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Mauritius
This checklist includes all bird species found in Mauritius , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2023. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Mauritius [map]
Other names: Republic of Mauritius
Last modified: 2024-08-03
See also: https://www.africanbirdclub.org/countries/checklists/download
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| Mauritius Shelduck | Alopochen mauritiana | Endemic Extinct |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| Meller's Duck | Anas melleri | Introduced species Endangered |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
| Mauritius Duck | Anas theodori | Endemic Extinct |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | Introduced species |
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| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Introduced species |
| Gray Francolin | Ortygornis pondicerianus | Introduced species |
| Chinese Francolin | Francolinus pintadeanus | Introduced species |
| Blue-breasted Quail | Synoicus chinensis | Extirpated |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | Introduced species |
| Jungle Bush-Quail | Perdicula asiatica | Extirpated |
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| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Mauritius Wood-Pigeon | Columba thiriouxi | Extinct |
| Malagasy Turtle-Dove | Nesoenas picturatus | Introduced species |
| Pink Pigeon | Nesoenas mayeri | Endemic (country/region) |
| Mauritius Turtle-Dove | Nesoenas cicur | Extinct |
| Rodrigues Turtle-Dove | Nesoenas rodericanus | Endemic Extinct |
| Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | Introduced species |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | Introduced species |
| Dodo | Raphus cucullatus | Endemic Extinct |
| Rodrigues Solitaire | Pezophaps solitaria | Endemic Extinct |
| Mauritius Blue-Pigeon | Alectroenas nitidissimus | Endemic Extinct |
| Rodrigues Blue-Pigeon | Alectroenas payandeei | Endemic Extinct |
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| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Mascarene Swiftlet | Aerodramus francicus | Near-threatened |
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| White-throated Rail | Dryolimnas cuvieri | |
| Red Rail | Aphanapteryx bonasia | Endemic Extinct |
| Rodrigues Rail | Erythromachus leguati | Endemic Extinct |
| Buff-banded Rail | Gallirallus philippensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Mascarene Coot | Fulica newtonii | Endemic Extinct |
| Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | Rare/Accidental |
| African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | Rare/Accidental |
| Tibetan Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus atrifrons | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Rare/Accidental |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Rare/Accidental |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Rare/Accidental |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Rare/Accidental |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Vulnerable |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
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| Madagascar Buttonquail | Turnix nigricollis | Introduced species |
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| Crab-Plover | Dromas ardeola | |
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| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | Rare/Accidental |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | Rare/Accidental |
| Madagascar Pratincole | Glareola ocularis | Near-threatened |
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| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Rare/Accidental |
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| White Tern | Gygis alba | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Lesser Noddy | Anous tenuirostris | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Rare/Accidental |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | Rare/Accidental |
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| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
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| Snowy Albatross | Diomedea exulans | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Sooty Albatross | Phoebetria fusca | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Light-mantled Albatross | Phoebetria palpebrata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche carteri | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| White-capped Albatross | Thalassarche cauta | Rare/Accidental |
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| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
| White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | Rare/Accidental |
| White-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta grallaria | |
| Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta tropica | |
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| Southern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | |
| Cape Petrel | Daption capense | |
| Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera | Rare/Accidental |
| Trindade Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana | Vulnerable |
| Herald Petrel | Pterodroma heraldica | |
| Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Barau's Petrel | Pterodroma baraui | Endangered |
| Fairy Prion | Pachyptila turtur | Rare/Accidental |
| Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata | Rare/Accidental |
| Slender-billed Prion | Pachyptila belcheri | Rare/Accidental |
| Mascarene Petrel | Pseudobulweria aterrima | Critically endangered |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | Rare/Accidental |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Near-threatened |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | Rare/Accidental |
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| Abbott's Booby | Papasula abbotti | Extirpated Endangered |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
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| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Rare/Accidental |
| Mauritius Night Heron | Nycticorax mauritianus | Endemic Extinct |
| Rodrigues Night Heron | Nycticorax megacephalus | Endemic Extinct |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Rare/Accidental |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Rare/Accidental |
| Malagasy Pond-Heron | Ardeola idae | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha | Rare/Accidental |
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| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | Rare/Accidental |
| Madagascar Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vociferoides | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
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| Rodrigues Scops-Owl | Otus murivorus | Endemic Extinct |
| Mauritius Scops-Owl | Otus sauzieri | Endemic Extinct |
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| Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | |
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| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | Rare/Accidental |
| Mauritius Kestrel | Falco punctatus | Endemic Endangered |
| Eleonora's Falcon | Falco eleonorae | |
| Sooty Falcon | Falco concolor | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Lesser Vasa Parrot | Coracopsis nigra | Introduced species |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Introduced species |
| Echo Parakeet | Psittacula eques | Vulnerable |
| Newton's Parakeet | Psittacula exsul | Endemic Extinct |
| Mauritius Gray Parrot | Lophopsittacus bensoni | Endemic Extinct |
| Broad-billed Parrot | Lophopsittacus mauritianus | Endemic Extinct |
| Rodrigues Parrot | Necropsittacus rodricanus | Endemic Extinct |
| Gray-headed Lovebird | Agapornis canus | Extirpated |
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| Mauritius Cuckooshrike | Lalage typica | Endemic Vulnerable |
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| Mascarene Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone bourbonnensis | |
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| House Crow | Corvus splendens | Introduced species |
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| Rodrigues Warbler | Acrocephalus rodericanus | Endemic Near-threatened |
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| Mascarene Martin | Phedina borbonica | |
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| Mauritius Bulbul | Hypsipetes olivaceus | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Red-whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | Introduced species |
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| Mauritius White-eye | Zosterops chloronothos | Endemic Critically endangered |
| Mauritius Gray White-eye | Zosterops mauritianus | Endemic |
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| Rodrigues Starling | Necropsar rodericanus | Endemic Extinct |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
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| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | Introduced species |
| Red Fody | Foudia madagascariensis | Introduced species |
| Mauritius Fody | Foudia rubra | Endemic Endangered |
| Rodrigues Fody | Foudia flavicans | Endemic Near-threatened |
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| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | Introduced species |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | Introduced species |
| Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | Extirpated |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
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| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | Introduced species |
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