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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 2024. 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 species: 165
Number of endemics: 16
Number of breeding endemics: 11
Number of globally threatened species: 19
Number of extinct species: 13
Number of introduced species: 27
Date last reviewed: 2021-03-21
Last modified: 2024-08-03
See also: https://inpn.mnhn.fr/collTerr/outreMer/974/REU/tab/especes
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ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

White-faced Whistling-DuckDendrocygna viduataRare/Accidental
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorRare/Accidental
Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotosRare/Accidental
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaRare/Accidental
Reunion ShelduckAlopochen kervazoiExtinct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaRare/Accidental
Mauritius DuckAnas theodoriRare/Accidental Extinct

 
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae

Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicusIntroduced species
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusIntroduced species
Gray FrancolinOrtygornis pondicerianusIntroduced species
Chinese FrancolinFrancolinus pintadeanusExtirpated
Blue-breasted QuailSynoicus chinensisIntroduced species
Madagascar PartridgeMargaroperdix madagarensisIntroduced species
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixIntroduced species
Jungle Bush-QuailPerdicula asiaticaIntroduced species

 
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Rock PigeonColumba liviaIntroduced species
Malagasy Turtle-DoveNesoenas picturatusIntroduced species
Pink PigeonNesoenas mayeriEndemic (country/region)
Diamond DoveGeopelia cuneataIntroduced species
Zebra DoveGeopelia striataIntroduced species

 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Madagascar CuckooCuculus rochiiRare/Accidental

 
APODIFORMES: Apodidae

Mascarene SwiftletAerodramus francicusNear-threatened

 
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

Reunion RailDryolimnas augustiExtinct
Eurasian MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Mascarene CootFulica newtoniiRare/Accidental Extinct
Reunion GallinulePorphyrio caerulescensExtinct
African SwamphenPorphyrio madagascariensisRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarolaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaRare/Accidental
Oriental PloverAnarhynchus veredusRare/Accidental
Tibetan Sand-PloverAnarhynchus atrifronsRare/Accidental
Greater Sand-PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereusRare/Accidental
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosRare/Accidental
Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipesRare/Accidental
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaRare/Accidental
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNear-threatened
RuffCalidris pugnaxRare/Accidental
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVulnerable
Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisRare/Accidental Near-threatened
SanderlingCalidris alba
Little StintCalidris minutaRare/Accidental
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae

Madagascar ButtonquailTurnix nigricollisIntroduced species

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Dromadidae

Crab-PloverDromas ardeolaRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae

Madagascar PratincoleGlareola ocularisRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarumRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae

Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusRare/Accidental
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusRare/Accidental
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusRare/Accidental
Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticusRare/Accidental
South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormickiRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

Gray-hooded GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalusRare/Accidental
Kelp GullLarus dominicanusRare/Accidental
White TernGygis albaRare/Accidental
Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostrisRare/Accidental
Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatusRare/Accidental
Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetusRare/Accidental
Little TernSternula albifronsRare/Accidental
Saunders's TernSternula saundersiRare/Accidental
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybridaRare/Accidental
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusRare/Accidental
Common TernSterna hirundoRare/Accidental
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiRare/Accidental
Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensisRare/Accidental
Great Crested TernThalasseus bergiiRare/Accidental

 
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae

Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusRare/Accidental
Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minorRare/Accidental Near-threatened

 
PHAETHONTIFORMES: Phaethontidae

White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereusRare/Accidental
Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda

 
SPHENISCIFORMES: Spheniscidae

Southern Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes chrysocomeRare/Accidental Vulnerable

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae

Snowy AlbatrossDiomedea exulansRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Sooty AlbatrossPhoebetria fuscaRare/Accidental Endangered
Light-mantled AlbatrossPhoebetria palpebrataRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Indian Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche carteriRare/Accidental Endangered
White-capped AlbatrossThalassarche cautaRare/Accidental
Salvin's AlbatrossThalassarche salviniRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophrisRare/Accidental

