Seychelles

"One of the Seychelles most loved and treasured locations."

Birds

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Migrants / Vagrants

Audubon's Shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri), Wilson's Storm-petrel (Oceanites oceanicus), Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aetherus), Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda), Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra), Red-footed Booby (Sula sula), Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster), Grey Heron (Ardea cinera), Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea), Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis seychellarum), Green-backed Heron (Butorides striatus), Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus stellaris), Garganey Anas querquedula, Indian Pond-heron (Ardeola grayii), White Stork (Ciconia ciconia), Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni), Western Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus), Amur Falcon (Falco amurensis), Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo), Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix), Corncrake (Crex crex), Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), Black-winged (Stilt Himantopus himantopus), Stone Curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus), Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni), Oriental Pratincole (Glareola maldivarum), Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva), Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula), Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius), Caspian Plover (Charadrius asiaticus), Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa), Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica), Little Curlew (Numenius minutus), Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata), Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia), Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola), Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos), Grey-tailed Tattler (Heteroscelus brevipes), Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus), Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus), Little Stint (Calidris minuta), Temminck's Stint (Calidris temmincki), Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotus), Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis), Ruff (Philomachus pugnax).

Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus), Heuglin's Gull (Larus heuglini), White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus), Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica), Lesser Crested Tern (Sterna bengalensis), Common Tern (Sterna Hirundo), Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii), Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana), European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur), Seychelles Blue Pigeon (Alectroenas pulcherima), Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius), Jacobin Cuckoo (Oxylophus jacobinus), Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), Barn Owl (Tyto alba), Eurasian Scops-owl (Otus scops), Eurasian Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus), White-throated Needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus), Common Swift (Apus apus), Pacific Swift (Apus pacificus), Little Swift (Apus affinus), Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus), European Roller (Coracias garrulus), Broad-billed Roller (Eurystomus glaucurus), Sand Martin (Riparia riparia), Mascarene Martin (Phedina borbonica), Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica), Common House Martin (Delichon urbica), Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava), Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea), White Wagtail (Motacilla alba), Rufous Tailed Rock Thrush, Bimaculated Lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata), Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis), Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus), Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio), Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor), Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush (Monticola saxatalis), Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra), Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe), Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina), Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka), Common Whitethroat (Sylvia communis),Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata), House Crow (Corvus splendens), European Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus), Wattled Starling (Creatophora cinerea), Rose-coloured Starling (Sturnus roseus), Seychelles Fody (Foudia sechellarum)