Bird Island - Species List | wildlife photography adventures

Bird Island - 'species list'

This list of all the bird species I've seen and photographed during our many visits to Bird Island, Seychelles

accompanies the associated destination write-up and photo gallery. As there are a number of species that don't feature in the main 'collections' album I've taken this opportunity to include a few thumbnail images of some of them.

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List shows species and/or subspecies (ssp) with common English and scientific name

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species : Vulnerable (VU), Endangered (EN), Critically Endangered (CR)

Endemic species : only found in Seychelles, Endemic subspecies : only found in Seychelles, although other closely related subspecies are found elsewhere, Native : found in Seychelles and elsewhere, but arrived naturally rather than introduced, Resident : equivalent to native, but breeds on Bird Island, Migrant : regular annual visitor, Vagrant : occasional visitor.

Seabirds

Great Frigatebird

[Fregata minor, ssp.aldabrensis]

Lesser Frigatebird

[Fregata ariel, ssp.iredalei]

Red-footed Booby

[Sula sula, ssp.rubripes]

Brown Booby

[Sula leucogaster]

Brown Noddy

(aka. Common Noddy)

[Anous stolidus, ssp.pileatus]

Lesser Noddy

[Anous tenuirostris]

White Tern

(aka. Fairy Tern)

[Gygis alba, ssp.canida]

Bridled Tern

[Onychoprion anaethetus]

Sooty Tern

[Onychoprion fuscatus, ssp.nubilosus]

Saunder's Tern

[Sternula saundersi]

Greater Crested Tern

[Thalasseus bergii, ssp.thalassinus]

White-cheeked Tern

[Sterna repressa]

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

[Puffinus pacificus]

White-tailed Tropicbird

[Phaethon lepturus]

Native

Resident (breeds)

Native

Native (breeds)

Migrant

Native

Uncertain status

Native (breeds)

Resident (breeds)

Waterbirds and Shorebirds

Great (White) Egret

[Ardea alba, ssp.melanorhynchos]

Purple Heron

[Ardea purpurea]

Western Cattle Egret

[Bubulcus ibis, ssp.seychellarum]

Malagasy Pond-Heron (EN)

[Ardeola idea]

Little Bittern

[Ixobrychus minutus]

Crab Plover

[Dromas ardeola]

Pacific Golden Plover

[Pluvialis fulva]

Grey Plover

(aka. Black-bellied Plover)

[Pluvialis squatarola]

Common Ringed Plover

[Charadrius hiaticula]

Lesser Sand Plover

(aka. Mongolian Plover)

[Charadrius mongolus]

Greater Sand Plover

[Charadrius leschenaultii]

Caspian Plover

[Charadrius asiaticus]

Ruddy Turnstone

[Arenaria interpres]

Sanderling

[Calidris alba]

Curlew Sandpiper

[Calidris ferruginea]

Common Sandpiper

[Actitis hypoleucos]

Wood Sandpiper

[Tringa glareola]

Common Greenshank

[Tringa nebularia]

Whimbrel

[Numenius phaeopus]

Bar-tailed Godwit

[Limosa lapponica]

Collared Pratincole

(aka. Common Pratincole)

[Glareola pratincola]

Vagrant

Endemic subspecies

Native

Vagrant

Migrant

Vagrant

Migrant

Vagrant

Landbirds

Common Moorhen

[Gallinula chloropus, ssp.orientalis]

Eurasian Hobby

[Falco subbuteo]

Malagasy Turtle-Dove

[Nesoenas picturata, ssp.picturata]

[Nesoenas picturata, ssp.rostratus]

Zebra Dove

(aka. Barred Ground-Dove)

[Geopelia striata]

Seychelles Blue Pigeon

[Alectroenas pulcherrimus]

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

[Merops persicus]

Indian Myna

(aka. Common Myna)

[Acridotheres tristis]

Madagascar Fody

(aka. Red Fody)

[Foudia madagascariensis]

Seychelles Sunbird

[Cinnyris dussumieri]

Isabelline Wheatear

[Oenanthe isabellina]

White Wagtail

[Motacilla alba]

Resident (breeds)

Vagrant

Resident (introduced)

Endemic subspecies ?

Introduced (breeds)

Endemic (breeds)

Vagrant

Introduced (breeds)

Resident (breeds)

Endemic (breeds)

(introduced to Bird Island)

Vagrant

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by Tony Enticknap - 'tickspics'