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
Native
Native
Native
Resident (breeds)
Resident (breeds)
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
Vagrant
Endemic subspecies
Native
Vagrant
Migrant
Migrant
Migrant
Migrant
Migrant
Migrant
Vagrant
Migrant
Migrant
Migrant
Migrant
Migrant
Migrant
Migrant
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
Vagrant
- Brown Booby -
- Bridled Tern -
White-tailed Tropicbird (juvenile)
- Great (White) Egret -
- Little Bittern -
- Caspian Plover -
- Common Sandpiper -
- Common Greenshank -
- Eurasian Hobby -
- Barred Ground-Dove -
- Isabelline Wheatear -
- White Wagtail -