Birds of Mayotte
Mayotte hosts 71 regularly occurring species in this directory, 4 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to Mayotte
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Malagasy Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone mutata
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Mayotte SunbirdCinnyris coquerellii
- Malagasy BulbulHypsipetes madagascariensis
- Mayotte White-eyeZosterops mayottensis
- Olive Bee-eaterMerops superciliosus
- Mayotte DrongoDicrurus waldenii
- Malagasy Turtle DoveNesoenas picturatus
- Cuckoo-rollerLeptosomus discolor
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Malagasy Pond HeronArdeola idae
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Red FodyFoudia madagascariensis
- Malagasy Palm SwiftCypsiurus gracilis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Malagasy KingfisherCorythornis vintsioides
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Comoro Olive PigeonColumba pollenii
- Comoro Blue PigeonAlectroenas sganzini
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Mayotte Scops OwlOtus mayottensis
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Comoro FodyFoudia eminentissima
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Malagasy Black SwiftApus balstoni
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
- Crab-ploverDromas ardeola
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Humblot's HeronArdea humbloti
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
- White-throated RailDryolimnas cuvieri
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Madagascar Scops OwlOtus rutilus
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Malagasy HarrierCircus macrosceles
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
- Sooty FalconFalco concolor
- Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
- Grey-headed LovebirdAgapornis canus
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- African Black SwiftApus barbatus
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Malagasy White-eyeZosterops maderaspatanus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni
- Persian ShearwaterPuffinus persicus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
- Atlantic White TernGygis alba
- Bulwer's PetrelBulweria bulwerii
- Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
- Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
- Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticus
- Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
- Senegal LapwingVanellus lugubris
- White-cheeked TernSterna repressa
- Mascarene MartinPhedina borbonica
- Madagascar CuckooCuculus rochii
- Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostris
- Red-headed LovebirdAgapornis pullarius
- Saunders's TernSternula saundersi
- Madagascar SpinetailZoonavena grandidieri
- Trindade PetrelPterodroma arminjoniana
- Madagascar PratincoleGlareola ocularis
- Jouanin's PetrelBulweria fallax
- Malagasy Sacred IbisThreskiornis bernieri