When people first arrived in the Seychelles, Turtle Doves were so tame that they could be knocked out of the…
Native Birds
A bird of freshwater marshes and plateau woodlands. Its long toes help spread its weight when it walks on mud…
Cattle Egrets got their name because they often accompany cattle or other large mammals to catch insects and small vertebrate…
A small heron new to the Seychelles, first seen here in 1992 when a single wind-blown vagrant bird landed on…
A small, common heron found almost anywhere in Seychelles, even the tiniest islands. Despite its English name, its back is…
This is a very shy, small heron that hides in vegetation around the edges of ponds and marshes. It can…
This is the largest wading bird you are likely to see in Seychelles, and it is the only bird to…