Birds of Réunion
Réunion hosts 106 regularly occurring species in this directory, 3 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to Réunion
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- Reunion Grey White-eyeZosterops borbonicus
- Barau's PetrelPterodroma baraui
- Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
- Reunion HarrierCircus maillardi
- Red FodyFoudia madagascariensis
- 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
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- 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
- 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
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Bulwer's PetrelBulweria bulwerii
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- Saunders's TernSternula saundersi
- 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
- Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
- 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
- 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
- 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