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Oceanitidae

Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicusRare/Accidental
White-faced Storm-PetrelPelagodroma marinaRare/Accidental
White-bellied Storm-PetrelFregetta grallariaRare/Accidental
Black-bellied Storm-PetrelFregetta tropicaRare/Accidental

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae

Matsudaira's Storm-PetrelHydrobates matsudairaeRare/Accidental Vulnerable

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae

Southern Giant-PetrelMacronectes giganteusRare/Accidental
Northern Giant-PetrelMacronectes halliRare/Accidental
Pintado PetrelDaption capenseRare/Accidental
Great-winged PetrelPterodroma macroptera
Soft-plumaged PetrelPterodroma mollisRare/Accidental
Barau's PetrelPterodroma barauiNear-endemic Endangered
Broad-billed PrionPachyptila vittataRare/Accidental
Slender-billed PrionPachyptila belcheriRare/Accidental
Bulwer's PetrelBulweria bulwerii
Jouanin's PetrelBulweria fallaxRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Mascarene PetrelPseudobulweria aterrimaBreeding endemic Critically endangered
Gray PetrelProcellaria cinereaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialisRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Spectacled PetrelProcellaria conspicillataRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelasRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedeaRare/Accidental
Flesh-footed ShearwaterArdenna carneipesRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloniRare/Accidental

 
SULIFORMES: Fregatidae

Lesser FrigatebirdFregata arielRare/Accidental
Great FrigatebirdFregata minorRare/Accidental

 
SULIFORMES: Sulidae

Australasian GannetMorus serratorRare/Accidental
Red-footed BoobySula sulaRare/Accidental
Brown BoobySula leucogaster
Masked BoobySula dactylatraRare/Accidental

 
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanusRare/Accidental

 
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusRare/Accidental
Reunion IbisThreskiornis solitariusExtinct

 
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae

Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescensRare/Accidental

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

Reunion Night HeronNycticorax duboisiExtinct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaRare/Accidental
Striated HeronButorides striata
Malagasy Pond-HeronArdeola idaeRare/Accidental Endangered
Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibisRare/Accidental
Gray HeronArdea cinereaRare/Accidental

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Reunion HarrierCircus maillardiEndemic Endangered
Black KiteMilvus migransRare/Accidental

 
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae

Reunion Scops-OwlOtus gruchetiExtinct

 
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae

European RollerCoracias garrulusRare/Accidental
Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurusRare/Accidental

 
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

Reunion KestrelFalco duboisiExtinct
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeRare/Accidental
Sooty FalconFalco concolorRare/Accidental Vulnerable

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae

Mascarene ParrotMascarinus mascarinusExtinct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriIntroduced species
Echo ParakeetPsittacula equesVulnerable
Mauritius Gray ParrotLophopsittacus bensoniRare/Accidental Extinct

 
PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae

Reunion CuckooshrikeLalage newtoniEndemic Critically endangered

 
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae

Mascarene Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone bourbonnensisNear-endemic

 
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae

Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae

House CrowCorvus splendensRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

Mascarene MartinPhedina borbonica

 
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae

Reunion BulbulHypsipetes borbonicusEndemic Near-threatened
Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosusIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae

Reunion White-eyeZosterops olivaceusEndemic
Reunion Gray White-eyeZosterops borbonicusEndemic

 
PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae

Red-billed LeiothrixLeiothrix luteaIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

Reunion StarlingFregilupus variusExtinct
Common MynaAcridotheres tristisIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae

Reunion StonechatSaxicola tectesEndemic

 
PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae

Village WeaverPloceus cucullatusIntroduced species
Red-billed QueleaQuelea queleaIntroduced species
Red FodyFoudia madagascariensisIntroduced species
Reunion FodyFoudia delloniExtinct

 
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae

Java SparrowPadda oryzivoraExtirpated Endangered
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataIntroduced species
Common WaxbillEstrilda astrildIntroduced species
Red AvadavatAmandava amandavaIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae

Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macrouraIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

House SparrowPasser domesticusIntroduced species
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaRare/Accidental
White WagtailMotacilla albaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambicaIntroduced species
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisIntroduced species
Cape CanarySerinus canicollisIntroduced species

 

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