Birds of the Seychelles
The Seychelles hosts 122 regularly occurring species in this directory, 14 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to the Seychelles
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
- Seychelles SunbirdCinnyris dussumieri
- Seychelles Blue PigeonAlectroenas pulcherrimus
- Seychelles BulbulHypsipetes crassirostris
- Seychelles SwiftletAerodramus elaphrus
- Seychelles FodyFoudia sechellarum
- Seychelles KestrelFalco araeus
- Seychelles Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone corvina
- Seychelles Magpie-RobinCopsychus sechellarum
- Seychelles WarblerAcrocephalus sechellensis
- Seychelles Black ParrotCoracopsis barklyi
- Seychelles White-eyeZosterops modestus
- Seychelles Scops OwlOtus insularis
- Aldabra DrongoDicrurus aldabranus
- Aldabra FodyFoudia aldabrana
All regular species
- Red FodyFoudia madagascariensis
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
- Zebra DoveGeopelia striata
- Seychelles SunbirdCinnyris dussumieri
- Malagasy Turtle DoveNesoenas picturatus
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Atlantic White TernGygis alba
- Seychelles Blue PigeonAlectroenas pulcherrimus
- Seychelles BulbulHypsipetes crassirostris
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostris
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Seychelles SwiftletAerodramus elaphrus
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
- Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Seychelles FodyFoudia sechellarum
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Seychelles KestrelFalco araeus
- Seychelles Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone corvina
- Seychelles Magpie-RobinCopsychus sechellarum
- Crab-ploverDromas ardeola
- Seychelles WarblerAcrocephalus sechellensis
- Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni
- Seychelles Black ParrotCoracopsis barklyi
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Seychelles White-eyeZosterops modestus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Saunders's TernSternula saundersi
- Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
- White-throated RailDryolimnas cuvieri
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Seychelles Scops OwlOtus insularis
- Souimanga SunbirdCinnyris sovimanga
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Malagasy BulbulHypsipetes madagascariensis
- Aldabra DrongoDicrurus aldabranus
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Aldabra FodyFoudia aldabrana
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Comoro Blue PigeonAlectroenas sganzini
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Grey FrancolinOrtygornis pondicerianus
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Malagasy KestrelFalco newtoni
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Madagascar CisticolaCisticola cherina
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Malagasy White-eyeZosterops maderaspatanus
- Malagasy Sacred IbisThreskiornis bernieri
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Malagasy CoucalCentropus toulou
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Malagasy Pond HeronArdeola idae
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Comoro FodyFoudia eminentissima
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticus
- Madagascar NightjarCaprimulgus madagascariensis
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayii
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Lesser CuckooCuculus poliocephalus
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- White-faced Storm PetrelPelagodroma marina
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Cotton Pygmy GooseNettapus coromandelianus
- Fork-tailed SwiftApus pacificus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
- Jouanin's PetrelBulweria fallax
- Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- Bulwer's PetrelBulweria bulwerii
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Barau's PetrelPterodroma baraui