Birds of Chagos

Acridotheres
Anas
Anous
Bubulcus
Chlidonias
Foudia
Fregata
Gallus
Geopelia
Gygis
Nesoenas
Oceanites
Phaethon
Puffinus
Sterna
Sula
Ixobrychus
Butorides
Ardeola
Amaurornis
Gallinula
Pluvialis
Charadrius
Limosa
Numenius
Tringa
Xenus
Actitis
Arenaria
Calidris
Glareola
Corvus
Breeding
Breeding resident
Introduced resident
Non-breeding visitor
Vagrant
Introduced
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Common Myna

(Linnaeus, 1766)  

Common Sandpiper

Linnaeus, 1758  

White-breasted Waterhen

(Pennant, 1769) 

Garganey

Linnaeus, 1758  

Brown Noddy

(Linnaeus, 1758)  

Lesser Noddy

(Temminck, 1823)  

Indian Pond-heron

(Sykes, 1832) 

Ruddy Turnstone

(Linnaeus, 1758) 

Cattle Egret

(Linnaeus, 1758) 

Striated Heron

(Linnaeus, 1758) 

Sanderling

(Pallas, 1764)  

Curlew Sandpiper

(Pontoppidan, 1763)  

Little Stint

(Leisler, 1812)  

Kentish Plover

Linnaeus, 1758 

Greater Sand Plover

Lesson, 1826  

White-winged Tern

(Temminck, 1815)  

House Crow

Vieillot, 1817 

Madagascar Red Fody

(Linnaeus, 1766)  

Lesser Frigatebird

(Gray, 1845)  

Greater Frigatebird

(Gmelin, 1789)  

Common Moorhen

(Linnaeus, 1758)  

Red Junglefowl

(Linnaeus, 1758) 

Zebra Dove

(Linnaeus, 1766)  

Oriental Pratincole

Forster, 1795  

Common White Tern

(Sparrman, 1786)  

Yellow Bittern

(Gmelin, 1789) 

Bar-tailed Godwit

(Linnaeus, 1758)  

Madagascar Turtle-dove

Temminck, 1813  

Whimbrel

(Linnaeus, 1758)  

Wilson’s Storm-petrel

(Kuhl, 1820)  

White-tailed Tropicbird

Daudin, 1802 

Red-tailed Tropicbird

Boddaert, 1783  

Pacific Golden Plover

(Gmelin, 1789)  

Grey Plover

(Linnaeus, 1758)  

Tropical Shearwater

(Bonaparte, 1857) 

Flesh-footed Shearwater

Gould, 1844  

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

(Gmelin, 1789)  

Little Tern

Pallas, 1764  

Bridled Tern

Scopoli, 1786  

Great Crested Tern

Lichtenstein, 1823 

Roseate Tern

Montagu, 1813  

Sooty Tern

Linnaeus, 1766  

Common Tern

Linnaeus, 1758  

Black-naped Tern

Raffles, 1822  

Masked Booby

Lesson, 1831  

Brown Booby

(Boddaert, 1783) 

Red-footed Booby

(Linnaeus, 1766) 

Wood Sandpiper

Linnaeus, 1758 

Common Greenshank

(Gunnerus, 1767)  

Terek Sandpiper

(Güldenstädt, 1775)