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Réunion
This checklist includes all bird species found in Réunion , 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 2021. 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: Réunion [map]
Other names: Reunion
Number of endemics: 17
Number of breeding endemics: 12
Number of globally threatened species: 14
Number of extinct species: 14
Number of introduced species: 27
Date last reviewed: 2021-03-21
Last modified: 2022-07-23
See also: https://inpn.mnhn.fr/collTerr/outreMer/974/REU/tab/especes
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| White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | Rare/Accidental |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | Rare/Accidental |
| Reunion Shelduck | Alopochen kervazoi | Extinct |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | Rare/Accidental |
| Mauritius Duck | Anas theodori | Rare/Accidental Extinct |
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| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Introduced species |
| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | Introduced species |
| Gray Francolin | Ortygornis pondicerianus | Introduced species |
| Chinese Francolin | Francolinus pintadeanus | Extirpated |
| Blue-breasted Quail | Synoicus chinensis | Introduced species |
| Madagascar Partridge | Margaroperdix madagarensis | Introduced species |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | Introduced species |
| Jungle Bush-Quail | Perdicula asiatica | Introduced species |
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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 |
| Reunion Pigeon | Nesoenas duboisi | Extinct |
| Malagasy Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia picturata | Introduced species |
| Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | Introduced species |
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| Madagascar Cuckoo | Cuculus rochii | Rare/Accidental |
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| Mascarene Swiftlet | Aerodramus francicus | Near-threatened |
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| Reunion Rail | Dryolimnas augusti | Extinct |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Mascarene Coot | Fulica newtonii | Rare/Accidental Extinct |
| Reunion Gallinule | Porphyrio caerulescens | Extinct |
| African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Rare/Accidental |
| Oriental Plover | Charadrius veredus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Rare/Accidental |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Rare/Accidental |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Near-threatened |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Rare/Accidental |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Rare/Accidental |
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| Madagascar Buttonquail | Turnix nigricollis | Introduced species |
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| Crab-Plover | Dromas ardeola | Rare/Accidental |
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| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | Rare/Accidental |
| Madagascar Pratincole | Glareola ocularis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Lesser Noddy | Anous tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| White Tern | Gygis alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | Rare/Accidental |
| Saunders's Tern | Sternula saundersi | Rare/Accidental |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Rare/Accidental |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | Rare/Accidental |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
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| Southern Rockhopper Penguin | Eudyptes chrysocome | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
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| Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
| White-capped Albatross | Thalassarche cauta | Rare/Accidental |
| Salvin's Albatross | Thalassarche salvini | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Albatross | Phoebetria fusca | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Light-mantled Albatross | Phoebetria palpebrata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Wandering Albatross | Diomedea exulans | |
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| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Rare/Accidental |
| White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | Rare/Accidental |
| White-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta grallaria | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta tropica | Rare/Accidental |
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| Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
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| Southern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes halli | Rare/Accidental |
| Cape Petrel | Daption capense | Rare/Accidental |
| Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera | |
| Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Barau's Petrel | Pterodroma baraui | Near-endemic Endangered |
| Broad-billed Prion | Pachyptila vittata | Rare/Accidental |
| Slender-billed Prion | Pachyptila belcheri | Rare/Accidental |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
| Jouanin's Petrel | Bulweria fallax | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Mascarene Petrel | Pseudobulweria aterrima | Breeding endemic Critically endangered |
| Gray Petrel | Procellaria cinerea | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| White-chinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Spectacled Petrel | Procellaria conspicillata | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | Rare/Accidental |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | Rare/Accidental |
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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | Rare/Accidental |
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| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Rare/Accidental |
| Australasian Gannet | Morus serrator | Rare/Accidental |
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| Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | Rare/Accidental |
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| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Rare/Accidental |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Rare/Accidental |
| Malagasy Pond-Heron | Ardeola idae | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Reunion Night-Heron | Nycticorax duboisi | Extinct |
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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
| Reunion Ibis | Threskiornis solitarius | Extinct |
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| Reunion Harrier | Circus maillardi | Endemic Endangered |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | Rare/Accidental |
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| Reunion Scops-Owl | Otus grucheti | Extinct |
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| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | Rare/Accidental |
| Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Reunion Kestrel | Falco duboisi | Extinct |
| Eleonora's Falcon | Falco eleonorae | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Falcon | Falco concolor | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
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| Mascarene Parrot | Mascarinus mascarin | Extinct |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Introduced species |
| Echo Parakeet | Psittacula eques | Vulnerable |
| Mauritius Gray Parrot | Lophopsittacus bensoni | Rare/Accidental Extinct |
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| Reunion Cuckooshrike | Lalage newtoni | Endemic Critically endangered |
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| Mascarene Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone bourbonnensis | Near-endemic |
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| House Crow | Corvus splendens | Rare/Accidental |
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| Mascarene Martin | Phedina borbonica | |
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| Red-whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | Introduced species |
| Reunion Bulbul | Hypsipetes borbonicus | Endemic Near-threatened |
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| Reunion White-eye | Zosterops olivaceus | Endemic |
| Reunion Gray White-eye | Zosterops borbonicus | Endemic |
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| Red-billed Leiothrix | Leiothrix lutea | Introduced species |
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| Common Hill Myna | Gracula religiosa | Introduced species |
| Reunion Starling | Fregilupus varius | Extinct |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
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| Reunion Stonechat | Saxicola tectes | Endemic |
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| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | Introduced species |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | Introduced species |
| Red Fody | Foudia madagascariensis | Introduced species |
| Reunion Fody | Foudia delloni | Extinct |
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| Java Sparrow | Padda oryzivora | Extirpated Endangered |
| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | Introduced species |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | Introduced species |
| Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | Introduced species |
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| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | Introduced species |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | Introduced species |
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| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | Rare/Accidental |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Rare/Accidental |
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| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | Introduced species |
| Cape Canary | Serinus canicollis | Introduced species |
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