Field checklist
Birds of Seychelles
94 species with profiles on The Ornithology. Tick what you see; E = found only here.
| Species | Scientific name | Family | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldabra Drongo E | Dicrurus aldabranus | Dicruridae | NT | |
| Aldabra Fody E | Foudia aldabrana | Ploceidae | EN | |
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | Falconidae | LC | |
| Atlantic White Tern | Gygis alba | Laridae | LC | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | Laridae | LC | |
| Blue-billed White Tern | Gygis candida | Laridae | LC | |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | Meropidae | LC | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | Laridae | LC | |
| Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | Coraciidae | LC | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Sulidae | NE | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | Laridae | LC | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Laridae | LC | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Rallidae | LC | |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Laridae | LC | |
| Comoro Blue Pigeon | Alectroenas sganzini | Columbidae | NT | |
| Crab-plover | Dromas ardeola | Dromadidae | LC | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Scolopacidae | VU | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Scolopacidae | NE | |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | Anatidae | LC | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Phalacrocoracidae | LC | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | Fregatidae | LC | |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | Laridae | LC | |
| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | Phoenicopteridae | LC | |
| Greater Sand Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Charadriidae | VU | |
| Grey-headed Lovebird | Agapornis canus | Psittaculidae | LC | |
| House Crow | Corvus splendens | Corvidae | LC | |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Passeridae | LC | |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | Laridae | LC | |
| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | Fregatidae | LC | |
| Lesser Noddy | Anous tenuirostris | Laridae | LC | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Laridae | LC | |
| Madagascar Cisticola | Cisticola cherina | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Madagascar Nightjar | Caprimulgus madagascariensis | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| Malagasy Bulbul | Hypsipetes madagascariensis | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Malagasy Coucal | Centropus toulou | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Malagasy Kestrel | Falco newtoni | Falconidae | LC | |
| Malagasy Pond Heron | Ardeola idae | Ardeidae | EN | |
| Malagasy Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis bernieri | Threskiornithidae | EN | |
| Malagasy Turtle Dove | Nesoenas picturatus | Columbidae | LC | |
| Malagasy White-eye | Zosterops maderaspatanus | Zosteropidae | LC | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | Sulidae | LC | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | Corvidae | LC | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Sulidae | LC | |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | Phaethontidae | LC | |
| Red-whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Psittaculidae | LC | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Laridae | LC | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Saunders’s Tern | Sternula saundersi | Laridae | LC | |
| Seychelles Black Parrot E | Coracopsis barklyi | Psittaculidae | VU | |
| Seychelles Blue Pigeon E | Alectroenas pulcherrimus | Columbidae | LC | |
| Seychelles Bulbul E | Hypsipetes crassirostris | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Seychelles Fody E | Foudia sechellarum | Ploceidae | NT | |
| Seychelles Kestrel E | Falco araeus | Falconidae | VU | |
| Seychelles Magpie-Robin E | Copsychus sechellarum | Muscicapidae | EN | |
| Seychelles Paradise Flycatcher E | Terpsiphone corvina | Monarchidae | VU | |
| Seychelles Scops Owl E | Otus insularis | Strigidae | CR | |
| Seychelles Sunbird E | Cinnyris dussumieri | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Seychelles Swiftlet E | Aerodramus elaphrus | Apodidae | VU | |
| Seychelles Warbler E | Acrocephalus sechellensis | Acrocephalidae | NT | |
| Seychelles White-eye E | Zosterops modestus | Zosteropidae | VU | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Laridae | LC | |
| Souimanga Sunbird | Cinnyris sovimanga | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | Motacillidae | LC | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Motacillidae | LC | |
| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Phaethontidae | LC | |
| White-throated Rail | Dryolimnas cuvieri | Rallidae | LC | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Laridae | LC | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Yellow Bittern | Botaurus sinensis | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | Fringillidae | LC |
This checklist lists the species that have profiles on this site, not every species ever recorded in the country. Taxonomy: AviList. Status: IUCN Red List category.