Terrestrial Wildlife of Seychelles

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

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Madagascar Coucal
Centropus toulou

Black Parrot ¹
Coracopsis nigra

Seychelles Scops-Owl
Otus insularis

Moluccan Scops-Owl
Otus magicus

Barn Owl
Tyto alba

Madagascar Turtle-Dove ²
Streptopelia picturata

Seychelles Blue-Pigeon ²
Alectroenas pulcherrimus

Comoro Blue-Pigeon
Alectroenas sganzini

Eurasian Moorhen ³
Gallinula chloropus

White-throated Rail ²
Dryolimnas cuvieri

Seychelles Swiftlet
Aerodramus elaphrus

Gray Francolin ⁴
Francolinus pondicerianus

Sanderling ⁵
Calidris alba

Curlew Sandpiper ⁶
Calidris ferruginea

Little Stint ⁶
Calidris minuta

Common Greenshank ⁷
Tringa nebularia

Eurasian Curlew ⁸
Numenius arquata

Whimbrel ⁹
Numenius phaeopus

Ruddy Turnstone ¹⁰
Arenaria interpres

Bar-tailed Godwit ¹¹
Limosa lapponica

Grey-hooded Gull ¹²
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus

Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus

Sooty Tern ¹³
Onychoprion fuscatus

Saunders's Tern
Sternula saundersi

Lesser Crested Tern ¹⁴
Thalasseus bengalensis

Crested Tern ¹⁵
Thalasseus bergii

Roseate Tern ¹⁶
Sterna dougallii

Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana

Lesser Noddy ¹⁷
Anous tenuirostris

White Tern ¹⁸
Gygis alba

Common Ringed Plover ¹⁹
Charadrius hiaticula

Black-bellied Plover ²⁰
Pluvialis squatarola

Crab Plover ²¹
Dromas ardeola

Flesh-footed Shearwater ²²
Puffinus carneipes

Wedge-tailed Shearwater ²²
Puffinus pacificus

Bulwer's Petrel
Bulweria bulwerii

Jouanin's Petrel
Bulweria fallax

Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel ²³
Oceanodroma matsudairae

Wilson's Storm-Petrel ²⁴
Oceanites oceanicus

White-faced Storm-petrel ²⁵
Pelagodroma marina

Black-bellied Storm-Petrel ²⁶
Fregetta tropica

Malagasy Sacred Ibis
Threskiornis bernieri

Grey Heron ²¹
Ardea cinerea

Madagascar Pond Heron ²⁷
Ardeola idae

Yellow Bittern ²⁸
Ixobrychus sinensis

Cattle Egret ²⁹
Bubulcus ibis

Striated Heron ³⁰
Butorides striata

White-tailed Tropicbird ³¹
Phaethon lepturus

Seychelles Kestrel
Falco araea

Madagascan Kestrel
Falco newtoni

Madagascar Nightjar
Caprimulgus madagascariensis

Garganey ³²
Anas querquedula

Black Kite ³³
Milvus migrans

Masked Booby ¹⁸
Sula dactylatra

Red-footed Booby ³⁴
Sula sula

Lesser Frigatebird ³⁵
Fregata ariel

Great Frigatebird ³⁶
Fregata minor

Seychelles Magpie-Robin ²
Copsychus sechellarum

Seychelles Sunbird ²
Cinnyris dussumieri

Souimanga Sunbird
Cinnyris souimanga

Red-whiskered Bulbul ⁸
Pycnonotus jocosus

Seychelles Bulbul ²
Hypsipetes crassirostris

Madagascar Bulbul ³⁷
Hypsipetes madagascariensis

Common Myna ¹²
Acridotheres tristis

Madagascar White-eye ³⁸
Zosterops maderaspatanus

Seychelles White-eye
Zosterops modestus

Seychelles Brush Warbler
Acrocephalus sechellensis

Aldabra Drongo
Dicrurus aldabranus

Common Waxbill ³⁹
Estrilda astrild

Nutmeg Mannikin ⁶
Lonchura punctulata

Seychelles Paradise-Flycatcher ⁴⁰
Terpsiphone corvina

Red-throated Pipit ⁸
Anthus cervinus

Tree Pipit ¹²
Anthus trivialis

Red-headed Fody
Foudia eminentissima

Madagascar Fody ²
Foudia madagascariensis

Seychelles Fody ²
Foudia sechellarum

Madagascar Cisticola
Cisticola cherina

Yellow-fronted Canary ⁴¹
Serinus mozambicus

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