Birds of Mayotte

Endemic to Mayotte

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Mayotte SunbirdCinnyris coquerellii
• Mayotte White-eyeZosterops mayottensis
• Mayotte DrongoDicrurus waldenii
• Mayotte Scops OwlOtus mayottensis

All regular species

• Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
• Malagasy Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone mutata
• Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
• Pied CrowCorvus albus
• Mayotte SunbirdCinnyris coquerellii
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
• Malagasy BulbulHypsipetes madagascariensis
• Mayotte White-eyeZosterops mayottensis
• Olive Bee-eaterMerops superciliosus
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• Mayotte DrongoDicrurus waldenii
• Malagasy Turtle DoveNesoenas picturatus
• Cuckoo-rollerLeptosomus discolor
• White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• 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
• Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
• Great EgretArdea alba
• Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
• Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
• 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
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• 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
• Baillon's CrakeZapornia pusilla
• 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
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• 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
• Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
• 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
• Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
• 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
• Matsudaira's Storm PetrelHydrobates matsudairae
• Malagasy Sacred IbisThreskiornis bernieri