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
• Northern Giant PetrelMacronectes halli
• Pintado PetrelDaption capense
• Madagascar CuckooCuculus rochii
• Fischer's LovebirdAgapornis fischeri
• Black-bellied Storm PetrelFregetta tropica
• Matsudaira's Storm PetrelHydrobates matsudairae
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Grey HeronArdea cinerea
• White WagtailMotacilla alba
• European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
• Hooded SiskinSpinus magellanicus
• Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
• Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
• Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
• White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialis
• Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelas
• Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
• Indian Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche carteri
• Sooty AlbatrossPhoebetria fusca
• Soft-plumaged PetrelPterodroma mollis
• Slender-billed PrionPachyptila belcheri
• Grey PetrelProcellaria cinerea
• White-bellied Storm PetrelFregetta grallaria
• Spectacled PetrelProcellaria conspicillata
• White CockatooCacatua alba
• Ascension FrigatebirdFregata aquila