List of birds of Seychelles
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This is a list of the bird species recorded in the Seychelles. It includes a total of 279 species have been accepted by Seychelles Bird Records Committee (SBRC) as recorded in Seychelles up to 25 October 2022 SBRC. This total includes 279 species per The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World plus yellow-billed kite, currently treated by Clements as a subspecies of black kite, which has also been recorded in Seychelles, and also Asian plain martin and African plain martin, both of which have been recorded in Seychelles but are currently classed as races of the same species, plain martin. Fourteen extant species are endemic. Ten have been introduced by humans although the red fody is possibly native. Of these 139 (or 178 as per the SBRC list of 1 January 2020) are rare or accidental. Eleven species listed are extinct or extirpated in the Seychelles. Sixteen species are globally threatened. As at 1 January 2024, SBRC has accepted 285 species as recorded in Seychelles.
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This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflect this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for the Seychelles.
The following tags have been used to highlight several categories. The commonly occurring native species do not fall into any of these categories.
- (A) Accidental - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in the Seychelles
- (E) Endemic - a species endemic to the Seychelles
- (I) Introduced - a species introduced to the Seychelles as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
- (Ex) Extirpated - a species that no longer occurs in the Seychelles although populations exist elsewhere