Species

Bird Species in British Indian Ocean Territory

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Bird species and observation frequencies
SpeciesAnnual frequencyJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
71.9%92.7%71.9%93.5%80.4%67.4%73.6%72.3%75.0%0.1%87.0%74.2%75.0%
Blue-billed White-Tern
Gygis candida
70.6%92.7%71.9%91.4%73.2%75.1%58.3%83.0%62.5%0.0%78.4%85.7%75.0%
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
67.2%69.9%60.0%64.1%92.9%61.4%52.8%78.0%75.0%25.1%83.4%68.9%75.0%
Red Fody
Foudia madagascariensis
61.9%75.3%77.5%78.6%60.7%47.8%52.8%60.1%50.0%0.1%64.5%75.6%100.0%
Lesser Noddy
Anous tenuirostris
53.3%74.0%51.9%45.6%72.0%76.9%59.0%55.7%37.5%0.1%37.1%54.8%75.0%
Great Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
49.8%72.1%86.9%55.1%48.8%25.0%43.8%34.8%75.0%0.1%46.1%52.2%58.3%
Eurasian Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
49.3%63.3%55.7%62.6%50.9%21.3%43.8%29.5%75.0%0.1%32.6%57.0%100.0%
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
46.4%64.2%66.7%50.7%64.3%36.8%35.4%35.1%37.5%0.0%42.3%48.6%75.0%
Little Heron
Butorides atricapilla
42.6%74.5%84.4%64.8%48.8%21.3%37.5%27.4%12.5%0.1%25.9%60.2%54.2%
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
40.8%54.9%50.0%58.4%57.1%20.0%23.6%22.4%37.6%0.1%32.6%63.9%68.8%
Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis
40.8%62.8%41.7%43.0%31.6%22.8%41.7%47.6%25.0%0.1%52.6%57.6%62.5%
Black-naped Tern
Sterna sumatrana
40.5%36.1%67.3%40.4%46.1%52.8%47.2%28.0%25.1%0.1%24.1%47.5%70.8%
Malagasy Turtle-Dove
Nesoenas picturatus
29.8%44.0%36.0%40.1%28.0%17.5%50.0%12.8%12.5%0.1%16.2%51.9%48.0%
White-breasted Waterhen
Amaurornis phoenicurus
28.6%54.5%30.4%16.4%21.8%15.0%32.6%12.8%12.5%0.1%45.8%40.4%60.4%
Eurasian Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
26.4%40.3%24.6%25.5%18.2%17.8%35.4%14.9%0.0%0.1%51.2%36.4%52.1%
Zebra Dove
Geopelia striata
26.0%55.4%36.0%22.3%21.8%10.3%44.4%9.2%12.5%0.1%23.7%48.8%27.1%
Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
23.7%15.6%14.4%27.2%22.3%51.4%9.0%47.3%0.1%0.0%2.9%33.3%60.4%
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
23.5%27.1%49.6%42.7%41.7%22.8%5.6%27.1%12.5%0.0%16.3%15.3%20.8%
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
21.2%18.3%3.2%14.5%24.4%34.0%26.4%3.6%0.0%0.0%21.6%21.2%87.5%
Greater Sand-Plover
Anarhynchus leschenaultii
20.2%26.1%38.1%16.9%14.6%13.8%23.0%4.2%37.5%0.1%18.3%20.6%29.2%
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
18.9%34.8%38.2%16.8%9.8%5.0%17.4%4.2%12.6%0.1%23.7%43.8%20.9%
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
18.3%17.2%63.1%15.1%8.4%13.8%6.3%4.2%12.5%0.1%38.0%12.2%29.2%
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
18.2%38.8%38.2%19.5%12.0%2.5%20.9%5.7%12.6%0.1%18.3%29.4%20.9%
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna pacifica
17.4%16.7%24.6%18.3%12.5%2.5%20.2%23.3%0.0%25.0%42.6%10.1%12.5%
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
16.5%26.0%16.9%43.6%22.3%0.1%20.1%27.1%0.1%0.0%23.5%18.4%0.1%
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
15.5%16.8%28.0%23.0%35.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.1%25.1%36.9%20.9%
Tropical Shearwater
Puffinus bailloni
14.3%10.5%13.8%9.7%18.2%2.6%23.6%21.8%0.0%0.0%29.8%0.1%41.7%
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
13.4%14.9%22.3%10.3%12.0%5.1%6.3%3.6%12.5%0.1%38.3%14.7%20.8%
Eastern Cattle-Egret
Ardea coromanda
10.9%20.6%28.0%1.5%11.9%5.0%11.8%15.5%0.1%0.0%7.1%10.8%18.8%
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterus
10.7%12.0%19.0%5.3%14.7%0.0%8.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%39.7%23.0%6.3%
Indian Pond-Heron
Ardeola grayii
10.2%5.9%15.9%3.7%11.9%5.0%32.6%0.0%0.0%0.1%1.5%24.4%20.9%
Sanderling
Calidris alba
9.8%6.1%11.5%6.9%6.3%2.5%0.1%0.0%12.5%0.1%36.5%14.2%20.9%
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
8.2%7.6%11.9%8.8%6.3%2.5%5.6%12.5%0.1%25.0%5.9%6.3%6.3%
Saunders's Tern
Sternula saundersi
8.2%15.1%35.7%5.3%8.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%6.5%6.1%20.8%
Yellow Bittern
Botaurus sinensis
7.3%2.2%5.0%3.6%3.7%7.5%17.4%9.2%0.0%0.0%5.1%12.4%20.9%
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallus
7.1%6.6%2.5%9.5%11.9%0.0%6.3%6.3%0.1%0.0%1.5%28.0%12.6%
Cotton Pygmy-Goose
Nettapus coromandelianus
6.8%19.0%5.0%15.4%0.0%2.5%20.1%7.1%0.0%0.0%5.0%6.9%0.0%
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
6.3%5.9%23.3%3.6%0.1%0.1%2.8%0.0%0.1%0.0%31.1%9.0%0.0%
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
6.1%6.1%0.0%1.5%0.1%0.0%6.3%2.1%12.5%0.1%34.7%10.2%0.1%
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
6.1%2.5%2.6%3.6%8.3%2.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%31.1%9.2%12.6%
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
6.0%9.4%5.7%5.1%8.4%0.0%8.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.1%16.2%12.6%
Great Egret
Ardea alba
6.0%12.6%14.0%5.1%3.6%2.5%9.0%3.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%12.6%8.4%
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
5.2%4.2%30.6%3.6%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%12.0%0.0%6.3%
Garganey
Spatula querquedula
4.9%11.9%5.6%3.6%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%14.7%22.8%0.1%
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
4.5%7.7%3.2%1.5%3.6%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.1%8.2%29.2%
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
4.4%4.6%0.0%0.0%14.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.0%16.7%12.5%
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
4.2%0.1%5.0%0.1%9.9%0.1%11.8%7.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.1%12.5%
Medium Egret
Ardea intermedia
4.2%9.9%3.1%0.1%8.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%28.6%0.0%0.1%
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Anarhynchus atrifrons
4.0%4.6%3.1%1.7%0.0%5.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%13.3%20.6%0.0%
Amur Falcon
Falco amurensis
3.8%0.1%3.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%16.7%25.1%
Kentish Plover
Anarhynchus alexandrinus
3.0%1.5%13.3%1.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%7.2%12.5%0.0%
Bulwer's Petrel
Bulweria bulwerii
2.8%1.4%5.0%3.6%12.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.4%5.0%0.0%
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata
