| Species |
Status |
| South Polar Skua Catharacta
maccormicki |
Vagrant |
| Antarctic Skua Catharacta
antarctica |
Annual migrant |
| Arctic Skua Stercorarius
parasiticus |
Vagrant |
| Heuglin's Gull Larus
heuglini |
Vagrant |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus
fuscus |
Vagrant |
| Black-headed Gull Larus
ridibundus |
Vagrant |
| Whiskered Tern Chlidonias
hybridus |
Vagrant |
| White-winged Tern Chlidonias
leucopterus |
Annual migrant |
| Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon
nilotica |
Annual migrant |
| Caspian Tern Hydroprogne
caspia |
Breeds Out of range east of
Aldabra Group |
| Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus
bergii |
Breeds (race thalassinus)
or vagrant (race velox) |
| Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus
bengalensis |
Annual migrant |
| Sandwich Tern Thalasseus
sandvicensis |
Vagrant |
| Common Tern Sterna
hirundo |
Annual migrant |
| Roseate Tern Sterna
dougallii |
Breeds Out of range west of
Farquhar Atoll |
| White-cheeked
Tern Sterna
repressa |
Vagrant |
| Black-naped Tern Sterna
sumatrana |
Breeds Out of range east of
Amirantes |
| Bridled Tern Sterna
anaethetus |
Breeds Out of Range Aldabra
Atoll |
| Sooty Tern Sterna
fuscata |
Breeds |
| Little Tern Sterna
albifrons |
Vagrant |
| Saunders' Tern Sterna
saundersi |
Annual migrant |
| Brown Noddy Anous
stolidus |
Breeds |
| Lesser Noddy Anous
tenuirostris |
Breeds Out of range west of
Amirantes |
| Fairy Tern Gygis alba |
Breeds |
| Feral Pigeon Columba
livia |
Breeds |
| European Turtle Dove Streptopelia
turtur |
Vagrant |
| Madagascar Turtle Dove Streptopelia
picturata |
Breeds |
| Barred Ground Dove Geopelia
striata |
Breeds |
| Comoro Blue Pigeon Alectroenas
sganzini minor |
Breeds |
| Seychelles Blue Pigeon Alectroenas
pulcherrima |
Breeds |
| Seychelles Black Parrot Coracopsis
(nigra) barklyi |
Breeds |
| Grey-headed Lovebird Agapornis
cana |
Extinct |
| Seychelles Parakeet Psittacula
(eupatria) wardi |
Extinct |
| Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula
krameri |
Breeds |
| Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator
glandarius |
Vagrant |
| Jacobin Cuckoo Oxylophus
jacobinus |
Vagrant |
| Common Cuckoo Cuculus
canorus |
Vagrant |
| Asian Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus
poliocephalus |
Vagrant |
| Madagascar Coucal Centropus
toulou |
Breeds |
| Barn Owl Tyto alba |
Breeds |
| Eurasian Scops-owl Otus
scops |
Vagrant |
| Seychelles Scops-owl Otus
insularis |
Breeds |
| Brown Fish Owl Ketupa
zeylonensis |
Vagrant Origin unknown |
| Eurasian Nightjar Caprimulgus
europaeus |
Vagrant |
| Madagascar Nightjar Caprimulgus
madagascariensis |
Breeds |
| Seychelles Swiftlet Aerodramus
elaphrus |
Breeds |
| White-throated Needletail Hirundapus
caudacutus |
Vagrant |
| African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus |
Vagrant |
| Common Swift Apus
apus |
Vagrant |
| Pacific Swift Apus
pacificus |
Vagrant |
| Little Swift Apus
affinis |
Vagrant |
| Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala |
Vagrant |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops
persicus |
Vagrant |
| European Bee-eater Merops
apiaster |
Vagrant |
| European Roller Coracias
garrulus |
Vagrant |
| Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus
glaucurus |
Vagrant |
| Hoopoe Upupa epops |
Vagrant |
