Species

Bird Species in Réunion

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Bird species and observation frequencies
SpeciesAnnual frequencyJanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember
Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis
54.2%62.7%63.3%56.0%53.3%51.7%62.6%51.3%56.6%51.1%47.7%42.1%52.0%
Reunion Gray White-eye
Zosterops borbonicus
50.4%43.4%57.6%40.7%51.5%56.8%69.6%54.3%55.4%47.9%45.5%38.9%43.1%
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Pycnonotus jocosus
50.4%56.3%49.5%45.2%43.2%58.5%55.0%50.5%59.0%54.1%51.6%39.3%42.2%
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
49.4%30.8%49.4%48.2%58.5%58.3%50.9%49.9%63.5%60.8%45.7%37.9%39.6%
Red Fody
Foudia madagascariensis
47.9%54.5%60.0%56.0%50.7%40.1%38.0%33.0%40.2%55.8%53.5%44.6%48.5%
Zebra Dove
Geopelia striata
35.9%26.1%29.4%34.2%40.0%42.6%40.8%38.3%45.4%46.5%35.4%23.9%28.3%
Mascarene Swiftlet
Aerodramus francicus
35.2%26.9%28.5%29.3%28.0%36.9%42.4%53.2%39.5%39.8%31.7%32.8%33.5%
Malagasy Turtle-Dove
Nesoenas picturatus
32.0%17.0%24.2%21.9%32.1%36.8%36.7%42.5%41.7%38.6%33.3%30.3%28.8%
White-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon lepturus
31.1%33.5%35.3%30.2%24.3%26.9%35.9%46.3%34.2%22.7%25.9%28.0%30.6%
Rock Pigeon
Columba livia
28.7%31.8%21.2%18.8%31.7%26.4%38.1%33.9%38.4%31.7%28.4%21.5%23.0%
Village Weaver
Ploceus cucullatus
27.5%20.6%27.7%21.8%23.9%21.6%33.6%33.4%34.8%39.6%27.9%20.5%24.4%
Reunion Stonechat
Saxicola tectes
25.3%19.0%18.2%21.0%20.9%32.8%31.8%38.4%28.7%23.6%24.9%22.2%22.4%
Reunion Harrier
Circus maillardi
21.4%26.1%22.1%16.7%15.5%20.3%18.3%38.4%22.2%17.7%20.9%17.0%21.5%
Common Waxbill
Estrilda astrild
18.9%28.3%26.8%14.5%18.3%19.0%17.0%26.6%20.7%15.2%12.6%13.8%13.3%
Mascarene Martin
Phedina borbonica
17.7%12.6%15.2%13.9%14.9%23.1%20.1%30.6%18.1%18.7%16.9%13.3%14.6%
Reunion White-eye
Zosterops olivaceus
16.7%17.8%11.4%13.9%12.7%14.7%13.9%28.2%15.4%17.4%21.5%17.7%15.3%
Reunion Bulbul
Hypsipetes borbonicus
16.6%11.8%15.4%12.3%13.4%17.1%20.9%26.2%14.7%15.5%18.9%15.5%17.6%
Mascarene Paradise-Flycatcher
Terpsiphone bourbonnensis
16.0%14.2%10.2%9.9%12.7%17.1%19.5%29.8%16.5%17.2%17.2%13.8%13.2%
Barau's Petrel
Pterodroma baraui
15.4%32.0%25.2%20.2%8.2%0.1%0.0%1.0%3.0%13.3%16.4%35.6%29.6%
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
14.7%17.4%21.0%13.5%14.4%14.0%10.3%13.6%10.6%10.2%13.6%20.7%16.7%
Little Heron
Butorides atricapilla
12.4%19.4%14.6%7.5%12.2%6.3%9.6%9.2%15.4%13.0%13.1%13.7%14.4%
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Ardenna pacifica
10.2%14.3%12.2%8.5%5.9%0.8%0.0%0.5%5.6%13.7%13.2%27.3%20.1%
Tropical Shearwater
Puffinus bailloni
9.9%10.8%8.1%10.9%5.3%0.1%1.9%3.4%5.8%11.0%14.1%26.0%21.3%
Eurasian Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
9.9%10.1%11.3%10.5%7.1%3.0%12.2%7.9%14.0%11.8%8.9%11.0%10.4%
Red-billed Quelea
Quelea quelea
5.8%9.5%5.0%7.2%3.0%9.4%2.7%6.8%6.7%7.3%2.8%4.6%5.0%
Madagascar Buttonquail
Turnix nigricollis
4.5%2.8%3.9%4.0%5.1%5.7%3.0%4.3%4.7%4.7%5.6%4.4%5.3%
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
4.3%8.2%2.7%5.2%4.5%0.4%0.0%0.0%1.4%4.6%3.8%14.2%6.3%
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
3.7%9.8%0.9%3.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.4%8.4%9.4%5.2%4.8%
Lesser Noddy
Anous tenuirostris
3.3%6.9%2.9%4.0%2.2%0.6%0.0%1.1%2.5%2.1%1.6%6.9%8.6%
Pin-tailed Whydah
Vidua macroura
3.0%6.0%5.5%2.8%2.3%3.6%2.6%2.5%0.8%2.9%2.3%2.3%2.7%
Reunion Cuckooshrike
Lalage newtoni
3.0%2.3%1.8%0.0%2.1%1.5%1.2%4.8%1.8%5.4%5.3%6.3%3.7%
Eurasian Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
3.0%4.2%3.8%1.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.7%5.5%7.8%5.3%4.9%
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulata
2.4%2.8%0.0%3.6%3.5%2.4%2.8%5.4%2.0%1.9%1.9%2.0%1.0%
Red-billed Leiothrix
Leiothrix lutea
2.2%3.9%1.8%1.3%1.4%2.9%4.9%2.6%0.8%3.0%1.0%1.2%1.7%
Gray Francolin
Ortygornis pondicerianus
2.1%5.7%1.0%0.0%1.5%1.4%1.0%2.4%1.4%2.6%3.9%2.6%2.4%
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameri
1.7%2.6%1.9%1.7%4.5%1.1%0.0%2.2%1.8%0.6%1.3%1.6%1.0%
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
1.7%3.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.1%4.7%7.1%3.8%0.3%
Blue-billed White-Tern
Gygis candida
1.7%1.6%0.0%0.8%0.0%0.0%3.3%4.8%1.5%0.5%2.7%2.8%2.1%
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Oceanites oceanicus
1.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%14.2%4.8%
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
1.4%2.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.6%7.5%2.2%0.9%
