Mauritius bird checklist

126 bird species in 40 families have been recorded in Mauritius, according to eBird; about 83 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 13 Oct 2026 · How these lists are made

The most common birds in Mauritius right now

1Rock Pigeon
2Red Fody
3Common Myna
4House Crow
5Brown Noddy
6Gray Francolin
7Zebra Dove
8House Sparrow
9White-tailed Tropicbird
10Mascarene Swiftlet

The top 20, and how they are ranked

Mauritius bird checklist

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Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

White-faced Whistling-Duck
Black Swan
Egyptian Goose
Muscovy Duck
Garganey
Meller's Duck
Mallard
Red-billed Duck

Guineafowl

Helmeted Guineafowl

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

Ring-necked Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
Red Junglefowl
Gray Francolin
Chinese Francolin
Common Quail
Red-legged Partridge

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon
Malagasy Turtle-Dove
Pink Pigeon
African Collared-Dove
Spotted Dove
Laughing Dove
Zebra Dove

Swifts

Mascarene Swiftlet
Alpine Swift
Common Swift

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

Eurasian Moorhen

Plovers and Lapwings

Black-bellied Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Tibetan Sand-Plover
Greater Sand-Plover

Sandpipers and Allies

Eurasian Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Gray-tailed Tattler
Marsh Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling
Little Stint
Pectoral Sandpiper

Buttonquail

Madagascar Buttonquail

Crab-Plover

Crab-Plover

Pratincoles and Coursers

Madagascar Pratincole

Skuas and Jaegers

Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Brown Skua

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Blue-billed White-Tern
Brown Noddy
Lesser Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Little Tern
White-winged Tern
Common Tern
Roseate Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Great Crested Tern

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Tropicbirds

White-tailed Tropicbird
Red-tailed Tropicbird

Southern Storm-Petrels

Wilson's Storm-Petrel
White-faced Storm-Petrel
White-bellied Storm-Petrel
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel

Shearwaters and Petrels

Southern Giant-Petrel
Pintado Petrel
Kermadec Petrel
Trindade Petrel
Herald Petrel
Barau's Petrel
Black-winged Petrel
Bulwer's Petrel
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Tropical Shearwater

Frigatebirds

Lesser Frigatebird
Great Frigatebird

Boobies and Gannets

Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Masked Booby

Ibises and Spoonbills

Glossy Ibis

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Heron
Malagasy Pond-Heron
Western Cattle-Egret

Pelicans

Pink-backed Pelican

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

Black Kite

Rollers

Broad-billed Roller

Falcons and Caracaras

Mauritius Kestrel
Eleonora's Falcon
Sooty Falcon
Peregrine Falcon

Cockatoos

Cockatiel

Old World Parrots

Lesser Vasa Parrot
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Echo Parakeet
Gray-headed Lovebird

Cuckooshrikes

Mauritius Cuckooshrike

Old World Orioles

Eurasian Golden Oriole

Monarch Flycatchers

Mascarene Paradise-Flycatcher

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

House Crow

Reed Warblers and Allies

Rodrigues Warbler

Swallows

Mascarene Martin

Bulbuls

Mauritius Bulbul
Red-whiskered Bulbul

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Mauritius White-eye
Mauritius Gray White-eye

Starlings

Common Myna

Weavers and Allies

Village Weaver
Red Fody
Mauritius Fody
Rodrigues Fody

Waxbills and Allies

Java Sparrow
Scaly-breasted Munia
Common Waxbill

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Yellow-fronted Canary

Most common birds in Mauritius

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 Mauritius’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.

Rock PigeonColumba livia
Red FodyFoudia madagascariensis
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
House CrowCorvus splendens
Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
Gray FrancolinOrtygornis pondicerianus
Zebra DoveGeopelia striata
House SparrowPasser domesticus
White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
Mascarene SwiftletAerodramus francicus
Mauritius Gray White-eyeZosterops mauritianus
Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni
Malagasy Turtle-DoveNesoenas picturatus
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostris
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
Eurasian MoorhenGallinula chloropus

Largest bird families in Mauritius

Among its regular birds.

Sandpipers and Allies11
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers8
Shearwaters and Petrels8
Pigeons and Doves5
Weavers and Allies4
Falcons and Caracaras4
Plovers and Lapwings3
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns3

Reported in the last 30 days

56 species reported to eBird in Mauritius in the 30 days to 2026-10-13. The 40 most recently reported:

Gray Francolin, House Crow, Mauritius Gray White-eye, Red Fody, Mascarene Swiftlet, Red-whiskered Bulbul, Rock Pigeon, Zebra Dove, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Common Myna, Village Weaver, Tropical Shearwater, Common Waxbill, Malagasy Turtle-Dove, House Sparrow, Mauritius Fody, Brown Noddy, White-tailed Tropicbird, Lesser Noddy, Spotted Dove, Mauritius Kestrel, Mascarene Paradise-Flycatcher, Eurasian Moorhen, Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Eurasian Whimbrel, Little Heron, Mauritius Bulbul, Pink Pigeon, Echo Parakeet, Mauritius Cuckooshrike, Eurasian Curlew, Black-bellied Plover, Common Greenshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Greater Sand-Plover, Ruddy Turnstone, Terek Sandpiper, Yellow-fronted Canary, Mauritius White-eye, Red-tailed Tropicbird, …