Checklist for Indian Ocean

eBird Field Checklist

Indian Ocean

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366 species (+31 other taxa) - Year-round, Current year

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Waterfowl

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Knob-billed Duck

Garganey

Blue-billed Teal

Meller's Duck

Pacific Black Duck

Mallard

Red-billed Duck

Pacific Black Duck x Northern Pintail (hybrid)

Eaton's Pintail

Bernier's Teal

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Green Junglefowl

Red Junglefowl

Gray Francolin

Chinese Francolin

Madagascar Partridge

Common Quail

Harlequin Quail

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Lesser Flamingo

flamingo sp.

Grebes

Little Grebe

Madagascar Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Comoro Pigeon

Malagasy Turtle-Dove

Pink Pigeon

Ring-necked Dove

Spotted Dove

Laughing Dove

Tambourine Dove

Namaqua Dove

Asian Emerald Dove

Zebra Dove

Madagascar Green-Pigeon

Madagascar Blue-Pigeon

Comoro Blue-Pigeon

Seychelles Blue-Pigeon

Christmas Island Imperial-Pigeon

Mesites

White-breasted Mesite

Brown Mesite

Subdesert Mesite

Sandgrouse

Madagascar Sandgrouse

Cuckoos

Crested Coua

Verreaux's Coua

Blue Coua

Red-capped Coua

Red-fronted Coua

Coquerel's Coua

Running Coua

Giant Coua

Malagasy Coucal

Asian Koel

Madagascar Cuckoo

Nightjars

Collared Nightjar

Madagascar Nightjar

Swifts

Madagascar Spinetail

Christmas Island Swiftlet

Seychelles Swiftlet

Mascarene Swiftlet

Indian Swiftlet

Alpine Swift

Malagasy Swift

Little Swift

Malagasy Palm Swift

swift sp.

Flufftails

Madagascar Forest Rail

Madagascar Flufftail

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

White-throated Rail

Eurasian Moorhen

Red-knobbed Coot

Allen's Gallinule

African Swamphen

Watercock

White-breasted Waterhen

Baillon's Crake

Shorebirds

Black-winged Stilt

Black-bellied Plover

Pacific Golden-Plover

Common Ringed Plover

Three-banded Plover

Tibetan Sand-Plover

Greater Sand-Plover

Madagascar Plover

Kittlitz's Plover

White-fronted Plover

Kentish Plover

plover sp.

Madagascar Jacana

Whimbrel

Eurasian Curlew

Bar-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed Godwit

Pin-tailed Snipe

Madagascar Snipe

snipe sp.

Terek Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Gray-tailed Tattler

Marsh Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Common Redshank

Common Greenshank

Ruddy Turnstone

Curlew Sandpiper

Red-necked Stint

Sanderling

Little Stint

Red-necked/Little Stint

Madagascar Buttonquail

Crab-Plover

Black-winged Pratincole

Collared Pratincole

Madagascar Pratincole

shorebird sp.

Skuas and Jaegers

Parasitic Jaeger

Brown Skua

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Silver Gull

Franklin's Gull

Kelp Gull

gull sp.

White Tern

Brown Noddy

Lesser Noddy

Sooty Tern

Bridled Tern

Little Tern

Saunders's Tern

Caspian Tern

White-winged Tern

Common Tern

Black-naped Tern

Roseate Tern

Sterna sp.

Lesser Crested Tern

Great Crested Tern

large tern sp.

tern sp.

Tropicbirds

White-tailed Tropicbird

Red-tailed Tropicbird

tropicbird sp.

Penguins

King Penguin

Macaroni Penguin

Albatrosses

Snowy Albatross

Light-mantled Albatross

Black-browed Albatross

Storm-Petrels

Wilson's Storm-Petrel

Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels

Southern Giant-Petrel

Northern Giant-Petrel

Cape Petrel

Trindade Petrel

Herald Petrel

Soft-plumaged Petrel

Barau's Petrel

prion sp.

Bulwer's Petrel

Jouanin's Petrel

White-chinned Petrel

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Tropical Shearwater

Persian Shearwater

shearwater sp.

diving-petrel sp.

Storks

Yellow-billed Stork

Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets

Lesser Frigatebird

Great Frigatebird

Christmas Island Frigatebird

frigatebird sp.

Abbott's Booby

Red-footed Booby

Brown Booby

Masked Booby

booby sp.

Cormorants and Anhingas

Long-tailed Cormorant

Crozet Shag

Shoebill and Hammerkop

Hamerkop

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

Cinnamon Bittern

Yellow Bittern

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nankeen Night Heron

Black Heron

Pacific Reef-Heron

Little Egret

White-faced Heron

Striated Heron

Squacco Heron

Malagasy Pond-Heron

Indian Pond-Heron

Chinese Pond-Heron

Javan Pond-Heron

pond-heron sp.

Western Cattle Egret

Eastern Cattle Egret

Western/Eastern Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Medium Egret

Gray Heron

Purple Heron

Humblot's Heron

heron sp.

white egret sp.