2.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%30.1%0.1%0.0%
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
2.5%8.5%5.7%0.1%8.3%5.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.1%0.1%2.2%0.0%
Gray-tailed Tattler
Tringa brevipes
2.5%1.4%0.0%1.5%14.6%0.0%8.3%2.1%0.1%0.0%0.0%2.1%0.0%
Pin-tailed Snipe
Gallinago stenura
2.4%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%28.6%0.0%0.0%
Collared Pratincole
Glareola pratincola
2.4%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%28.6%0.1%0.0%
House Crow
Corvus splendens
2.3%1.4%3.2%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%2.1%20.8%
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
2.3%7.8%0.0%0.0%8.3%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.1%7.2%4.2%0.0%
Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
2.3%1.1%0.0%0.0%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.6%4.2%12.5%
Crab-Plover
Dromas ardeola
2.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%8.4%5.0%0.0%0.0%12.5%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.1%
Common Swift
Apus apus
2.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%25.1%0.1%0.0%
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
1.7%1.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%11.1%8.2%0.0%
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
1.5%0.1%2.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%6.1%8.4%0.1%
Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates matsudairae
1.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.5%13.3%0.0%
South Polar Skua
Stercorarius maccormicki
1.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%8.6%0.0%0.0%
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
1.1%0.0%2.5%0.0%8.3%2.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
1.0%0.0%12.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
White-eared Bulbul
Pycnonotus leucotis
0.9%3.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%8.0%0.0%
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Oceanites oceanicus
0.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.5%5.0%0.0%
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
0.7%5.1%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.6%0.1%0.0%
Oriental Pratincole
Glareola maldivarum
0.7%0.1%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.6%4.3%0.1%
White-faced Storm-Petrel
Pelagodroma marina
0.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%8.3%0.0%
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
0.6%1.1%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%6.1%0.1%0.0%
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
0.5%0.0%0.0%1.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%2.5%2.1%0.0%
Watercock
Gallicrex cinerea
0.5%2.8%3.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
0.4%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.9%2.1%0.0%
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
0.4%2.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.5%0.1%0.1%
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Ardenna carneipes
0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%4.4%0.1%0.0%
Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
0.3%1.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.5%0.1%0.0%
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.6%0.0%0.0%
Rock Pigeon
Columba livia
0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.6%0.0%0.0%
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
0.3%1.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%2.2%0.0%
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
0.2%1.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.9%0.0%
Western Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.6%0.0%0.0%
Persian Shearwater
Puffinus persicus
0.2%0.0%2.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
0.2%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.1%0.0%
White-throated Needletail
Hirundapus caudacutus
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.1%0.0%
Far Eastern Curlew
Numenius madagascariensis
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.1%0.0%
Long-toed Stint
Calidris subminuta
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%1.5%0.1%0.0%
Rosy Starling
Pastor roseus
0.1%1.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
0.1%1.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougallii
0.1%1.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%
Cinnamon Bittern
Botaurus cinnamomeus
0.1%1.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Gray Heron
Ardea cinerea
0.0%0.1%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Merops persicus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Purple Heron
Ardea purpurea
0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Oriental Plover
Anarhynchus veredus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
0.0%0.1%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pied Harrier
Circus melanoleucos
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%
Pacific Swift
Apus pacificus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubius
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%
European Roller
Coracias garrulus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Lesser Crested Tern
Thalasseus bengalensis
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Jouanin's Petrel
Bulweria fallax
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Common Hoopoe
Upupa epops
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Gray Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Australian Shelduck
Tadorna tadornoides
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Red-billed Tropicbird
Phaethon aethereus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
Fregetta tropica
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates monorhis
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Tahiti Petrel
Pseudobulweria rostrata
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
White-bellied Sea-Eagle
Icthyophaga leucogaster
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Lesser Kestrel
Falco naumanni
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Lanner Falcon
Falco biarmicus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Bank Swallow
Riparia riparia
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%