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Amirantes
This checklist includes all bird species found in Amirantes , 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: Amirantes [map]
Number of breeding endemics: 6
Number of globally threatened species: 16
Number of introduced species: 6
Last modified: 2025-10-12
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| White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | Rare/Accidental |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | Rare/Accidental |
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Rare/Accidental |
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| Gray Francolin | Ortygornis pondicerianus | Breeding endemic |
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| Malagasy Turtle-Dove | Nesoenas picturatus | |
| European Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | Breeding endemic |
| Seychelles Blue-Pigeon | Alectroenas pulcherrimus | Endemic (country/region) |
| Comoro Blue-Pigeon | Alectroenas sganzini | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
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| Malagasy Coucal | Centropus toulou | |
| Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Cuckoo | Cuculus poliocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Madagascar Nightjar | Caprimulgus madagascariensis | |
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| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Seychelles Swiftlet | Aerodramus elaphrus | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | Rare/Accidental |
| Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | Rare/Accidental |
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| White-throated Rail | Dryolimnas cuvieri | |
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Moorhen | Paragallinula angulata | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Rare/Accidental |
| Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eurasian Thick-knee | Burhinus oedicnemus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius | Rare/Accidental |
| Sociable Lapwing | Vanellus gregarius | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
| Caspian Plover | Anarhynchus asiaticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Oriental Plover | Anarhynchus veredus | Rare/Accidental |
| Tibetan Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus atrifrons | |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | |
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| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Pin-tailed Snipe | Gallinago stenura | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | Rare/Accidental |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Rare/Accidental |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Rare/Accidental |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Rare/Accidental |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Vulnerable |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
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| Crab-Plover | Dromas ardeola | |
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| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | Rare/Accidental |
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| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | |
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| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Rare/Accidental |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue-billed White-Tern | Gygis candida | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Lesser Noddy | Anous tenuirostris | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Rare/Accidental |
| Saunders's Tern | Sternula saundersi | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Rare/Accidental |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | |
| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
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| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Rare/Accidental |
| White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta tropica | Rare/Accidental |
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| Jouanin's Petrel | Bulweria fallax | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
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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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| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
| Malagasy Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis bernieri | Endangered |
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| Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow Bittern | Botaurus sinensis | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Breeding endemic |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Rare/Accidental |
| Malagasy Pond-Heron | Ardeola idae | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Indian Pond-Heron | Ardeola grayii | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
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| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | Extirpated |
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| European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | Rare/Accidental |
| Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | Rare/Accidental |
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| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | Introduced species |
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| Eurasian Scops-Owl | Otus scops | Rare/Accidental |
| Seychelles Scops-Owl | Otus insularis | Endemic (country/region) Critically endangered |
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| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | Rare/Accidental |
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| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | Rare/Accidental |
| Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | Rare/Accidental |
| Malagasy Kestrel | Falco newtoni | |
| Seychelles Kestrel | Falco araeus | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | |
| Eleonora's Falcon | Falco eleonorae | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | Rare/Accidental |
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| Seychelles Parrot | Coracopsis barklyi | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Introduced species |
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| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Aldabra Drongo | Dicrurus aldabranus | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
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| Seychelles Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone corvina | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
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| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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| Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | Rare/Accidental |
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| Madagascar Cisticola | Cisticola cherina | |
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| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | Rare/Accidental |
| Seychelles Warbler | Acrocephalus sechellensis | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
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| Mascarene Martin | Phedina borbonica | Rare/Accidental |
| Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | Rare/Accidental |
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | Rare/Accidental |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | Rare/Accidental |
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| Malagasy Bulbul | Hypsipetes madagascariensis | |
| Seychelles Bulbul | Hypsipetes crassirostris | Endemic (country/region) |
| Red-whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | Introduced species |
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| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | Rare/Accidental |
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| Seychelles White-eye | Zosterops modestus | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
| Malagasy White-eye | Zosterops maderaspatanus | |
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| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
| Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
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| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | Rare/Accidental |
| Seychelles Magpie-Robin | Copsychus sechellarum | Extirpated Endangered |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | Rare/Accidental |
| Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | Rare/Accidental |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | Rare/Accidental |
| Siberian Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | Rare/Accidental |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | Rare/Accidental |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | Rare/Accidental |
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| Souimanga Sunbird | Cinnyris sovimanga | |
| Seychelles Sunbird | Cinnyris dussumieri | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Red Fody | Foudia madagascariensis | Introduced species |
| Seychelles Fody | Foudia sechellarum | Breeding endemic Near-threatened |
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| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | Breeding endemic |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Breeding endemic |
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| Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | Rare/Accidental |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Rare/Accidental |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | Introduced species |
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| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | Rare/Accidental |
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