French Southern and Antarctic Lands bird checklist
102 bird species in 26 families have been recorded in French Southern and Antarctic Lands, according to eBird; about 88 of them are seen regularly, and the rest are rarities, vagrants and escaped or introduced birds. Download the full list as a PDF, or tick birds off on your phone, with counts and notes, even without signal.
Species data: eBird.org, updated · How these lists are made
The most common birds in French Southern and Antarctic Lands right now
1White-chinned Petrel
2Black-browed Albatross
3Brown Skua
4Pintado Petrel
5Northern Giant-Petrel
6Black-faced Sheathbill
7Light-mantled Albatross
8Snowy Albatross
9Southern Giant-Petrel
10Fairy Prion
French Southern and Antarctic Lands bird checklist
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Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
- Eaton's Pintail
Guineafowl
- Helmeted Guineafowl
Sheathbills
- Black-faced Sheathbill
Plovers and Lapwings
- Black-bellied Plover
- Common Ringed Plover
- Greater Sand-Plover
Sandpipers and Allies
- Eurasian Whimbrel
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Common Greenshank
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Sanderling
Buttonquail
- Madagascar Buttonquail
Crab-Plover
- Crab-Plover
Pratincoles and Coursers
- Black-winged Pratincole
Skuas and Jaegers
- Long-tailed Jaeger
- Chilean Skua
- Brown Skua
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Kelp Gull
- Blue-billed White-Tern
- Brown Noddy
- Lesser Noddy
- Sooty Tern
- Bridled Tern
- Caspian Tern
- Arctic Tern
- Antarctic Tern
- Kerguelen Tern
- Lesser Crested Tern
- Great Crested Tern
Tropicbirds
- White-tailed Tropicbird
- Red-billed Tropicbird
- Red-tailed Tropicbird
Penguins
- King Penguin
- Gentoo Penguin
- Chinstrap Penguin
- Macaroni Penguin
- Royal Penguin
- Eastern Rockhopper Penguin
- Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin
Albatrosses
- Northern Royal Albatross
- Southern Royal Albatross
- Snowy Albatross
- Amsterdam Albatross
- Sooty Albatross
- Light-mantled Albatross
- Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross
- Gray-headed Albatross
- White-capped Albatross
- Salvin's Albatross
- Black-browed Albatross
Southern Storm-Petrels
- Wilson's Storm-Petrel
- Gray-backed Storm-Petrel
- White-bellied Storm-Petrel
- Black-bellied Storm-Petrel
Shearwaters and Petrels
- Southern Giant-Petrel
- Northern Giant-Petrel
- Southern Fulmar
- Antarctic Petrel
- Pintado Petrel
- Kerguelen Petrel
- Great-winged Petrel
- Soft-plumaged Petrel
- Barau's Petrel
- White-headed Petrel
- Blue Petrel
- Fairy Prion
- Salvin's Prion
- MacGillivray's Prion
- Antarctic Prion
- Slender-billed Prion
- Fulmar Prion
- Bulwer's Petrel
- Jouanin's Petrel
- Gray Petrel
- White-chinned Petrel
- Flesh-footed Shearwater
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater
- Sooty Shearwater
- Subantarctic Shearwater
- Tropical Shearwater
- Common Diving-Petrel
- South Georgia Diving-Petrel
Frigatebirds
- Lesser Frigatebird
- Great Frigatebird
Boobies and Gannets
- Cape Gannet
- Australasian Gannet
- Red-footed Booby
- Brown Booby
- Masked Booby
Cormorants and Shags
- Imperial Cormorant
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
- Little Egret
- Western Reef-Heron
- Gray Heron
Rollers
- Broad-billed Roller
Crows, Jays, and Magpies
- Pied Crow
Swallows
- Western House-Martin
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
- Malagasy White-eye
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
- Souimanga Sunbird
- Malagasy Sunbird
Weavers and Allies
- Red Fody
Waxbills and Allies
- Common Waxbill
Most common birds in French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Ranked by how recently and how widely each was reported to eBird in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, and whether it is one of French Southern and Antarctic Lands’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.
- White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialis
- Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
- Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticus
- Pintado PetrelDaption capense
- Northern Giant-PetrelMacronectes halli
- Black-faced SheathbillChionis minor
- Light-mantled AlbatrossPhoebetria palpebrata
- Snowy AlbatrossDiomedea exulans
- Southern Giant-PetrelMacronectes giganteus
- Fairy PrionPachyptila turtur
- Gray-headed AlbatrossThalassarche chrysostoma
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
- King PenguinAptenodytes patagonicus
- Gentoo PenguinPygoscelis papua
- Salvin's PrionPachyptila salvini
- Eaton's PintailAnas eatoni
- Kerguelen TernSterna virgata
- Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicus
- Blue PetrelHalobaena caerulea
- Great-winged PetrelPterodroma macroptera
Largest bird families in French Southern and Antarctic Lands
Among its regular birds.
- Shearwaters and Petrels28
- Albatrosses11
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers9
- Penguins6
- Sandpipers and Allies5
- Boobies and Gannets5
- Southern Storm-Petrels4
- Skuas and Jaegers3
Reported in the last 30 days
18 species reported to eBird in French Southern and Antarctic Lands in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, most recent first:
White-chinned Petrel, Black-browed Albatross, Black-faced Sheathbill, Brown Skua, Pintado Petrel, Light-mantled Albatross, Northern Giant-Petrel, Snowy Albatross, Southern Giant-Petrel, Fairy Prion, Gray-headed Albatross, Imperial Cormorant, Kelp Gull, King Penguin, Salvin's Prion, Eaton's Pintail, Gentoo Penguin, Kerguelen Tern.
Get to know some of them
Sooty Tern
Ruddy Turnstone
Brown Noddy
Red-footed Booby
Masked Booby
Arctic Tern
Lesser Frigatebird
Sanderling
Black-bellied Plover
Sooty Shearwater
Great Frigatebird
Common Greenshank
Red-tailed Tropicbird
Bar-tailed Godwit
Common Ringed Plover
Caspian Tern
Brown Booby
Bridled Tern
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
White-tailed Tropicbird
Gray Heron
Pied Crow