Terrestrial Wildlife of Seychelles

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

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Common Myna ¹
Acridotheres tristis

Seychelles Brush Warbler
Acrocephalus sechellensis

Seychelles Swiftlet
Aerodramus elaphrus

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

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

Madagascar Nightjar
Caprimulgus madagascariensis

Madagascar Coucal
Centropus toulou

Common Ringed Plover ¹³
Charadrius hiaticula

Grey-hooded Gull ¹
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus

Seychelles Sunbird ²
Cinnyris dussumieri

Souimanga Sunbird
Cinnyris souimanga

Madagascar Cisticola
Cisticola cherina

Seychelles Magpie-Robin ²
Copsychus sechellarum

Black Parrot ¹⁴
Coracopsis nigra

Aldabra Drongo
Dicrurus aldabranus

Crab Plover ⁶
Dromas ardeola

White-throated Rail ²
Dryolimnas cuvieri

Common Waxbill ¹⁵
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 ¹⁶
Francolinus pondicerianus

Lesser Frigatebird ¹⁷
Fregata ariel

Great Frigatebird ¹⁸
Fregata minor

Black-bellied Storm-Petrel ¹⁹
Fregetta tropica

Eurasian Moorhen ²⁰
Gallinula chloropus

White Tern ²¹
Gygis alba

Seychelles Bulbul ²
Hypsipetes crassirostris

Madagascar Bulbul ²²
Hypsipetes madagascariensis

Yellow Bittern ²³
Ixobrychus sinensis

Bar-tailed Godwit ²⁴
Limosa lapponica

Nutmeg Mannikin ¹²
Lonchura punctulata

Black Kite ²⁵
Milvus migrans

Eurasian Curlew ⁵
Numenius arquata

Whimbrel ²⁶
Numenius phaeopus

Wilson's Storm-Petrel ²⁷
Oceanites oceanicus

Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel ²⁸
Oceanodroma matsudairae

Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus

Sooty Tern ²⁹
Onychoprion fuscatus

Seychelles Scops-Owl
Otus insularis

Moluccan Scops-Owl
Otus magicus

White-faced Storm-petrel ³⁰
Pelagodroma marina

White-tailed Tropicbird ³¹
Phaethon lepturus

Black-bellied Plover ³²
Pluvialis squatarola

Flesh-footed Shearwater ³³
Puffinus carneipes

Wedge-tailed Shearwater ³³
Puffinus pacificus

Red-whiskered Bulbul ⁵
Pycnonotus jocosus

Yellow-fronted Canary ³⁴
Serinus mozambicus

Roseate Tern ³⁵
Sterna dougallii

Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana

Saunders's Tern
Sternula saundersi

Madagascar Turtle-Dove ²
Streptopelia picturata

Masked Booby ²¹
Sula dactylatra

Red-footed Booby ³⁶
Sula sula

Seychelles Paradise-Flycatcher ³⁷
Terpsiphone corvina

Lesser Crested Tern ³⁸
Thalasseus bengalensis

Crested Tern ³⁹
Thalasseus bergii

Malagasy Sacred Ibis
Threskiornis bernieri

Common Greenshank ⁴⁰
Tringa nebularia

Barn Owl
Tyto alba

Madagascar White-eye ⁴¹
Zosterops maderaspatanus

Seychelles White-eye
Zosterops modestus

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