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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.jpg

- Brown Booby -

Bridled_Tern.jpg

- Bridled Tern -

White-tailed_Tropicbird.jpg

White-tailed Tropicbird (juvenile)

Great_White_Egret.jpg

- Great (White) Egret -

Little_Bittern.jpg

- Little Bittern -

Caspian_Plover.jpg

- Caspian Plover -

Common_Sandpiper.jpg

- Common Sandpiper -

Common_Greenshank.jpg

- Common Greenshank -

Eurasian_Hobby.jpg

- Eurasian Hobby -

Barred_Ground-Dove.jpg

- Barred Ground-Dove -

Isabelline_Wheatear.jpg

- Isabelline Wheatear -

White_Wagtail.jpg

- White Wagtail -

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