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French Southern and Antarctic Lands
This checklist includes all bird species found in French Southern and Antarctic Lands , 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 2025. 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: French Southern and Antarctic Lands [map]
Description: Includes French Southern Territory and Îles Éparses
Number of globally threatened species: 21
Number of extinct species: 1
Number of introduced species: 4
Last modified: 2026-02-17
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| Amsterdam Duck | Mareca marecula | Extinct |
| Eaton's Pintail | Anas eatoni | |
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| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Introduced species |
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| Malagasy Turtle-Dove | Nesoenas picturatus | |
| Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | Introduced species |
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| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-faced Sheathbill | Chionis minor | |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | |
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| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Gray-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Vulnerable |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
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| Madagascar Buttonquail | Turnix nigricollis | |
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| Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Rare/Accidental |
| Chilean Skua | Stercorarius chilensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | |
| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | |
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| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | |
| Blue-billed White-Tern | Gygis candida | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
| Antarctic Tern | Sterna vittata | |
| Kerguelen Tern | Sterna virgata | Near-threatened |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
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| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
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| King Penguin | Aptenodytes patagonicus | |
| Emperor Penguin | Aptenodytes forsteri | Near-threatened |
| Adelie Penguin | Pygoscelis adeliae | |
| Gentoo Penguin | Pygoscelis papua | |
| Chinstrap Penguin | Pygoscelis antarcticus | |
| Macaroni Penguin | Eudyptes chrysolophus | Vulnerable |
| Royal Penguin | Eudyptes schlegeli | |
| Eastern Rockhopper Penguin | Eudyptes filholi | |
| Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin | Eudyptes moseleyi | Endangered |
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| Northern Royal Albatross | Diomedea sanfordi | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Southern Royal Albatross | Diomedea epomophora | Vulnerable |
| Snowy Albatross | Diomedea exulans | Vulnerable |
| Antipodean Albatross | Diomedea antipodensis | Endangered |
| Amsterdam Albatross | Diomedea amsterdamensis | Endangered |
| Sooty Albatross | Phoebetria fusca | Endangered |
| Light-mantled Albatross | Phoebetria palpebrata | Near-threatened |
| Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche carteri | Endangered |
| Gray-headed Albatross | Thalassarche chrysostoma | Endangered |
| White-capped Albatross | Thalassarche cauta | |
| Salvin's Albatross | Thalassarche salvini | Vulnerable |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | |
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| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
| Gray-backed Storm-Petrel | Garrodia nereis | |
| White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | Extirpated |
| White-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta grallaria | |
| Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta tropica | |
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| Southern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | |
| Northern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes halli | |
| Southern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialoides | Rare/Accidental |
| Antarctic Petrel | Thalassoica antarctica | Rare/Accidental |
| Pintado Petrel | Daption capense | |
| Snow Petrel | Pagodroma nivea | |
| Kerguelen Petrel | Aphrodroma brevirostris | |
| Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera | |
| Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis | |
| Barau's Petrel | Pterodroma baraui | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| White-headed Petrel | Pterodroma lessonii | |
| Juan Fernandez Petrel | Pterodroma externa | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Blue Petrel | Halobaena caerulea | |
| Fairy Prion | Pachyptila turtur | |
| Broad-billed Prion | Pachyptila vittata | |
| Salvin's Prion | Pachyptila salvini | |
| MacGillivray's Prion | Pachyptila macgillivrayi | Critically endangered |
| Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata | |
| Slender-billed Prion | Pachyptila belcheri | |
| Fulmar Prion | Pachyptila crassirostris | |
| Jouanin's Petrel | Bulweria fallax | Near-threatened |
| Mascarene Petrel | Pseudobulweria aterrima | Critically endangered |
| Gray Petrel | Procellaria cinerea | Near-threatened |
| White-chinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis | Vulnerable |
| Scopoli's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Near-threatened |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | Rare/Accidental |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
| Rapa Shearwater | Puffinus myrtae | Critically endangered |
| Little Shearwater | Puffinus assimilis | |
| Subantarctic Shearwater | Puffinus elegans | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
| Common Diving-Petrel | Pelecanoides urinatrix | |
| South Georgia Diving-Petrel | Pelecanoides georgicus | |
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| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | Rare/Accidental |
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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
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| Cape Gannet | Morus capensis | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Australasian Gannet | Morus serrator | |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
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| Imperial Cormorant | Leucocarbo atriceps | |
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| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | |
| Malagasy Pond-Heron | Ardeola idae | Endangered |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
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| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | Introduced species |
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| Olive Bee-eater | Merops superciliosus | |
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| Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | |
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| Eleonora's Falcon | Falco eleonorae | |
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| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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| Madagascar Cisticola | Cisticola cherina | |
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| Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | Rare/Accidental |
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | Rare/Accidental |
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| Malagasy Bulbul | Hypsipetes madagascariensis | |
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| Malagasy White-eye | Zosterops maderaspatanus | |
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| Souimanga Sunbird | Cinnyris sovimanga | |
| Malagasy Sunbird | Cinnyris notatus | |
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| Red Fody | Foudia madagascariensis | |
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| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | Introduced species |
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