Birds of the Seychelles

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
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Striated HeronButorides striata
• Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
• Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostris
• Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
• Grey HeronArdea cinerea
• Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
• Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
• Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
• Seychelles SwiftletAerodramus elaphrus
• Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
• Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
• Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
• Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• Seychelles FodyFoudia sechellarum
• Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• 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
• Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
• Rock DoveColumba livia
• SanderlingCalidris alba
• Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
• 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
• Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
• 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
• Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
• Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
• Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
• Malagasy KestrelFalco newtoni
• Little StintCalidris minuta
• Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
• Blue-billed White TernGygis candida
• Madagascar CisticolaCisticola cherina
• Purple HeronArdea purpurea
• Malagasy White-eyeZosterops maderaspatanus
• Malagasy Sacred IbisThreskiornis bernieri
• Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
• Western Barn OwlTyto alba
• Malagasy CoucalCentropus toulou
• Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
• Solomons Rufous FantailRhipidura rufofronta
• Little TernSternula albifrons
• European RollerCoracias garrulus
• Common SwiftApus apus
• Malagasy Pond HeronArdeola idae
• Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
• Sand MartinRiparia riparia
• Cloven-feathered DovePtilinopus holosericea
• 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
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• 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
• Flesh-footed ShearwaterArdenna carneipes
• Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
• Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
• Caspian PloverAnarhynchus asiaticus
• 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
• Matsudaira's Storm PetrelHydrobates matsudairae

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.

• Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
• Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
• Northern PintailAnas acuta
• Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
• Medium EgretArdea intermedia
• 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