Species

Country checklist and status

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As of 1st July 2011, the Seychelles Bird Records Committee has recorded 255 species on the Seychelles list. These comprise resident landbirds and waterbirds (47 species), breeding seabirds (18 species), annual migrants (27 species), occasional visitors (156 species) and extinctions (7 species).

See Seychelles Birds Records Committee for the full checklist. See also BETTS M (2002) and SKERRETT A et al (2006).

Endemic species

Seychelles Kestrel	Falco araea
Seychelles Blue Pigeon	Alectroenas pulcherrima
Seychelles Scops Owl	Otus insularis
Seychelles Swiftlet	Aerodramus elaphrus
Seychelles Bulbul	Hypsipetes crassirostris
Seychelles Magpie-Robin	Copsychus sechellarum
*Aldabra Warbler	Nesillas aldabrana
Seychelles Warbler	Acrocephalus sechellensis
Seychelles Paradise Flycatcher	Terpsiphone corvina
Seychelles Sunbird	Cinnyris dussumieri
Seychelles White-eye	Zosterops modestus
Aldabra Drongo	Dicrurus aldabranus
Seychelles Fody	Foudia sechellarum

* Note that Aldabra Warbler Nesillas aldabrana is on the ABC checklist but it is now thought to be extinct.

Near endemic species (found in 3 countries at most)

White-throated Rail	Dryolimnas cuvieri	A
Comoro Blue Pigeon	Alectroenas sganzini	A
Madagascar Turtle Dove	Streptopelia picturata
Lesser Vasa Parrot	Coracopsis (nigra) barklyi
Souimanga Sunbird	Cinnyris souimanga	A

A = found only on Aldabra in The Seychelles.

Threatened species

Madagascar Pond Heron	Ardeola idae	Endangered
Seychelles Kestrel	Falco araea	Vulnerable
Seychelles Scops Owl	Otus insularis	Endangered
Seychelles Swiftlet	Aerodramus elaphrus	Vulnerable
Seychelles Magpie-Robin	Copsychus sechellarum	Critical
Seychelles Warbler	Acrocephalus sechellensis	Vulnerable
Seychelles Paradise Flycatcher	Terpsiphone corvina	Critical
Seychelles White-eye	Zosterops modestus	Critical

Note that Madagascar Sacred Ibis Threskiornis bernieri is sometimes considered a separate species and endangered.

The lists of endemic, near endemic and threatened species have been compiled from a number of sources including the African Bird Club, BirdLife International, and Birds of the World Version 2.0 ® 1994-1996, Dr. Charles Sibley and Thayer Birding Software, Ltd.