Seychelles
Bird Island
93 species and 2,324 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 32 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Atlantic White TernGygis alba
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Red FodyFoudia madagascariensis
Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
Zebra DoveGeopelia striata
Seychelles SunbirdCinnyris dussumieri
SanderlingCalidris alba
Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostris
Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
Common MynaAcridotheres tristisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Aride75 km57 species
All 93 species recorded here
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Atlantic White Tern Gygis alba
- Red Fody Foudia madagascariensis
- Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Seychelles Sunbird Cinnyris dussumieri
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Malagasy Turtle Dove Nesoenas picturatus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Seychelles Blue Pigeon Alectroenas pulcherrimus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Seychelles Bulbul Hypsipetes crassirostris
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Seychelles Fody Foudia sechellarum
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Seychelles Kestrel Falco araeus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Seychelles Warbler Acrocephalus sechellensis
- Comoro Blue Pigeon Alectroenas sganzini
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Seychelles Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone corvina
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Seychelles Magpie-Robin Copsychus sechellarum
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bird Island?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 32 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bird Island?
93 species, from 2,324 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bird Island in November?
The most recorded in November: Brown Noddy, Ruddy Turnstone, Atlantic White Tern, Eurasian Whimbrel and Red Fody.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.