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschata
1.2%1.6%0.9%0.8%0.0%0.4%2.0%0.8%2.9%1.5%1.2%1.4%0.6%
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnix
1.1%0.1%1.2%1.7%3.1%1.9%1.8%2.4%0.6%0.1%0.2%0.3%0.4%
African Collared-Dove
Streptopelia roseogrisea
1.1%1.6%0.0%1.7%0.7%0.7%0.0%1.9%1.1%2.7%2.2%0.6%0.2%
Brown Skua
Stercorarius antarcticus
1.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.0%2.5%3.3%0.8%1.0%2.1%0.0%0.8%
Madagascar Partridge
Margaroperdix madagarensis
1.0%1.6%2.1%0.0%0.8%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.4%1.1%1.7%1.2%2.7%
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
0.9%2.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%1.7%2.5%2.0%1.8%
Sooty Falcon
Falco concolor
0.9%1.6%0.9%6.8%1.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%
Jungle Bush-Quail
Perdicula asiatica
0.9%0.0%0.0%1.2%1.5%1.1%1.8%3.9%0.8%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.2%
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanus
0.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%5.7%1.2%0.0%0.7%
Lesser Crested Tern
Thalasseus bengalensis
0.8%1.0%4.6%1.4%0.7%0.4%0.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.4%
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallus
0.8%3.8%0.0%0.0%0.7%0.5%0.0%0.7%0.0%1.0%1.1%1.1%0.2%
Bulwer's Petrel
Bulweria bulwerii
0.7%0.0%0.0%1.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.1%4.5%
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
0.7%2.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.9%1.5%1.6%
Mascarene Petrel
Pseudobulweria aterrima
0.7%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%3.5%3.2%
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Phaethon rubricauda
0.7%1.3%0.0%0.9%2.2%0.7%0.0%0.0%0.8%0.0%1.0%0.7%0.2%
Greater Sand-Plover
Anarhynchus leschenaultii
0.6%2.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%1.0%1.9%0.8%0.1%
Ring-necked Pheasant
Phasianus colchicus
0.5%0.0%1.2%0.1%0.8%0.4%0.0%1.9%0.0%0.0%0.8%0.0%0.2%
Eleonora's Falcon
Falco eleonorae
0.4%1.6%1.2%0.0%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.5%
Ringed Teal
Callonetta leucophrys
0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.6%0.7%1.0%0.0%0.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Blue-breasted Quail
Synoicus chinensis
0.4%0.3%1.7%0.0%0.0%0.7%0.0%0.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%0.5%
Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
0.4%2.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.7%0.9%
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
0.4%1.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.7%0.0%0.0%0.8%0.5%0.0%0.5%0.4%
Sanderling
Calidris alba
0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.0%0.3%1.1%
Yellow-fronted Canary
Crithagra mozambica
0.3%0.0%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.1%1.9%0.0%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.8%0.0%
Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
0.3%0.0%1.7%0.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%0.4%
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Ardenna carneipes
0.3%0.7%0.0%0.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.2%1.4%
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.1%1.2%0.0%
Cape Canary
Serinus canicollis
0.2%2.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.1%0.0%0.0%
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
0.2%2.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
0.2%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.0%0.5%0.0%
Jouanin's Petrel
Bulweria fallax
0.2%0.0%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.4%
Hooded Siskin
Spinus magellanicus
0.2%0.0%1.0%0.0%0.0%0.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulata
0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.7%1.0%0.0%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
0.2%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.3%0.8%
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis
0.1%0.0%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%
House Crow
Corvus splendens
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%1.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Crab-Plover
Dromas ardeola
0.1%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.8%
Ring-necked Dove
Streptopelia capicola
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.0%
Budgerigar
Melopsittacus undulatus
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.0%0.3%0.0%
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Red-footed Booby
Sula sula
0.1%0.3%0.0%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminata
