Terrestrial Wildlife of Seychelles

Terrestrial mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians of the Seychelles Islands. Marine reptiles and birds are included.

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Aldabra Drongo
Dicrurus aldabranus

Bar-tailed Godwit ¹
Limosa lapponica

Barn Owl
Tyto alba

Black Kite ²
Milvus migrans

Black Parrot ³
Coracopsis nigra

Black-bellied Plover ⁴
Pluvialis squatarola

Black-bellied Storm-Petrel ⁵
Fregetta tropica

Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana

Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus

Bulwer's Petrel
Bulweria bulwerii

Cattle Egret ⁶
Bubulcus ibis

Common Greenshank ⁷
Tringa nebularia

Common Myna ⁸
Acridotheres tristis

Common Ringed Plover ⁹
Charadrius hiaticula

Common Waxbill ¹⁰
Estrilda astrild

Comoro Blue-Pigeon
Alectroenas sganzini

Crab Plover ¹¹
Dromas ardeola

Crested Tern ¹²
Thalasseus bergii

Curlew Sandpiper ¹³
Calidris ferruginea

Eurasian Curlew ¹⁴
Numenius arquata

Eurasian Moorhen ¹⁵
Gallinula chloropus

Flesh-footed Shearwater ¹⁶
Puffinus carneipes

Garganey ¹⁷
Anas querquedula

Gray Francolin ¹⁸
Francolinus pondicerianus

Great Frigatebird ¹⁹
Fregata minor

Grey Heron ¹¹
Ardea cinerea

Grey-hooded Gull ⁸
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus

Jouanin's Petrel
Bulweria fallax

Lesser Crested Tern ²⁰
Thalasseus bengalensis

Lesser Frigatebird ²¹
Fregata ariel

Lesser Noddy ²²
Anous tenuirostris

Little Stint ¹³
Calidris minuta

Madagascan Kestrel
Falco newtoni

Madagascar Bulbul ²³
Hypsipetes madagascariensis

Madagascar Cisticola
Cisticola cherina

Madagascar Coucal
Centropus toulou

Madagascar Fody ²⁴
Foudia madagascariensis

Madagascar Nightjar
Caprimulgus madagascariensis

Madagascar Pond Heron ²⁵
Ardeola idae

Madagascar Turtle-Dove ²⁴
Streptopelia picturata

Madagascar White-eye ²⁶
Zosterops maderaspatanus

Malagasy Sacred Ibis
Threskiornis bernieri

Masked Booby ²⁷
Sula dactylatra

Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel ²⁸
Oceanodroma matsudairae

Moluccan Scops-Owl
Otus magicus

Nutmeg Mannikin ¹³
Lonchura punctulata

Red-footed Booby ²⁹
Sula sula

Red-headed Fody
Foudia eminentissima

Red-throated Pipit ¹⁴
Anthus cervinus

Red-whiskered Bulbul ¹⁴
Pycnonotus jocosus

Roseate Tern ³⁰
Sterna dougallii

Ruddy Turnstone ³¹
Arenaria interpres

Sanderling ³²
Calidris alba

Saunders's Tern
Sternula saundersi

Seychelles Blue-Pigeon ²⁴
Alectroenas pulcherrimus

Seychelles Brush Warbler
Acrocephalus sechellensis

Seychelles Bulbul ²⁴
Hypsipetes crassirostris

Seychelles Fody ²⁴
Foudia sechellarum

Seychelles Kestrel
Falco araea

Seychelles Magpie-Robin ²⁴
Copsychus sechellarum

Seychelles Paradise-Flycatcher ³³
Terpsiphone corvina

Seychelles Scops-Owl
Otus insularis

Seychelles Sunbird ²⁴
Cinnyris dussumieri

Seychelles Swiftlet
Aerodramus elaphrus

Seychelles White-eye
Zosterops modestus

Sooty Tern ³⁴
Onychoprion fuscatus

Souimanga Sunbird
Cinnyris souimanga

Striated Heron ³⁵
Butorides striata

Tree Pipit ⁸
Anthus trivialis

Wedge-tailed Shearwater ¹⁶
Puffinus pacificus

Whimbrel ³⁶
Numenius phaeopus

White Tern ²⁷
Gygis alba

White-faced Storm-petrel ³⁷
Pelagodroma marina

White-tailed Tropicbird ³⁸
Phaethon lepturus

White-throated Rail ²⁴
Dryolimnas cuvieri

Wilson's Storm-Petrel ³⁹
Oceanites oceanicus

Yellow Bittern ⁴⁰
Ixobrychus sinensis

Yellow-fronted Canary ⁴¹
Serinus mozambicus

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