This is a very shy, small heron that hides in vegetation around the edges of ponds and marshes. It can…
Seychelles Wildlife
This is the largest wading bird you are likely to see in Seychelles, and it is the only bird to…
The Seychelles Fody Foudia sechellarum or Toktok in Creole, is less colourful than its introduced relative the Madagascar Fody, and…
This large, black-backed tern is found throughout the world’s tropical seas and is the most abundant seabird in Seychelles. However,…
The Bridled Tern looks similar to the Sooty Tern but is smaller and grey above rather than pure black. Colonies…
The Brown (or Common) Noddy is a medium-sized brown seabird with a pale white-grey Forehead. It is larger than the…
The Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris or Kelek in Creole is smaller and slimmer than the Brown Noddy and has a…
Shearwaters are fast flying seabirds that fly close above the water surface far out at sea, feeding on small fish…
This is a much smaller shearwater than the Wedge-tailed Shearwater and has a white throat and belly. The two species…
A beautiful long-tailed white seabird. The White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus or Payanke in Creole breeds on almost every island, including…