Glossy Ibis

Madagascar Ibis

Malagasy Sacred Ibis

Australian Ibis

African Spoonbill

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Black-winged Kite

Madagascar Harrier-Hawk

Oriental Honey-buzzard

Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk

Reunion Harrier

Malagasy Harrier

Frances's Sparrowhawk

Brown Goshawk

Madagascar Sparrowhawk

Henst's Goshawk

Accipiter sp.

Black Kite

Brahminy Kite

Madagascar Fish-Eagle

Madagascar Buzzard

Owls

Barn Owl

Seychelles Scops-Owl

Mayotte Scops-Owl

Madagascar Scops-Owl

White-browed Owl

Madagascar Owl

Northern Boobook

Christmas Island Boobook

Cuckoo-roller

Hoopoes

Madagascar Hoopoe

Kingfishers

Common Kingfisher

Malagasy Kingfisher

Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher

Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Madagascar Bee-eater

Blue-tailed Bee-eater

Broad-billed Roller

Dollarbird

Scaly Ground-Roller

Short-legged Ground-Roller

Long-tailed Ground-Roller

Pitta-like Ground-Roller

Rufous-headed Ground-Roller

Falcons and Caracaras

Malagasy Kestrel

Mauritius Kestrel

Seychelles Kestrel

Nankeen Kestrel

Banded Kestrel

Eleonora's Falcon

Sooty Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

falcon sp.

Cockatoos

Cockatiel

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Greater Vasa Parrot

Lesser Vasa Parrot

Greater/Lesser Vasa Parrot

Comoro Black Parrot

Seychelles Parrot

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Echo Parakeet

Budgerigar

Gray-headed Lovebird

Rosy-faced Lovebird

Fischer's Lovebird

Monk Parakeet

Sun Parakeet

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Scarlet Macaw

parakeet sp.

Asities

Velvet Asity

Schlegel's Asity

Common Sunbird-Asity

Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity

Cuckooshrikes

Comoro Cuckooshrike

Madagascar Cuckooshrike

Reunion Cuckooshrike

Mauritius Cuckooshrike

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

Archbold's Newtonia

Common Newtonia

Dark Newtonia

Tylas Vanga

Red-tailed Vanga

Red-shouldered Vanga

Nuthatch-Vanga

Chabert Vanga

Crossley's Vanga

Madagascar Blue Vanga

Hook-billed Vanga

Ward's Flycatcher

Rufous Vanga

Sickle-billed Vanga

White-headed Vanga

Pollen's Vanga

Lafresnaye's Vanga

Van Dam's Vanga

Drongos

Aldabra Drongo

Crested Drongo

Mayotte Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers

Mascarene Paradise-Flycatcher

Seychelles Paradise-Flycatcher

Malagasy Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Brown Shrike

shrike sp.

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

House Crow

Pied Crow

Larks

Madagascar Lark

Cisticolas and Allies

Common Jery

Green Jery

Stripe-throated Jery

Madagascar Cisticola

Reed Warblers and Allies

Malagasy Brush-Warbler

Subdesert Brush-Warbler

Madagascar Swamp Warbler

Rodrigues Warbler

Seychelles Warbler

Malagasy Warblers

White-throated Oxylabes

Long-billed Bernieria

Cryptic Warbler

Wedge-tailed Jery

Thamnornis

Yellow-browed Oxylabes

Spectacled Tetraka

Appert's Tetraka

Gray-crowned Tetraka

Rand's Warbler

Martins and Swallows

Mascarene Martin

Madagascar Martin

Barn Swallow

Tree Martin

Bulbuls

Reunion Bulbul

Malagasy Bulbul

Mauritius Bulbul

Grande Comore Bulbul

Seychelles Bulbul

Red-whiskered Bulbul

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Comoro White-eye

Reunion White-eye

Mauritius White-eye

Reunion Gray White-eye

Mauritius Gray White-eye

Seychelles White-eye

Malagasy White-eye

Kirk's White-eye

Mayotte White-eye

Aldabra White-eye

Christmas Island White-eye

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Red-billed Leiothrix

Starlings and Mynas

Common Myna

Javan Myna

Madagascar Starling

Thrushes

Island Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

Grande Comore Flycatcher

Madagascar Magpie-Robin

Seychelles Magpie-Robin

Littoral Rock-Thrush

Amber Mountain Rock-Thrush

Forest Rock-Thrush

African Stonechat

Reunion Stonechat

Northern Wheatear

Isabelline Wheatear

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Souimanga Sunbird

Malagasy Sunbird

Seychelles Sunbird

Humblot's Sunbird

Mayotte Sunbird

sunbird sp.

Weavers and Allies

Village Weaver

Black-headed Weaver

Nelicourvi Weaver

Sakalava Weaver

Ploceus sp.

Red-billed Quelea

Red Fody

Aldabra Fody

Red-headed Fody

Forest Fody

Red/Forest Fody

Mauritius Fody

Seychelles Fody

Rodrigues Fody

Estrildids

Bronze Mannikin

Madagascar Munia

Java Sparrow

Scaly-breasted Munia

Common Waxbill

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Madagascar Wagtail

Western Yellow Wagtail

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Yellow-fronted Canary

Others

passerine sp.

bird sp.