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"Opportunities abound for the keen wildlife photographer."

Throughout the year there are at least 20 species of birds that can be seen at any one time. A number nest on the island year round and show little fear of our human visitors, making wildlife observation and photography a real pleasure.

Birds which can be seen throughout the year or breed on Bird island



Wedge-tailed Shearwater (Puffinus pacificus), White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus), Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus), Lesser Noddy (Anous tenuirostris), Fairy Tern (Gygis alba), Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata), Madagascar Turtle Dove (Streptopelia picturata), Barred Ground Dove (Geopelia striata), Common Mynah (Acridotheres tristis), Madagascar Fody (Foudia madagascariensis), Great Frigatebird (Fregata minor), Lesser Frigatebird (Fregata ariel), Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola), Lesser Sandplover (Charadrius mongolu), Curlew (Calidris alba), Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea), Greater Crested Tern (Sterna bergii), Bridled Tern (Sterna anaethetus), Saunders' Tern (Sterna saundersi).

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