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Terrestrial Wildlife of Seychelles

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

Common Myna 1
Acridotheres tristis
Seychelles Brush Warbler
Acrocephalus sechellensis
Seychelles Swiftlet
Aerodramus elaphrus
Seychelles Bronze Gecko 2
Ailuronyx seychellensis
Dwarf Bronze Gecko
Ailuronyx tachyscopaeus
Giant Bronze Gecko
Ailuronyx trachygaster
Seychelles Blue-Pigeon 2
Alectroenas pulcherrimus
Comoro Blue-Pigeon
Alectroenas sganzini
Garganey 3
Anas querquedula
Lesser Noddy 4
Anous tenuirostris
Red-throated Pipit 5
Anthus cervinus
Tree Pipit 1
Anthus trivialis
Tiger Chameleon
Archaius tigris
Grey Heron 6
Ardea cinerea
Madagascar Pond Heron 7
Ardeola idae
Ruddy Turnstone 8
Arenaria interpres
Cattle Egret 9
Bubulcus ibis
Bulwer's Petrel
Bulweria bulwerii
Jouanin's Petrel
Bulweria fallax
Striated Heron 10
Butorides striata
Sanderling 11
Calidris alba
Curlew Sandpiper 12
Calidris ferruginea
Little Stint 12
Calidris minuta
Oriental Garden Lizard 13
Calotes versicolor
Madagascar Nightjar
Caprimulgus madagascariensis
Madagascar Coucal
Centropus toulou
Common Ringed Plover 14
Charadrius hiaticula
Green Turtle 15
Chelonia mydas
Grey-hooded Gull 1
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Seychelles Sunbird 2
Cinnyris dussumieri
Souimanga Sunbird
Cinnyris souimanga
Madagascar Cisticola
Cisticola cherina
Seychelles sheath-tailed bat
Coleura seychellensis
Seychelles Magpie-Robin 2
Copsychus sechellarum
Black Parrot 16
Coracopsis nigra
Aldabra Drongo
Dicrurus aldabranus
Domed Mauritius Giant Tortoise 2
Dipsochelys dussumieri
Crab Plover 6
Dromas ardeola
White-throated Rail 2
Dryolimnas cuvieri
Hawksbill Sea Turtle 17
Eretmochelys imbricata
Common Waxbill 18
Estrilda astrild
Seychelles Kestrel
Falco araea
Madagascan Kestrel
Falco newtoni
Red-headed Fody
Foudia eminentissima
Madagascar Fody 2
Foudia madagascariensis
Seychelles Fody 2
Foudia sechellarum
Gray Francolin 19
Francolinus pondicerianus
Lesser Frigatebird 20
Fregata ariel
Great Frigatebird 21
Fregata minor
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel 22
Fregetta tropica
Eurasian Moorhen 23
Gallinula chloropus
Grandisonia alternans
Grandisonia brevis
Grandisonia larvata
Grandisonia sechellensis
White Tern 24
Gygis alba
Tropical House Gecko 25
Hemidactylus mabouia
Yellow-bellied Sea Snake 26
Hydrophis platurus
Frigate Island Caecilian
Hypogeophis rostratus
Seychelles Bulbul 2
Hypsipetes crassirostris
Madagascar Bulbul 27
Hypsipetes madagascariensis
Yellow Bittern 28
Ixobrychus sinensis
Brauer's Burrowing Skink
Janetaescincus braueri
Vesey-fitzgerald's Burrowing Skink
Janetaescincus veseyfitzgeraldi
Seychelles House Snake
Lamprophis geometricus
Bar-tailed Godwit 29
Limosa lapponica
Nutmeg Mannikin 12
Lonchura punctulata
Seychelles Wolf Snake
Lycognathophis seychellensis
Black Kite 30
Milvus migrans
Eurasian Curlew 5
Numenius arquata
Whimbrel 31
Numenius phaeopus
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 32
Oceanites oceanicus
Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel 33
Oceanodroma matsudairae
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
Sooty Tern 34
Onychoprion fuscatus
Seychelles Scops-Owl
Otus insularis
Moluccan Scops-Owl
Otus magicus
Gardiner's Burrowing Skink
Pamelaescincus gardineri
Paratriaenops pauliani
White-faced Storm-petrel 35
Pelagodroma marina
East African Black Mud Turtle 10
Pelusios subniger
White-tailed Tropicbird 36
Phaethon lepturus
Abbott's Day Gecko
Phelsuma abbotti
Seychelles Small Day Gecko 2
Phelsuma astriata
Gold Dust Day Gecko 37
Phelsuma laticauda
La Digue Day Gecko
Phelsuma sundbergi
Black-bellied Plover 38
Pluvialis squatarola
Praslinia cooperi
Aldabra flying fox 39
Pteropus aldabrensis
Seychelles flying fox 40
Pteropus seychellensis
Mascarene ridged frog
Ptychadena mascareniensis
Flesh-footed Shearwater 41
Puffinus carneipes
Wedge-tailed Shearwater 41
Puffinus pacificus
Red-whiskered Bulbul 5
Pycnonotus jocosus
Sechellophryne gardineri
Seychelles Palm Frog
Sechellophryne pipilodryas
Yellow-fronted Canary 42
Serinus mozambicus
Sooglossus sechellensis
Sooglossus thomasseti
Roseate Tern 43
Sterna dougallii

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