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.3%0.0%
Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
0.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.2%0.0%
Rosy-faced Lovebird
Agapornis roseicollis
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.0%0.0%
Western Cattle-Egret
Ardea ibis
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates matsudairae
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.6%
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%0.3%0.0%
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Red Avadavat
Amandava amandava
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.4%0.0%
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
0.0%0.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
Great-winged Petrel
Pterodroma macroptera
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%
Cockatiel
Nymphicus hollandicus
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.3%0.0%
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougallii
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%
South Polar Skua
Stercorarius maccormicki
0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.2%
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
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-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterus
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%
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiaca
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%
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
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%
Great Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
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%
Broad-billed Roller
Eurystomus glaucurus
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%
Garganey
Spatula querquedula
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%
Madagascar Cuckoo
Cuculus rochii
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%
Oriental Plover
Anarhynchus veredus
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%
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Anarhynchus atrifrons
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%
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
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%
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
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%
Madagascar Pratincole
Glareola ocularis
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%
Oriental Pratincole
Glareola maldivarum
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%
Kelp Gull
Larus dominicanus
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%
Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
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 Flamingo
Phoeniconaias minor
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%
Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin
Eudyptes moseleyi
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-capped Albatross
Thalassarche cauta
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%
Salvin's Albatross
Thalassarche salvini
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-faced Storm-Petrel
Pelagodroma marina
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%
Southern Giant-Petrel
Macronectes giganteus
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 Giant-Petrel
Macronectes halli
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%
Pintado Petrel
Daption capense
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-necked Petrel
Pterodroma cervicalis
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%
Streaked Shearwater
Calonectris leucomelas
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 Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
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%
Great Frigatebird
Fregata minor
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%
Australasian Gannet
Morus serrator
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%
Malagasy Pond-Heron
Ardeola idae
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 Kite
Milvus migrans
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 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%0.0%0.0%
Alexandrine Parakeet
Psittacula eupatria
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 Hill Myna
Gracula religiosa
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%
Western Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava
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%