Terrestrial Wildlife of Seychelles
Terrestrial mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians of the Seychelles Islands. Marine reptiles and birds are included.
Abbott's Day Gecko
Phelsuma abbotti
Aldabra Drongo
Dicrurus aldabranus
Aldabra flying fox
1
Pteropus aldabrensis
Bar-tailed Godwit
2
Limosa lapponica
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Black Kite
3
Milvus migrans
Black Parrot
4
Coracopsis nigra
Black-bellied Plover
5
Pluvialis squatarola
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
6
Fregetta tropica
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
Brauer's Burrowing Skink
Janetaescincus braueri
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
Bulwer's Petrel
Bulweria bulwerii
Cattle Egret
7
Bubulcus ibis
Common Greenshank
8
Tringa nebularia
Common Myna
9
Acridotheres tristis
Common Ringed Plover
10
Charadrius hiaticula
Common Waxbill
11
Estrilda astrild
Comoro Blue-Pigeon
Alectroenas sganzini
Crab Plover
12
Dromas ardeola
Crested Tern
13
Thalasseus bergii
Curlew Sandpiper
14
Calidris ferruginea
Domed Mauritius Giant Tortoise
15
Dipsochelys dussumieri
Dwarf Bronze Gecko
Ailuronyx tachyscopaeus
East African Black Mud Turtle
16
Pelusios subniger
Eurasian Curlew
17
Numenius arquata
Eurasian Moorhen
18
Gallinula chloropus
Flesh-footed Shearwater
19
Puffinus carneipes
Frigate Island Caecilian
Hypogeophis rostratus
Gardiner's Burrowing Skink
Pamelaescincus gardineri
Giant Bronze Gecko
Ailuronyx trachygaster
Gold Dust Day Gecko
21
Phelsuma laticauda
Gray Francolin
22
Francolinus pondicerianus
Great Frigatebird
23
Fregata minor
Green Turtle
24
Chelonia mydas
Grey Heron
12
Ardea cinerea
Grey-hooded Gull
9
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
25
Eretmochelys imbricata
Jouanin's Petrel
Bulweria fallax
La Digue Day Gecko
Phelsuma sundbergi
Lesser Crested Tern
26
Thalasseus bengalensis
Lesser Frigatebird
27
Fregata ariel
Lesser Noddy
28
Anous tenuirostris
Little Stint
14
Calidris minuta
Madagascan Kestrel
Falco newtoni
Madagascar Bulbul
29
Hypsipetes madagascariensis
Madagascar Cisticola
Cisticola cherina
Madagascar Coucal
Centropus toulou
Madagascar Fody
15
Foudia madagascariensis
Madagascar Girdled Lizard
Zonosaurus madagascariensis
Madagascar Nightjar
Caprimulgus madagascariensis
Madagascar Pond Heron
30
Ardeola idae
Madagascar Turtle-Dove
15
Streptopelia picturata
Madagascar White-eye
31
Zosterops maderaspatanus
Malagasy Sacred Ibis
Threskiornis bernieri
Mascarene ridged frog
Ptychadena mascareniensis
Masked Booby
32
Sula dactylatra
Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel
33
Oceanodroma matsudairae
Mauritian tomb bat
34
Taphozous mauritianus
Moluccan Scops-Owl
Otus magicus
Nutmeg Mannikin
14
Lonchura punctulata
Oriental Garden Lizard
35
Calotes versicolor
Red-footed Booby
36
Sula sula
Red-headed Fody
Foudia eminentissima
Red-throated Pipit
17
Anthus cervinus
Red-whiskered Bulbul
17
Pycnonotus jocosus
Roseate Tern
37
Sterna dougallii
Ruddy Turnstone
38
Arenaria interpres
Sanderling
39
Calidris alba
Saunders's Tern
Sternula saundersi
Seychelles Blue-Pigeon
15
Alectroenas pulcherrimus
Seychelles Bronze Gecko
15
Ailuronyx seychellensis
Seychelles Brush Warbler
Acrocephalus sechellensis
Seychelles Bulbul
15
Hypsipetes crassirostris
Seychelles Fody
15
Foudia sechellarum
Seychelles House Snake
Lamprophis geometricus
Seychelles Kestrel
Falco araea
Seychelles Magpie-Robin
15
Copsychus sechellarum
Seychelles Palm Frog
Sechellophryne pipilodryas
Seychelles Paradise-Flycatcher
40
Terpsiphone corvina
Seychelles Scops-Owl
Otus insularis
Seychelles Skink
15
Trachylepis sechellensis
Seychelles Small Day Gecko
15
Phelsuma astriata
Seychelles Sucker-tailed Gecko
Urocotyledon inexpectata
Seychelles Sunbird
15
Cinnyris dussumieri
Seychelles Swiftlet
Aerodramus elaphrus
Seychelles Tree Frog
Tachycnemis seychellensis
Seychelles White-eye
Zosterops modestus
Seychelles Wolf Snake
Lycognathophis seychellensis
Seychelles flying fox
40
Pteropus seychellensis
